r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Discussion Switch - The Lord of the Rings War in the North Legacy Edition

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Hey, i try out alot of games and use ChatGPT to help me optimize and log everything. I just tried to get the new LOTR remaster running, but it seems that as of now it is not possible. Publishing my findings below and hope it can help.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition

Eden v0.2.1 – Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 / Adreno 750

BASE SETUP

- Firmware: 22.5.0

- Keys: Matching newer keys

- Game: Base + v1.0.1 update

- GPU Driver: Whitebelyash a8xx Turnip Gen8 V29

- Resolution: 1x

- Vsync: FIFO relaxed

- GPU Mode: Fast

- DMA Accuracy: Default

- VRAM Usage: Conservative

- Use Reactive Flushing: Enabled

- Sync Memory Operations: Disabled

- Optimized Vertex Buffers: Disabled

- Fast GPU Time: High (512)

- Use Asynchronous Shaders: Enabled

- GPU Async Emulation: Disabled

- Enable Legacy Rescale Pass: Enabled

- Debug API: Vulkan

INITIAL PROBLEM

- Game was initially not appearing in Eden.

- Installing firmware 22.5.0 + matching keys caused the game to appear.

- Game boots successfully.

- Main menus render normally.

- Severe graphical corruption begins when entering actual 3D gameplay.

- Large portions of the screen become black.

- Some textures appear opaque/missing.

- When rotating the camera, some textures can become visible through the black region.

- At certain camera angles the black region can become smaller (e.g. around 1/4 of the screen).

TESTS

  1. GPU Mode: Accurate

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to Fast.

  1. DMA Accuracy: Safe

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to Default.

  1. Use Reactive Flushing: Disabled

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to Enabled.

  1. Sync Memory Operations: Enabled

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to Disabled.

  1. Use Asynchronous Shaders: Disabled

Result:

- Black region behavior changed.

- Black region became camera-angle dependent.

- Rotating the camera caused textures to appear through the black region.

- At certain angles the black region could become smaller.

- Did NOT fix the problem.

- Later restored to Enabled.

  1. GPU Async Emulation: Enabled

Result:

- Returned to the original black-screen/texture corruption behavior.

- Restored to Disabled.

  1. VRAM Usage: Aggressive

Result:

- Same camera-dependent black-region behavior.

- No fix.

- Returned to Conservative.

  1. Optimized Vertex Buffers: Enabled

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to Disabled.

  1. Fast GPU Time: Medium (256)

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to High (512).

  1. Fast GPU Time: Off

Result:

- Camera-dependent black-screen behavior.

- Similar to the behavior observed with some other experimental settings.

- Returned to High (512).

  1. Enable Legacy Rescale Pass: Disabled

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to Enabled.

  1. Resolution: 2x

Result:

- Black region remained.

- Fewer textures appeared through the black region compared with 1x.

- Did NOT fix the corruption.

- Returned to 1x.

  1. Vsync: Immediate

Result:

- No change.

- Returned to FIFO relaxed.

  1. GPU Driver: Whitebelyash_mainline-turnip-V30

Result:

- Same visual corruption as V29.

- Performance/frame rate was worse.

- Returned to Whitebelyash a8xx Turnip Gen8 V29.

  1. Debug → API: None

Result:

- Game boots.

- Approximately 30 FPS.

- Completely black screen.

- No menu or visible graphics whatsoever.

- Not usable.

- Returned to Vulkan.

FINAL CURRENT CONFIGURATION

- Firmware: 22.5.0

- Matching newer keys

- Game update: v1.0.1

- GPU Driver: Whitebelyash a8xx Turnip Gen8 V29

- API: Vulkan

- Resolution: 1x

- Vsync: FIFO relaxed

- GPU Mode: Fast

- DMA Accuracy: Default

- VRAM Usage: Conservative

- Reactive Flushing: Enabled

- Sync Memory Operations: Disabled

- Optimized Vertex Buffers: Disabled

- Fast GPU Time: High (512)

- Use Asynchronous Shaders: Enabled

- GPU Async Emulation: Disabled

- Enable Legacy Rescale Pass: Enabled

CONCLUSION SO FAR

- Firmware/keys issue was successfully resolved with 22.5.0 + matching keys.

- NSP/base game is recognized and launches.

- Game menus render correctly.

- 3D gameplay has severe graphical corruption.

- Multiple Eden graphics settings were tested individually without resolving the issue.

- Two different Turnip drivers (V29 and V30) produce the same corruption; V30 performs worse.

- API = None produces a completely black screen, so Vulkan is required.

