How to Play METAL GEAR SOLID 4 on PC (RPCS3 2024 Update)

How to Install and Play Metal Gear Solid 4 on PC - RPCS3 Complete tutorial for playing MGS4 on PC
With the recent firmware update for PS3 in 2024 the RPCS3 has also updated to include the latest fixes into Metal Gear Solid 4 (MGS4) so we can get a more stable experience. In this video i'll show you how to install and play Metal Gear Solid 4 (MGS4) on PC with the best settings for performance, using the unofficial patches can prevent the game from crashing and reach optimized performance.
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0:00 Performance Info
0:48 RPCS3 Setup
3:19 Game Setup
4:38 Canary Patches
7:14 Best Settings for MGS4
11:45 PPU Modules Alert
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[@Individual467]

Thanks for this video brother. Straightforward and easy to follow. Been itching to dive back into this game but my impatient ass didn’t wanna wait for the volume 2 collection to release lol

[@callelzada]

I never thought I would play it again, considering that buying a console, even an old one, where I live is unfeasible, so my hopes of playing MGS4 again were always nil. Your video finally helped me to emulate this masterpiece, thank you very much.

[@yannduwooz]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, it's very helpful.I have a I9 9900K and RTX 3090 and the game runs so much better since these new patches improvements. I still have some frame drops in some aeras but other than that it's perfect and no a single crash occurs.

[@Rashimotosan]

Omg I spent hours yesterday on this and I have a 4090/13900KS. Yours is the only video that worked. I wonder if it was that flickering fix setting in patches as I did most everything else including reinstall the files. Whatever the case thank you. You earned a sub

[@brosty_Star]

same, i was searching for the europe version, and is pure HELL

[@dgawnsu6488]

dude you saved my life with this video easy sub for u

[@biReptar]

omfg u came in clutch bro what i tried downloading this a while ago and never worked

[@Futura_Light]

Very succinct, concise, no frills, love the video Man! very helpful

[@BeerishTV]

LEGEND deserved a new sub i appreciate this tutorial

[@XiRiS99]

if you are having problems with loading the patch, press enter only one time before "Version: 1.2", it works for me.

[@theyoutubeacolyte969]

Holy shit, thank you!!! You have earned a subscriber good sir!

[@eduardocasados3367]

Thanks. Works perfect on a Ryzen 5600, I was able to play from start to finish with no crashes and only some flickering textures.

[@federiosss]

Man, your config its the only one that works to me. Thank you so much!

[@MANTIS891]

how u find the pkg and rap please?

[@optimushan6925]

your a life saver, thank you sooo much 🔥

[@ren2637]

Works perfect on 18th of July 2024, Straightforward and easy to follow, thanks for the video

[@JohnC-bd5lg]

What a legend! Appreciate the video tons!!!!

[@joaoantoniom.s3521]

Thanks for the video man, it helped a lot!

[@SgnurliDS93]

Thank you so much dude!

[@arizonahusky1124]

Thank you for making this video

[@zapdosmtr4961]

Tha k you foe the detail video but i had to redo the process like 5x for the patch portion. Wow this game looks gorgeous in 1080p/60

[@Energydrinc]

Just followed all the steps exactly along with the video :). Waiting for the ppu modules to compile now. If this runs first try consider me subbed!

[@ShiroKage009]

I love how the emulator community members learn from each other. The UI looks incredibly similar to Dolphin, and that's good because it's a very refined and easy UI to use.

[@MrMitsospower]

I rarely write comments on YT but you dont know how thankful i am to you making this video really. I was so nostalgic about MGS4 and last time i played this game was back in 2008 on my PS3 FAT. I subbed to you. Let me know if i can donate to you somehow!

[@Igor.L]

Thank you for the kind words, i do have a Ko-Fi page for donations ko-fi.com/igorl Thanks!

[@dmitriikrivonosov1984]

Thanks for the guide, now MGS4 is actually working:)

[@CrossSockDance]

Yeah good work, this fixed most of my issues.

[@rhysmaher8856]

When I right click on the game to install the patches, it doesn’t give me an option for the patch manager. Is this supposed to happen? How do I install them? Is there another way?

