Update on 1.6.0 - Part 2 (Patreon)

we are happy to let you know that we have narrowed down the release date to next week Thursday (15th September). As usual, the update will be available to 5$ Patrons first and a week later to everyone else.

The previous update post was rather wordy and took quite some time to prepare. So this time we keep it short and simple.

Here are a bunch of videos showing off some of the highlights in 1.6.0:

Xenoblade Chronicles X
Brightness and character models fixed. Now almost playable.

DKC Tropical Freeze
Fixed a graphic bug in Busted Bayou and similar levels. The bug would previously cause the entire screen to be green and make the affected levels unplayable. The same bug probably caused issues in other games as well but we haven't spotted any yet.

The Swapper
CEMU 1.6.0 has huge compatibility improvements. Most notably, several indie games are now working or at least progress a little further into the game. The Swapper is a prime example because it went from not booting at all to being perfectly playable.

Yoshi's Woolley World
This game is now booting and even goes ingame! Although it's not quite playable yet as it tends to crash occasionally and stutters quite a bit. Oh and also there are severe graphic bugs. But to us it's still quite an achievement since YWW utilizes so many of the Wii U's capabilities and is, in comparison to most other games, particularly hard to emulate.

And since we are talking about compatibility today: Lately we have received a large number of requests to get certain games working in CEMU. While we would like to fulfill everyone's wishes this is not how emulator development works unfortunately. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Hyrule Warriors and several other often-requested games still don't work in 1.6.0 and at this point we don't know why and it's unlikely we will figure it out any time soon (although spontaneous breakthroughs can happen). Instead of wasting days and weeks debugging these games we will continue to follow the alternative strategy which is to fix other games and hope that in the process we happen to stumble uppon a bug that also relates to one of the games mentioned above. Besides, the goal is to get every game working 100% anyway.

That's all for today. Note that the videos above are just a few of the highlights in 1.6.0 and there is more to be discovered once it releases. Version 1.6.0 is shaping up to be one of the largest updates we have ever released!