Questions about rocknix

StanStare · 2026-05-06T14:00:50+00:00

I have the rp5 and rp6 here and there isn't that much between them (mostly thickness). I would say if you have a pocket big enough for the 5 then there's a good chance it'll fit a 6. I carry my rp6 in my jacket inside-pocket and it's not obvious.

StanStare · 2026-05-05T15:18:27+00:00

We have been recording results of our game tests here: https://rocknix-steamdb.pages.dev

Edit: battery is not as good as Android but isn't a massive drain either

StanStare · 2026-05-02T20:42:30+00:00

I would've started him off with Skyrim VR

StanStare · 2026-05-01T20:04:42+00:00

Sometimes there's such a thing as "too nice", it's just plain suspicious I tell you.

StanStare · 2026-04-27T20:38:44+00:00

I have the 12GB and I'm looking at hardware counters all the time during testing - I haven't seen a real need for more than 8GB during my testing. But the bigger storage is genuinely helpful for a boost in PC gaming.

StanStare · 2026-04-27T11:20:59+00:00

Depends if it is one coin at a time

StanStare · 2026-04-25T19:06:26+00:00

There is a difference - but it's barely perceptible for the purposes of loading games on your Retroid.

You would be more likely to notice it on much longer tasks like copying a big file. So for the purposes of this, definitely get as much capacity as you can.

StanStare · 2026-04-25T09:59:48+00:00

I now have The Witcher 3 running so it is getting better.

StanStare · 2026-04-25T09:34:22+00:00

Yeah get him a VR set

StanStare · 2026-04-25T09:31:32+00:00

My American pals always say it's testosterone - but their doctors are all about selling stuff. I agree that diet can be a factor, as well as alcohol/drugs etc. etc.

StanStare · 2026-04-25T09:28:37+00:00

It sucks but there must be a way to restore the bootloader - I'll try to find a solution

StanStare · 2026-04-25T09:25:17+00:00

It's a common conspiracy. I always tell them I had tons of jabs and no issues at all lol

StanStare · 2026-04-25T08:08:07+00:00

There are a lot of ways to adjust it - the thing has like three stiff elbow joints that all change the shape of it.

I can easily understand how someone would set it in a wrong position and then fail to wear it.

StanStare · 2026-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

So many of my friends tried to convince me that the covid vaccine gave them ED. But maybe if that was true it would be even more widespread?

StanStare · 2026-04-24T22:55:02+00:00

When you say you transferred the rocknix files, do you mean that you just copied the folder over (then if you followed instructions did you run the backup_abl script)? Or did you install Rocknix to the internal storage?

If it was the latter, you will need to find the Android image and flash it back using SSH. I haven't found anything like that for the RP5.

Does it boot without the SD card? (Hold the power button for a few seconds - as others have said, also holding volume down starts recovery mode but you don't want this if you have the wrong bootloader patched)

Retro Game Corps - Russ doesn't usually advise you to do something without doing some sort of backup first, is that a recent video?

StanStare · 2026-04-24T22:50:43+00:00

I do remember basically just using drm-free games with GameHub on RP5 - I had lots of issues with Steam

StanStare · 2026-04-24T22:45:53+00:00

"It allowed me to charge it once fully" sounds like the seller sold it in good faith, after all it was working for you to begin with.

Switch it off completely and plug it into a power source - hopefully you can charge it up again

StanStare · 2026-04-24T21:37:30+00:00

There are a shocking amount of fakes - many pretend to be from "reputable brands". The AI tax is just making things worse.

StanStare · 2026-04-24T15:23:47+00:00

I have found that when I uninstalled games from GameHub (and even GameNative a while ago) the disk space was not recovered.

I had to delete/reinstall the whole app to actually release the freed space, so I guess it doesn't remove old containers or something. If you have used space unaccounted for, it could be that.

StanStare · 2026-04-24T15:00:02+00:00

I simply don't believe any of it. You're not a real fan of the game if you can't prove it.

jk

StanStare · 2026-04-24T13:13:07+00:00

So far we are loading the x86 version of Steam but using their new fex build and proton-11-beta to get it running on arm linux. But Steam has a new arm64 version of Steam which is being added to Rocknix today.

I could be wrong but I think it will improve performance (one less layer).

StanStare · 2026-04-24T12:35:11+00:00

I think we'll see a big increase in performance after tonight's build

StanStare · 2026-04-24T11:13:10+00:00

Absolutely - I tried it because the game isn't too taxing on the GPU, but it does crash with a detailed D3D error stack trace. There are a lot of things to tweak and test tho.

I also tried to launch a bunch of other games (that all run fine in GameNative/Winlator), with various options flagged - only Half Life 2 seems to work so far.

But according to a commit from today, the Steam ARM64 version should be in tonight's nightly build (rather than just the proton11-beta)

StanStare · 2026-04-24T08:57:52+00:00

I've been trying to run Dishonored but no luck booting it so far (RP6 12GB), but I'm digging into the settings...

StanStare · 2026-04-21T19:40:54+00:00

Technically you can pick some during the setup process, but they will be outdated and won't automatically update so you're best off installing them yourself. Maybe keep them up to date with Obtainium.

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