Lex Talionis on Android (It's Time)

[Eretein]

For Winlator:

LINK TO MAIN POST

I discovered a way to optimize performance even further, up to a 400% increase. This effectively cuts my LTPhone loading times from 4 minutes to just 1 minute or so. Frames are stable and are almost as good as on HorizonEmu except you don’t have to do the clunky setup. Enjoy good UX and performance at the same time.

Optimization Steps:

1. Once you have your Winlator container set up, press the : triple dots next to your container.
   

   
   

2. Bring up the Winlator File Manager.

3. Go to the Drive where you stored your games. This is in Drive (E:) for me.

4. Press the : triple dots next to your game’s folder.

5. Press Cut.
   

   
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6. Navigate into Drive (C:).

7. You can just press the clipboard icon on the bottom-right of your screen and paste the game here. Or you can create a dedicated Games folder first. Your call.
   

   
   

8. You’re done. You may have to go into Shortcuts and delete the links you set up. You’ll have to make new shortcuts since you moved your game to Drive (C:).
   

   

For inquiring minds who demand to know:

On Winlator, moving files into Drive (C:) should physically store them inside the privileged Android/data directory. It means that other emulators can no longer access the games you move into this place. You can’t even touch those files outside Winlator.

But I won’t let this stop me. Winlator’s directory should be accessible using shizuku which is used for some adb sorcery, or editing saves, doing some hacking on RenPy or RPGMaker games, the works.

But, as I discovered after I failed to find it, Winlator actually uses the superprivileged Android/data/data directory. Which I won’t access since the required procedure would put my phone at risk lol.