Cemu changelog

New updates will be released every 2 weeks.

v1.25.0 | 2021-07-23 | Details | Download

  • Added a permanent cache for Vulkan pipelines
  • Reworked shader cache
  • Smaller bug fixes

v1.24.0 | 2021-07-09 | Details | Download

  • Added SDL2 GamePad as a new input API (supports DS4, DS5, Switch Pro Controller, Joy Cons & more natively without external software)
  • Reworked motion support (for DSU and SDL2)
  • Fixed Super Mario Maker failing to connect to course world

v1.23.1 | 2021-06-18 | Details | Download

  • Compatibility improvements & graphics fixes
  • Crash fixes

v1.23.0 | 2021-06-04 | Details | Download

  • Added support for downloading purchased eShop titles, updates and system titles
    (Requires dumped online files from a Wii U)

v1.22.13 | 2021-05-22 | Details | Download

  • Graphics fixes
  • Bug fixes

v1.22.12 | 2021-05-07 | Details | Download

  • Async-shader compilation is now multi-threaded
  • Bug fixes

v1.22.11 | 2021-04-23 | Details | Download

  • Input improvements
  • Various smaller tweaks and fixes

v1.22.10 | 2021-04-09 | Details | Download

  • UI tweaks
  • Bug fixes

v1.22.9 | 2021-03-26 | Details | Download

  • Added support for Windows.Gaming.Input
  • Fixed graphic bugs

v1.22.8 | 2021-03-12 | Details | Download

  • Bug and crash fixes
  • Minor compatibility improvements

v1.22.7 | 2021-03-02 | Details | Download

  • Reworked Vulkan vsync + new experimental vsync mode
  • Misc bug fixes

v1.22.6 | 2021-02-12 | Details | Download

  • Compatibility improvements
  • Lots of crash and bug fixes

v1.22.5 | 2021-01-29 | Details | Download

  • Performance improvements
  • Compatibility improvements
  • Graphic fixes

v1.22.4 | 2021-01-15 | Details | Download

  • Compatibility improvements
  • Graphic fixes and optimizations

v1.22.3 | 2021-01-01 | Details | Download

  • New graphic pack features
  • Various fixes

v1.22.2 | 2020-12-18 | Details | Download

  • Stability improvements
  • Improved debugger tool

v1.22.1 | 2020-12-09 | Details | Download

  • Stability improvements
  • UI tweaks

v1.22.0 | 2020-11-20 | Details | Download

  • Threading rework

v1.21.5 | 2020-11-06 | Details | Download

  • Compatibility fixes
  • Misc improvements

v1.21.4 | 2020-10-23 | Details | Download

  • Updated memory searcher tool
  • Graphics fixes
  • Compatibility improvements

v1.21.3 | 2020-10-09 | Details | Download

  • Anisotropic filtering can now be controlled via graphic packs
  • Re-Added texture dumping support
  • Graphics fixes

v1.21.2 | 2020-09-25 | Details | Download

  • Vulkan fixes
  • Various smaller optimizations

v1.21.1 | 2020-09-11 | Details | Download

  • Vulkan fixes
  • UI improvements

v1.21.0 | 2020-08-28 | Details | Download

  • Added game file verification to title manager
  • Graphic packs can now extend the amount of RAM available to games
  • Misc fixes

v1.20.2 | 2020-08-14 | Details

  • Graphic fixes
  • Stability improvements
  • Improved support for homebrew

v1.20.1 | 2020-07-31 | Details

  • Fixed several graphic bugs
  • Fixed audio bugs
  • Misc smaller fixes

v1.20.0 | 2020-07-17 | Details

  • New GPU buffer cache
  • Option to import/export saves
  • Misc improvements

v1.19.3 | 2020-06-26 | Details

  • Vulkan and OpenGL graphic fixes
  • Minor performance improvements

v1.19.2 | 2020-06-12 | Details

  • Audio improvements
  • Title manager improvements
  • Vulkan/OpenGL fixes
  • Misc smaller improvements

v1.19.1 | 2020-05-29 | Details

  • Added title manager tool
  • Graphic fixes
  • Misc minor improvements

v1.19.0 | 2020-05-15 | Details

  • Added option to allow async shader & pipeline compilation (Vulkan only)
  • Vulkan fixes
  • Minor compatibility improvements
  • Misc minor improvements

