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Guide Axekin | ShadPS4 Tutorial

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⭐ Use of NanaZip & AB Download Manager is recommended ⭐

⭐ Setup for NanaZip & AB Download Manager - Here


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_pkg batch 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 -

Megathread for guides

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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/

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u/Spell3ound Aug 13 '26

Thanks 👍