From 2ff95b59d2b11a3d4bc5f4e1ea309743d45d4162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: archshift Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:50:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Tweaks to the FAQ and meta info to reflect progress Citra has progressed to the point where it would be false to say that it can not play any commercial games whatsoever. The FAQ has been slightly changed to reflect this fact, and the page's meta information has also been likewise tweaked. --- index.html | 37 ++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index d639deb..8b79f84 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ - Citra - Experimental 3DS Emulator - + Citra - An Experimental 3DS Emulator + @@ -128,17 +128,17 @@

About Citra

What is Citra?

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Citra is a work-in-progress emulator for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Citra is a work-in-progress 3DS emulator. Citra can currently emulate, with varying degrees of success, + a wide variety of different homebrew programs and commercial software.

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What can it do?

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It can currently emulate ctrulib-built homebrew - programs, such as Smealum's port of Yeti3D.

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Citra is also beginning to run some commercial games, but all are very broken and unplayable.

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Can I play <insert retail game here>?

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In nice, bold letters: No! Citra is not ready yet!. You can not play Pokémon, Super - Mario Bros., or any of your other favorite 3DS games yet.

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If you check back in a year or two, this may no longer be the case.

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Does that mean I can play <insert retail game here>?

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Citra can, ostensibly, "play" many different games, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Animal + Crossing. Many games, however, will not load at all, only showing a black screen. Many other games will + only show the title screen and then freeze, or crash.

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You can expect almost all games to run incredibly slowly, though, and to exhibit many gameplay and graphical + glitches.

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If you're interested in 3DS emulation as an experiment, you may gain something out of trying Citra, but if + you're simply looking to play games then stick to your 3DS handheld.

What platforms does Citra support?

We're pleased to say that Citra works on all three major desktop OSs!

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What kind of specs do I need to run Citra?

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Citra currently uses an interpreter to emulate the 3DS's CPU, as well as a software renderer for the - GPU. As one might imagine, this is very inefficient, so it is doubtful that most (if any!) consumer - hardware would be fast enough to run at full-speed.

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In short, there's no real recommended hardware, but suffice it to say that you want the fastest - possible processor, and a graphics chip that supports at least OpenGL 3.2.

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Citra currently uses (very slow!) interpreters to emulate both the 3DS's CPU and 3DS vertex shaders. Your + computer is simply not fast enough to run almost any commercial game at full speed.

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The only hard requirement for Citra is a graphics chip that supports at least OpenGL 3.2, + but you definitely want a processor with the highest possible performance per core.

Where can I download Citra?

At the moment, there are no stable versions of Citra for you to download, however, you can download @@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ where a stable version becomes viable, we'll make those available for download.

How can I help?

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Citra's source is hosted on GitHub, which is a +

Citra's source code is hosted on GitHub, which is a platform where developers can come together on a project, submitting pull requests with code changes.

You probably want to check out the contributor's guide and the developer information.