rpcs3 VS rpcs3

If you’ve got a decent spec computer you could always run the emulator RSPC3. This build is specifically geared towards making MGS4 run as smoothly as possible - https://github.com/rajkosto/rpcs3/releases/tag/0.0.8-9809

I tried to use rajkosto’s build (https://github.com/rajkosto/rpcs3/releases) with these settings - https://imgur.com/a/ageTWVv (I also tried to disable thread scheduler, disable multithread RSX, increase driver wake-up delay up to 200 and it solved nothing, just maybe DolbyDigital cutscene went just slightly more smoothly but that’s it)

Link to fork: https://github.com/rajkosto/rpcs3

If you can get a copy of the game (don't ask me how) you can get it for RPCS3 but it doesn't run well without using a custom build. That said, here's the custom build I used that runs it more or less without issue: https://github.com/rajkosto/rpcs3/releases/tag/0.0.8-9809

https://github.com/rajkosto/rpcs3/releases/tag/0.0.8-9809 This man right here is a certified saint and genius. He is the one that made the game truly playable on PC. I can confirm that its fully playable on PC, because i am one of the few people that fully played it on PC, and it was all thanks to my king rajkosto.

https://github.com/rajkosto/rpcs3/releases/tag/0.0.8-9809 here's the release

Here, my dude. Works quite literally flawlessly.

There's a fork by cipherxof explicitly for this https://github.com/cipherxof/rpcs3

I’ve been out of the loop for a while so I’m not sure if these changes were ever merged into the master build if RPCS3 but there’s a fork of the emulator built specifically for running MGS4.

You got to use a specific version of RPCS3 moded for MGS4 https://github.com/cipherxof/rpcs3/releases , and In order to mitigate the freezes while in-game you'll need to add the cellSpurs urgent commands hack canary patch manually and enable it via RPCS3's patch manager. https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Game_Patches#Manually_adding_custom_patches

https://github.com/cipherxof/rpcs3/releases/tag/0.0.8-9814 This is the newest version I can find It's from april And the main RPCS3 build runs at like 20fps this runs at like a good 40fps

Cipher It fixes almost all the crashes but loading time takes about 1-2 minutes

For MGS4 get [Cipherxox Build](https://github.com/cipherxof/rpcs3) OR [Gnarly Repack](https://www.gnarly-repacks.site/2022/07/27/metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots-rpcs3-illusion-cipherxof-gnarly-repacks-17-2-gb/) for the best stability. Just ensure to change the Vblank back to 120 or 240. For some reason they both set it to max which will crash the game.

not OP, but I beat the game using the cipherxof build of rpcs3 on a 2070. framerate was usually in the 40s but could go as low as 15-25 when lots of stuff is going on. The only thing is, it crashes at least every 40-50 minutes. Some areas of the game are a lot more prone to crashing than others. Cutscenes don't seem to crash as much as gameplay, but it definitely still happens. Once cutscene crashed over and over in the same exact place, so I had to watch that one on Youtube, but overall the game is 100% beatable. I used all default settings, except for Vsync, which I enabled.

I would say it crashed somewhere between 20 or 25 times on the total play through , it Doesnt really matter if you save often like I do , just close the game and launch it again. As for the build it’s the cipherxof build and you can find it here https://github.com/cipherxof/rpcs3/releases/tag/0.0.8-9814

https://github.com/cipherxof/rpcs3/releases/download/0.0.8-9813/rpcs3-mgs4.7z , there you go :)

The RPCS3 build I am using is the CipherXOF build.