v1.18.2 | 2020-05-01 | Details

  • Vulkan improvements
  • Amiibo improvements
  • Misc smaller changes

v1.18.1 | 2020-04-17 | Details

  • Vulkan and OpenGL fixes
  • Input improvements
  • Misc smaller changes

v1.18.0 | 2020-04-03 | Details

  • Added support for DSU client as input API (Cemuhook motion provider protocol)
  • Added quick start assistant for new users
  • Debugger & patch format improvements
  • Optimizations for titles that use dynamic code generation

v1.17.4 | 2020-03-20 | Details

  • Added emulated SD card
  • Vulkan stability improvements
  • Minor compatibility improvements

v1.17.3 | 2020-03-06 | Details

  • JIT code translation is now asynchronous
  • Gamelist improvements
  • OpenGL & Vulkan crash fixes
  • Misc bug fixes and smaller changes

v1.17.2 | 2020-02-21 | Details

  • Stability improvements for multi-core recompiler modes
  • Stability improvements for Vulkan
  • Compatibility improvements
  • UI clean up
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and smaller new features

v1.17.1 | 2020-02-07 | Details

  • Vulkan improvements
  • Misc smaller new features and bug fixes

v1.17.0 | 2020-01-24 | Details

  • New graphic pack features (UI and internally)
  • Native support for Cemuhook patches + our own patch format
  • Gamelist fixes
  • Vulkan improvements
  • Tons of smaller bug fixes and improvements

v1.16.1 | 2020-01-03 | Details

  • Vulkan performance improvements
  • Various smaller changes and fixes

v1.16.0 | 2019-12-20 | Details

  • Added Vulkan renderer
  • Miscellaneous improvements

v1.15.20 | 2019-12-06 | Details

  • Minor compatibility improvements
  • Various smaller changes

v1.15.19 | 2019-11-22 | Details

  • Added account management (aka separate save slots)
  • Bug fixes and misc smaller features

v1.15.18 | 2019-11-08 | Details

  • Improved game list
  • Faster startup time
  • Misc minor bug fixes

v1.15.17 | 2019-10-25 | Details

  • Improved Amiibo support
  • Support for Gamecube controllers running in Wii U mode (with zadig drivers)
  • Game list improvements
  • Misc bug fixes

v1.15.16 | 2019-10-11 | Details

  • Bug fixes
  • Small usability improvements

v1.15.15 | 2019-09-27 | Details

  • Surround sound support
  • Minor improvements and bug fixes

v1.15.14 | 2019-09-13 | Details

  • Software keyboard and Wii U message box (ErrEula) improvements
  • Bug fixes

v1.15.13 | 2019-08-30 | Details

  • Minor compatibility improvements
  • Bug fixes

v1.15.12 | 2019-08-19 | Details

  • Bug fixes & minor tweaks

v1.15.11 | 2019-08-02 | Details

  • Improved handling of updates and DLC
  • Debugger improvements
  • Internal shader changes
  • Bug fixes

v1.15.10 | 2019-07-05 | Details

  • Added auto-updater
  • Screenshots are now automatically saved to a folder
  • Niche optimizations
  • Bug fixes & minor improvements

v1.15.9 | 2019-06-21 | Details

  • UI improvements
  • Compatibility improvements
  • Bug and crash fixes

v1.15.8 | 2019-06-07 | Details

  • Overlay enhancements and new notification system
  • Improved accuracy of streamout cache
  • Graphic fixes
  • Bug and crash fixes

v1.15.7 | 2019-05-24 | Details

  • Controller information added to overlay
  • Faster JIT recompilation
  • Bug and crash fixes

v1.15.6 | 2019-05-10 | Details

  • Added UI editor for game profiles
  • Per-game controller configuration
  • Removed deprecated settings/UI
  • Improved support for Lego and Skylanders USB portals

v1.15.5 | 2019-04-26 | Details

  • Recompiler accuracy improvements
  • Further reduced micro-stuttering
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.15.4 | 2019-04-06 | Details

