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Renowned Nintendo Wii U emulator, CEMU, is making quite an astonishing amount of progress. Team Cemu, the developers behind the emulator, which receives over $35,000 a month via Patreon, have recently released Cemu 1.7.4c, as of April 1, 2017. While you could play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at 720p on your Wii U, or even 900p on your Switch, thanks to Team Cemu's hard work, if you have a PC capable enough, it's possible to experience the latest Zelda game at 3840x2160, full 4K HD, even commonly hitting 30 frames per second. Of course, while there are intermittent bugs and glitches from being played on an emulator, as of this latest build, Breath of the Wild is fully playable, start to end, through Cemu. Not only that, but there are even custom graphic packs available to use as well, enhancing the visuals of the game even further. Of course, running the game in such a state takes a lot of power, as the video linked above utilized an i7 6700k and a GTX 1070 to allow for stable performance. Of course, you don't even need to upscale the game, though it still requires a fairly capable PC. While the latest build is backer only, the public will be able to experience Cemu 1.7.4c when it becomes available on April 9.

 

[CrimsonMaple]

Wow. The day I get my desktop back I get CEMU. Looks like I'll be playing Zelda on there. If I can make a good control scheme for keyboard and mouse.

 

[Benja81]

How do you do gyro puzzles on PC?

I have a WiiU so I don't use, but I tried Cemu when it first came out, out of curiosity. I remember there was a way to use WiiU pad with PC through a server, but never tried it.

 

[bennyman123abc]

yeah but i bet they designed their code from scratch and didn't copy dolphins...wheres the dolphin devs cut of all them 30k moniez?

Dolphin is an open source project. Anyone can view and use the code to their own pleasing without any sort of monetary requirement.

 

[FAST6191]

Dolphin is an open source project. Anyone can view and use the code to their own pleasing without any sort of monetary requirement.

So I looked up the source code to dolphins
https://www.hgsc.bcm.edu/marine-mammals/dolphin-genome-project
but that did not make much sense so it was time for some learning
https://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/

also the source code to emulator called dolphin
https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/master/license.txt
Seems to be unmodified GNU General Public License v2.0
Such a thing does not allow for unfettered use of the code in further projects, not by a long shot.

From the same link

Permissions [that the GPLv2 grants]

Commercial use
Modification
Distribution
Private use

Conditions

License and copyright notice
State changes
Disclose source
Same License

Should the cemu peeps have used the code from dolphin in their work and left it as closed source/without releasing changes then it would appear they are in violation of at least three, and perhaps all, of the conditions. Nobody has yet demonstrated that it is the case though, nor even shown anything that would show a strong chance of it.

 

[Yeniaul]

*sees no "This was posted on Fools' Day, you guys fell for it" post*
Consider yourselves fools.

 

[xdarkmario]

What's your specs? How much RAM do you have?

i5 4601M 2.60 ghz
16 gb gskull ram
1tb SSHD+ 32gb SSD mini
Nvidia GTX 860m 4gb

 

[bennyman123abc]

So I looked up the source code to dolphins
https://www.hgsc.bcm.edu/marine-mammals/dolphin-genome-project
but that did not make much sense so it was time for some learning
https://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/

also the source code to emulator called dolphin
https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/master/license.txt
Seems to be unmodified GNU General Public License v2.0
Such a thing does not allow for unfettered use of the code in further projects, not by a long shot.

From the same link

Permissions [that the GPLv2 grants]

Commercial use
Modification
Distribution
Private use

Conditions

License and copyright notice
State changes
Disclose source
Same License

Should the cemu peeps have used the code from dolphin in their work and left it as closed source/without releasing changes then it would appear they are in violation of at least three, and perhaps all, of the conditions. Nobody has yet demonstrated that it is the case though, nor even shown anything that would show a strong chance of it.

Well then,maybe they use their $40K/mo. to actually develop their own code. Also, the link to "DNA seen through the eyes of a coder" link simply made my day. I am currently learning about this in High School Biology I and it really made things MUCH simpler for the class and the understanding of the topic. Thank you for correcting my ignorant mistakes also.

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

Any word of hitting 4k60?

