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[–] littlelordfauntleroy@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy shit I need to figure out how to do this!

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

https://github.com/TwilitRealm/dusk

I think the hard part will be finding/dumping your own gamecube rom. Otherwise, the instructions are pretty easy:

Download Dusk

Windows / macOS / Linux:

  1. Extract the .zip file
  2. Launch Dusk
  3. Press Select Disc Image and provide the path to your supported game dump
  4. Press Play!
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wasn't ironically the first game to enable this Twilight Princess? A buffer overflow in the horse's name, I think.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

These days you just need to get the Wii online and do the EULA DNS hack, fully automated

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't even need a game anymore.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Crap, I missed the GC part. I have the Wii version.

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[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Been playing this, and it's great! Started right up at 9x resolution, wasn't too hard to setup a high quality texture pack, and the game is looking sharp at 4k/120 without any issues!

Things look great, and this launching with features like gyro aim, free cam, and QoL like fast climbing and skipping that damn rupee cutscene is phenomenal.

Also, man, can't wait to come back to this in a year or two with a randomizer and whatever other features they can pack in here.

[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m glad we have high res options but I always immediately set these to 1x res. I ❤️ the jaggies.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

To be fair, at this time the game was still being designed on CRTs (LCDs existed but everything except footprint size was a downgrade - and they still are if you ask me), so the intended way to play the game from the artists perspective is still at 1x on a CRT, which effectively masks pixels edges with the CRTs inherent picture softening.

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I love that they so easily provide a "faithful" and "enhanced" version. One button at startup and it runs just like it would on the GameCube, or you can go all out like me!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can you toggle between modes, I wonder? I installed a mega high rez texture pack on Ship of Harkinian and toggling between old graphics and high-rez textures was mindblowing hahaha

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can toggle everything except the texture pack right now, unfortunately. The live reloading is super rad, I've had a blast toggling bloom on and off and laughing at how generic the game looks without it.

I think textures are a fairly new feature, you currently just throw them in an unmentioned folder and it works. But I've heard one of the devs is apparently looking into modding support, so hopefully texture packs can be distributed via mods, and easily enabled/disabled there, similar to Majora's Mask Recomp.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Noted, thank you! It’s not a big problem if I can’t toggle texture packs. I’m excited to try this! I’ve only played for a couple hours, on the Wii. Twilight Princess is my partner’s favorite Zelda game, though!

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh man! First ever playthrough is so exciting, this one is a childhood favourite of mine that I'm enjoying replaying. I hope you have a great time with it!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes you can. Mid-game without having to restart

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Bonus, here's a great Reddit comment that helped me setup a texture pack. Really helps with how soupy those Wii/GC grass and rock textures look at high resolution: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1t8rtet/comment/okx8awj/

https://www.henrikomagnifico.com/zelda-twilight-princess-4k

Extract: ZTP 4K 3.0b (4K).zip/ZTP4K 3.0b (4K)/User/Load/Textures/GZ2/ To(copy the path from here and put in the address bar):

  • Windows: %appdata%/TwilitRealm/Dusk/texture_replacements/

  • Linux: ~/.local/share/TwilitRealm/Dusk/texture_replacements/

  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/TwilitRealm/Dusk/texture_replacements/

I'll add bonus instructions on how to copy the file to bypass Google drives download limit. I had to create a new folder in Google Drive, click the kebab menu on the file, "Create a Shortcut" into that folder, and then go into my drive and download the folder. Seems to cheat Drive's download limit, and I imagine that'll be a problem for the next little while now that Dusk has released.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you. Where to install the textures on my Steam Deck was exactly what I was looking for.

[–] mrnarwall@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I will be downloading this and trying it later today!

I've been having issues with games on my Linux mint setup and if this doesn't work I may finally switch to a different flavor os

[–] besmtt@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bazzite has been fantastic for me, it could be for you too!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a side note, I'm running Bazzite and this game works great

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[–] imecth@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's unlikely that whatever issue you're having with your games is because of the desktop environment.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If your system is all-AMD, then it's amazing how well Linux just works. Turn it on, hardware accelerated everything.

If you've got NVidia anywhere near it, that's not so much the case. If Mint is being a bit dodgy, then I would have used to recommend trying it with Pop!, since that has pretty good driver support out of the box. Probably outdated advice, something like Bazzite might make more sense now, but I've not used it first hand. Partly because my system is all-AMD and just works, but also because I run Arch btw.

[–] TALL421@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Bazzite has been my personal best experience with Linux, saying this with a Nvidia gpu, have had very few issues using for about a year now!

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I just tried this on an iPhone 13 and it runs like a charm. No touch controls so only works with a controller or keyboard.

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I saw this released and set it up. Hopefully this time I finally make it through Twilight Princess because I really want to learn to love it how everyone else does

[–] addie@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a slow burn, and it undoubtedly sags in the middle - the massive empty spaces tip over from 'epic' into 'time wasting'. But it benefits hugely from telling a very personal drama with a lot of character development, and it has one of the darkest stories of any Zelda game. The Gamecube version has much sharper controls than the Wii version, so is the much better choice to reimplement. Hope you enjoy - I'm a big fan of this game, and set this up to play last night, it's really smooth.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Also, fun fact: the Wii version is completely mirrored. Like, completely flipped horizontally. Maps, characters, everything.

This is because they realized that most people are right-handed (unlike Link) and they hold the Wiimote with the right hand. So, instead of changing all the animations to make Link use the right hand, they decided the mirror the whole game.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

And you can choose to mirror the game in Dusk if you're nostalgic for the backwards Wii version.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

That IS a fun fact—I never knew that!

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I get what you mean about Time Wasting, i saw a bit of it in my other attempts at playing. I think another thing stopping me is i'm not a fan of the art style. Something about it i don't really care for. I want to try it again with a PC port, maybe backup my saves too so i can't lose them just to be safe

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Really excited for the randomizer mode, will try that out once it's ready

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Will a Wii dump work with this? I find it difficult to decipher the exact requirements for making this work.

[–] 0k_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

NTSC or PAL GameCube only rn

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

On the plus side, Link will be properly left handed in this.

[–] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

But you can flip it if you're more familiar with the Wii version!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Dang. My private torrent tracker only had the Wii and Wii U versions. And I only have the Wii physical disc. Alright, thanks!

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like an opportunity to find it yourself and then be the first to upload it, right when a whole bunch of other people are about to suddenly decide they need it too.

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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Link sure does run like a super dork in this one.

Never liked his running animation.

That said, this is running pretty great on my Mac mini. I installed the 4K textures, too, and it's not hitting it too hard.

I really want to play this again but I don't think I'll emotionally survive Midna's lament again! The music in Twilight Princess was amazing! The Hyrule Castle theme slowly morphing into Ganondorf's theme still gives me shivers.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Downloaded before Nintendo strikes (yeah the project is legal, but also it's on GitHub)

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

GitHub sucks now, but I don’t think this project is gonna vanish—Ship of Harkinian hasn’t gone anywhere :3

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