  • Added h264 video decoding support
  • Added more SpotPass functionality
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.15.3 | 2019-03-07 | Details

  • Reduced micro-stuttering
  • Shader screen now displays game boot image
  • Added debug tools: Frame profiler + WUD filesystem dumper
  • Crash and input fixes

v1.15.2 | 2019-02-04 | Details

  • GamePad audio support
  • Optimizations for 'High' GPU buffer cache accuracy
  • Upscaling filters reworked
  • Recompiler improvements
  • Vsync fixed
  • Bug fixes & misc smaller improvements

v1.15.1 | 2019-01-06 | Details

  • Wiimote improvements
  • Audio improvements
  • Added button to download community graphic packs
  • 'No legacy' mode for Intel GPUs is now the default
  • Compatibility & miscellaneous improvements

v1.15.0 | 2018-11-05 | Details | Preview video

  • Added PowerPC Debugger
  • Added configurable graphical overlay
  • Added file replacement (mod) support via graphic packs
  • Compatibility & miscellaneous improvements

v1.14.0 | 2018-10-30 | Details | Preview video

  • New texture system & graphic fixes
  • Small audio improvements
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.13.2 | 2018-10-03 | Details

  • Usability improvements and new UI options
  • Slightly improved performance
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.13.1 | 2018-09-04 | Details | Preview video

  • Improved audio emulation
  • Added XAudio2 support
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.13.0 | 2018-08-05 | Details | Preview video

  • Overhauled graphic pack system and interface
  • New settings window
  • Added Discord Rich Presence support
  • Added .elf support (homebrew)
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.12.2 | 2018-06-24 | Details | Preview video

  • Added UI localization
  • Optimizations
  • Bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.12.1 | 2018-06-01 | Details | Preview video

  • General controller and native wiimote improvements
  • Added support for USB devices (via passthrough)
  • Minor compatibility improvements
  • Tons of bug fixes & miscellaneous improvements

v1.12.0 | 2018-05-02 | Details | Preview video

  • Added friend list support
  • Added native wiimote support
  • Improved game list
  • Bug fixes & various smaller improvements

v1.11.6 | 2018-04-03 | Details | Preview video

  • Added game list
  • Added option to toggle between conventional and separable shaders
  • Added new game profile options
  • Updated gameprofiles
  • Bug fixes & various smaller improvements

v1.11.5 | 2018-03-03 | Details | Preview video

  • Audio improvements
  • Added wiimote to list of emulated controllers
  • Added unicode support for software keyboard
  • Bug fixes & various smaller improvements

v1.11.4 | 2018-02-06 | Details | Preview video

  • Compatibility improvements
  • Reduced overall memory usage
  • Added -nolegacy option for Intel GPUs (disables Intel-specific workarounds)
  • Minor other fixes and improvements

v1.11.3 | 2018-01-01 | Details | Preview video

  • Added multi-core PowerPC emulation
  • SpotPass support (auto-download BOSS files)
  • Small optimizations
  • Misc smaller changes and bugfixes

v1.11.2 | 2017-12-13 | Details | Preview video

  • Improved compatibility
  • Graphic bugfixes
  • Improved Amiibo support
  • Various smaller tweaks and new features

v1.11.1 | 2017-11-27 | Details | Preview video

  • Improved PPC recompiler
  • Improved online support
  • Fixed graphic bugs
  • Compatibility improvements
  • ErrEula implementation (Wii U's message box system)
  • Misc bug fixes

v1.11.0 | 2017-10-31 | Details | Preview video

  • Added support for native online play
  • Overhauled account and save handling
  • Graphic and input fixes
  • Improved compatibility
  • Tons of bug fixes and smaller tweaks

v1.10.0 | 2017-10-02 | Details | Preview video

  • New audio backend
  • Customizable path for mlc01 directory
  • RDTSC timer (smoother gameplay, better audio)
  • Bug fixes

v1.9.1 | 2017-08-29 | Details | Preview video

  • Added second window which displays the GamePad screen
  • Improved texture readback
  • Bug fixes (audio, recompiler and input)
  • Optimizations for the texture decoder

v1.9.0 | 2017-08-02 | Details | Preview video

  • New controller configuration UI and profile system
  • Added support for XInput
  • Better implementation of VPAD and Padscore API
  • Improved gyro control via mouse
  • Misc bug fixes

