Cemu v1.8.0
It’s been a while since we last posted about this fantastic Wii U emulator for which the latest version is currently only available to patreon supporters, but it’s nice to know that it’s coming along quite well. Unlike most emulators these days Cemu is a closed source project and the team has been maintaining it quite well since it’s release.
What is cemu?
Cemu is a Wii U emulator used for emulating Wii U applications and games on your PC. Although their site mentions Cemu as an ‘highly experimental software’ many videos on YouTube have stated otherwise. The current system requirements include a PC with Windows 7 (64 bit) or above with OpenGL 4.1 or 4.5 and RAM of 4 GB minimum, although 8 GB or more would be highly recommended.
The latest release includes the following changes:
- general: Added memory scanner (search and filter for values)
- general: If Cemu is maximized to full screen, it will remain on the same monitor rather than defaulting to the primary monitor
- RPL: Optimized loading of RPLs
- GX2: Cemu now uses separable shaders Vertex, geometry and pixel shaders are split into separate and independent programs rather than bundling them into sets This change breaks compatibility with pre-1.8.0 shader caches and graphic packs (if they contain shaders)
- GX2: Added support for using the same texture multiple times with different sampler parameters during a single drawcall
- GX2: Graphic pack texture rules will automatically scale gl_FragCoord
- GX2: Implemented shader instructions RECIPSQRT_FF and RECIP_FF
- GX2: GPU7 shader decompiler will output slightly more optimized GLSL code
- GX2: Better detection for invalidation of data in Streamout cache
- GX2: Optimized frequently used GX2 API
- GX2: Optimized texture decoding
- GX2: Added command line option ‘-nsight’ to allow debugging via NVIDIA Nsight
Many users have reported an increase in frame-rates and less glitches. Have a look at the video below showcasing Cemu’s latest release.
Download Cemu 1.8.0
It’a amazing to see how nicely this emulator has been coming along. Compared to some emulators which have been in development for many years, cemu has done quite a lot in their short time. I’d definitely advise you to go and become a patron at their page. This emulator only gets better and better with each release.
Well, there becomes less and less of a reason to get a Wii U these days.
CEMU isn’t just available to patreon donators. They just get early access to each release, by 10 days or something. Anybody can download CEMU from the cemu.info website.
I’m aware of that but currently the latest release is only available on patreon. And it would be nice so support the devs by becoming a patron hence why we decided to link there.
Fair enough, but the first sentence does grammatically read as per my comment. “this fantastic Wii U emulator which is only available to patron supporters”. V1.8, as per the title, is applicable to the truth of the statement, but the sentence alone is misleading. But, yeah, support them. CEMU is coming along nicely and they recently expanded ‘staff’ (coders). If people would like to support an open source Wii U emulator, they can look at Decaf Emulator, which is coming along, but obviously doesn’t have the backing of CEMU.
So in other words, this is just an advertisement.
That’s great and all, but I think you missed his point. The article is misleading.You said at the beginning, “[Cemu is a] Wii U emulator which is only available to patron supporters”. That is just not true. You should have said the latest version is only available to patron supporters.
Well, now. That’s awfully misinformative to suggest that this is “only available to Patreon supporters”. It’s only exclusive to them for about a week and then it’s free game for anyone.
What we meant to say was it’s currently available for Patreon supporters. We will fix that in a bit.
this is honestly disgusting behavior on your end, intentional misguiding people into supporting an emulator which would have far more progress if it were to be open source instead of just a moneygrab in the first place.
It wasn’t intentional, it was an accident. Sadly us authors don’t have the authority to edit content once it’s posted. I’ll have to blame the admin here. Already contacted him minutes after posting this and told him to make the changes. It was meant to say it’s only currently available for Patreon supporters. (Until a week later of course).
Yeah, it’s everyone’s fault but yours, right?
It was also the universe’s fault that didn’t allow you to proofread before you posted your content, right? Never yours.
So do we need high end pc? asus rog gl552vw laptop I have 2.6-GHz Intel Core i7 6700 HQ CPU,GTX960M 2GB & 4GB Ram I dont really understand how to see if its a good or bad spec do you guys think I can run Cemu?
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Yes u can
it also fails to mention you need a highish spec gaming rig for it to actually be of any good for games
Really? Cause I have an Intel i3 7100u and an Intel 620 you..and it runs decently. Course, I also have 20 gigs of memory.
The article is about as objective about it as you can get. It clearly states that the official stance of cemu is that it is “highly experimental”, but that certain users have had a positive experience. This implies that not everyone will have a great experience; logically, performance depends on your PC. As a matter of fact, it doesn’t take an exceptionally high-end PC to run certain games decently, but others will not run at a playable rate no matter how powerful your PC.
It’s a bit of a mixed bag, which is all to be expected of an emulator at this stage.
WHere are the frame rate drops? It is really and highly playable. What an evolution but you need really high specs.
i buyed real wii u and forget about cemu)))
BoTW runs with 25-30 FPS (near full or full speed) on an i5 6600 with an R9 380, and other games sans Xenoblade X run at full speed. It’s an affordable rig and you could probably get even more out of it with a Ryzen or a 7th gen i5.
donate to play on emulators? **** that.
@ wii u user
Same here i have buy a cheap wiiu on the net with alot of games, wiimote and gamepad for nothing
and forget an emulator who ask money to play buggy emulator