[@veziox1928]

i got i5 12400f 16gb ram but got tried before the ps3 emulator ply mgs4 got crash also with game killzone3 blackscreen , im real no idea how to fix it

[@lostmydoll8715]

The Intro commercial isn't playing, theres no sound just a black\white screen depending on the channel.

[@lucasrgnp]

Dude you're a legend! It worked perfectly and I could finally finish the game without any problems. Thanks!

[@SolidusJoel]

Bro please help me get the same experience as you, where did you download the game? where are the PKG and RAP files?

[@MANTIS891]

@@SolidusJoelme 2 i want the game files

[@MANTIS891]

@@SolidusJoelSAME

[@okwaine1834]

I cant find the pkg and rap files where can I find it?

[@ericpereira753]

Did you find it? If yes, then where?

[@snaketto1]

i want try different builds and see the performance comparisons, but it takes HOURS to compile PPU modules on first launch

[@Crooks_]

Please help me I don´t find this files. Where must I look for

[@stephenwoods74]

Has anyone noticed a glitch at the dock. The cutscene where Liquid shuts the system off and starts shooting the place up. For whatever reason, it seems to default to 720p. Has anyone else noticed this?

[@alexdubey3151]

Thank you so much!

[@Kokinaldo_]

Good tutorial! It took me a while, but I got the game ready. However, audio is very laggy and in most parts there is no sound at all, plus ingame framerate is unbearably low. Cutscenes are fine, but gameplay is running at like 2 fps.

[@the_undead0]

where do i get the pkg and rap files from

[@happyhoildays2010]

Yeah the only problem I’m having is the sound going in or out but it’s running smooth the controls are nice playing in 1440p just with I can fix the volume and I’m still playing in 30fps can suggestions to get 60fps

[@user-fw7jd6ty5m]

Thank you big boss 👍👍

[@mitraj7763]

Hi. I tried your method but I get the disc not found error do you have a solution for this? :(

[@chaoticfox6271]

So I’m having a issue, every time I try to download the packages. It says that my the file doesn’t dowload because it’s likely my antivirus, I tried everything and it won’t work

[@GATHUGHDxD]

atleast in firefox you can choose "download anyways"

[@iamFus86]

Thanks!!!!

[@helexzura546]

This is a very great video, thank you from 2024! I had to stop because I could not find the PAK and RAP file. I have the ISO though.

[@Igor.L]

Works too, just extract the iso with WinRAR or 7zip and you'll have the playable files

[@jetstreamsam3807]

where did you get the mgs4 game files?

[@obamafriedchicken_272]

@@jetstreamsam3807 did you find the folders? if you did could you send me the link

[@mattc487]

I got a pop-up saying the patch was not compatible before updating....what the heck?

[@user-jm9mo7it3c]

Hey man does the video you made yesterday about Gran Turismo 5 include the Master Mod patch like in the video you made 4 months ago?

[@Igor.L]

No the new one is just for the base game, i plan on making a separate video just for the master mod

[@user-jm9mo7it3c]

​@@Igor.LGreat man can't wait. I just finished downloading the game

[@porkman1838]

Is the does it compile the ppu modules each time you launch the game? Or is it just the first time?

[@Igor.L]

Just once

[@venator9536]

Thanks for all the info. I have a i7 8700k. Everything is working but performance is quite bad. Below 20 fps a lot of times, but sometimes 30, 45 or 60. Is that how its expected to run? (Even at 720p)

[@venator9536]

I dontt know why, but after the third reboot with all these same settings, now it sticks to 60. I literally didnt change a single setting? Weird

[@kanyegaming1961]

for whatever reason it won't let me past the tv show intro and just shows up as a blank white screen, any way to fix it?

[@Igor.L]

Did you enable the libvdec codec?

[@RumikoTheFox]

Fixed issues I was having with getting the game to run at all, but I'm getting a bit of crackling from the audio. subtle but a bit annoying. is there a setting I can tweak to reduce that without destroying my performance?

