ShadPS4 emulator adds shadNet networking and ZArchive support in v0.17 update

The ShadPS4 PS4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS reached version 0.17.0, a major release that introduces the shadNet networking backend. shadNet provides player IDs, friends lists, lobbies, rooms, matchmaking and online score submission, laying the groundwork for future multiplayer, though online play is not yet functional.

The update also adds native mouse emulation (sceMouse), allowing the few PS4 titles that support a USB mouse to work correctly. ZArchive support lets users compress a game’s thousands of files into a single archive, simplifying storage and transfer. Additional improvements cover graphics (NVIDIA clip distance emulation, texture cache refinements), audio/video playback, controller handling, memory management and macOS compatibility, along with numerous bug fixes.