But rom releases have literally nothing to do with CEMU? The Wii U has been hacked open long before CEMU was a thing.
Cemu Thread: Emulating Wii U Games
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Huge Succeeded
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how accurate is it? Will it reliably 'touch' where I point my cursor?
In Pikmin 3, you can either play on the Gamepad with touch controls, or on the TV, not both. So could I display the Gamepad image at a resolution higher than 480p?
I know what I'm playing til BoTW comes out, fuck yeah. Let's see if I can beat 14 days.
jediyoshi
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Yes, it's reliable. Yes, with a graphic pack, it's possible to change the resolution of the gamepad display. Here's a repository of them. In Cemu, it's ctrl+tab to toggle displays.
Currently there's a bug with Pikmin 3 where you can't finish the tutorial, so you'll need a save game to skip to the next day.
There is no way around it. You have to skip it.
stan423321
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Disregard. Thought it was Dolphin thread for a sec
huh, that same bug was also present in dolphin for the longest time. I guess that just uses something that is VERY hard to emulate.
Crimsonclaw111
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How do I dump my DLC for Mario Kart and Smash Bros?
stan423321
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Not really, it just uses something that is used somewhat rarely, CPU requesting GPU* output back for processing. No wonder CEMU isn't accurate with this at the time.
Crimsonsky
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XCX runs at full speed at 5k on my i7-3770k @5ghz on 1.7.2c. I have completed all 12 chapters and every side quest I have done(and that's almost all of them) I have completed without issue. In addition it is completely uncensored by using the cheat table some kind folks over on reddit have made. Which means you can also play it completely offline and not miss a thing.
This is the beauty of emulation, the same was true for Xenoblade on the Wii. Playing it on Dolphin is easily the definitive experience now. These are all good things.
This is the beauty of emulation, the same was true for Xenoblade on the Wii. Playing it on Dolphin is easily the definitive experience now. These are all good things.
Same. Picked up a WiiU copy today as well after I was blown away by some of the footage I've seen in a video review yesterday. Looked so good and genuinely fun. Not gonna hook up my WiiU for it though, I'll be patiently waiting until I can run it at proper framerate/resolution in Cemu for the best experience
(I wasn't following the game very much before, only seen the opening sequence and was like "Yeah... I'll eventually get it")
dmix90
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I am pretty sure that i heard a long time ago that BOTW uses Xenoblade Chronicles X engine. Is that correct? If that's the case then i think wait won't be very long. I really want to see this game in 4K/30 
Curious how does adding compatibility process work? Do CEMU developers need to rewrite all shaders that application uses manually or something like that? I imagine they see assembler or some kind of other low level shader commands and then translate that to HLSL/GLSL of PC graphics API's. Is it also game by game thing or they just slowly emulate/translate whole Wii U graphics API to PC API's and if game uses certain subset of that API which is already emulated then this game is compatible? Is that somewhat close to the truth?
Curious how does adding compatibility process work? Do CEMU developers need to rewrite all shaders that application uses manually or something like that? I imagine they see assembler or some kind of other low level shader commands and then translate that to HLSL/GLSL of PC graphics API's. Is it also game by game thing or they just slowly emulate/translate whole Wii U graphics API to PC API's and if game uses certain subset of that API which is already emulated then this game is compatible? Is that somewhat close to the truth?
Nope.
I'm kind of wondering just how long it will take. It all hinges on where the game is breaking - it could be an easy thing to fix or it might require a massive amount of work depending on how it uses the system. Crossing fingers!
The Dev on reddit said atleast a few weeks.
Exzap told on reddit that he'd start looking into Zelda once the game's released, which is today, so we might have to wait a couple of days for any info on this.
Corpsepyre
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How's Bayonetta 2 doing now?
dmix90
Member
Yeah i guess not... Looked at file structure of both games and they do not look similar at all
It wasn't a straight deadline though.
The dev said they are looking into it after the official release and it could take as much as several weeks. It was a safe statement practically.
jediyoshi
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IGN's made a Wii U/Switch BoTW graphics comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYofouY9smw
Only difference I can pick up is aliasing since it's the 720p wiiu vs 900p docked switch. I imagine now that Digital Foundry has noticed no graphical settings differences from switch docked/portable other than res/texture filtering, that'll also be their take away in their wiiu/switch comparison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYofouY9smw
Only difference I can pick up is aliasing since it's the 720p wiiu vs 900p docked switch. I imagine now that Digital Foundry has noticed no graphical settings differences from switch docked/portable other than res/texture filtering, that'll also be their take away in their wiiu/switch comparison.
Unknown Soldier
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People playing on Wii U are saying there are no graphics differences, just resolution and frame rate.
