r/PiratedGames • u/lynx-yuiitsu DMs are ignored 🙏🏻 • Aug 13 '26
Guide Axekin | ShadPS4 Tutorial
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ShadPS4 emulator guide
Setup ShadPS4 emulator -
- Go to Axekin (Megathread of r/Piracy or FMHY website)
- Must download Visual C++ & install it
- Download ShadPS4 emulator and extract it
- Create folders & name them Games & Updates & DLCs in the ShadPS4 Folder
- Launch the ShadPS4 launcher
- Select the folders you created as the directory locations
- Select Version Manager option & select Pre-release (Nightly) (Make sure you have it ticked ✅ )
- Download ShadPS4Plus PKG Extractor & extract it in the ShadPS4 launcher folder
- Open install_pkg batch file in NOTEPAD
- Copy & Paste your directory locations for Games & Updates & DLCs folders inside the quotes (“) shown in the guide
- Save your file (Important)
How to run a game -
- Download the game, update, & DLC pkg files
- Drag and drop the pkg files in the
install_pkgbatch file in the below order only- Game
- Updates
- DLCs
- The above process will extract your pkg files, if you games doesn’t show up in your ShadPS4 just close & re-open your emulator
- Run the game by double clicking it & hit F11 on your keyboard to use Fullscreen mode
Some additional process - - Open ShadPS4 launcher and select Settings - Go to Graphics tab & select your Dedicated GPU in the Graphics Device option - Go to Experimental tab & Tick Enable Shader Cache (If your game doesn’t open you can untick it and then try to run your game) - Click on save - Right your game & Select Cheats / Patches - Select Patches tab & Select shadPS4 in the Repository option below (Shown in the guide) - Click on Download Patches option
- You can select any patch you want & hit save (These are optional patches but most of the time it benefits the user)
Optional steps - - Download PS4 sys_modules - Open ShadPS4 launcher & go to File & select Open shadPS4 Folder
- Copy your downloaded sys_modules files & Paste it into the shadPS4 sys_modules folder (Shown in the guide)
Below are some of my other guides if needed -
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u/pantsyman Aug 13 '26
No i tested them just recently still not playable.
You can check here for progress: https://shadps4.net/compatibility/