[@Igor.L]

Try these on the CPU settings: Preferred SPU Threads: 1 Enable SPU loop detection

[@XxXLiadzCoreXxX]

when im trying to open the "manage Game the patches option", a window with "Some of your patches are not compatible with the current version of RPCS3's patch manager" appears and not all options are shown, even the "NPUB31633 All versions" dont shows up, do you have any idea of what happend?

[@Igor.L]

Something is wrong with the imported_patch.yml file, try doing this part and make sure it looks exactly like i show in the video, capitalization matters

[@fathercashew]

Just did it today after updating RPCS3. I made a dumb mistake and forgot the colon after “Version 1.2” so it didn’t work until I caught that mistake. Might consider downloading a free code editor like VS Code and pulling up patch.yml and imported_patch.yml to compare formatting side by side. Indentation and line breaks matter with yml files.

[@SolidusJoel]

¿Dónde me recomiendan descargar el juego base?

[@jdmb4u620]

its working perfectly !! thank you SO much!! this is amazing!!! quick thing... i set it up for mouse and keyboard.. so far so good... still getting the mouse sensitivty right .... but is there a work around for when you double click the left mouse button to shoot or CQC... and it changes the size of the window??

[@Igor.L]

Yes, on the settings go to Emulator -> Viewport and enable "Ignore doubleclicks for Fullscreen" (first option)

[@jdmb4u620]

@@Igor.L you are truly doing gods work 🙏🏼😂🔥

[@jdmb4u620]

@@Igor.L do you have any recommendations for mouse to get the mouse sensitivity normal? Can’t seem to get the numbers right

[@Igor.L]

@@jdmb4u620 No, I barely used a mouse on emulators before except when configuring the mouse injector for PCSX2

[@frederickrijo8906]

I did all your steps but when you start the game in the menu to weight the game it doesn't work

[@iulianborcean7753]

Nor will it ever work because From where it is not even God can give like this and here If the ISO file is incomplete even the emulator can not read what is not there so you can forget There is missing data in the ISO file was not created in properly the running part of the game is incomplete and that's why it can't be played it installs it goes to the launch screen it goes past those octopus videos with that contest with the one rubbing her purse in her hands and that horror kitchen and then when she enters the game or it freezes when it starts to show the high voltage current wires or if it goes past them it freezes when the snake right after the snake jumped out of the truck and it can't be run I tried all kinds of settings I also tried patch beds I meant to say and it still doesn't run for nothing, the same problems, the same defects, I also reduced the resolution to the maximum that the emulator allows, and I also changed from Vulcan to Opel, you understand what opening It's about, and it still doesn't run, it doesn't work because there are missing data for the unemployment of emulator display shows missing data could not be found or write error or something like that so it can't run because the iso disc is not good it's like you want to listen to music without problems on a vinyl disc vinyl with scratches that keep throwing the needle back at least there you can pick up the Needle and put it in front But in the game You can't do that

[@DM-dk7js]

Would this tutorial work if you used an external Blu Ray player on PC via RPCS3? I have the actual game, just not a PS3. Would love to run this in my 3080. Or even stream to my steam deck from PC.

[@Igor.L]

If you dump the game into your PC, yes. But not as an external player

[@yoodyoodvn8329]

Can handheld gpd win max 2 ryzen 6800u play this? thank you :)

[@XareidProducciones]

when I checked my patches folder, there was already a yml file but it was instead named "patch"(not imported_patch). Should I delete or leave it where I found it?

[@Igor.L]

Leave it and configure the rest of the settings, if everything goes according the video i guess you don't have to delete it.

[@XareidProducciones]

@@Igor.L all good now, good guide brother

[@Jovo95556]

Does it work with keyboard and mouse or only controller? Asking because i only play keyboard and mouse not really a controller player for shooters

[@Igor.L]

Yes

[@bobrodriguez3651]

do you know why it crashes , when i load a saved game right after drebinˋs intro?

[@Igor.L]

Did you activate the cellspurs patch?

