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Popular Switch Gaming Emulator Hits Native PC Speeds In Final Update (hothardware.com)
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[–] 34 points 1 month ago (1 child)

In bittersweet news for fans of emulation everywhere, prominent Nintendo Switch emulator & Yuzu successor Suyu is shutting down with version 0.04, but not before introducing a limited static recompilation mode for emulated titles. While this final build sadly omits macOS and Android support, what it does offer is static recompilation for the CPU instructions demanded by a given game on top of the existing GPU emulation layer.

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    • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    Suyu 0.0.4 also released a RetroArch core. Unfortuantely I couldn't get it working on Linux. I couldn't even compile it from source... anyone had luck?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    I haven't gotten any of the switch emus working on linux. I eventually got where I could load a game but couldn't get past the main menu.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    I have setup two standalone emulators, Yuzu and Ryujinx. They work well and have tested a bunch of games for short time. And I played both Zelda games for hundreds of hours on Yuzu (because it was a bit slow on Ryujinx). Even with mods. Setting first time up can be complicated. Some games even require newer firmware. You need firmware files and keys (the keys need to match the firmware). On Linux.

    Which main menu do you mean? The emultors own menu?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    I imagine the work will make its way over to Eden at some point which is a more actively-developed yuzu fork

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I have Eden on my sight for a while now, but just didn't switch over yet. Still using the last (ok 3 days before last) Yuzu binaries. I only waited this long to see which of the forks will mature and stick. Looks like the development is going well, and they are immune to takedowns on Github, as they have their own Git instance. Looks like they do the job carefully so I feel confident enough to install Eden soon.

    Hope they will adapt and develop the RetroArch core (I'm a huge RetroArch fan).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    Nah, the in game menu. It's been several months so it's hazy, but I think Mario Kart was the only game I got to successfully launch, but it wouldn't let me proceed past the menu. I was assuming it was some sort of phone home authentication problem but I'm not sure.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Hmm, I don't know what you mean by "phone home authentication". I did not any such authentication and my phone was not involved.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Phones aren’t involved in phone-home authentication, silly. And it’s not always visible or something you actively do. Sometimes it’s a CD key you put in. Sometimes it’s a check through the internet that’s invisible to you.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I had a similar issue running Mario Kart on steam deck if I'm remembering correctly - though I think it was related to controllers, may have been a popup or something appearing behind full screen. Have definitely had BotW and Mario Kart running under Linux!

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    • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So how do I use this? I still have my switch games on a memory card but sold the console since the controllers weren't for me.

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    • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I thought the development of that particular emulation was halted because of all the drama around it.

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    [–] -4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Have these gains be verified at all? It sounds like bullshit to me.

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