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Mmmm bloodborne on PC (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Works pretty consistently at 60fps 1080p but struggles a bit at 1440p. Shame i can't do both but otherwise looks and plays fine.

I can post some instructions on setting it up if anyone is interested its actually quite simple

Instructions:

Download the fork of shadps4 that is for bloodborne here you will want the QT release for your relevant OS https://github.com/diegolix29/shadPS4/releases
Download the GOTY copy of bloodborne I went for the link in the post here https://www.reddit.com/r/bloodborne/comments/1f80pjb/where_can_i_get_the_pkg_file_for_bloodborne_for/
Download the 1.09 patch for the ISO ID you downloaded https://orbispatches.com/CUSA03173
Download vertex explosion mod https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodborne/mods/109?tab=files this will disable face customising
Download some other fix https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodborne/mods/70 i downloaded this and installed but it says for intel no idea if they're needed for amd
There's also some other fixes I didn't download here https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodborne/mods/41?tab=files I would suggest playing and downloading patches to fix whatever issues you face, these fixes seem to be intel specific I have an AMD cpu I can't find much info on if they're needed for AMD or not but game seems to play fine
Open shadps4 and install the game pkg file
Install the patch pkg file
Open the game installation folder and extract relevant mods into the folder and overwrite files
In shadps4 settings turn on fullscreen if you want
Right click on the game entry and click cheats and patches, click on patches tab and download patches
Select shadps4 XML at the bottom of the patches page
Enable skip intro, disable http requests, 60fps, force old hunters dlc, and if you want to upscale or downscale from the games native res you can select a resolution option below
Give it a whirl

I'd recommend this for people who've already played and wanna see 60fps or upscaled res its not a perfect experience for new players which can be frustrating. It also has lots of compilation stutter when you first run it which can suck if it happens at the wrong time.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think I can run it (I can barely run dark souls on my laptop) but it's really good to see I don't have to get yet another piece of tech to play games that I'd really enjoy otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would really love a small guide on how you set it up (tweaks ecc...)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Updated the description with a guide.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

crashing on install game from pkg:( seems like a few people run into this. maybe i should just wait a few months...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Did the emulator close completely or was it just unresponsive? When I installed the package the emulator was unresponsive but I just left it in the background and after like half an hour it finished installing. By the way, I also have a 1080ti and it runs mostly smoothly even with the 60fps patch, so hopefully the same will be true for you once the installation problems are solved! Other specs are an i5-10400 and 16GB RAM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

this worked thanks so much lol, it actually only took a few minutes, shows how patient i am... it is mostly smooth for me too, i'm thinking i give it another 6 months of dev time before starting a proper playthrough though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Glad I could help! Same here, it’s really cool that the game is playable now, but I’ve never beaten it before so I think I’m gonna give it some more time to cook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The stuttering may be due to shader compilation from the vulkan translation layer. I found running around in the starting zone for a bit was quite stuttery with big frametime spikes then it smoothed out as i explored more and became a much smoother 60fps. I think the shaders get cached cos every subsequent startup was still smooth. Maybe the emu will eventually get async shader comp and precompiled shaders like rpcs3 but probably won't be for a while

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

hmm I will have to try this. it was unresponsive but when I restarted it the game had partially installed so you could be onto something. are you also on Linux?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thanks for this post. can i ask what GPU/CPU you're running? wanna know if i can expect to hit 1080p60

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

4080 super and 5800x3d

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

cries in 1080ti

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At 1080p60 i was using around 50% of my GPU and 20% of my CPU, the emu seems more CPU limited you may be able to do it. There's a 720p downscale patch in the patches menu which could squeeze out some extra performance

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

im gonna give it a shot, seems like it might be doable. i do have a 9900k which is still pretty decent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Doesn't possess the requisite quantity of xD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

anyone got other links to the pkg, preferably torrents? the one from the reddit post is expired

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I just tried this out the other day and it didn't yet quite run perfectly, so I guess I'll wait a few more months before playing it for the first time. Already waited almost a decade, what do a few more months matter now?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i wonder if i could get this working on my steamdeck, and if anybody already has

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

https://youtu.be/1q8WFEjFYok it appears it does run

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

oh snap, i might have to finally beat the chalice dungeons now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did you compile from source?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No I downloaded the precompiled windows binary

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I'm going in

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

how far along is it now? can you complete the game? any major framedrops?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://www.reddit.com/r/BloodbornePC/comments/1hehoc6/bloodborne_platinum_has_been_obtained_bloodborne/

I got the inspiration to do this from this post claiming they platinumed the game. My experience so far is occasional stutter from shader comp that smooths out and a lot of random crashing. Sometimes its stable for a long time sometimes it crashes at the main menu. It's not there yet but fun to mess around with for me who's already finished the game multiple times on ps4

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Excellent game. Hope my pc is up to it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh shiiiiiiiit, did they finally pull it off?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Its pretty close most of the effects are there it looks comparable to the console version. Feels pretty decent with 60fps but i haven't played much yet maybe less stable later idk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

do you need to dl ps4 system modules?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nop all steps listed are what I did nothing extra

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thank you! for the mods do you just dump them in game install dir?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yep

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Great thread comrade. I've been wanting to try Bloodborne on PC since the recent breakthroughs in emulating it. Hopefully I can dump it from my brother's PS4, but if I can't, at least I'll know where to get it thanks to the thread you linked.