[@noway747]

Hi, sorry, I have a tip to consider, in the games folder you can also insert the same file that you would use on the PS3, i.e. ps3_game (with the game inside) and ps3_update, it works anyway, you don't necessarily have to install or search for a pkg file, I ask you instead but where can I change the saves because I have one with everything unlocked but I don't know which directory to go to

[@noway747]

another question before your answer, but why are all the titles in Italian in your videos?

[@Igor.L]

Save file location is \dev_hdd0\home\00000001\savedata\(Serial Code of the Game) If you got your save from a PS3 it needs to be decrypted before using it on RPCS3, it can done with a program called "PS3 Brute Force Save Data " And i translate my titles and description to multiple languages for wider reach on KZbin, you're seeing Italian because your KZbin is set to Italian

[@ramseyahmed5]

I haven’t been able to find where to download the game at all. Can Anyone help?

[@darick2914]

I play with out problem any game, but with this my cpu temp go really high, anyone have an idea of why or what can I do?

[@Igor.L]

It's like that, RPCS3 is very demanding on the CPU (much more than GPU)

[@circuithearts]

When opening the patch manager i'm given a message saying "some of your patches are not compatible with the current version of RPCS3's patch manager". I dont have the cellSpurs option or the Crash fix option, but i do have some others which arent shown in the list in the video like "infinite ammo" could i have an older or newer patch or patch manager?

[@MANTIS891]

did your PKG and RAP work?

[@circuithearts]

​@@MANTIS891I used an ISO

[@TheLycanthropo]

hi, that 2 hours long to compile the PPU modules is just the first time is´n it? or is every time i wanna play the game?

[@Igor.L]

Just one time

[@TheLycanthropo]

@@Igor.L thank you for the fast answer, i did everything in the video this is the las step

[@foxhounder8066]

thanks for everything, even me, a Japanese fully understand your easy instructions. god bless you

[@SebWYT]

Thanks for the video! I ran into an issue when applying the canary patches, I get an error saying that some of the patches are not compatible. Would it be possible for you to post your imported_patch file? I think the code might have been updated incorrectly in the rpcs wiki. Thanks!

[@SebWYT]

@@Igor.L Thanks man, you rock!!

[@matija3216]

​ @SebWYT i ran into the same problem, can somebody help

[@matija3216]

never mind just did it lets goo

[@Mercen4rio4]

Si eres Español y estas teniendo problemas con el archivo imported_patch.yml asegurate que el autocorrector del bloc de notas no te ponga una tilde en Version. Si te la pone borrala y solucionado

[@anzal3]

What about on Steam Deck?

[@Raiden-oh6tc]

Guys, please help me, I did everything right but my emulator says that the patch is not compatible, and that all option doesn't appear, what could it be?

[@Igor.L]

There's something wrong with the imported_patch file, make sure it's writen exaclty like i do in the video

[@Raiden-oh6tc]

I redid everything but it worked this time, I still haven't identified the bug but I can finally play another masterpiece by Kojima thanks to you, you explain it very well and deserve more likes, thank you very much once again and may God bless you.

[@jacobkilborn1738]

Does this tutorial apply to other games as well? Like will I have to use the pkg and rap files for any game?

[@Igor.L]

No, other games might use the folder format - it's a folder with the game files inside

[@spadaccino3387]

@@Igor.L what to do in that case? You copy like "mgs4" with inside ps3_game and ps3_update? Thanks

[@Igor.L]

Yeah, pretty much

[@julianlanier571]

I click on the text file I created after naming it but it will not open allowing me to paste the patch notes

[@Igor.L]

What does it say when you double click on it?

[@julianlanier571]

@@Igor.L I figured it out. I had to click on show all. It was only showing certain file types.

[@neon-nn7lr]

i dont see flickering texture fix crash fix and cellspurs urgent commands hack at the patches please help

[@Igor.L]

That means something is wrong with the imported patch file

[@Strigif0rm]

if after renaming the file to .yml, and shows text document as description, you didn't select to show file extensions as explained in the video. that was my issue

[@laffin4033]

Hey man I'm having trouble. So when I did this a week ago it worked (as in it launched at least) but now when I try and boot up the game again it says missing RAP file and so I've installed the RAP file and it still comes up with the same error. Is there a way to fix this issue?

