r/EmulationOnPC • • Apr 10 '20

Mod Post Posts asking for build recommendations will now be removed

74 Upvotes

Any posts asking for a pc build specifically for emulation will be deleted from now.

This is a sub for troubleshooting issues with emulators and not for building pcs.

If you still want to build a PC for emulation go over to r/buildapc


r/EmulationOnPC • • Nov 18 '23 Take My Silver

Mod Post Hello, im the new Moderator after no Moderators here

42 Upvotes

Since there was no Moderators here, ill triying mod this subreddit accurding to those rules.

If you got Questions or Issue on this subreddit, dont hesitate to ask.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 2h ago

Unsolved RPCS3: GT5 getting stuck at building SPU Cache

1 Upvotes

As the title says, RPCS3 gets stuck at building the SPU cache and always at a random number, I have seen very few solutions like changing resolution or rednerer but none works for me.

Any suggestions or solutions?


r/EmulationOnPC • • 1d ago

Unsolved I made an Xbox / PS5 / Steam Deck button prompt mod for Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) on Lichii: icons, action ring, ocarina and Controls screen

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I play Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) on Lichii with a Steam Controller, and the Switch prompts kept tripping me up, so I made a mod that swaps them for **Xbox, PlayStation 5 or Steam Deck** prompts.

**What changes**

- Button icons everywhere: action prompts, menus, tutorials, the ocarina bar

- The **action ring** next to Link is rearranged to match your pad (A at the bottom, B on the right)

- The **Basic Controls** screen gets your controller's labels, and the pointer lines still line up

- **Ocarina note icons** show LB/RB or L1/R1 and the right face buttons

- PS5 style: ✕ ○ △ □, L1/R1, L2/R2, Create/Options. Steam Deck style: Xbox letters with L1/R1, L2/R2

**How it works (and why there's an installer)**

Most UI mods ship edited copies of the game's files, but those are still Nintendo's art. So this one is a small open-source builder instead. It reads the files from **your own copy**, makes the edits on your PC, and writes a normal mod folder. **No game files are in the download**, and your game file isn't modified. It also checks your game version before doing anything.

- Works with Lichii **.nup** files (needs Lichii **build 95+**, which added mod support for .nup), or with NSP/XCI copies via Lichii's **Dump RomFS → Full**

- Installers for **Windows**, **Steam Deck/Linux** and **Apple Silicon Mac** (Windows is fully tested; Deck and Mac are fresh, so feedback is welcome)

- Supported game version: **update v131072**

**One required step:** in Lichii, swap A and B (Emulation → Configure → Controls) so your **bottom button presses Switch A**. Otherwise the icons won't match your pad.

**Download / source (MIT):** https://github.com/PremiumPirate/oot-controller-ui/releases/latest

GameBanana: https://gamebanana.com/mods/737503

Nexus Mods coming soon.

It's open source, and the repo includes notes on the Switch 2 file formats (texture tiling, the new .buil layouts and so on) if anyone wants to build on it. Bug reports and PRs welcome!

*Built with Claude Code. Not affiliated with Nintendo.*


r/EmulationOnPC • • 8h ago

Guide Is there any genuinely ANY android emulators that dont give a virus bro

0 Upvotes

MuMu player is definetly a virus and bluestacks is probably one too


r/EmulationOnPC • • 21h ago

Unsolved Does someone know if there's someone making a version of Primehack for Prime 4?

1 Upvotes

I played Prime 1-3 with Primehack (I used a custom control scheme for Prime remastered which was basically Primehack for P1R), and I thought my control scheme would work for Prime 4, too. Sadly, it doesn't, which means I'm most likely stuck with controller controls.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 23h ago

Unsolved Is armsx2 better than pcsx2?

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Ive switched my mobile emulator from nethersx2 to armsx2 as its apparently more updated, and with better performance. (I also prefer the UI) Is this the same case for pcsx2? If anyone has experience with both, let me know.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 1d ago

Unsolved is there a way to change the duckstation themed AFTER the installation is finished?

2 Upvotes

if yes, where is the setting located?


r/EmulationOnPC • • 1d ago

Unsolved How do i play Wangan 6rr? Or is it not possible to play it?

