Lime3DS PC Guide - The BEST Citra Alternative

[@PunchBro]

NOTE: "lime3ds-gui.exe" has been renamed to "lime3ds.exe" due to the suffix now being redundant.

[@Vaak4791]

how to get the 3ds games in a folder, im stupid

[@FuriousKai]

u a real one bro i was nervous lmao

[@seventhblessing.7371]

how does it compare to Citra in performance?

[@OliveJarGuy]

When I click on releases there are none

[@OliveJarGuy]

Also azar emulator pops up saying that it will be azhar emulator collab of citra and lime 3ds and it was posted 19 mins ago am I unluck that old one was deleted or something else?

[@MattAnART]

I’m glad you show it on Mario 3d land, it’s the most underrated Mario game in my opinion. I had tons of fun playing all the game

[@PunchBro]

Yeah it’s such a great game!

[@Rahul_Editzter]

I'm back to this video after like 1 month. Thank you so much for this video. I have played Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon X and completed them. Thanks to you bro.

[@PunchBro]

Heck yeah, glad you got to enjoy those games!

[@PunchBro]

Check out Omega Ruby next

[@Rahul_Editzter]

@@PunchBro Bro, just completed two gyms in omega ruby. But I'm not able to apply some cheats like max medicines in omega ruby. I thought my version was the problem and then I downloaded the v1.4 update but the file got corrupted and I had to uninstall the update cia file. Idk man I just want max items and meds 😭

[@PunchBro]

Some cheats just aren’t worth it. Look into pkhex editor on PC to mod your save file if you want a more reliable route

[@Rahul_Editzter]

@@PunchBro Guess What My Bro. Just Finished Omega Ruby and honestly It was a very good Come Back to Hoenn. Everything was Perfect. I got Latios, Groudon, Rayquaza and a Deoxys. How many Legendaries. I had the Time of my life Playing OR. It was also very fun to play Pokemon X and Ultra Sun. Thanks a lot to KZbin for Recommending this Video in my fyp, otherwise i would have never been able to enjoy this much. Thanks a lot to you as well Punch Bro. You're One of a Kind.

[@midvamp]

finally ive been looking for someone to explain actually in detail thank you

[@PunchBro]

Glad I could help!

[@Qwilzy532]

it doesn't work i searched up lime3ds and click on releases and it said There aren’t any releases here what do i do

[@EymenTolunay-wm1fc]

it do me to it doesnt work

[@PunchBro]

Might have been taken down

[@nineofhearrts]

Easy and Amazing tutorial! Used my excess knowledge to fill in gaps where my pc didn't want to comply and was able to get everything working. Thank you for sharing!

[@PunchBro]

Great to hear!

[@TheFlamminggamer]

Mate your a legend i have been looking for an easy guide keep up the good work

[@PunchBro]

Glad I could help

[@Kennedy-mt8zq]

the git hub link is not waorking plzzz help

[@r.k.6680]

HELP! I followed EVERY step, but Lime3ds-gui is NOT in the list... why does this have to be so fricking difficult???

[@PunchBro]

"lime3ds-gui.exe" has been renamed to simply "lime3ds.exe" due to the suffix now being redundant.

[@r.k.6680]

@@PunchBro THANK YOU!!! I can finally load it up!

[@pai1zo]

@@PunchBrothere’s only “lime3ds” and “lime3ds-room” I don’t see “lime3ds.exe”

[@shadowlp9790]

No way you didn't figure that out exe is bassicaly the default i was about to tell you but guess im lats😂😂😂​@@r.k.6680

[@stxrs_iiix]

W PunchBro to teaching how we can get it ^^ (youll maybe need it one day)

[@PunchBro]

Thanks Stxrs

[@stxrs_iiix]

@@PunchBro np

[@PunchBro]

W

[@SonyJimable]

Thanks - awesome step through! Subscribed!

[@PunchBro]

Thanks for the sub!