[@Igor.L]

Did you rename the RAP file by any chance? They need to be kept with the original name

[@laffin4033]

@@Igor.L nope. Unless downloading it twice adding a (1) changed anything

[@laffin4033]

Omg it worked holy shit

[@Igor.L]

Hm, it could only be that the RAP region is different from the PKG

[@Negative-zoom]

Can someone message me about how to get the game files? I made it this far with no problems

[@ScottFK86]

Now it just freezes at black screen when going under the first truck, oh well thought would have worked. EDIT: I turned on the Flickering Textures patch and it seems to have sorted it for me, it's far from perfect but playable. Thank you for the tutorial

[@MANTIS891]

help me please every time i tried to install the RAP and PKG it’s showing “failed to install software from package”

[@Igor.L]

Did you rename the RAP file? They need to kept with original name

[@MANTIS891]

@@Igor.L nuh i didn’t the rap is working but the pkg isn’t they showed me the same thing every time i want to install :((

[@MANTIS891]

don’t bother I found a way to install it thank u man for everything

[@sayurkangkungijo2110]

How play zone of the Ender's 2 Runner

[@hagura6777]

I keep having the game freeze as I am playing it. It is frequent enough to make it unplayable. Does anyone know of a fix. Only things of note are that the game goes to 24 fps during the freeze and there is this error in the log: E SYS: Stat: '_sys_lwmutex_lock' failed with 0x80010005 : CELL_ESRCH [x369]

[@obamafriedchicken_272]

I dont have the npub all versions file for some reason any solution?

[@Igor.L]

Something's wrong with the imported_patches.yml file, watch the section and make sure you follow exacly what i do

[@Thesteeloutcast]

i did everthing right and it crashes on the middle east alot any advice ppl?

[@Igor.L]

Did you activate the cellSpurs?

[@user-gd4bc6on1i]

Used PAL version of the game. Only had the black screen during the first part where snake deployed in middle east. But was able to finish the game smoothly. Do not close the game during the 2 hour initial ppu compilation it will break your copy of the game.

[@oneiros458]

Great video but I am having one problem; when I try and install the pkg and rap file I keep getting an error saying it can’t install due to antivirus, but nothing seems to fix it.

[@oneiros458]

Never mind it was a bad file I fixed it

[@zdavii.mp4]

How did you fix? I don't know where to get the files

[@MANTIS891]

@@zdavii.mp4SAME PLEASE HELP

[@zdavii.mp4]

@@MANTIS891 a friend of mine dumped the game for me so now I have the files. The game is unstable as hell on pc, way better experience on a Ps3.

[@SolidusJoel]

Where am I supposed to get the PKG and RAP files?

[@LaRXeNeZz]

let me know when u find out

[@BOSSVH]

Vimm

[@zdavii.mp4]

​@@BOSSVH not avaible

[@denislavborisov4444]

Well I did test it and the game runs not that good , Act 3 bike section got drops to 15 fps . Got i9 11900k with 3060 (12 gigs) . Firmware 4.90 game runs 60-45 fps .

[@NakedMorrocoy]

what the hell, what happened to the PPSSPP video and the controls of the Armored Core 3????

[@Igor.L]

KZbin is cracking down on videos that make reference to game downloads/gambling/etc, so I'm making new versions, the videos will be back

[@mgsemers]

Do you boot with global or custom configuration?

[@Igor.L]

Custom

[@lucasguglielmone1432]

Is 16gb ram enough?

[@Fox-BZH]

Oh purée toi tu tombes a point. J'ai MGS4 sur PS3 mais impossible d'y jouer correctement car les stocks des manettes sont affreux. Appraement il y a moins de bugs sur la V2 de mGS4 tu confirmes ?

