Yuzu multiplayer allows you to experience the same multiplayer capabilities of the Nintendo Switch Console. It does this by emulating the Switch’s local wireless multiplayer feature. This is just one of many reasons Yuzu is the best out there.
It has been perfected so there are no sync issues or any other netplay-related issues they usually experience.
No matter the size of the room, it is stable and reliable making sure your online experience is flawless.
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How Yuzu Multiplayer Works?
Whenever you play a multiplayer-compatible game in Yuzu, it simulates a Switch communicating in a multiplayer room. It launches a server that can be hosted by anyone for connected clients to exchange data with each other.
How to Host Rooms?
You don’t need to create a room if you are only playing with your friends and family. There are already publicly available rooms that you can pick that may be hosted by other members.
If you want a private room, you can do so with the following steps, assuming you have port forwarding already enabled. Go to the “Multiplayer” option on the top menu bar, and now select “Host Room”.
What you need to remember regarding privately hosted rooms:
- A room is a server. From the PC/Device you host it, it has to be running 24/7 if you want the room to be always available, otherwise closing the room will close the server.
A fast and stable internet connection will ensure there are no lags and high ping scenarios.
Make sure your ISP doesn’t charge for bandwidth transfer as Yuzu rooms are bandwidth-heavy.
How to Port Forward for Yuzu Multiplayer Functionality?
Routers don’t have port forwarding enabled by default so you will need to make sure it is enabled in order to host your own Yuzu rooms.
Please check the relevant router documentation page on how to port forward. They are all not the same, it will be different for all brands such as TP-link, Cisco, Netgear and D-link.
Port to forward: 2487 (UDP and TCP preferred) or just UDP.
If you are hosting the room on a server you will need to allow the port in a security group or firewall.
Hosting a Yuzu room on Linux is the recommended way
You can use Docker images to host on a Linux server. You can use the Yuzu docker image for this purpose. The Docker images have been unavailable since the project was shut down in March. You can also get a copy of the image from here.
Yuzu Multiplayer Hosting Commands
| Command | Purpose |
| –log–file | This shows you the path of the log files. |
| –ban-list-file | This shows a file with the list of players you have banned. If it is not present banning would not work. |
| –web-api-url | This shows you the URL of the Yuzu API. Please leave this unchanged. |
| –room-name | Displays the name of your room. |
| –room-description | This allows you to add a longer description of your room. |
| –preferred-game | Select the name of the preferred game for your room. |
| –port | This allows you to select a custom port number for your room. This can be anywhere between the range of 0 and 65535. Please remember to configure port forwarding for this to work. |
| –max-members | This command allows you to add minimum and maximum number of players to your room which range between 2 and 16. |
| –password | This allows you to add a password to your room. |
| –token | This is now not working but this was your community user token that you could get from your profile. |
Room Moderation and Authentication
Yuzu multiplayer allows user authentication so you can give users moderation permissions in sessions. The moderators get their community username and avatar displayed in the member list too however, as the API is shut down this no longer works.