Ocarina of Time Emulation

[Anonymous No.8481438]

What is the best way to play this on PC currently? I've heard Project 64 being mentioned, but are there any good FPS increase patches and reshaders /vr/ would recommend? Also any recs on controller re-mapping, I want to do what I can to avoid hating it the first time through.

[Anonymous No.8481473]

Buy a usb N64 controller or a converter for a real one because Zorlda is not optimised for a dualshock unless you’re dying to map the c buttons to the right stick. The game runs fine and pushing itself fps is just going to fuck up cycles and look weird. It runs well as it is. There’s a HD texture pack if you want to use it but it just clashes with the rest of aesthetic and looks overall quite ugly

[Anonymous No.8482330]

Just play the 3DS version.

[Anonymous No.8482359]

To play Ocarina of Time using your PC, go to your favorite online retailers and order an N64, and a trusted flash cart such as a Kirkzz brand everdrive for Nintendo 64. Then download the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, and apply the Ocarina of Time Redux patch. Insert that into the SD card that will come with your N64 everdrive. Congratulations, your PC has provided you with the best way to play Ocarina of Time!

[Anonymous No.8482360]

If you insist on using dualshock/xbox controller then this is the closest you can get to what Nintendo used on the GCN

A = X/A
B = O/B
C left = Square/X
C right = Triangle/Y
C down = R1/Right bumper
L = L2/Left trigger
R = R2/Right trigger
Z = L1/Left bumper
C up = Select
Start = Start

You'll probably murder someone when you start to do the ocarina songs but during normal gameplay it should be fine.

[Anonymous No.8482379]

>>8481438
there are HD patches,but fps patches sadly break the game,so you constantly need to turn them on and off,but its currently being reverse engineered so that project may be more fruitful if you don't want 20 fps (which kinda feels like shit).

though the 3ds version runs at a locked 30 afaik,but its the same issue when going above 30,though you meed to get a patch cause the 3ds version sucks anyways.

[Anonymous No.8482383]

>>8481473
>20 fps
>well

[Anonymous No.8482420]

>>8482359
Is a regular OOT cartridge more expensive than an Everdrive these days?

[Anonymous No.8482423]

Use Patcher64 Tool or whatever it’s called (Google it, there’s a GitHub) and enable the Redux patch and QoL shit like faster text, faster block pushing, boots and ocarina on the D-Pad, fixed translation, etc. Don’t bother with anything else.

[Anonymous No.8482438]

What with the decompilation project done now, how long can we expect to wait for a Mario 64 style port to show up?

[Anonymous No.8482440]

>>8482438
a few months probably,and few more before they get really good.

[Anonymous No.8482453]

>>8481438
>What is the best way to play this on PC currently?

Seriously? Get a Wii, connect that to your PC monitor.

[Anonymous No.8482457]

>>8481438
>What is the best way to play this on PC currently?

You're still 5-10 years away.

[Anonymous No.8482487]

>>8482420
yes
>>8482359
based, havent heard of redux, i just use vanillamizer with instant text, cutscene skip and mm bunny hood for my replays

[Anonymous No.8482508]

>>8482360
I think some emulators allow you to have more than one mapping at once, so you can use the C-stick for ocarina playing and still use regular buttons for items.

[Anonymous No.8482519]

>>8482330
What I did. You can also use macros to map the touchscreen item slots onto controller buttons, which is handy.

[Anonymous No.8482546]

>>8481438
Whatever you do, stay away from "HD texture" mods or whatever. Almost all of them are tasteless as fuck and ruin the game's art direction and atmosphere. I know it's ultimately subjective, but the only one I can remotely stomach looking at is the cel-shaded one, only because it's at least kind of unique.

The game does work relatively well with widescreen hacks, though, so give it a try using the GLideN64 plugin (NOT Glide64 - that's an older plugin). You can crank up MSAA as well.

>>8482453
N64 emulation on PC is no longer bad. In fact, it shits all over the Wii's VC now. Stop spreading this meme.

[Anonymous No.8482550]

>>8482546
>N64 emulation on PC is no longer bad
Hmmmm

>it shits all over the Wii's VC now. Stop spreading this meme.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Really man, OoT loves to crash even with Angryliondildo5.7 or whatever Project64 is at now, but I assure you it has not made the game more stable. Nintendo wins for now and yes, the emulation for OoT on Wii is far better than it is on the Switch.

[Anonymous No.8482559]

>>8482550
I have never heard of OoT being a crash-happy game, so this sounds like either a problem with whatever version of Project64 you're using, or your machine configuration. Although honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was Project64's fault. I've been playing it on RetroArch.

[Anonymous No.8482576]

>>8482420
I don't know, the aftermarket for retro games is just not worth my time so I haven't checked. What I do know is that an everdrive is worth it so you can have all the N64 games you want on one cartridge and it running on real hardware flawlessly, plus you can play improvement patches like OOT Redux. Like even if you only wanted "the good ones" from the N64 library it would still be cheaper to get an everdrive than buy all five of them.

[Anonymous No.8482579]

>>8482559
>I have never heard of OoT being a crash-happy game

Surprising since it's notorious for crashing, even on Gamecube's Zelda collection disc and it's happened to me so often that I got put off playing it that way, then later same deal with PC emulations that I find crash guaranteed after several hours of play.
>>8482559
>this sounds like either a problem with whatever version of Project64 you're using, or your machine configuration.

You're probably right on the PC side and I was being a dumbass, but my point stands that official Nintendo emulation of OoT on the Wii has never failed me and seem as solid as my gold cart, which either has never crash or did so long ago that I forgot.


>I wouldn't be surprised if it was Project64's fault. I've been playing it on RetroArch.

Yeh I should just suck it up and play it on RA. I'm one of those guys that rips on it and only run to it when all other emus fail.

[Anonymous No.8482826]

>>8482579
Majora's Mask on the Collector's Edition disk was definitely crash-happy, and it is no secret that it is. But OoT? First I hear of it.

[Anonymous No.8482851]

>>8481438
you need to play the new PC version that is updated to look exactly like the 1990s 3D renders!

[Anonymous No.8482881]

>>8482826
>But OoT? First I hear of it.
I don't know what to tell you, but it happens. Rebel Strike also tends to crash in certain places too, and there's nothing wrong with my GC, it's just how it is and some are luckier than others. Some people's Majora's Mask game on that disc doesn't even crash so some swear, but I am not one of them. All I know is that it might have something to do with the rumble feature for that one.

[Anonymous No.8482894]

*And my discs are immaculate

**autism moment:
disc=laser read
disk=magnetic read

[Anonymous No.8482925]

>>8482579
Mupen64Plus with ParaLLEl RSP/RDP (or just the ParaLLEl core) through Vulkan is the best and most accurate stable emulation that you can still upscale if your hardware isn’t terribly old.

[Anonymous No.8482926]

>>8482925
The ParaLLEl core is now deprecated. Use Mupen64Plus-Next with the ParaLLEl plugins for best results.