In this guide, you will find out how to Play Metroid Dread on Yuzu.
1- First, you have to download the Yuzu emulator from the following link https://yuzu-emu.org/. This link will take you to the main page of the official yuzu and you need to click on the download button, then select the download type windows 64bits. After that, click on Download, and now the setup will start to download. When the download completes, click on it the setup will pop up in front of you. Now select the option you want and then click on Install.
2- Once the installation finishes, you need to exit the step and open the yuzu emulator. Then an error message will pop up, you have to click on OK and then you will be on the home screen of the Emulator. Now you have to add new keys from the following link https://gameskeysstorage.b-cdn.net/proddkey.7z. Download the new Key folder, and once the download completes, you have to go to your Yuzu emulator folder where you have installed it. For this, you have to open the emulator, then click on the file and tap on Open the Yuzu folder from the drop-down menu. You need to go to the Keys folder and after extraction, you have to go into this folder and then you have to copy the two files in it, and paste them into the Key folder of the yuzu emulator. But first, you have to delete the previous files in it and then restart your emulator.
3- After that, click on the Emulation tab from the top of your screen and then tap on Configure. In General, you have to make sure that the Multi-core CPU Emulation is check-mark, then right-click on the game and go to the properties. Under General, you have to make sure that the Multi-core CPU Emulation is check-mark here also. You can also check, ark the extended memory option as it will fix your performance issues.
4- Now you have to click on the Graphics tab, and make sure that API is set to Open GL. After that, click on Advance under the Accuracy level, and make sure that v-sync and use assembly shaders options are check-marked.
Now, you have to make sure that your controller is connected to your PC so that the emulator will automatically detect the controller. Click on Emulation on the top and then click on Configure. After that, click on the Controls tab and tap on the button you are ready to emulate as that will be highlighted in green. Then hit the button you have to set up in place of that button on your controller. Once you are done, click on OK.
After that, you have to right-click on the game and then you have to click on open transferable shader cache a folder will open in front of you. Now you have to make sure that all files are of the latest version in this folder and then again you have to right-click on the game again and then you have to click on properties. Under add-ons, you have to make sure that the update is check-marked. Then click on the Graphics tab and make sure that the API is set to Vulkan. After this, launch the game as now your game is ready to play.