We need Cemu support ASAP to save us from this shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqaTdflkNU
Frame rate drops to 20 fps on Switch in the docked 900p mode. Now about a nice hot cup of fuck no, Nintendo!
We need Cemu support ASAP to save us from this shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqaTdflkNU
Frame rate drops to 20 fps on Switch in the docked 900p mode. Now about a nice hot cup of fuck no, Nintendo!
DOT DASH DOT
Member
I was playing it last night at 4K, stuttering here and there in gameplay, but horrendous seizures in the cutscenes, still horrible audio issues, popping/cracking etc.
Teletraan1
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They have gotten to the point they really need to address audio and video playback on this emulator. I hope that is the first thing they do after getting BotW running.
jediyoshi
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Ironically the cutscenes on my end have been the only properly rendered/performing thing in the game for the longest time, especially since they're capped at 30fps. Are there any cutscenes in particular you're talking about?
Considering it needed Digital Foundry to raise the issue through hard analysis despite the switch version already being in the wild, I think I'd wait on their verdict
DOT DASH DOT
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The first one, where she is walking around the City with the guy holding the presents, some of it was smooth, then it would completely freeze and then slideshow for a while, with the audio going out of sync too.
SunBroDave
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Looking at the end of that video specifically - where Link is running around the open field - are the colors in the Wii U version actually confirmed to be more washed out than in the Switch version, or is it just a TOD thing?
It runs, just not past the main menu :^)
DOT DASH DOT
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Not necessarily, Mario Bros U would crash at the title screen every single time, someone made a tweak by adding a couple of files and it pretty well works perfectly now, and that was without any improvements CEMU's end.
jediyoshi
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That just sounds like cache issues which are easily resolved enough, there's no stuttering inherent to the cutscenes outside of user hardware limitations. You weren't referring to visual graphical issues during the cutscenes?
That fix is the official response to the issue, those files specifically don't come packaged because that'd be copywritten content.
It already having menu status without any prompting from the developers speaks the opposite.
DOT DASH DOT
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The actual cutscene would jump and skip, actual gameplay much better, but still skip a little; for reference I'm using an GTX 1080, surely that should be more than enough for anything 4K real-time on CEMU?
Where I got them from it certainly didn't seem like it was developed by anyone remotely connected with CEMU, not to say it wasn't though.
Delete compiled cache on new versions. Then let it rebuild using transferable.
DOT DASH DOT
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I'm getting exactly that on 3D world, its awful.
How do you go a about doing that?
FantasticMrSnake
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I got my switch pro controller, and works like a charm in CEMU =D (on bluetooth), I just need them to fix the audio problems in bayo2 (or at least don't make static ear damaging pitchs xD) and I'm all set =D.
This happens to me as well. It's annoying but no deal breaker
I hope at some point it will be possible to map the Gamepad gyro in CEMU, either using this or the Steam controller.
undercoverb0ss
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CEMU is heavily CPU dependent
DOT DASH DOT
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I think the emu just has lots of issues Still, I'm using an 4.8ghz 6770k.
SpiceMelange
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Anyone noticed when you press the home button on Wii U then go back to BotW, the game loads for a while? I have a feeling Nintendo did some non-standard programming practice for the platform, like maybe eating through OS RAM like Smashbros 3DS. I think we're on a long road to 4k BotW.
Unknown Soldier
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If it already makes it to menu, a lot of work is already done. Let's see what Exzap makes of this unimplemented system call it's apparently hanging on.
Lunarwhale
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I'd be really interested in seeing if they can get a method going to increase draw distance on Xenoblade X and Zelda. Moreso the former, but both would benefit immensely from this if it's possible. The strides Cemu has already made are astounding.
Would they really be able to make it increase FPS performance on Zelda though? I was under the impression that might get held up by the emulation aspect, but I'm not sure how accuracy focused this is, or if there's a (plan to implement a?) way to overclock the emulated CPU.
Would they really be able to make it increase FPS performance on Zelda though? I was under the impression that might get held up by the emulation aspect, but I'm not sure how accuracy focused this is, or if there's a (plan to implement a?) way to overclock the emulated CPU.
That's a setting you'll have to change by modifying the game rpx or config much like stuff like framerate unlocks or FOV adjustments. I guess Cemu will at some point support patches like PCSX2 to make this easier for end-users but yah.
I don't think Cemu is focused on accuracy to the degree that it will emulate frame drops and other performance issues but only the devs know.
Unknown Soldier
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Host based timer makes game performance independent of original hardware clocking and it's already implemented right now.
High level emulation doesn't attempt to have cycle accurate emulation anyways.