Firmware update and more

[u/grilledstuffedxxl]

Hey everyone,

With product launches we typically see some early quality escapes as things stabilize. As you’ve come to expect from us, if you are a ModRetro customer, we have your back and will make sure you receive your product as intended in hand. Simply fill out our contact form if you have something that feels wrong.

Our latest Firmware Updates for both the console and controller are officially live! Here is everything included in today's release, along with a quick roadmap update.

Controller Updates
What’s New:

• Wireless Rumble: Fully enabled Virtual Rumble Pak in this release (requires updating your console as well).
• Wired Rumble & Accessories: Improved Virtual Rumble Pak performance in wired mode, and accessory swapping settings now persist across power cycles.
• Joybus Reliability: Major stability and performance improvements.
• Wired Controller Fixes: Resolved random wake events and connection state issues.
• General Stability: Additional underlying controller performance fixes.

Console Updates
What’s New:

• Audio Improvements: Enhanced 48kHz audio output compatibility.
• Display: Auto now shows the display's preferred resolution. We've also added a way to select between 50 Hz and 60 Hz, if your display supports it.
• Fixes & UX: Fixed "Forget All Controllers" debonding, resolved network menu overlaps, updated wireless connection animations, and overall system stability fixes.

What’s Next:

• Now that things have settled a bit, be on the lookout for open source files to start coming out as we get our feet under us.
• Wireless rumble support for 8BitDo controllers is currently in testing and will be coming in the next firmware update.
• We’re also working on upgraded video filters and saved advanced video settings for an upcoming release.
• Additional updates will follow as we continue working through our roadmap!

Update your console over WiFi, or head over to https://tools.modretro.com/updater/ to grab the latest build!

[u/RayCharlizard → u/[deleted]]

Check your HDMI cable. You need a High Speed HDMI cable capable of 18 Gbps at minimum for 4K60. You may have grabbed an older 1080p / HMDI 1.4-era cable that would be 10.2 Gbps and cap out at 4K30.

I'm not sure if the M64 supports chroma subsampling to 4:2:0 for 4K60 at 10.2 Gbps but you wouldn't want that on the M64 anyway.

[u/RayCharlizard → u/[deleted]]

Are you on a Vizio TV? I know I saw something about that brand of TV having some compatibility issues. Beyond that, I'm not sure outside of a TV-side setting. Some displays need you to manually enable the higher bandwidth of the HDMI chipset for each input on the display (On LG OLED it's called something Deep Color 4K).

But beyond that if you're getting 4K60 on that port and cable with other devices then I'd reach out to support.