[@Igor.L]

Yes, the precompilation bug for example is fixed on version 2.00 if you use either the digital, 25th Anniversary and Legacy Collection version of the game

[@Fox-BZH]

​@@Igor.L excuse me but you know where i Can find this version ? I have the legacy collection on my PS3 but i haven't a blu-ray for dump it

[@Igor.L]

i heard you can could find it on a place called no pay station

[@Fox-BZH]

@@Igor.L when i download the pkg file, is very small

[@CJ00014]

After doing every step exactly as shown and launching the game I get a boot failed message. How can I fix this?

[@Igor.L]

The game files are likely broken or corrupted, you deleted your previous comment but did you extract the ISO?

[@CJ00014]

@@Igor.L yes, sorry. I did and it was installed and recognized in the emulator. My file is really old, my brother dumped it to our family pc long ago. Idk if I can re dump it

[@Igor.L]

Yeah mostly it got corrupted, if you can't redump it i guess you can try grabbing it from the internet

[@CJ00014]

@@Igor.L will look into it. Thanks a lot

[@CJ00014]

@@Igor.L I re dumped it but now there is an issue where it says "/MGS4.SELF", error=Invalid file or folder". Do you know how to fix it? I already tried the RCPS3 Discord and found no help at all

[@redbroad4723]

I have stable black screen after first Meryl cutscene, how to fix that?

[@zizouould5606]

any solution ?

[@redbroad4723]

​@@zizouould5606just download game from other place

[@heavendog3194]

My controller works fine, but once i get to the main menu, it stops working. even tho it's inputs are still registering.

[@Igor.L]

Someone else had this same issue but i can't remember now how he fixed - it's somewhere here in this comment section

[@heavendog3194]

@@Igor.L thanks for reply, found solution- has to do with the files being split. Needed to use ps3merger to find and merge the split files. im confused but it works i think

[@zrupnik4217]

Is Gtx1650 and i5 9300h good enough for atleast 30fps?

[@Igor.L]

No idea, this CPU is not listed on the ranking spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rpq_2D4Rf3g6O-x2R1fwTSKWvJH7X63kExsVxHnT2Mc/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[@D11h]

would a ryzen 5 5500 run the game stable?

[@Igor.L]

Yes

[@NeilAumaster]

I installes the packages, yet for some reason, the game won't apear, nor can't i open it, aperently there is no bootable content

[@Igor.L]

PKG and RAP?

[@NeilAumaster]

@@Igor.L both

[@Igor.L]

@@NeilAumaster Hm, did you read the fixed comment and followed the instructions there?

[@NeilAumaster]

@@Igor.L yes, except the rusty psn

[@Igor.L]

@@NeilAumaster The pkg you have is the same on the video? 27.9GB file size?

[@ScorchLights]

Question, can you get the network stuff working here?

[@Igor.L]

No you need the mgo2 client, it's a separate app

[@ScorchLights]

@@Igor.L I'm just trying to get the downloadable dlc stuff, but i can't get that to work because it requires to connect to internet.

[@Igor.L]

@@ScorchLights Oh, then I'm not sure if it's possible

[@ScorchLights]

@@Igor.L Ok i figured it out, in the configurations just to go network put connected and put this dns: 142.171.43.167, launch game and donne

[@user-ei6fg8hp9x]

no links whatsoever in the description ??

[@Igor.L]

There are links, unless you're talking about links for game download? Those i can't, if you put game download links KZbin deletes the video

[@ItzSpecky]

where do i get the game? u didnt even show where u got the mgs4 game itself

[@Igor.L]

Because I can't, if you show how to get it you get striked by KZbin, I said in the video that it's against KZbin's policy.

[@Ratfkr]

Vimm's Lair

[@guessstt2738]

@@Ratfkr it says Download unavailable at the request of the Entertainment Software Association

[@princedjacver5411]

where to find the game file?

[@yashar_invisible8732]

Buy the game or use a cracked version on a illegal websites

[@MrRocketRide97]

Where do i go to get the game

[@Igor.L]

Someone wrote instructions here in this comment section

[@sinancesur8827]

PES 2017 game does not open for me. Can you please show the settings of PES 2017 game? The specifications of my computer are i3 12100f rx 6600 16 GB RAM.

[@MrDnbass]

didnt try yet, but thx

[@darwinkguillen8590]

Nice man thank you