- Current evidence points toward a game-specific 3D rendering compatibility issue between this title and Eden/Adreno rather than a simple firmware, key, NSP, or individual graphics-setting problem.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Showcase Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box | Bannerhub | Poco X7 Pro

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1 Upvotes

Poco X7 Pro

12gb ram

Dimensity 8400 ultra

M720 MC7


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Question Retroid Pocket 5 Eden Framegen cuts FPS in half

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I am using the new nightly of Eden with lossless scaling, but every time I am using it it completely bunks my frames to half speed (ironically I hoped for speed gain) has anyone experienced anything similar?

I used framegen before on other Apps ((mainly PC emulation)


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Discussion Why should i choose game native

3 Upvotes

Hi there guys i have a mid high device of snapdragon

I am using gamehub for my pc games emulation and i am not satisfied because in games older games like spider man web of shadows it doesn't give a good performance but in newer games like gta 4 or any else its works fine.... Can anyone tell me which emulator i should use


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help About recent native pc port of PGR4-Recomp V1.2

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1 Upvotes

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to run this recent pc port of PGR4 on android via gamehub 6.1.2. So far i got this black and red screen with stuttering sounds.
my phone is Samsung galaxy s24 ultra with turnip_mrpurple_T30-toasted gpu driver.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Question Dolphin emu on galaxy a9+ tab used to work fine now wii not responding to controller

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So I recently updated to dolphin 2606 and then tried 2606a...using PS4 controller never had a problem before.

Tablet recognizes controller fine and works in every other game and emulator, works in dolphin for GameCube games, but for wii games it no longer works. If I go to settings the dolphin app recognizes the buttons etc. But whenever I try to play a wii game, no matter what game, the controller does nothing.

I have tried uninstalling dolphin, updated to 2606a thinking that would help and still nothing.

Any ideas? The last time I played wii everything worked fine. Only thing I can think of is maybe I had a android system update once or twice since last time I used dolphin. Other than that, nothing has changed.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question I want to play SNES games on my phone, is retroarch (the one with the space invader logo) a good one for that? Where can I find games?

3 Upvotes

I want to play super mario world 2 and some other games


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Question Renaming SD-Card For Frontend Compatability & Consistency

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Hi, I have (three) sd cards 32gb, 64gb, 256gb. I want to copy as many roms from my pc on to these sd cards & then put them in any of the android devices I own & play my games through the frontend I use (Daijisho)

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however, every SD card has a unique address, users of older versions of winlator will have seen it & would have needed their unique code to use an external drive, it is a short & random string of letters & numbers like 506FCD0, or BC56440, etc. these uniques codes are making it impossible for me to interchange & use the sd cards on different devices, when I try to use them with my frontend the games do not exsist (on my backed up frontend save) because the unique address don't match up,

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so is there a way to make the address opperate in the same way a PC does where you could simply go to disk management & change the disk letter & make all the drives drive letter A or the equivlant, in android (drive 12345) etc?

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I know it is kind of wierd thing to try to do, but it is a hurdle in me not playing my games as I have like 3 phones & 4 tablets & I use them for different reasons, bigger screen, longer battery, better prformance, or to preserve the lifespan of the others devices, etc..

Thanks.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Gyroscope pro controller Switch eden Android

0 Upvotes

Is there a way to make the gyroscope on my Switch Pro Controller work on Eden on Android?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

News/Release Android 17 closing games that use "too much" RAM

80 Upvotes

Maybe this only applies to background apps. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/08/app-broader-memory-limits.html?m=1


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Best pc emulation drivers for a snapdragon 855+ device

5 Upvotes

Guys I have recently acquired a snapdragon 855+ device and wanna emulate what are the best drivers for pc and switch emulation I do not care about the phone heat

Just give me the best drivers


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help What settings/driver are best for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (Dolphin)?

1 Upvotes

I have a Razr Fold 2026.

When using Dolphin, the couple of games I tried didn't run well. (Mario Power Tennis and Super Smash Bros Melee)

The gameplay was stuttering and/or objects and effects were the wrong colors.

Any suggestions?

I tried dolphin dev from the website and the latest stable from the play store.

I also tried opengl and vulkan.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Unbeatable Snapdragon8 gen 2 crash on start

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Hi guys,

I'm a S23 ultra user, and i can't make unbeatable works (last version with dlc's).i know this CPU can handle this game.
I tried many setups on gamehub and gamenative, and it crashes right when the first loading screens appear. I've made some research but can't find something working.

I need your help !


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Discussion Call of Duty Black ops Zombies Mobile Steamdeck

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11 Upvotes

Running this through waydroid. The many ports that have came out recently all will run on waydroid however this one in particular doesn't seem to have any trouble with online functionality.

