Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned Quick Start

Download and install Fightcade.

Open Fightcade\emulator\flycast\flycast.exe

In the Flycast Settings, head to the Video tab and make sure your Graphics API is set to DirectX 11, Vulkan, or OpenGL. DirectX 9 is unsupported for NAOMI 2 games.

Place naomi2.zip, vf4tuned.zip and the vf4tuned/ folder with gds-0036f.chd file in your Fightcade\emulator\flycast\ROMs directory.

To map your controls, head to the Flycast settings, go in the Controls tab and press the Map button by your preferred device. Make sure the drop-down menu is set to Arcade Controls. From here you can set your preferred controls to the following buttons.

Button 1 = Punch
Button 2 = Kick
Button 3 = Guard

Make sure your device is set to Port A before continuing.

Performance Tweaks

For best performance online, avoid playing on the Temple or Garden stages.

If the game is running slow for you, try to change the following settings.

  • In the Video tab, disable Fixed Frequency CPU Optimization
  • In the Video tab, set Transparent Sorting to Per Strip or Per Triangle
  • In the Advanced tab, enable Multi-threaded emulation
  • In the Video tab, disable VSync

Training Mode

Flycast Dojo has a built-in Training Mode that lets you enable game cheats, quickly load states, save states, record, and play back user inputs for practice on any supported Dreamcast, NAOMI, or Atomiswave game. You can enter Training mode by pressing the Test Game, and selecting Start Training. This will load the arcade ROM from boot.

Once you are in a game, you can press the following buttons to record inputs and play them back by default. You can change any of these buttons in the Controls settings. You can also switch players, enable looping, and load/save states interactively by loading the menu (TAB by default).

F1-F3 Record Slots
F4-F6 Play Slots
F7 Switch Player Control
F8 Quick Save
F9 Quick Load

For an example of how to use Training Mode, check out VF Harpoon's Training Mode tutorial video using Virtua Fighter 3tb.

For more information, check out the Training Mode section of the Flycast Dojo README.

For Virtua Fighter 4 Training Mode Lua scripts, check out D-X's work here, and follow those directions to get set up. Features include frame data, stance adjustments, and common cheats that can be toggled any time in Training Mode.

Community Support

If you need more help, want to find people to play against, or want to learn more about the game, hit up the Virtua Fighter Discord and add a VF4 role so you can access the game-specific rooms.

For general Flycast help, head to #flycast-emulator in the Fightcade Discord, or head to the Flycast Discord.

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Pub: 27 May 2022 18:09 UTC
Edit: 15 Dec 2023 12:14 UTC
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