SOTN emulation guidelines
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SOTN emulation guidelines
Updated 1 year ago by TalicZealot

Allowed Emulators

  • BizHawk: uses a forked mednafen core
  • Mednafen: lightweight accurate emulator
  • PPSSPP: for now this is the main option for PSP

Emulator Rules

  • The game needs to be ran at 60fps, auto detect fps/skip should be enough
  • No input automation of any kind (scripts/macros/etc.)
  • Only one button bound per each emu button, with the exception of using dpad and analog stick.
  • No lag reduction: ssspsx, pc fps, cpu overclock, artificial multithreading
  • No abuse of holding left + right at the same time

Rules Regarding Off-stream Emulator Runs

  • Reset/power on from the previous run must be included in your run submission video
  • Specify the emulator used in the run and its version in the comments
  • Include all game audio
  • It is strongly encouraged to use input display
  • It is strongly encouraged to show the emulator window with the border included

Emulator Setup

  • Always load the *.cue file instead of the bin/iso
  • config > display > Maintain aspect ratio ☑
  • config > display > Use system's recommendation ☑

Optimizing emulator performance

  • Closing unnecessary software, especially web browsers.
  • When streaming try using GPU accelerated encoding like NVENC.
  • Lowering window size scaling.
  • Trying a different setting in Config > Display > Display Method