v1.8.2 | 2017-07-25 | Details | Preview video

  • Recompiler performance improvements
  • Audio improvements
  • Better support for softdec videos
  • Minor compatibility improvements
  • Misc smaller changes and new features

v1.8.1 | 2017-06-30 | Details | Preview video

  • Improved compatibility
  • Improved graphics
  • Added support for socket API (nsysnet)
  • Improved Software Keyboard
  • Bugfixes

v1.8.0 | 2017-05-30 | Details | Preview video

  • Separable shaders
  • Added memory scanner
  • Graphic improvements
  • Minor optimizations

v1.7.5 | 2017-04-30 | Details | Preview video

  • More accurate FPU emulation
  • Optimizations
  • Bugfixes

v1.7.4 | 2017-04-09 | Details | Preview video

  • Graphic improvements
  • Minor optimizations
  • Shader cache compilation is now multi-threaded
  • Graphic packs can modify texture formats
  • Bugfixes & minor new features

v1.7.3 | 2017-03-17 | Details | Preview video

  • Patch and DLC support
  • Improved compatibility
  • Graphic improvements
  • Bugfixes & minor adjustments

v1.7.2 | 2017-02-23 | Details | Preview video

  • Optimizations
  • Improved compatibility
  • Graphic improvements
  • Bugfixes & minor adjustments

v1.7.1 | 2017-02-09 | Details | Preview video

  • Recompiler optimizations (Faster CPU emulation)
  • Improved compatibility
  • Reduced VRAM usage
  • Tons of bugs and crashes fixed

v1.7.0 | 2017-01-16 | Details | Preview video

  • Added 'Graphic packs' (graphic modding support)
  • Extended shader cache, now transferable and forward compatible

v1.6.4 | 2016-12-19 | Details | Preview video

  • Graphic improvements & Bicubic upscale filter
  • Compatibility improvements
  • Minor audio improvements
  • Minor optimizations
  • Bugfixes & misc small changes

v1.6.3 | 2016-11-27 | Details | Preview video

  • Graphic improvements
  • Rewritten audio core
  • Bugfixes

v1.6.2 | 2016-11-05 | Details | Preview video

  • Hardware acceleration for Streamout
  • Recompiler improvements
  • Optimized file operations + AES-NI support
  • Minor bugfixes, graphic and compatibility improvements

v1.6.1 | 2016-10-15 | Details | Preview video

  • New universal GPU buffer cache (replaces vertex cache)
  • NFC support
  • Small graphic improvements
  • Minor changes and bugfixes

v1.6.0 | 2016-09-22 | Details | Preview video

  • New texture cache/manager
  • Huge compatibility improvements
  • Graphic improvements
  • Audio improvements
  • Many all-around changes and bugfixes

v1.5.6 | 2016-08-28 | Details | Preview video

  • Audio improvements
  • Reduced RAM usage (up to 1.5GB lower)
  • More crashes fixed

v1.5.5 | 2016-08-15 | Details | Preview video

  • Added game profiles (manage settings per game)
  • Automatic region detection
  • Minor graphical improvements
  • Performance improvements
  • Added hotkey to toggle between TV and GamePad screen (Ctrl + Tab)
  • Fixed several bugs and crashes

v1.5.4 | 2016-07-27 | Details | Preview video

  • Overall improved compatibility
  • Graphical improvements
  • Improved robustness of interpreter and recompiler
  • Added VSync option

v1.5.3 | 2016-07-05 | Details | Preview video

  • Added support for anisotropic filtering
  • Added support for sRGB color space
  • Added button mapping to simulate 'Microphone blow'
  • Improved recompiler robustness
  • Fixed some bugs/crashes

v1.5.2 | 2016-06-16 | Details

  • Added support for mip-mapping
  • Added support for cubemap texture arrays
  • Various smaller improvements to the graphics backend
  • Slightly better compatibility and misc changes

v1.5.1 | 2016-05-30 | Details

  • Improved recompiler (Now utilizes AVX and BMI extension)
  • Better controller support
  • Improved sound emulation
  • Graphic bugfixes
  • Other changes and bugfixes

