BOTW MEGATHREAD 2 - 1.7.4 Edition

#Game Status: Playable on most PCs (1.7.4d). It's not quite perfect and there are quite a few bugs that need to be worked out but all of the runes seem to be working on most systems.

#Please read this and search the comments before posting. I get over 200 comments on this every day. I try to answer all of them but many of them are the same question. Try loading all of the comments and using ctrl+f to find what you need :)

#I would also like to point out that I am using 1.7.4b and I just played without any crashes for two hours and my shaders compiled twice as fast as 1.7.4d. I don't know where to download that specific version but if you find out go ahead and tell me. I think they will give it to you if you pm on Patreon.

I'm adding my specs to my flair but personally I am using: Cemuhook (4.0.3), 1080/AA/shade graphics packs, suggested control panel settings. Nothing special :)

Check out the old thread if you are still having trouble

You can also check out the Discord for help

I have reorganized this many times. If there is something that you think I should add, tell me. :)

##Post your crash logs on discord

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##Noticeable Fixes:

Grass - Now visible and can be lit on fire

Water - Visible and can now swim

Magnesis - works

Stasis - works

Standing - No more sinking into the ground!

Cryonis - Fixed everywhere! - https://streamable.com/ypdg5 (posted in the discord) - May cause softlock

Most shrines can now be completed!

lighting - newer image on the left.

Camera rune is fixed in the sense you can progress in the game but your pictures don't actually work.

Binocular pins are fixed!

Compiling shaders on Nvidia cards should be much quicker now

Rain and lightning effects now work (good and bad... oh well)

AMD works in 1.7.4d

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##MAIN THREADS FOR SETUP AND FIXES

• ###An excellent setup guide

• Game Profile settings --- don't use the fence skip setting though if you have it activated in cemuhook. This also has the softlock fix in it

• Setup Guide --- This link also goes over where to put your DLC instead of overwriting it

• Changing Settings -- Some settings that helped in 1.7.3d that might help now

• Get Graphics Packs Here -- select a category

• Increasing FPS Shader Fix -- RAMDISK

• Using a mouse redone and easier to install

• CPU hyperthreading trick to boost FPS

• Save Files with lots of cool stuff! --- This is the post and if you go to this comment he shares the file link to the saves. It include full hearts, full stamina, the best armor, and the master sword!

• Nvidia Control Panel settings that help

• If you are looking for save games (for any WiiU game and BOTW), go to this link and search for it. There are some great game saves on here

• #Awesome thread about increasing FPS

• Fix flickering and other minor graphic glitches

• A smaller shader cache might be better for performance

• Changing GPU accuracy seems to decrease some visual bugs

• BOTW 1.1.1 is available. If you end up updating, make sure you put the dlc inside of the cemu the correct way instead of replacing the files. 1.1.1 seems to have some issues and this seems to solve it. Thanks to u/ralstig for the help! Check this link out if you are confused by what I mean

• Fix Crashing! Reports say it works for AMD and Nvidia

• Shader caches should not be bigger than 9k or 10k. If you have one bigger than that, it is likely using shaders from other games, which is unnecessary.

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##Cemu Hook (cemuhook)

The current status of Cemuhook, a program that could allow you to watch cutscenes and toggle some performance settings.

###Works. Use the most recent version with Cemu 1.7.4d

• Here is thread about it

• A Cemuhook fix

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##Cheat Engine Fixes and posts

There is a lot of speculation on what you should do with cheat engine. You won't really know until you try.

I decided this needed its own section.

Here are all of those posts:

• FPS Speed Hack using Cheat Engine

• Also, read this PSA about using it. Do it at 2.3x and it might improve performance

• A script that uses cheatengine to potentially increase and stabilize performace.

• Also using Cheatengine correctly for optimization

• Talking about writing a script and ideas

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##Shrines:

You should be able to complete most of them now. Some have trouble with gyro control.

Your game might crash when going to a shrine. There is no fix yet except for trying over and over again.

• Toto Sah Shrine - You cannot use z-axis motion control. According to u/andrzej_szpadel - "you can complete Toto Sah shrine by tilting it about 30 degrees vertically and then surf jump from end. works for me every time." -> Here is a vid

• Joloo Nah shrine, north/northwest of Wasteland tower also requires gyro controls and might not be possible (4 sided fan). This person did it though

• Kah Okeo Shrine, in the Southwest of Tabantha frontier, might crash every time you try to blow up the walls.

• Myahm Agana - Check out this vid for a way around the controls

• Stranded on Eventide Quest Help

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##Known Bugs (1.7.4):

• Cutscenes technically don't work yet without the cemuhook

• The korok seed at the top of the temple of time still causes game to freeze. Some players report that going up the same side as the korok will allow you to reach it.

• Camera freezing and locking issues, mainly in shrines and when using runes (usually cryonis). No fix for this except dying if you can :)

• Amiibos don't fully function, check this list out you can also add them using this save game editor. The editor is a little glitchy, so back up your save folder somewhere else. You might need to replace all of the game_sav files in each of the folders.

• Monsters render weird when at a distance

• Enemies sometimes freeze

• Some people still having the same bugs from 1.7.3d ( sinking into the ground, no grass, runes not working, etc...). It is caused by using version 1.1.1 of BOTW. This can be fixed by correctly using DLC. It needs to go inside of the cemu folder, not replace existing files.

• Cryonis (freeze) can cause the game to softlock. Some of the other runes do this as well.

• AMD drivers 15.11.1 drivers might not be working anymore

• Game Crashes often - try this fix

• Crashing when going to shrines

• Motion Controls can be used by right clicking on the game.

• Game crashes while picking up the balls on the island (bottom right of map). Almost impossible to complete.

• You can take pictures (Camera Rune) but they all show up black. Same with Compendium. It still technically works though.

• Memories don't work for some people, they might work for you!

• Many people are lock at 20fps outside of shrines. No real fix yet except maybe using cheatengine or rivatuner :)

• Heat texture in the desert and other places shows up weird - Caused by graphics pack

• Rocks and textures sometimes show up multi-colored (rainbow). This is (likely) caused by cemuhook. Try pulling up the map. If that doesn't work try saving and then loading that save. If that doesn't work then good luck. You'll probably have to restart cemu

• To register horse press "+" or "a" (maybe both) before pressing enter on your keyboard. Also try changing your controller to "pro"

• Shadowy Grass - fix

• AMD Radeon HD graphics cards render strange shaders. The game is unplayable on those graphics cards

• Lava textures show up weird and blocky

• Some people are experiencing issues with horses not jumping at the right time and AI acting weird. This is an issue with cemu performance and there is no fix

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##Misc

• A launcher someone made

• Mouse and keyboard support

• Black line fix (graphics pack) Black line fix is apparently caused by AF in nvidia control panel settings, turn it off.

• Some people are using rivatuner to fix the fps being too high in shrines.

• How to build a flying machine

• Shader caches should not be bigger than 9k or 10k. If you have one bigger than that, it is likely using shaders from other games, which is unnecessary.

• Bypass Amiibo Day Limit

• Compendium and images fix!

• Nvidia works on the Shader Bug (see link)

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Post any questions you have as well and I can look for answers!

Save any crash logs and post them to the Discord please :)

Don't ask for download links.

It is not my fault if you download stuff from an unknown source and get a virus.

Also, try searching this

Check out the patreon page for comments and help as well: https://www.patreon.com/cemu/community