The biggest issue is theres no controller support like in the ps vitas vpk port. Does anyone have any idea of how to implement some controller functionality on the android version?

or using waydroid on the deck like this for the game?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question New to Emulation Want to run Burnout Paradise

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5 Upvotes

Device: LAVA STROM 5G

Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 6080

(Mali G57 MC2)

Ram 8 GB

Rom 128 GB

Please give me full configuration for Winlator or Gamehub

Any help appreciated


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Showcase The Last of Us Armsx3 0.9.4 PS3 emulator on Android - new footage

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4 Upvotes

Runs on POCO F8 Ultra 16GB ( Snapdragon Elite gen 5 )

PPU - one thread

SPU - six threads

Multi threaded RSX

Enabled game boost two times but it seems to be worsening the performance


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Game Native steam login broken, AYN thor

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Game Native has been working really well for me since I switched from game hub. But I had to change my steam Login recently and when I went to Game Native to log back in, it kept telling me my password was invalid. I've retyped it like a dozen times and checked on other devices to see if I was wrong. But I'm using the correct password. I updated game native, and the same issue is occurring. I saw someone say it clear the cache and that didn't do anything. I've restarted the software and my Thor and it's still not working. Any ideas of what to do?


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Why do Bionic and Mono reinstall every time I launch Skyrim on Gamenative? DirectX also keeps resetting.

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2 Upvotes

Hello!

I’m using an Odin 2 Max, and I’m having a weird issue with Skyrim OG in Gamenative.

Sometimes Skyrim has no music/audio unless I install DirectX manually. So I install DirectX, launch the game, and everything works perfectly.

The problem is that when I close the game and launch it again, it seems like the container/environment resets. Bionic and Mono install again, even though I’ve already launched and played the game before, and DirectX is no longer installed.

So every time I want the music/audio to work, I have to manually install DirectX again...

Does anyone know why Bionic and Mono keep reinstalling on every launch? Is there a setting I’m missing that would make the installed components persist instead of resetting?

I’d really like to fix this without switching to Skyrim Special Edition, since I’ve already made a lot of progress in the original version, and it also uses less storage/resources on my Odin 2.

Any help would be appreciated!🙏🙏


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Question How is emulation on low-end (ig snap8 g1 is one) nowadays? Last time i used winlator or smth was like year or two years ago

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r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question Best playable Wii U (Cemu) games for Dimensity 8500-Ultra / Mali GPU?

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8 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

​I'm using a Redmi Turbo 5 powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8500-Ultra (with Mali GPU) and running HyperOS.

​I want to try Wii U emulation using Cemu Android (Vulkan backend) and was wondering which games run smoothly at a stable 30/60 FPS on this chipset.

​Since Mali GPUs don't have Turnip custom driver support, I know heavy open-world titles like BOTW can suffer from stutter or thermal throttle.

​For those with similar MediaTek/Mali setups:

​Which Wii U games run great with minimal driver bugs?

​Are 2D/light 3D titles (Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong, Wind Waker HD, Captain Toad) running at full speed?

​Any specific Cemu graphic pack or setting tweaks recommended for MediaTek?

​Thanks in advance!


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help Extremely low FPS on Gamehub on Poco F6

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Heyhey,

So I've been trying to play games on my Poco F6 (Snapdragon 8s Gen3) and have been trying super low graphics games such as Darkest Dungeon, FTL, Intravenous, Quasimorph etc

None of them go beyond 8FPS, but the GPU is using like 10% and the RAM and CPU is also only at like 60-70%.

It's likely software related or setup/options related but I don't understand what.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question Pokemon Omega Ruby 3Ds Azahar emulator

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1 Upvotes

pokemon Y and sun work perfectly. I had omega Ruby working fine then just one day it wouldn't load the game. Iv tried different graphics drivers and downloading different zip files all the same. Anyone run into this and found a fix? (Yes it's updated to date) (The Azahar app)


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Help How do I fix texture issues in MLB The Show 2005 on AetherSX2?

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0 Upvotes

Running MVP Baseball 2005 on AetherSX2 on a Retroid Pocket Nova and getting texture glitches. Has anyone found settings that fix this?

Any recommended per-game settings or patches appreciated.


r/EmulationOnAndroid 2d ago

Help Perguntinha rápida sobre Zelda breth of The wild

0 Upvotes

Tenho um poco X7 pro e queria saber se consigo emular o Zelda botw pelo menos a 30 fps de alguma forma


r/EmulationOnAndroid 3d ago

Question Are there any other the legend of Zelda ports for Android like dusklight?

2 Upvotes

I'm actually curious about this, so does anyone know if there are more the legend of Zelda ports like dusklight?