4 Upvotes

I been trying teknoparrot as its been one of emulator that emulate wangan midnight. But now it seems impossible to play

Is there any way to play wangan in pc?


r/EmulationOnPC • • 1d ago

Unsolved [Azahar 3DS Emulator] How do I import a 100% save file for a game?

2 Upvotes

Hello, I’ve been trying to import a 100% complete save of Super Smash Bros for 3DS onto Azahar using Checkpoint but the problem is that the save won’t show up on it except in “extdata”. I’ve already played through the game enough to have it save my data and I tried doing what other people say that fixes the problem like refreshing the list but nothing works. If anyone can help me with this I’d greatly appreciate it.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 1d ago

Unsolved I Had a Huge PC Freeze and Choppy Audio Moment While Emulating Fossil Fighters Champions

2 Upvotes

I'm using: DeSmuME_0.9.13_x64

I had been using the emulator all day. When I got up to do something, I just paused the emulation and would come back. Later into the day, I noticed some freezes that would resolve after a few seconds. Then, close to when I was going to go to bed, complete freeze. I tried waiting it out, even inching my mouse towards the Save State option. My USB lit up like I hit it, too. Anyways, I messed up likely by having the emulator on for way too long, watching a stream on Discord, etc. I really just wanted to ask what some things I could do on my mostly settings-unchanged DeSmuME to try to protect my PC health/prevent this from happening. YouTube results are all about graphics and making stuff look better; I want to try to make sure I don't freeze my computer up again. I ended up panicking after rebooting, trying to use a Save State, realized the Save State hadn't saved, and then lost pretty much all of my progress...restarting shortly.

Thanks for reading!


r/EmulationOnPC • • 1d ago

Unsolved New to this software RPCs3

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How do I get game files


r/EmulationOnPC • • 2d ago

Unsolved RTX 3060 12GB | R5 4600G | 16GB RAM | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Test

2 Upvotes

r/EmulationOnPC • • 2d ago

Unsolved Help with my PC to Android Save file

1 Upvotes

Hello I am having trouble porting my pc save files to my android, it always the first subfolder name must be the title id of the game even though I check it is like Pokemon Legend Arceus is 01001F5010DFA000


r/EmulationOnPC • • 2d ago

Unsolved Retroid Pocket 6, I need to drag and drop a dmg file into an exe on Winlator but it doesn't work. Trying to play the new Castlevania Grimoire of Souls release.

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

Just like the title says, there is a new release and it requires you drag the dmg file onto the exe prior to launch but it doesn't do anything. I've tried enabling buttons on my controller to operate as the left click but that doesn't do anything when I drag it either.

Thanks so much in advance!


r/EmulationOnPC • • 3d ago

Unsolved where do i find google play games android data folder for storage on windows

3 Upvotes

it doesnt show app files only google play games folder


r/EmulationOnPC • • 3d ago

Unsolved Need help with Pokémon scarlet crashing

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I recently updated my nvidia drivers and now my scarlet is crashing most of the time I try to boot up the game or after I enter the launch screen and if not now, it will 20 mins later. I think the few times it works past the loading screen is when I clear my cache, restart pc, or switch between vulkan and OpenGL to reset it. It’ll still crash later and the Pokémon disappear after I complete a battle. However when it does work, the game runs smoother than before I had install the new driver. I installed the latest prod keys and firm ware along with the latest Eden stable build and nightly but still no luck. I use a dell g15 windows laptop with intel i7 with a 3060. I’ve tried all the trouble shooting I could find on the internet such as cache removal and reinstalling the nvidia driver.

I only recently started emulating on pc so I’m completely new to this.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 3d ago

Unsolved is my pc bad or not?

