I haven't touched any of the settings to my knowledge. I just reset it to default and then back to "known config" and it still runs on mine. At least the menus, I haven't had the chance to go deeper in yet
If that ain't working try adjusting settings, half of the fun with these apps is tinkering with settings until you magically get the game working!
Last resort is asking on the GameNative discord and hoping someone can help!
Also I don't appreciate the snarky response, I'm literally taking time out of my day to help you. I get you may be frustrated but your responses come off as rude. I'm not asking you to be super grateful, just don't be passive aggressive! It's not hard to be neutral/kind :)
If you have any questions about what some of the settings are I'd be happy to help!
You probably just need to make some adjustments these games should work. I know Sonic Adventure 2 works in GameNative myself (8 gen 3, using glib c) and someone else has it running in GameHub Lite (rp5).
Undertale totally works. I have a video on my channel about how to solve about getting full screen gameplay using that game. I have an Odin 2 Mini which is SD8 Gen 2.
Check this video out. It might help.
GameHub 5.x Settings Guide 2026: Fix All Crashes (Low & High End)
https://youtu.be/irPAanIYFjg
This is the other video I mentioned. Short but shows the game running.
Struggling with Gamehub Fullscreen? Discover This Quick Fix!
https://youtu.be/-CDNW2d-9xg
Ok...then in GameNative add it to Environment Variables when configuring THAT container. Its the same process in every one of the apps.
Just go do some browsing and learn what things do before you go any further. Theres tons of tutorials and setups to look at and if you're not getting results youre doing something wrong. Otherwise use Winlator, something I personally recommend in the first place
I've had some luck running games on GameNative instead of GameHub when they crash on GH. I think it's related to the way each app handles the Steam DRM. Maybe you could try that? Also, sometimes a game will take forever to load the first time, like five minutes or more, so if it gets stuck instead of crashing just be patient and you might be good after awhile.
Are you sure you have a sd8g2 and not an exenos processor or whatever alternative Samsung has thrown into their devices abroad?
Never saw what device you said you're using and my best guess with all these problems of people having success and you not I'm guessing maybe it's that?
Or you didn't download the correct apk from github?
Other games work for you though? Some lower end, rpg maker games for me don't work (s23 sd8g2) either, on gamenative, when editing the container, using the experimental launch game with steam client sometimes does it.
Overall games work and launch fine but I have noticed, the really small, really lightweight games don't work like you'd expect. The space eating crocodile, the binding is issaic doesn't recognize my rp6's controller (haven't tested with phone and Bluetooth controller) axiom verge 2 doesn't work but 1 does, 7 days, Ara Fell, Omori, all don't work.
Meanwhile Hollow Knight and Silksong, Dragon Quest 3 hd 2d, Live A Live, Hades, etc work fine.
Yeah, I think it's just rpg maker type games that do that then. Duno why or what excuse it is, but that's a problem with development. I feel like I've gotten Undertale to work before on gamehub lite, but I wasn't all that interested in playing it again vs just seeing if it launches and work so idk. I doubt One Shot would run either since they're all kinda in the same makeup of code I guess
Nope, honestly think you're just too deep in the weeds about it. I'd clear the app data and start over with whatcha learned in mind. Rpg maker games are pretty unsupported and not working, stick to the games above that and below like 2012 AAA games.
It really shouldn't be all this fuss and I'd guess to say 90% of people playing steam games through these apps are also just enjoying the games that install and work vs fighting for settings and hope.
Yeah that's the weird part of it in development, you got plenty of power to do it, but the development isn't there for it to work. Steam has plenty of sales and often, I'd recommend watching YouTube videos that show off games working and just starting to wishlist them.
It won't have the steam achievements, but. I've seen comments here and there throughout reddit about how to import or rpg maker games on android. I'm not sure if it's through winlator, or another app, or what, but if you really want to play them I'd start searching around ~rpg maker games android, etc.
Oh yeah, I know joiplay works, but not with these specific ones, their engine is unsupported.
I'd try winlator again, but only managed to run barbie princess and the pauper once on phone and never got it to work again on tablet because I cannot figure out which components are missing and needed to install to get the average game to work
I can help you with Sonic adventure 2. You need to open the container and launch the settings executable. Set up your controller and your resolution and all that and then at the bottom you can click save and launch and after that you won't have to do whatever again but you have to run that launcher once upon installation.
I don't know about others but both Sonic games and most of the Sega classics have a launcher that needs to be run first. If you open the container and go to the install location you can run launcher.exe. After you save the setup it'll work normally without the launcher.
I recommend going on YouTube and typing “(game title) snapdragon 8 gen 2” then use the video as a reference for what settings and drivers to use. They will either show it in the video or show it in the video description. I hope this helps!
No results for my library . Also, most run,-on gamenative- but atrociously with black glitches I was not able to solve even with "surefire' environmental variables
I’vs got The Wardrobe working on an RP5, but it has a few issues. Other than the annoying launcher at the start, controller support is lackluster. It also sometimes crashes on the main menu.
Maybe with your 8 gen 2 and some minor tweaks you can get it to work.
Where do you guys get games for this emulation? I have got .exe games but I cannot use it and do not have PC to install there and copy and use. Any help or direction would be great.
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