v1.5.0 | 2016-05-22 | Details

  • New enhanced controller configuration menu and emulation
  • Improved shader emulation and graphic bugfixes
  • Improved sound emulation
  • Reduced VRAM usage
  • Small bugfixes and changes

v1.4.2 | 2016-05-07 | Details

  • Added shader cache (reduces stutter after repeated sessions)
  • New texture loader (reduces stutter)
  • Added region and language selection
  • Generally improved compatibility in multiple ways
  • Various smaller changes

v1.4.1 | 2016-04-14 | Details

  • Recompiler improvements (up to 50-100% faster CPU emulation)
  • Increased compatibility
  • Fixed a few issues that occurred on AMD GPUs.
  • Added experimental vertex data cache
  • Smaller bugfixes

v1.4.0c | 2016-03-29 | Details

  • Added PowerPC JIT recompiler (up to 5-6 times faster CPU emulation)
  • Decreased shader compilation stutter
  • Improved audio emulation
  • Large improvements to graphics emulation
  • Tons and tons of smaller changes and bugfixes

v1.3.3 | 2016-03-09 | Details

  • Added support for Software Keyboard
  • Can now hold TAB key to show GamePad screen
  • Added initial support for GX2 Streamout
  • Implemented coreinit Block Heap API
  • Several smaller improvements to graphics emulation
  • Misc bugfixes

v1.3.2 | 2016-02-21 | Details

  • Added multi-core support for CPU emulation (Disabled by default, not recommended at this stage)
  • Added support for polygon offset (fixes some shadows and surface flicker)
  • Optimized GPU cpu thread by offloading work to GPU (Improves performance in graphic intensive games)
  • Added support for GX2 Occlusion Query API
  • Improved support for texture samplers and fixed other texture issues
  • Added debug option to view active PPC threads
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when loading .rpx

v1.3.1 | 2016-02-03 | Details

  • Added fullscreen support
  • Added support for running extracted applications (.rpx with external files)
  • Added support for launching games via command line parameter
  • Vastly improved graphics
  • Improved accuracy and stability of filesystem code
  • Many smaller changes to various parts of the emulator

v1.3.0 | 2016-01-13

  • Added support for GPU7 geometry shaders
  • Improved support for 2D texture arrays and cubemaps
  • Generally improved shader emulation
  • New debug option: Dump textures and shaders

v1.2.0 | 2015-12-26

  • Added basic audio support
  • Added support for GX2 stencil buffers
  • Improved controller options
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and small improvements

v1.1.2b | 2015-12-13

  • Fixed rendering issues on AMD graphic cards
  • Minor changes and bug fixes

v1.1.2 | 2015-12-11

  • Added controller options
  • Added support for OSCoroutine API
  • Improved shader emulation
  • Improved texture/depth/color buffer management
  • Improved CPU timing and thread synchronization
  • Synchronous file operations no longer block CPU execution (reduces frame stutter)

v1.1.1 | 2015-11-25

  • Improved shader emulation
  • Added support for 3D textures
  • Lots of bugfixes

v1.1.0 | 2015-11-19

  • New future-proof GPU7 shader assembly to GLSL decompiler (work-in-progress)
  • Fixed a few bugs in color and depth buffer emulation.
  • Added more system functions, leading to higher compatibility.
  • Added hacky support for DRC rotation. Right click on the render window & drag to change the orientation
  • Implemented some background logic for audio emulation. No audio output yet.

v1.0.2 | 2015-11-02

  • Improved accuracy of shader emulation (again).
  • Improved the emulation of color and depth buffers.
  • Implemented support for: Vertex shader textures, depth samplers and instanced rendering.
  • Fixed a bug causing texture unit updates to be ignored
  • Some attempts to get the emulator running on AMD graphic cards (but we are not quite there yet)
  • If GLSL shader compilation fails the error is now logged to log.txt
  • Lots of other small changes and bugfixes.

v1.0.1 | 2015-10-24

  • Improved accuracy of shader emulation.
  • Implemented many system functions leading to higher compatibility.
  • Added support for statically loading and linking multiple RPX/RPL files (WUD only for now).

v1.0.0 | 2015-10-13

  • Initial cemu release.