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The in-app updater checks Lichii's GitHub releases and selects the download for the user's platform.
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Previous build not specified → build-75
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Lichii nx2 build 88 (55532f2)
Published November 6, 2026 · Commit 55532f2d814215aaf32a76c214cf129f2cb6282b · 7 assets
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Lichii nx2 build 75 (c9ebb5c)
November 5, 2026
Summary
build-75 adds game fixes, an in-app updater that selects downloads for the user's platform, and expanded optional frame-dump diagnostics.
Changes (up to 5)
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time update
- Star Fox update
- The in-app updater checks Lichii's GitHub releases and selects the download for the user's platform.
Build notes (up to 3)
- Linux packages are available as AppImage and tar.gz for x86_64 and aarch64. AppImage requires glibc 2.39 or newer; tar.gz uses system libraries, including Qt 6 and the usual libraries.
- Windows offers an MSVC zip and a PGO zip. The MSVC build is the only Windows build with NVIDIA DLSS and is also recommended if graphical issues occur on other builds. The MinGW clang PGO zip bundles its own DLLs and does not require the Visual C++ redistributable; it does not include NVIDIA DLSS.
- The macOS arm64 package requires macOS 15 or newer and is not notarized.
Lichii nx2 build 70 (286117c)
November 4, 2026
Summary
build-70 includes game fixes, emulation and video improvements, macOS performance work, and setup guidance for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Changes (up to 5)
- Star Fox: Now renders instead of showing a black screen. The DLSS network uses Lichii's de-jitter stand-in to reduce smearing and stretched geometry; shader lowering and HID command 300 controller input are included.
- Donkey Kong Bananza: Fixes the crash after cutscenes and reduces stutter from command-page draining on the split GPU thread. The game runs well, though not at a locked 60 fps.
- Kirby Air Riders: Fixes the white world, improves shader translation and pipeline building, and shortens race stalls. Some races still stall while shaders build.
- Mario Tennis Fever: Fixes device loss when the first court loads.
- Nintendo Switch Sports Resort: System mixer audio in S16 format now plays, with upstream fixes ported.
Build notes (up to 3)
- Linux packages include AppImages and tar.gz archives for x86_64 and aarch64. AppImages require glibc 2.39 or newer; tar.gz packages use system libraries, including Qt 6 and the usual libraries.
- Windows provides an MSVC zip and a PGO zip built with MinGW clang. The MSVC build is the only Windows build with NVIDIA DLSS and is also recommended if graphical issues occur on other builds. The PGO build bundles its own DLLs and does not require the Visual C++ redistributable; it does not include NVIDIA DLSS.
- The macOS package targets arm64 Apple Silicon and requires macOS 15 or newer. It is not notarized.
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Lichii Release History
build-88
November 6, 2026 · Commit 55532f2d814215aaf32a76c214cf129f2cb6282b · 7 assets
build-83
November 6, 2026 · Commit 5a50f50e0b7ea0cb0e71c4ae8e8e7425c8a3069c · 12 assets
build-75
November 5, 2026 · Commit c9ebb5c3af672a0472ca0811392f04fab10203ab · 12 assets
build-70
November 4, 2026 · Commit 286117c7e0d89ab0384e896489128fdd88a424f8 · 12 assets
build-65
November 2, 2026 · Commit 3bdd53d08adfd96b7e3e3f09344c514540ef1ce6 · 12 assets
nx2-build-34
November 1, 2026 · Commit 3140648a668aaebf87bae2dea17512fdca125ba0 · 5 assets
nx2-build-25
November 1, 2026 · Commit 9c34939757436d6e16bd079691fcad0199b379e0 · 5 assets
nx2-build-15
November 1, 2026 · Commit 2818f85a8f55079f687596b743996e34a12b36a7 · 5 assets
build-10
November 1, 2026 · Commit d8a9528ba227e3618f8c050706dcf79cabd303f6 · 5 assets
nx2-build31-20261101
November 1, 2026 · Commit badc91ebce6b6cb44eabe67f7aa0dbbc6abd9e46 · 6 assets
nx2-20261031
October 31, 2026 · Commit 01423a2470ee8a604218c1a6d5a0be6769624078 · 2 assets
Compatibility history
Game Compatibility Changes
Now boots, completes the intro, and enters gameplay. A white screen was resolved after about 80 shaders became translatable; a 64-bit wait-on-address abort was also addressed.
Search Zelda: Ocarina of Time on build-75Gameplay performance increased from 30 fps to 60 fps.
Search Star Fox on build-75Known limitations
Known Issues in Current Build
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Outdoor areas have far too much fog and glow compared with console; performance is about 12–22 fps on a Ryzen 5900X with an RTX 3080, and three rare shaders remain unsupported.
No fix is provided.
Release notesOn RTX 50-series GPUs, the GPU device can still be lost after a scene change.
Suggested fix: Try NVIDIA driver 610.88.
Release notes“Failed to allocate 14336 MiB of backing memory” means Windows ran out of RAM plus page file.
Suggested fix: Set the page file to system-managed.
Release notesOn AMD RDNA2 GPUs, the game may freeze during shader or pipeline building, sometimes with background audio continuing. A commenter also reports black-screen or shader-building hangs with asynchronous shader compilation enabled.
No fix is provided.
GitHub issue #151On build-75, user reports over-bright bloom/glow, overly dense fog, incorrect lighting, and some textures decoded as garbage; logs include macro-parameter assertions and an unknown texture format 100.
No fix is provided.
GitHub issue #183User reports a black background at the title screen and a black screen after starting a new game, with sound still audible.
No fix is provided.
GitHub issue #153On Adreno 740 with Turnip, large native compute-shader pipelines can keep Vulkan pipeline-builder workers busy, consume substantial memory, and result in a black screen; some tests also reported GPU hangs or device loss.
No fix is provided.
GitHub issue #96Terrain is visible through solid objects after getting past the intro.
No fix is provided.
GitHub issue #91Find an older file
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build-88Review 7 files November 6, 2026
build-83Review 12 files November 6, 2026
build-75Review 12 files November 5, 2026
build-70Review 12 files November 4, 2026
build-65Review 12 files November 2, 2026
nx2-build-34Review 5 files November 1, 2026
nx2-build-25Review 5 files November 1, 2026
nx2-build-15Review 5 files November 1, 2026
build-10Review 5 files November 1, 2026
nx2-build31-20261101Review 6 files November 1, 2026
nx2-20261031Review 2 files October 31, 2026
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