[@ReggieEstrada]

I can not find the "lime3ds-gui" in 0:42

[@PunchBro]

Check pinned they renamed it

[@ReggieEstrada]

@@PunchBro Still cannot find the "lime3ds.exe" in the files on 0:42

[@fuiweep]

Thank you so much for making this video! It was super helpful and easy to follow!

[@blasty6875]

did it open? i downloaded it but it just says "lime3ds isn't responding"

[@PunchBro]

You're so welcome!

[@Nate-831]

Thanks bro! I appreciate you

[@PunchBro]

Glad to help

[@Aki-rk7se]

i love you man tysm 😭

[@PunchBro]

No problem!

[@jonnopm8731]

i got the dll error, but i didn't get the screen, the file was just not opening and didn't know something was wrong. thank god u mentioned how to fix that

[@PunchBro]

Awesome

[@HùngNguyễn-b8b]

omg,i really appreciate your effort Love u

[@CrazyKevin1231]

Hey, can you make a video about how to add game dlc to specific games?

[@otakueve117]

I’ve been wanting to play some old 3ds games but the two I own, one is very old and the other one won’t even let me play on it anymore because of the sd card. So I’ve been looking for ways to play in oc safely. I have to ask, when playing these emulators, does it have all the version exclusive Pokémon? Like for example, Alolan vlupix can be found in ultra moon version?

[@Boomlalakaka177]

How do u put the games in the folder

[@maracuya666]

ya sabes?

[@PunchBro]

Pick any folder and put your game files in the folder.

[@jojoelledeer]

0:20 at this point it says "there aren't any releases here" what do i do?

[@RussellBaker-576]

lime3ds is discontinued but citra is back

[@xaan7458]

How do you use it?

[@jojoelledeer]

@@RussellBaker-576 ya realized, but now I can’t download the Rom, I tried to download Pokémon Y but when I did it wasn’t compatible with the emulator. It’s like they erased the rom

[@RussellBaker-576]

@@xaan7458 Its actually pretty straightforward to download the citra emulator I recommend watching a tutorial it doesn’t matter if its old they still work

[@tosix6142]

@@RussellBaker-576but how? Is the citra that is put out at today’s time, legit?

[@MunchKing86]

THERE ARE STILL HEROES LEFT IN MAN! ...Ahem. Thank You!

[@PunchBro]

lol thanks glad I could help

[@rounor8198]

The lime3ds.exe doesn't show up after the file has been extracted, any thoughts?

[@Skitzotik]

doesnt work anymore

[@JLQK063096]

Thank you so much for this video! I have been enjoying my Pokemon Sun for the past 3 days, until today I seems to have enable the "Launch in full screen" option and my game had stucked in the launching screen ever since. Do you know how to resolve this issue? I've redownload the game, the emulator and search all over the internet but it seems like it is not working :(

[@christophercooper7977]

I am having a lot of troubles, it continues to tell me that vertain files cannot be found in order to run lime3ds-gui

[@PunchBro]

Probably need latest drivers

[@Caden_C]

Wow I just have to say that this is really cool and your tutorial was perfect, thank you so much!!! Also are you able to connect 2 joycons to this?

[@PunchBro]

Thanks, I've never tried joycons, but pro controllers work.

[@xmgentertainment]

Azure strike gunvolt and rune factory 4 run great on my android 13

[@nicojager6895]

What to do if lime3ds instantly crashes when starting the .exe. I installed all C++ dependencies...

[@PunchBro]

Install your drivers for your CPU and GPU

[@siggyxlegiit]

When I try to launch the file nothing happens, not even an error message. Any ideas? Can't get anything to pop up

[@PunchBro]

Make sure you cpu and GPU drivers are up to date

[@nineofhearrts]

@@PunchBro Can confirm this worked for me. I also deleted any other previous citra based emulator files through appdata and installed c++/vc redist and that seemed to work.

[@Mr_TopHat6677]

Hey it would be amazing if you could and we but when I open the plus button on the lime3ds file it doesn’t show my games or anything so like how would I get these games

[@PunchBro]

Just point to the folder where your games are stored

[@Flamingskullz94]

@@PunchBroso ive been trying to find a way to dump the 3ds game cartridge data to my sd card to put the games in my pc and cant figure it out. got any solutions?