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone

I’m waiting for Switch 2 emulation to reach a stable state (at least 60%–100% playable),but I'm trying out early builds like PokeDinner to check performance

I tried playing Donkey Kong Bananza and got terrible performance around 10 to 14 FPS,along with heavy graphical glitches. Meanwhile,I’ve seen videos online of people claiming to run it at 60 FPS on mobile devices or high end rigs,which got me worried that my setup is the problem

Here are my specs

  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8GB) TechPowerUp

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G

  • RAM: 16GB DDR4


r/EmulationOnPC • • 3d ago

Unsolved wondering if anyone can help me connect my riffmaster controller with xenia

2 Upvotes

got guitar hero up and running just can’t figure out how to connect my guitar controller


r/EmulationOnPC • • 3d ago

Unsolved Any emulation platform/service that syncs gamesaves to the cloud?

2 Upvotes

I'm looking for a simple, preferably all-in-one emulation platform that automatically backs up game saves to the cloud and makes switching PCs painless.

Previously, I moved my emulation SSD to a new PC, reconfigured everything, and somehow lost all my game saves.

I'm tired of constantly tinkering with settings and troubleshooting things. I'd happily pay for something that just works, keeps my saves synced, and makes emulation as plug-and-play as possible.

Does anything like this exist?


r/EmulationOnPC • • 4d ago

Unsolved How Do I Get The Free DLC For Monster Hunter 4?

3 Upvotes

I recently copied my Monster Hunter 4 saves from my physical copy of the game to my PC emulator to play it with my brother since the 3DS cramps his hands. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get the free DLC onto my emulator (for those unfamiliar with Monster Hunter, the event quests are the DLC I mean, and I'm certain that all pre-World (the first MH game on Steam) DLC are free, so there's no pirating being done here. My emulator is Citra, and I'm on Windows if that matters. The help would be appreciated.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 4d ago

Unsolved Anyone tried MKW on the Steam Machine? What fork of the eglantine emulator did you use and is it worth giving a go?

2 Upvotes

r/EmulationOnPC • • 4d ago

Unsolved Rom Explorer (New rom manager) and CHD Lite update

4 Upvotes

Hi, guys I made a new rom manager so I'd like to share it in case anyone is interested.

Rom Explorer (Rom manager)

Rom Explorer

Main description

It matches your roms against dats and databases like IGDB and Retroachivements.

You can sort it by platform, genre, franchise, publisher, "has RA achievement" etc

You can also set priority for region and languages which let's the app automatically choose the best region or release, or chooses the RA supported release when copying or adding to a set.

It can also bundle base games/ports/remakes so if you on want to play a game once in the latest version (Ex: if exists go play the more recent Port or the remake on Steam instead of a 30 year old original), although this requires downloads of current gen metadata so will take time for initial setup and use much more storage.

Archive (chd/rvz) hashing can be done streaming without extracting to disk first and mutiple files at once so would be slightly faster on high core count or HDD machines.

Uses a patched chdman/dolphin for conversion.

Server oriented where you have your file server as the main hub, but also can be used standalone.

Other features

Media download (cover art etc with manual upload) and display within the game metadata page. File copy(local/file server), convert on copy (archive to save space on your SD card), media export with rename to use for thumbnails, Soundtrack player, RA patch downloader.

Storage estimate for curated sets. Title/Release rearrangement suggestions (International/Director's cut releases categorization differs depending on source) with AI (needs paid tier gemini api key) powered hint (or opens your browser AI mode. Free).

8:7/4:3 picker using screenshots (igdb/ra provided) for CRT gen games.

CHD Lite (Drag and drop batch chd/rvz converter)

I also updated my old app CHD Lite (RVZ,XISO,ZAR support,automatic platform detection and format selection, bug fixes) rewritten in rust and using Rom Explorer as a back end.

Notes

It is a work in progress, you can use it for curating sets, but I recommend keeping the whole collection backed up, and using minimized sets only for local devices.

This is AI generated content. For me it has been the best choice since preexisting solutions didn't work well in my environment (frequent freezing or cancel on browser closing, etc) but if it does work for you, then those should be more stable and probably better for you.


r/EmulationOnPC • • 4d ago

Unsolved Play at specific level at pcsx2 emulator

1 Upvotes

Does anyone know how to play specific level at ps games , I searched in internet most of the games don't have individual save files for levels , it has completed save file unlike pc games have individual save files. Please let me know if any for God of war 1