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Frequently Asked Questions
Before trying any of these suggestions for the commonly faced issues, please make sure that your launcher and the game itself are updated to the latest version.
The game's current version is v2.0.1, and the launcher's current version is v2.0.1.1.
A: It seems like reinstalling MSYS2 and deleting the "sm64plus" folder fixes the issues for most people. Disabling your antivirus could also help in some cases.
One other alternative you have is to use sm64pcBuilder2 instead to build the game. You can also just compile the game manually, following the instructions from the Manual Building page. These instructions assume that you have some basic knowledge about how this stuff works.
If these don't help, you can ask for help on our Discord server. That being said, most of the time building issues are caused by MSYS2 and not the port itself. We can't really help you much on that beyond what was already suggested here.
If you do decide to join and ask for help though, do not ask for help without following these steps first, do not DM the server staff members with questions directly, and do not ask us for help about sm64pcBuilder2 or building manually.
A: Try restarting your computer. If that makes no difference you can try rebuilding the game from the main menu, using the "Update" option. If that doesn't work, just start over with the whole building process.
A: The game supports many different types of controllers, but it's impossible to have 100% compatibility with all of them. Here are a few things you can try:
- You can add the game to your Steam library, which seems to make most controllers work.
- You can use tools like DS4Windows, BetterJoyForCemu, or 360ce to map them to Xinput, which should also work.
Please keep in mind that 3rd party controller button names not matching their descriptions in the launcher is normal. Just remap your buttons according to that.
A: Hold "left", "right", and "backspace" keys down for 5 seconds in the title screen of the launcher. That should automatically delete the %LOCALAPPDATA%\SM64Plus\gfx folder and replace the contents of it with the default textures. You can also delete that folder manually if you prefer to.
On non-Windows platforms, you can also try passing the path to the gfx directory as the first argument to the executable; by default, it's generated at sm64plus/build/us_pc/gfx.
A: Reset your settings from the presets page. You can find it within the launcher's settings menu as the leftmost page.
A: You can try switching to the OpenGL graphics backend from the launcher. Alternatively, you can also try to limit the game's FPS using Nvidia's control panel or other 3rd party tools. Make sure that you limit sm64.us.f3dex2e.exe's frame rate, and not the launcher's.
A: Unfortunately, no. It's not possible to add support for ROM hacks without creating individual versions for every ROM hack out there.
A: You can install custom texture packs by copying the texture files to the %LOCALAPPDATA%\SM64Plus\gfx folder and replacing the existing texture files there.
The folder layout and file names for the textures are the same as what most other PC port forks use. Also, if the texture pack you're using doesn't have segmented skybox textures, you won't be able to see any differences in how the skybox looks.
As for custom models, you can install those easily using sm64pcBuilder2.
There is no official support for other kinds of mods, including audio ones.
A: The official Render96 texture pack works with SM64Plus, with the exception of skybox textures. The models and other features of it are not supported.
A: It depends. I try not to add new assets, like new models, textures, etc., and just use the ones provided by the ROM. I also try not to modify the levels just to keep the scope of the project small.
For other things, feel free to request anything from me on Discord, if I like the idea I might add it in eventually with an update.
A: No.
Adding online multiplayer to any game is already a rather difficult task, but adding it to a game that's not already built with multiplayer in mind is even harder. So that alone would take as much effort as everything else that's already in this fork, combined.
There's also another fork of the PC port that aims to add online co-op into the game, so you might as well try that instead. That being said, I haven't tried it myself, nor know the people behind it so I can't say much else about it.
A: Also no.
These fan projects are things I make during my free time, and they do take a lot of effort to make. I can't really take on such a commitment just because a few people asked me to. If I'm already interested in making something, I'll probably make it eventually, if it's possible that is.
"If it's possible" is also the key phrase here. I based my work here on the existing SM64 PC Port and the SM64 Decompilation Project. Things like those simply don't really exist for most games, making my job way harder.
A: Hold down backspace or select on the "Press Any Key" screen until the screen goes white.
A: Sure. Shoutouts to Benial for doing such a good job with it. :)
A: The game can be manually compiled for Linux, and a Linux version of the launcher is currently planned. There's not going to be any official Mac support.
A: Yeah. If your antivirus is giving you any warnings, it's most likely false. You especially shouldn't trust Chrome as it tends to mark things as suspicious very often for very little reason.
A: Nintendo hasn't taken down any of the other PC port forks yet, so I doubt it.