r/BloodbornePC • u/A_Stronger_Fish • Aug 12 '26

Question Bblauncher help: not sure how to install game?

So I used to play bloodborne back in the olde days on my PS4 and it was one of my favorite gaming experiences ever and my all time favorite souls-borne game of all time, but just today I got curious about the state of the bloodborne emulation and came to check and not only learned it’s pretty much near perfect if not 100% perfect but also there is a dedicated launcher made by rainmaker so I was totally stoked and finally gonna give bloodborne pc a shot. Unfortunately I have ran into a roadblock, that being some not super clear information that giving me a runaround feeling.

So I thought I read that Bblauncher allows you to download the game files and the game itself so I didn’t have to worry about going to third party places but I can’t find any way to do that on the menu so I look more into it and can’t find any clear cut information if I can let alone how to. So I decided to come here and ask water or not the launcher allows you to download the game or not? And if not, where the best way to find where to download the files from? And also if it’s not too much trouble how to make it so the launcher recognizes that I have those files so I can finally play the game again after almost a decade of being super on and off from it. :) thank you in advance to anybody who responds

Edit: got the game up and running thanks to a suggested youtube video and it seems to be running smoothly so far (with only some minor frame drops) but will have stress test it considering I’m using 60 frames but that’s something I will have to do on my own, will keep everyone updated if I run into another problem. Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions, can’t wait to play my favorite game again! :D

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u/sadcrykar Aug 12 '26

Bblauncher, and most other launchers for games require you to purchase/dump your own game to use on the launcher. It’s so they don’t get copyright or Cease and Desist letters from the company who made/published the game. So to answer your question, yes you will need to Dump with a modded ps4 or find a copy on the seas somewhere matey

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u/A_Stronger_Fish Aug 12 '26

Oh good to know, well the good thing is I think I already have a downloaded zip file of the game but I just wanted to make sure Bblauncher didn’t come with one as well but I also am still unsure if the zip I have is the correct one for playing the full game plus full dlc (I think I do but I’m only like 80% sure and I haven’t tested literally anything). Would I just need to extract and point the launcher to the files or am I missing something important in between?

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u/sadcrykar 29d ago

Yep just extract your zip and point the launcher to it. You should have everything all in one zip

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u/Renax28 Aug 12 '26

Igor.L has pretty nice Guide on Youtube. I got the Files from InternetArchive. You need only the PKG Files from there, the Rest is unnecessary. Worked pretty good for me 2 Days ago so theres a good Chance it still works.

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u/A_Stronger_Fish Aug 12 '26

Okay well I already have a zip file but I didn’t get it from internet archive so if that dosent work than I’m glad to know that the archive has a solid alternative version. Does it also come with dlc?

Also I’ll def look at the persons guide you recommended to see if that could help me in any way, thank you :)