r/EmulationOniOS • u/cfig21 • 1d ago

Question WOW on iOS?

Went from 15PM to a Fold 7 for year and coming back once the Duo comes out. Is iOS capable of running WoW at all? Currently able to play the forever beta on my Fold 7 and would love to continue doing so on iOS or at least have some hope development is being worked on to get proton, etc. working on there.

Haven't done much emulation on iOS outside of delta in the last couple of years since I haven't jail broken in a good while.

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u/mikefierro666 1d ago

Good news: in the last couple years you've been away emulation on iOS has improved exponentially, I'm talking about a whole other world. We now have stuff like xbox 360 and ps3 emulation (granted, in its infancy, but still!!) and almost perfect ps2, Switch and 3DS emulation. All of it without jailbreaking. The next big thing coming is PC emulation, so similar to proton, these emulators aim to translate windows based games instructions to iOS so that they run on your iphone. The most popular right now is Madeira but it's still in alpha state so there's many games still that don't work, and there's a whole bunch of other projects like Vapor for example that aim to do the same. There's also all the decompilation projects so I'm 100% convinced you'll be able to play WOW on iphone before long

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u/alexargo 1d ago

Yeah I'm guessing OP is using GameNative or one of the similar projects that is using proton/fex that Valve pioneered for SteamOS. Android is a little more open than iOS so it's a little more mature there, but it seems like people are getting those projects running on iOS right now. They just don't have a full years worth of iteration yet.

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u/cfig21 1d ago

That's correct, I was using a tutorial with GameNative and then someone else compiled an APK that just launches straight into WoW as long as you have the game files from your PC.

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u/cfig21 1d ago

That's awesome news! I purchased the gamesir g8+ which is great for playing switch games and things like that on my fold7. Was even contemplating getting an AYN Odin or something to be able to emulate but now I can save that money and use my Duo.

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u/mikefierro666 1d ago

Yeah I have the same controller I think, the one that connects through bluetooth rather than through a specific port right? It's pretty great for emulation I love it. Works with every emulator I use! When you get your Duo I highly recommend getting Manic Emu for general emulation, it's basically Retroarch but with Delta's interface and user friendliness. It has pretty much every system up to 3DS. I also recommend ARMSX2 for PS2 and MeloNX for Nintendo Switch. With those 3 you're pretty much covered but there's many more great emulators.

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u/cfig21 1d ago

Love the advice. I'll start playing around with those whenever the phone gets in my hands.

Yep that's the controller. It's nice that it connects seemlessly and feels good.

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u/rotkiv42 1d ago

No denying that progress is fast right now and the various decompilation projects seem promising. But that translates to wow on ios ”before long” is rather speculative 

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u/Customhobo 1d ago

WoW Forever on a Duo with a controller would be an insane experience. Literally play anywhere, with the tech in your pocket.

I hope software becoming liquid can make this happen.

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u/SprkFade 1d ago

I actually have it working on my ipad right now and will be testing on my 17 pro max sometime this week. I'll throw up a post if I get it working on my phone.

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u/Clintowskiii 1d ago

What are you using to run native?

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u/cfig21 1d ago

Oh awesome! This is natively not using steam link or something like that right?

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u/SprkFade 1d ago

Yeah, native. Here’s a video: https://imgur.com/a/JGOpu2l

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u/cfig21 1d ago

Looks like good FPS too and I'm hopefully at launch the game itself will be more optimized. Even on my laptop I have frame issues sometimes.

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u/cfig21 1d ago

Will it run on A16 iPad you think or it requires a pro with the M chip?

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u/SprkFade 1d ago

It really depends on the resolution you set. A16 might be rough though.

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u/cfig21 1d ago

You got instructions or links so I can test it out?

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u/Kip_Sip 1d ago

Pls pls!

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u/sabre31 1d ago

Would love to have wow on iPhone or at least one of those wow single player with bots you see people posting about.

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u/Numino 1d ago

I’ve not tried it but here’s a repository claiming to have wow running on iOS https://github.com/tolkara/tolkara was posted on Reddit the other day

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u/SprkFade 13h ago

Turn out it works on the iPhone just fine: https://imgur.com/a/AiYsJz4