[@Paxkks]

After I select a folder none of the games show up, it goes back to the plus screen and shows that I made a folder

[@PunchBro]

Make sure your games are unzipped in the folder

[@ThatngaShelf]

Its not recognizing my roms what do i do

[@Dirlcutto]

It works, thanks! My only issue is in-game fonts' quality. The fonts and the game's logo (Mario Party) are blurred, also, there are a lot of JPG artifacts?? Tho, 3D models look good. There's a way to fix it?

[@PunchBro]

You could upscale and then apply a texture filter to clean things up

[@OodlepoodlesAJ]

I'm a bit worried. When I click the gui file twice, Windows gives me a popup that says it "protected (me) from a harmful file"? It should be noted I downloaded this from the Github releases as well, so it should not be harmful.

[@PunchBro]

Maybe hop on my discord and send a screenshot because it shouldn’t be doing that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Cenomous]

Same thing happened to me. Did you find out how to fix it?

[@OodlepoodlesAJ]

@@Cenomous Nope. I've run it again and Windows prevented me from actually using it. I'm confused.

[@krturo]

@@OodlepoodlesAJ what did you end up doing?

[@OodlepoodlesAJ]

@@krturo I just didn't continue, because I spent so much money on my computer.

[@Kartavya12349]

from where to download the game

[@PunchBro]

eBay

[@Kartavya12349]

@@PunchBro thanks bro

[@livante1626]

Ho capito più da te che da uno italiano. Grazie

[@PunchBro]

Wow, sono davvero felice che tu abbia trovato utile il mio contenuto! Grazie mille per il tuo commento gentile!

[@SirWispy]

thank you so much man

[@PunchBro]

Happy to help

[@natalieimtooPRO]

for me it doesnt show a gui! or a 3ds.exe, it just shows me 2 options that are "lime3ds" and "lime3ds-room" im not sure what to do!! :( also, if i do run the lime3ds option, it opens the emulator but gives me a white screen and then closes on its own! is it maybe my drivers?

[@simonvanloon9583]

Same for me it's so weird

[@simonvanloon9583]

Just looked at one of the older patches and it mentions the gui suffix just being replaced to 3ds like his pinned comment. try that one

[@natalieimtooPRO]

@@simonvanloon9583 i looked and it doesn’t give me that option, i think my drivers are too out of date ! i can’t update them due to integrated graphics sadlu

[@PunchBro]

If you have AMD integrated graphics you probably need to update drivers

[@natalieimtooPRO]

@@PunchBro thanks! that’s exactly what i have i see why it doesn’t work now 😆

[@drexxxyt4247]

when i downloaded lime3ds and opened the gui file the default language was spanish and i went to where it said the language was and it said english but it is clearly not english

[@PunchBro]

Common bug from the Citra codebase for windows systems with multiple languages. Google Citra wrong language and someone on Reddit has a fix

[@Kuraeeee]

have a question the controls seem delayed when i move in pokemon y

[@PunchBro]

Wireless controller? Could be Bluetooth latency

[@saveurseIf]

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen doesn't let me open the gui folder. What do i do?

[@PunchBro]

Make sure you got it from the right place and then let defender let you play

[@mellihampebrianco.d9481]

i click release, there is nothing

[@emmabean7]

same here, I am so confused..

[@Jideaohn]

PUNCHBRO UPDATE US!!! When u click "release" there's only mention of a collab for lime and citra dev, but there is no file location to download ANY of the software. PLZ HELP

[@kidsombie]

@@Jideaohngot removed

[@PunchBro]

Taken down

[@noodles_rus1928]

how do i change the arrow keys for moving to wasd

[@PunchBro]

Not recommended

[@y_a_m_i.]

bro your a life saver tysm

[@PunchBro]

Happy to help

[@Cool_Bug_Facts_]

@PunchBro I need a little help with this. Would you like to tell on how would i get pokemon prismatic moon to work on Lime3ds as i cannot figure out the cia files.

