eden/docs/user/ThirdParty.md

User Handbook - Third party tools and extras

The Eden emulator by itself lacks some functionality - or otherwise requires external files (such as packaging) to operate correctly in a given OS. Addendum to that some repositories provide nightly or specialized builds of the emulator.

While most of the links mentioned in this guide are relatively "safe"; we urge users to use their due diligence and appropriately verify the integrity of all files downloaded and ensure they're not compromised.

• NixOS Eden Flake
• ES-DE Frontend Support

Mirrors

The main origin repository is always at https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden.

• https://github.com/eden-emulator/mirror
• https://git.crueter.xyz/mirror/eden
• https://codeberg.org/eden-emu/eden
• https://collective.taymaerz.de/eden/eden

Other mirrors obviously exist on the internet, but we can't guarantee their reliability and/or availability.

If you're someone wanting to make a mirror, simply setup Forgejo and automatically mirror from the origin repository. Or you could mirror a mirror to save us bandwidth... your choice!

Configuring Obtainium

Very nice handy app, here's a quick rundown how to configure:

1. Copy the URL: https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/ (or one of your favorite mirrors)
2. Open Obtainium and tap Add App.
3. Paste the URL into the App Source URL field.
4. Override Source: Look for the Override Source dropdown menu and select Forgejo (Codeberg).
5. Click Add: Obtainium should now be able to parse the releases and find the APK files.

Note: Even though the site isn't Codeberg, it uses the same Forgejo/Gitea backend, and this setting tells Obtainium how to read the release data.

Configuring ES-DE

Method 1

1. Download the ZIP from GitHub
2. Unzip the file and extract es_systems.xml and es_find_rules.xml to \Odin2\Internal shared storage\ES-DE\custom_systems.
3. Press Start -> Other Settings -> Alternative Emulators and set it to Eden (Standalone).

Method 2

1. Navigate to \Odin2\Internal shared storage\ES-DE\custom_systems.
2. Add this to your es_find_rules.xml:

<!-- Standard aka. normal release -->
<emulator name="EDEN">
    <rule type="androidpackage">
        <entry>dev.eden.eden_emulator/org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.activities.EmulationActivity</entry>
    </rule>
</emulator>

<!-- Optimized -->
<emulator name="EDEN">
    <rule type="androidpackage">
        <entry>com.miHoYo.Yuanshen/org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.activities.EmulationActivity</entry>
    </rule>
</emulator>

1. Add this line of text to your es_systems.xml underneath where the rest of your switch system entries are:

<command label="Eden (Standalone)">%EMULATOR_EDEN% %ACTION%=android.nfc.action.TECH_DISCOVERED %DATA%=%ROMPROVIDER%</command>

Configuring GameMode

There is a checkbox to enable gamemode automatically. The libgamemode.so library must be findable on the standard LD_LIBRARY_PATH otherwise it will not properly be enabled. If for whatever reason it doesn't work, see Arch wiki: GameMode for more info.

You may launch the emulator directly via the wrapper gamemode <program>, and things should work out of the box.