How jesusdabest/dreams-shadps4 works
This repository packages Windows shadPS4 builds tuned for Dreams (CUSA04301), with a graphical launcher and optional tutorial-skip utility. The user selects Dreams in the launcher; it starts the bundled emulator with the included fixes and settings. README-described graphics, audio, gameplay, and display fixes are represented as capabilities of the build, not as a verified internal call chain. The tree contains many versioned snapshots; sampled excerpts show launcher process setup but not the emulator’s internal implementation, so their relationships are documented at the product level.
Main entry points: cusa04301-graphical-launcher-20261019/DreamsCore.cs Graphical launcher · SkipDreamsTutorial.cs Tutorial skip tool · cusa04301-shadow-fix-20261025/DreamsCore.cs Shadow repairs · cusa04301-single-mip-write-20261102/DreamsCore.cs Texture and sampling fixes
Components 15
Launch experience
- Graphical launcher
builds/cusa04301-graphical-launcher-20261019/DreamsCore.cs - shadPS4 emulator
- Tutorial skip tool
builds/cusa04301-clean-main-20261025/SkipDreamsTutorial.cs
Graphics fixes
- Shadow repairs
builds/cusa04301-shadow-fix-20261025/DreamsCore.cs - Texture and sampling fixes
builds/cusa04301-single-mip-write-20261102/DreamsCore.cs - Mip and cache fixes
builds/cusa04301-dynamic-mip-20261028/DreamsCore.cs - Texture transfer fixes
builds/cusa04301-compressed-copy-20261029/DreamsCore.cs - GPU image writes
builds/cusa04301-gpu-image-writes-20261031/DreamsCore.cs - GPU resource lifetime
builds/cusa04301-gpu-resource-lifetime-20261101/DreamsCore.cs - Flicker repair
builds/cusa04301-flicker-repair-20261102/DreamsCore.cs - Versioned fix snapshots
builds
Game fixes
- Tren collision fix
builds/cusa04301-tren-collision-20261029/DreamsCore.cs
Audio and display
- Microphone recording
builds/cusa04301-microphone-encoder-20261031/DreamsCore.cs - Display colour fix
builds/cusa04301-display-colour-20261028/DreamsCore.cs
Other components
- Dreams player
Connections 13
- Dreams player → Graphical launcher: selects and plays
README.md - Graphical launcher → shadPS4 emulator: starts process
builds/cusa04301-graphical-launcher-20261019/DreamsCore.cs - shadPS4 emulator → Shadow repairs: includes fixes
README.md - shadPS4 emulator → Texture and sampling fixes: includes fixes
README.md - shadPS4 emulator → Mip and cache fixes: includes fixes
README.md - shadPS4 emulator → Texture transfer fixes: includes fixes
README.md - shadPS4 emulator → GPU image writes: includes fixes
- shadPS4 emulator → GPU resource lifetime: includes fixes
- shadPS4 emulator → Flicker repair: includes fixes
- shadPS4 emulator → Tren collision fix: includes fix
README.md - shadPS4 emulator → Microphone recording: includes fix
README.md - shadPS4 emulator → Display colour fix: includes fix
README.md - Dreams player → Tutorial skip tool: may use
README.md