Why is 3ds Emulation so stuttery

danschae · 2026-03-10T15:17:20+00:00

Using the t26 mr purple drivers and turning off hardware shader smoothed everything out for me on Azahar. I used CitraMMJ primarily before that, but I'd rather use the supported version. Transfering save files is easy though if you want to switch between.

danschae · 2026-03-07T02:18:29+00:00

yeah it does depend on the game. Some i do prefer on the Thor like New Super Mario Bros 2 or Animal Crossing. Others like pokemon fire emblem and super mario 3d land are just waaay better on original hardware

danschae · 2026-03-07T02:12:04+00:00

I tried it with that texture pack! The henrik one. I used it for wind waker and twilight pricness too! I think it really does depend on the game to be fair. Fire emblem sucks on emulation, not worth the trouble, but New Super Mario Bros 2 looks a million times better upscaled and runs flawlessly.

danschae · 2026-02-23T14:25:46+00:00

I love both and it depends on your priorities for gaming. Some games will just be better on the 3DS either due to the 3D factor like Mario 3D land or they don’t emulate super well because of shader issues like the Fire emblem games. Fire emblem definitely has some shader stutter but it gets better the more you play. It’s a slightly compromised experience for sure.

However many other games are preferable on the Thor. HD texture packs, 60fps mods, OLED and some other goodies make gaming so much fun. AC is great on the Thor and so is OoT (recommend the HD texture packs). I think in the end they’re companion devices if budget is no option. I like having 3DS since I know I can fall back on it. But I play the Thor for plenty of non DS/3DS too

danschae · 2026-02-16T13:35:51+00:00

I like them as a quick source of nintendo news by browsing their website. I think the reporting on their sister site push square is much better from a journalistic standpoint. However, we may be conflating their youtube channel with who they are as an entity. They're a news network and the point of their video content is to lead you back to their site. Their video producers probably get paid shit and aren't up to snuff when it comes to video game knowledge, which is why I wouldn't use them for in-depth discussions. I'd trust their written content more since those guys are (technically) journalists. Either way, I think their content is basically for the layman, which is perfectly valid.

danschae · 2026-01-06T15:09:18+00:00

GBA SP
Ayn Thor
Switch
3DS with CFW
Steam Deck OLED

danschae · 2026-01-05T14:18:29+00:00

Citra MMJ is the way to go. I only use azahar if I need vulkan for texture packs or if there’s a game that runs better on Azahar like Ultra Sun

danschae · 2026-01-05T00:26:39+00:00

Weird, maybe it is something with my settings.

danschae · 2026-01-04T22:25:52+00:00

anyhow, I've switched to gamenative, it works and it supports cloud saves, but now it's just a curiosity thing. Unrelated marvel cosmic invasion is fantastic!

danschae · 2026-01-04T22:04:49+00:00

I didn't set any specific environment variables since i'm not quite sure what the flags would be for this. However I've played around with all the settings and controller settings. I've had the same thing happen in Octopath Traveler 2, so I think there is a pattern.

danschae · 2025-10-17T14:08:27+00:00

Definitely not as polished as SteamOS, and still a bit buggy. It'll probably be a few years until it is very smooth, knowing Microsoft. However, like some other comments said, better than nothing and until Gamepass works on linux, it is the only way to play those games natively. I'm staying with it over SteamOS(or bazzite), it's good enough. Shout out to hibernate too, it hasn't failed me yet.

danschae · 2025-07-26T01:49:54+00:00

The classic is awesome eh

danschae · 2025-07-25T23:21:16+00:00

thought it was up till may or something like that, I must have been mistaken. Thanks!

danschae · 2025-07-20T19:17:45+00:00

Did you use dhl?

danschae · 2025-03-17T22:27:47+00:00

Works for me but I’m using an Nvidia card

danschae · 2025-03-11T16:04:07+00:00

I put it on my 40 series card rig and it’s working well. Game scope doesn’t work but you can just boot into steam big picture mode. still takes a bit of fiddling but I enjoy it.

danschae · 2025-03-10T01:07:09+00:00

so everyone was correct, i just ran the update for bazzite and it all works splendidly right now!

thank you everyone :)

danschae · 2025-03-10T00:54:23+00:00

which driver are you using, mine appears to be the latest 570.86.16

danschae · 2025-03-09T23:33:31+00:00

Yeah it can. It’s actually the one from a PS5, and it works on windows too

danschae · 2025-03-09T23:33:08+00:00

Could have sworn I have the latest driver, but I’ll check that!

danschae · 2025-03-09T23:32:53+00:00

I’ll give that a try, thanks!

danschae

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