Introduction

Early implementation of PS4 achievements through ShadPS4 emulator. ShadPS4 is still in very early stages of development, and is very likely going to change/improve how the Emulator stores achievements data which will need to be reflected on our end.

1) Setup Guide

1. Add ShadPS4 Emulator in Playnite

First you need to manually add ShadPS4 Emulator to Playnite

1. Go to Library > Configure Emulators > Add
2. Add the following settings:

• Name: ShadPS4
• Installation Folder: folder path where your shadps4.exe is located
• Emulator Specification: None

General Window Settings

• Name: Call it whatever you like.
• Supported Platforms: Sony Playstation 4
• Executable: Select your shadps4.exe
• Arguments: -g "{ImagePath}"
• Working Directory: {EmulatorDir}
• Supported File Types: bin

Now you can scan for your PS4 games with ShadPS4 emulator, same as you would with RPCS3

3. Go to Add Game > Emulated Game > Add Scanner
4. Scan with Emulator: ShadPS4, select where your PS4 games have been unpacked, and press Start Scan.
5. Add your games