[@PunchBro]

Sorry, never messed around with prismatic moon

[@craxysixshotslaroche4963]

it says that my ROM is encrypted, how do i decrypt it?

[@PunchBro]

Best path is to provide a decrypted rom.

[@DoggoFran]

I have installer the c++ redistributable but i keep getting the same errors It's very weird because it only works if i keep the emulator in the folder with every file installed If want to keep the lime3ds app in my desktop i just cant

[@PunchBro]

Make a shortcut of the EXE

[@DoggoFran]

@@PunchBro ?

[@kokochicken9551]

I have a problem: When i open it , its always not responding... Any fix?

[@PunchBro]

Yup, update both your CPU and GPU drivers. Reboot. Then try again.

[@nineofhearrts]

@@PunchBro Can confirm this worked for me. I also deleted any other previous citra based emulator files through appdata and installed c++/vc redist and that seemed to work. (repost)

[@justinlopez3150]

can you play pokemon x and y with friends the are also on lime3ds?

[@PunchBro]

Yup!

[@youreright...9254]

What to do if its "not responding"? Even as administrator.

[@PunchBro]

Could be a lot of things, but likely a driver issue

[@qaaemmoulvi7853]

Did you find a solution to this issue? I’ve tried everything but it still says not responding

[@paulsemmler9334]

@@qaaemmoulvi7853 yeah same, i dont know what to do now

[@BH10000]

Where can I find the games

[@PunchBro]

Rip them

[@Wuyyou-l5z]

@@PunchBro what does that mean

[@ItsZombieNGL]

how do u get games to pop up i cant find the rom folder

[@PunchBro]

It’s in the video, you need to supply your own Roms though. Make sure they are not zipped

[@HatsuneMiku-y3h]

I don't have the GUI. only room and lime 3ds

[@Bladie_2468]

Same brother

[@HatsuneMiku-y3h]

@@Bladie_2468 i figured it out, you dont need the GUI!

[@zephyrtv1115]

"Windows Defended your PC" is this normal? should I just brushed it off? because Microsoft Defender is popping out

[@PunchBro]

You can brush that off and proceed

[@RonaldoCandiaWilliams-n6r]

@PunchBro how do you accelerate lime3ds

[@PunchBro]

You mean speed up your games? Like Pokemon at 60 fps?

[@RonaldoCandiaWilliams-n6r]

@@PunchBro Nah like 2x speed up for gameplay

[@PunchBro]

Use a game specific cheat

[@yelover-e3r]

Im launching the gui but nothing happens i dont get the x either

[@PunchBro]

Update your drivers for your cpu and GPU

[@marsphobia]

whenever i downlaod the x64 thing it keeps saying i have to restart my device to use it as well as the lime file only having lime 3ds and lime 3ds room :(

[@PunchBro]

Check pinned comment

[@qaaemmoulvi7853]

I’ve installed C++ I have done everything right but my emulator is not responding. I have Nvidia GeForce 1650 with amd ryzen 5. Can anybody help me with this?

[@PunchBro]

It’s your ryzen you need to update the drivers or it will crash on launch

[@noahcannadine5705]

where do you get your roms

[@PunchBro]

Illegal question

[@daliaal-shamari848]

is there a way of using my pc camera in lime 3ds? i need to use the camera for a game

[@PunchBro]

It should work if you enable it in settings

[@daliaal-shamari848]

@@PunchBro tysm it worked! You have a new sub 💞💞

[@bud7193]

@@PunchBro what about shaking/tilting controls like tilting the 3ds but on the controller

[@PunchBro]

@bud7193 use a PS4 or Switch Pro controller which has a gyro built in and you'll get those features.

[@Toadfn-u2u]

PunchBro can you please help me so I download the virtual C version for Microsoft and it keeps saying restart the computer and I did two times and now what should I do?