Guessing it could be done with GTX 1080ti and a ryzen 1800X. (mines OC'd which should be a little help)

 

[Xygrid]

Latest CEMU is available at their website. Dated 4-9-2017 Ver. 1.7.4

 

[FAST6191]

Without checking out the patreon promises vs work delivered, and without knowing the other legal history of the devs, also pending any word on the nature of code reuse, they appear to be taking money and delivering a product "as advertised". The claim of thieves would be something I then invite you to qualify.

Costing nothing? For myself I am versed in 3d modelling, coding, game theory, game design, 2d art, story writing techniques and can at least punch a piece of random music generation software hard enough that it spits out something listenable. All of the tools to do that are free software too. Thus I can make my own game for free. Are all games then free?
It is genuinely free as well, mainly as the funds required for me to eat and keep the screens that otherwise light my belfry juiced are procured by doing whatever it is that I call work. Were I not doing that then I might have more time and inclination to set about working on my games and thus get it done faster. Such a thing is presumably the expectation of many that would fund things. No argument that this is a pretty lucrative endeavour if indeed it is a couple of people but exploiting a niche is business basics really.

 

[DBlaze]

LMAO yeah right i gauantee they aren't spending a cent of that $ on the actual emu. it costs NOTHING to develop an emu all they have to do is write code and fix bugs NO $ is needed for this! wait what am i saying they aren't writing ANy code they stole dolphins!! LOL people are just stupid paying $ thinking it will help get their fucking zelda in 4k/60 when in reality it's costing these thieves NOTHING to develop this

>Developing something costs nothing
I guess you only do charity work then and refuse any payment?

Where is any evidence at all that they stole any code?

"They aren't writing any code they stole dolphins"
So dolphin can now run Wii U games?

 

[RyleWeststar]

LMAO yeah right i gauantee they aren't spending a cent of that $ on the actual emu. it costs NOTHING to develop an emu all they have to do is write code and fix bugs NO $ is needed for this! wait what am i saying they aren't writing ANy code they stole dolphins!! LOL people are just stupid paying $ thinking it will help get their fucking zelda in 4k/60 when in reality it's costing these thieves NOTHING to develop this

It's free if your time is worth nothing.

Taking your post seriously, you have now set my expectactions from your post now. I am expecting you to learn to develop an emulator and for you to develop with the velocity that we're seeing from cemu with no need to fund you. You better deliver.

 

[borka]

It's free if your time is worth nothing.

It is free if they pay for the right to code. Do not forget utility bills for electricity, internet. And even keyboard/mouse damage when debugging

 

[Benja81]

How many here can actually play this in Cemu enjoyably? That's not being snarky, I'm legitimately asking.

I have a pretty good setup, can play almost any modern game at 1080/60fps max settings. I can't get more than 15fps and graphics look washed out.

 

[bennyman123abc]

How many here can actually play this in Cemu enjoyably? That's not being snarky, I'm legitimately asking.

I have a pretty good setup, can play almost any modern game at 1080/60fps max settings. I can't get more than 15fps and graphics look washed out.

Sure as hell not me. I can barely run Super Mario 3D World

 

[el_gonz87]

How many here can actually play this in Cemu enjoyably? That's not being snarky, I'm legitimately asking.

I have a pretty good setup, can play almost any modern game at 1080/60fps max settings. I can't get more than 15fps and graphics look washed out.

What's your CPU? I get very playable frame rates, got through 60 shrines and 3 divine beasts!

 

[MagnesG]

Don't have time to play.

 

[Benja81]

What's your CPU? I get very playable frame rates, got through 60 shrines and 3 divine beasts!

Nice! I have an i5-4690k clocked to 4.5ghz. Maybe I need to alter some settings. I tried standard graphics as well as a 1080 pack.

 

[AxEengine]

Can a laptop with a 3.0 ghz i7, 8gb of ddr3 RAM and a gtx950m with 4gb of vram run it good?

 

[MrJason005]

Can a laptop with a 3.0 ghz i7, 8gb of ddr3 RAM and a gtx950m with 4gb of vram run it good?

AFAIK it can easily use 20GB of ram