HWDER

HWDER is an unofficial static recompilation of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Omega Force’s 2018 Switch release of the Zelda-themed musou action game, into a native program for Windows and Linux. There is no emulator: its setup turns the player’s own game dump into a PC build on their machine, and the download carries none of the game’s files. Boot, menus, movies, Adventure and Legend mode battles, saves and sound all work. HWDER began as a fork of an earlier project of the same name that is no longer online.

On top of the Switch version it offers an optional 120 fps mode that draws an extra frame between game ticks and holds steady in crowded battles, 3D rendering from half to three times 1080p or at the window’s full size, and a widened camera on 21:9 and wider screens with the HUD kept in a centred 16:9 area. The picture options add anisotropic filtering, FXAA, sharpening, bloom and contrast controls, plus a setting that stops small scenery from vanishing in big fights.

Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro and other controllers work with per-controller remapping, gyro aiming and rumble, and the game’s two-player mode runs on one PC. Translation, texture and data mods in the Switch LayeredFS layout load from a mods folder without touching the game file, and saves from an emulator or backup can be imported. The Linux release has been tested on a ROG Ally running Bazzite and can add itself to Steam for Game Mode.