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A guide for playing Hytale on Windows ARM
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Hytale-ARM.md

A quick and easy guide on installing and optimizing Hytale for Windows on ARM computers (Snapdragon X Elite, Surface, ect)

Before following the guide, make sure to know that you need a second computer with you that uses the x86-64 architecture (most computers) to even install the game.

Installing the game

  1. Run the Hytale installer on your ARM computer.

This will fail to install the game, but make necessary changes like setup firewall rules and folder structures.

  1. Make sure the game is also installed on a x86-64 computer. (i.e your Desktop or a friends PC).

  2. Send over the C:\Program Files\Hypixel Studios\Hytale Launcher\hytale-launcher.exe file from the x86-64 computer to your ARM computer and put it in the same directory.

This file can be sent to you through ex. discord if you don't have an x86-64 computer, but this comes with certain risks of malware if you do not trust the person sending it to you.

  1. You can now put away the x86-64 computer, it will not be used anymore.

  2. On your ARM computer, right click hytale-launcher.exe. Press Properties → Compatiblity → enable Run this program as Administrator.

  3. Update Windows if you can. (optional)

This is to make sure the Prism emulator (x86-64 to ARM) is up to date. Not a necessary step but worth doing.

  1. Launch the Hytale Launcher. Login to your account and install the game but do not play it yet.

If you accidentally launch the game, it is not the end of the world. Just close the game again once it launches. (if at all)

  1. Go to C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Hytale\install\release\package\game\latest\Client\, right click HytaleClient.exe. Press Properties → Compatiblity → enable Run this program as Administrator (just like you did in step 5).

Now that you have done this, you can technically play the game! Although it'll run really really poorly. Follow the guide below to fix some of the known issues, which should make the game feel a lot smoother.

Optimizing the game

Once youre done following the guide above:

If you run the game right now without installing the patch it will run under an emulation layer. This patch makes sure that the client runs natively, which will let the computer run the game without heavy CPU emulation costs.

  • Once you've launched the game, set Shadow Quality to Low. Real-time shadows are super taxing on ARM SoCs (as of now) and disabling it heavily increases game performance.

You can experiment with any performance preset you want as long as you set Shadow Quality to low.

Congratulations, you can now run the game optimally on ARM! Launch it whenever you'd like :)

Important Note: After closing the game you also need to terminate the HytaleClient service running in the background via Task Manager to be able to restart the game

Please leave a star on this project if you found it useful and share it with anyone who's struggling with Hytale on ARM! 💝

Credit

Credit to Dominik (DomiIRL) for composing the original installation guide on the Hytale discord server!

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