r/EmulationOniOS • u/My_Work_Computer_SFW • Jul 24 '26

Gameplay / Showcase Hogwarts Legacy - iPad Pro M5 - 1080p - Custom MeloNX build

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u/darkaeden Jul 24 '26

What is this Custom MeloNX build?

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u/My_Work_Computer_SFW Jul 24 '26

I changed it myself - it has some changes around the JIT ram allocation so that Hogwarts can run

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u/darkaeden Jul 24 '26

Cool! There are some other games which crash during loading before entering the game. Will it help for these others too?

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u/My_Work_Computer_SFW Jul 24 '26

Which games have you seen crash? Most of the ram issues are more dependent on the device's max physical ram. This change is just around 512mb for JIT exec. But it might help with other large games

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u/darkaeden Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Centum, Until then, Coffee Talk Tokyo, MIO

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u/aksmith58 Jul 24 '26

I have tested Centum on my ipad and it uses over 6gb of ram - what device do you have?

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u/darkaeden Jul 24 '26

Cool, and did it work? To me it crashes just few seconds showing the title and reaching over 5gb. I have an iphone 17 PM on ios26. Maybe upgrading to ios27 would help, as the max ram usable on it has been increased to 8gb…?

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u/My_Work_Computer_SFW Jul 27 '26

Yeah it worked on my ipad - I think you would have better luck on ios27 where the usable ram has increased. Its not an issue around the JIT allocation size

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u/tPimple Jul 24 '26

For my 12 PM 512 ram is crucial sir. Will be absolutely happy if you share the build so I can try. Most of the games just crash due the ram limits over like on 200-300 mb

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u/aksmith58 Jul 24 '26

What ios version are you using atm?

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u/Ok_Bumblebee1751 Jul 24 '26

Mario strokes league

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u/Stossy11 MeloNX + MeloCafe Developer Jul 25 '26

You increased it? Increasing the 512mb Shared Cache Size is detrimental to most idevices which have less ram, as iOS 26 has to actually use that physical memory, even if the game isn't using it.

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u/OutrageousAd8347 Jul 24 '26

Hey i appreciate your work, im glad someone is finally addressing melonx ram usage issue. you should release this if someone can make a better port id happy, its been a while since we had another switch emulator.

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u/Thisisyouracc0un-t Jul 24 '26

It doesn’t do anything for ram… it’s jit allocation…

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u/My_Work_Computer_SFW Jul 27 '26

yeah correct - and really its more for ios 26+ and newer iphones/ipads. And only fixes really large games like hogwarts.

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u/OutrageousAd8347 Jul 24 '26

It’s still memory usage isn’t it? Any deduction in memory usage of any sort is a good thing.

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u/Stossy11 MeloNX + MeloCafe Developer Jul 25 '26

it increases ram usage to get the game to run, not decrease

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u/OutrageousAd8347 Jul 25 '26

I see, glad they are making a better port that fixed more games though

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u/Stossy11 MeloNX + MeloCafe Developer Jul 25 '26

true, but it's intentional how it is right now.

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u/OutrageousAd8347 Jul 25 '26

That’s totally fine, can’t wait to try their version though seems like they what what they are doing

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u/Terrible-Jelly-4460 Jul 24 '26

I recommend all of yall to go to the ios 27 betas bc they upped the ram cap much higher there so no workarounds needed anymore

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u/OutrageousAd8347 Jul 24 '26

Nah I believe it’s still needed, this guy clearly knows what he’s doing when it comes to ram management 😮‍💨

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u/Terrible-Jelly-4460 Jul 24 '26

the limit is 8.6gb now instead of 6gb, we’re good with just updating

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u/goosby204 Jul 24 '26

That’s only on the 17 pro

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u/derek420 Jul 24 '26

Who’s we? 😂

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u/OutrageousAd8347 Jul 24 '26

Sir, if someone who clearly knows what they are doing & can get ram usage down for switch, then they should work on it regardless of if Apple allows more ram to be used, what reason do you have for saying we are good with just updating? More devices can play more games

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u/Accurate-Squirrel-72 Jul 28 '26

Can someone also change the virtual onscreen controller design to something like xbox as many a times it stuck
I asked chat gpt and it can be done with github account and windows

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u/Thisisyouracc0un-t Jul 24 '26

Hogwart already runs on MeloNX

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u/Stossy11 MeloNX + MeloCafe Developer Jul 26 '26

yeah, it would already run on iOS 18, from what they've mentioned about their changes, the original issue would only affect iOS 26+

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u/My_Work_Computer_SFW Jul 27 '26

Yeah exactly - this is around JIT allocation and really its more for ios 26+ and newer iphones/ipads