[@PunchBro]

Then launch Lime

[@tylerchristopher7534]

I just downloaded the 2118.2 msvc windows zip, and it always end up not responding when I open lime3ds

[@PunchBro]

You could try and older version or wait for a stable release.

[@Frrety109]

when I try to launch game it just crushes, please help

[@PunchBro]

Join the discord if you want help

[@okko7244]

When I press lime3ds gui it says windows protected ur pc and then when I press more info then run anyway it doesn’t work

[@PunchBro]

Make sure your drivers are all up to date and Windows 11 is recommended

[@sonukrishnan5977]

Hi,can you help me plz, I tried using both citra and lime, the issue is on both, my second screen having issue. When I tried playing Mario bros 2 both screen are shown same things,the bottom part where the map should be shown is showing me the same game screen as of first

[@PunchBro]

Sounds like a bug

[@GodsVlogger4326]

yeah this doesnt work anymore

[@jamescooke837]

desperately trying to get this to work but my game list doesn't populate when the folder is added, i think this may be because the ROM files are NDS (Pokémon soul silver) and not 3DS files, and i haven't been able to find a work around for this, can anyone suggest a fix ? much appreciated in advance

[@PunchBro]

You need a DS emulator not a 3DS emulator

[@cadenjohnson7823]

what file type is required? is it 3ds? CIA? I feel like im missing something haha

[@PunchBro]

Decrypted 3DS is preferred as it’s easiest to work with.

[@aljhonjamesestrada2950]

@@PunchBro where can I download the decrypted files?

[@royshrm]

Help, I did it, but when I start playing Pokémon ultra sun the cam freeze and crash

[@PunchBro]

Update drivers

[@chara2944]

i followed all the details exactly, but even after i downloaded the c++ redistribute i still kept getting the same exact error message any tips?

[@PunchBro]

Final idea - run windows update and try again. Good luck.

[@travis_frost]

Thanks! I get huge frame drops during cut scenes and battles though. Any idea what I should change?

[@PunchBro]

Probably just a product of emulation

[@pahilangcomarcoapoloniop.1838]

i have this issue man that my ultra sun pokemon and all games suddenly gets 0fps, while i am playing like 30-60fps before

[@PunchBro]

Make sure your drivers are up to date

[@pahilangcomarcoapoloniop.1838]

@@PunchBro hi man, I've check my drivers and its up to date idk what happened but its just the lime3ds got framedrop in my other games such as league and other offline games it was a fine, its just the lime3ds got that framedrop any thoughts about this?

[@xClydeHD]

Many try but still lagging on my pc. I can only use OpenGL. I have a x64 os

[@PunchBro]

OpenGL just doesn’t have the power of Vulkan for a smooth experience

[@xClydeHD]

@@PunchBro Can I just download and install NVIDIA to figure it out?

[@xClydeHD]

I have an Intel 5500 HD graphic

[@xClydeHD]

Update: i also have a Radeon AMD R5 330. Trying to update it with the latest version.... I hope it gives me more performance

[@xClydeHD]

@@PunchBro It worked!!! Now its constantly going around 28-30 fps and 98-101 speed. It's amazing. Thank you so much

[@Geodorii]

Is there any reason the exe wont run on my end? I saw your suggestion to update the CPU/GPU drivers in another comment, yet it still wont run for me.

[@PunchBro]

That seems to be the most common thing. Otherwise make sure Windows Defender isn’t stopping it and make sure Windows is up to date.

[@benbranning5548]

My Xbox series s controller won't work when automapping. It is as if it doesn't sense my inputs whatsoever. Any advice?

