FAQ

Table of Contents How do I use Xenia? What are Xenia's system requirements? How do I fix the VCRUNTIME error? How do I fix "Graphics device lost (probably due to an internal error"? Can you add support for Windows Me? How about my Pentium II? Does Xenia run on Linux or macOS? How do I dump/rip games? Why is my game in trial/demo mode? How do I use xenia-vfs-dump? Does game X run? Saves Why aren't saves working? (Storage device not found/full/not detected, etc) Where are saves stored? Input Can Xenia play games online with Xbox Live? How do I check my FPS? What is ROV? What are Xenia's options? What's the difference between Gameplay and Playable? Can Xenia run OG (original) Xbox games? I have a copy of the XDK. Do you want it? Build tweaks 4:3 Hacks/mods

Xenia Master FAQ | Xenia Canary FAQ

How do I use Xenia?

Refer to the Quickstart page.

What are Xenia's system requirements?

Refer to the Quickstart page.

How do I fix the VCRUNTIME error?

Install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019.

How do I fix "Graphics device lost (probably due to an internal error"?

You can't.

Can you add support for Windows Me? How about my Pentium II?

Support for older operating systems and processors will not be added unless a contributor steps up to build and maintain them. All active contributors are on modern systems and busy with higher priority tasks. Whether the emulator runs on Windows Vista or not doesn't matter if it can't run games.

Does Xenia run on Linux or macOS?

Not natively, but Xenia runs with Wine on Linux.*

• D3D12 will only work on Windows 10+ due to vkd3d not being supported.

macOS is not compatible due to requiring MoltenVK/Metal support which isn't implemented in Xenia.

How do I dump/rip games?

See the guide in Quickstart.

Why is my game in trial/demo mode?

See this option.

How do I use xenia-vfs-dump?

xenia-vfs-dump is a command-line tool use for dumping content from STFS and SVOD containers.

You can download it from here.

Usage: xenia-vfs-dump [ContainerPath] [DestinationOutput]

Does game X run?

Check the compatibility list. If it's not there, ask in the Discord #help channel or test it yourself.

Saves

Why aren't saves working? (Storage device not found/full/not detected, etc)

Saves are broken in some games in Xenia, especially ones with user profile saves.

As for saves, etc that worked previously in older builds of Xenia, create a text file in the same directory as xenia.exe named portable.txt.

Where are saves stored?

Saves are in Documents\xenia\content by default.

If a portable.txt file is in the same directory as xenia.exe the content folder will be in the same directory as xenia.exe.

Input

Xenia only supports XInput controllers by default, which includes but is not limited to Xbox 360, and Xbox One controllers.

For non-XInput controllers, SDL must be used.

Default keyboard layout (click to preview)

Xenia does not support mice, accessories like the Kinect, uDraw GameTablet, or microphones.

Can Xenia play games online with Xbox Live?

Xenia may connect to custom servers in the far future, but it will never connect to official Xbox Live servers.

Xenia does not support System Link either.

How do I check my FPS?

With an FPS indicator like Rivatuner.

What is ROV?

See ROV.

What are Xenia's options?

See the Options page.

What's the difference between Gameplay and Playable?

Gameplay means the game reaches gameplay, even if the game is unplayable.

Can Xenia run OG (original) Xbox games?

Xenia does not support OG Xbox games/BC (backwards compatibility).

For that there's Cxbx-Reloaded and xqemu.

I have a copy of the XDK. Do you want it?

No. Do not post links or downloads to such resources or you will be banned.

Build tweaks

4:3

To play games in 4:3 you need to build Xenia with video_mode->is_widescreen = 0 instead of 1 here.

Refer to building.md on GitHub

Hacks/mods

Refer to the Game hacks, mods, etc. page.