How to set up BOTW Multiplayer

2023-04-05

AN UNPACKED DUMP OF BOTW FOR WII U WILL NOT BE PROVIDED

This guide will require an unpacked dump of BOTW and .NET Framework 6.0

Cemu Configuration

  1. Create a folder somewhere you'd like to install Cemu. I recommend somewhere with extra space.

  2. Download Cemu and unzip it into the prior folder.

  3. Open Cemu, and make sure to download the community graphics packs. You may say no to viewing the downloaded packs.

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  1. Click Next in the corner, then you can close the window. Click file, then Install game title, update or DLC. Navigate to /path/to/botwdump/meta/meta.xml to install. Repeat this process for Base game, Update, and DLC.
  • Don't forget to map your input settings!

Cemu Graphics Configuration (Optional)

  1. Open Cemu, click Options, then navigate to Graphics. Copy the settings shown in the image below image

  2. Close that page, click Options, then navigate to Graphics packs.

  3. Expand The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Check the Enhancements and Graphics tabs, changing desired settings on the side.

Cemu Graphics Packs Configuration

  1. Open Cemu, click Options, then navigate to Graphics packs.

  2. Expand The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, then expand Mods.

  3. Enable Extended Memory and FPS++.

Multiplayer Mod Setup

  1. Download BOTWM_Autoupdater.exe

    DO NOT OPEN IT, IT WILL DELETE EVERYTHING IN THE DIRECTORY

  2. Move BOTWM_Autoupdater.exe to an empty directory wherever you would like to launch Multiplayer.

  3. ASSUMING YOU HAVE MOVED THE EXE Run BOTWM_Autoupdater.exe to install some necessary files.

BCML Setup

  1. Feel free to set up BCML using their linked github, or you may just use the installer provided here

  2. After using either method above, open BCML and map the Cemu and game folders. (hint: use the tooltips!) Click save to continue.

  3. Click the plus button, then Browse, then navigate to where you ran the autoupdater, and navigate to the BNPs subdirectory.

  4. Install BreathoftheWildMultiplayer.bnp first, then go ahead and install BOTW Multiplayer-Classic.bnp. Your BCML should now look like this. image

  5. Click the re-merge button at the very bottom of BCML. image

Playing Multiplayer

  • Everything should now be ready to go! Navigate to where you ran BOTWM_Autoupdater.exe and open Breath of the Wild Multiplayer.exe!

  • Set your name, then click Add Server. Add the server you'd like to connect to and click Connect.

Credits/Aferword

  • This guide was made by simplifying points from the official guide. Please refer to it for any troubleshooting.

  • The BCML installer scripts came from the Second Wind github, please check them out!

  • I recommend using Tailscale for your server hosting needs.

Why you should play Outer Wilds NOW

2023-03-29

NO! Not The Outer Worlds

Outer Wilds!

This game is near the best game I have ever played, even if you can only play it once.

What does this mean?

Basically what I mean by that is the way the game is structured encourages you to explore, and record information. Beating the game requires you collect a certain amount of information, and putting together the information to create the pieces to a giant puzzle (You don't even know you're solving!). This is amazing and also impactful, as you will only come to the solutions once!

This game feels like puzzleception (Puzzle Inception) at points, but every single time you put the pieces together the feeling of satisfaction grows as you inch closer and closer to solving it all.

The General Idea

Alright, before I get ahead of myself let me give you the general jist of the game.

The solar system is dying!

The sun is exploding!

Yeah... in this game unfortunately you're doomed to die every 22 minutes (Real Life Minutes). That's okay though! We're stuck in a time loop!

You heard me right, every single time you would die in any way you will wake up at the beginning of that 22 minute loop completely unscathed!

Now in the story you're playing as a humanoid creature called a "Hearthian" and you're shaping up to use a ship to explore outer space! During your travels you find the ruins of a previous civilization, and you start piecing together a larger story, or like a history.

Let's Break Some of This Down More

This game has A LOT to unpack when it comes time to understand the pacing. First of all you need to understand how the gameplay functions, simply so you can envision this going further. Here's a few bullets that might paint a better picture.

  • This game is an exploration game, with no hard limits where you can and cannot go
  • You use a rocket to fly around a medium sized solar system, with all kinds of cool gravity shenanigans to mess with
  • Events during gameplay happens on a time scale, so as you learn you can find more and more things to do
  • Your objective is to fly around all the different planets, piecing together a larger story
  • The movement is very fun, with some planets having moon gravity and others having crazy heavy gravity

Now We Put it Back Together

So you're flying around a solar system, with fun space-inspired physics, with nothing limiting what you can go do or see whenever you want! While you're doing all this flying around and goofing around you'll piece together a lot of random little facts (stored in your ship log), which leads you to be thrust into the middle of this story, which eventually will have you hooked and hunting every nook and cranny for as much information as you can possibly gather.

In Conclusion

This game is a once in a lifetime oppurtunity. No other game quite compares to the world, history, and overall atmosphere that Outer Wilds has created. No don't watch someone else play it. Go enjoy it for yourself, experience it in your own unique way!