[@PunchBro]

Make sure it’s properly connected to the PC

[@GoofymonkeYT]

Wait does it Have To Be wbfs

[@PunchBro]

No

[@lauragresse3558]

Need Help pls! i followed all the steps..but when im trying to run Lime it tells me "No response"....i checked my GPU/CpU Drivers there are Up to date...Dont know waht to do anymore

[@PunchBro]

Try an older version it might work

[@nineofhearrts]

install c++

[@Mikha797]

Bro can i do self trade pokemon in lime 3ds ? I tried to do tutorial from some citra video but it doesn't work

[@PunchBro]

Never tried it

[@Alan-jx4yr]

where do you get your 3ds games? I just dont want to risk viruses and get the wrong downloads

[@PunchBro]

Safest way is to dump them from a modded 3DS

[@Shotgunrain_AP]

how do i install texture mods on this emulator

[@PunchBro]

Download pack, unzip to the texture folder, then check use custom texture for the game setting

[@SoulsofCatz]

wonder if it does multiplayer?

[@PunchBro]

Yes

[@jors24]

why does my lime emulator not reading my pokemon game ?

[@PunchBro]

No clue 🕵️‍♀️

[@rishiverma7003]

My window not allowing lime3ds to desktop plzz help I can't run from desktop I have to run from open with winrar

[@PunchBro]

Might have some PC probs

[@rishiverma7003]

@@PunchBro my windows defender don't allow lime3ds 🥲

[@dearahsolis375]

can you connect a nintendo switch pro controller or a ps4 controller? or is it just xbox compatible

[@PunchBro]

Switch Pro works great!

[@derondevliano8379]

is intel pentium can launch and play with normal fps in this emulation???

[@PunchBro]

Depends on what generation and if its an APU

[@derondevliano8379]

@@PunchBro I've tried it, and it doesn't work ^^

[@akenoCapalot]

any other 3ds emulator u recommend?

[@PunchBro]

Citra

[@primesenpai7314]

If I don't already have the games where do I get them?

[@PunchBro]

eBay

[@User-te9mf]

what does "bad" compatibility mean?

[@PunchBro]

Ignore that

[@franciscoallende2097]

when i start a game it just closes. dosen't work for me

[@PunchBro]

Make sure your drivers are up to date and Windows 11 is recommended

[@Izzytooopium]

Can you control multiple instances at once?

[@PunchBro]

Yes

[@QWERTYboi99-hs7hy]

How do you get the game roms in the first place?

[@PunchBro]

Bro nice try FBI

[@AaravJamwal1]

bro lime 3ds is not launching on my laptop

[@PunchBro]

Might not like your GPU if it’s a laptop.

[@AaravJamwal1]

​@@PunchBrowhy won't it like my gpu if it runs citra fine

[@garythesquidsquid7779]

@@AaravJamwal1 cause it isnt citra

[@JEFFTHEBOSS-si3oq]

how do you get them games on the file?

[@PunchBro]

Dump them from your carts

[@bomzme]

where do you download the games?

[@PunchBro]

Dump from a physical cartridge

[@JewMonGee]

hi can you please teach me how to skip frames with lime 3ds its not working for me can you please tell me how

[@PunchBro]

Use cheats for speed hacks

[@JewMonGee]

@@PunchBro thanks for your response maybe you can make a video for me, i like the frame skip in the original VISUAL BOY ADVANCE i hold the space bar and skip 9 frames its so much fun

[@shadowlp9790]

I have a dedicated gpu and a pretty new one too do i need to install vulcan?

[@PunchBro]

It should already be installed and you should use Vulkan

[@shadowlp9790]

@@PunchBro it isn't installed for me thats why i was asking i have neither the option to pick my deciated gpu nor can i pick anything else then Opera gl i only have a cpu and a gpu so ther is no way the game runs on a apu

[@koniket]

Useful for beginners installing C++ (or other program): x64 is for 64 bits PC while x86 is for 32 bits PC 64 bit PC has no problem running 32 bit programs but usually the opposite may give you some errors or not open the program, check your system to know which you should use.

[@PunchBro]

Good advice thanks

[@carlos_basket2371]

I have to pay a membership to download the emulator or something?

[@PunchBro]

No

[@furiousplays8450]

hey man how do i use motion controls on a controller?

[@PunchBro]

Connect a controller that supports it. Switch pro or DS4

[@furiousplays8450]

@@PunchBro I did connect the switch pro but it didn't work