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+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [**Customising the GUI**](#customising-the-gui)  
+   - [**Change language**](#change-language)  
+   - [**Display the compatibility of your games**](#display-the-compatibility-of-your-games)
+   - [**Organise game list**](#organise-game-list)  
+   - [**Trophies**](#trophies)
+   - [**Music**](#music)  
+
+2. [**Updating shadPS4**](#updating-shadps4)  
+
+3. [**Settings**](#settings)  
+   - [**Emulator Settings**](#emulator-settings)  
+   - [**Input Settings**](#input-settings)  
+   - [**Add & Remove Game Folders**](#add--remove-game-folders)  
+   - [**Debug Settings**](#debug-settings)  
+
+4. [**GPU and Window size**](#gpu-and-window-size)  
+
+5. [**Cheats and Patches**](#cheats-and-patches)  
+
+-----
+
+## Customising the GUI
+
+### Change language
+`Settings > General TAB > Console language`: Change the language of the games. If not available, english will be select
+`Settings > General TAB > Emulator language`: You can change the language of the GUI.
+<br />We currently support more than 20 languages.
+
+### Display the compatibility of your games
+`Settings > General TAB:` 
+<p><img width="261" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/688327a4-e6f0-4f58-804c-d3ab994466e9" /></p>
+Check <code>Display Compatibility Data</code>. You can also check <code>Update compatibility Database on Startup</code> if you want to.
+<br />And then you will see something like this:
+<br /><img width="459" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fc977ce7-e0c8-4a37-ba42-dd8b1c235dc7" />
+<br />  - With a left-click on the column `compatibility`, you can open the issue on github
+<br />  - If you hover it, you will have more information about the last update like this:
+<br /><img width="200" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f1c7f6e9-5819-4325-91de-9b55fa1e9e47" />
+
+
+### Organise game list
+* **Game List mode:** _If you prefer your games list inline (List View) or in grid (Grid View)._
+<img width="400" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e94797da-0509-494a-90bd-58d7857fcebc" />
+<img width="263" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd137e7f-998e-4992-9be3-ee8aafd54dc4" />
+
+* **Game List icons:** _Changing the size of the game icons._
+* **Themes:** _You can select differents themes for the GUI._
+<img width="100" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/863b18fc-6ded-4ec5-8cf3-e750f3964cdd" />
+
+
+### Trophies
+`Settings > General TAB > GUI Settings > Disable Trophy Pop-ups`: You can disable the trophy pop-ups. They remain active but are no longer displayed
+<br />To see the list of available trophies and those obtained:
+1. `right-click` on the game
+2. Click on `Trophy Viewer`
+<br /><img width="260" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a651b610-11e5-4ef3-b445-33cdaa49534b" />
+
+
+### Music
+`Settings > General TAB > GUI Settings > Play title Music`: This allows you to choose whether or not to play the game's music when it is selected from the list. <br />You can also manage its volume just below.
+<br /><img width="200" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8c363482-4132-4806-af62-48484713d062" />
+
+-----
+
+## Updating shadPS4
+<img width="207" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/903099f1-80ff-402b-a4f8-f2c8cc789ccc" />
+<br />Update Channel -> <code>Release</code> or <code>Nightly</code>
+  <li>  You can activate auto-update of shadPS4 and if you prefer only on <code>major release</code> or every <code>nightly release</code></li>
+  <li>  You can also choose to check when you start shadPS4 or not</li>
+
+-----
+
+## Settings
+
+### Emulator
+* **Settings > General TAB > Emulator**: 
+  * **Enable fullscreen**: It will automatically put your game on full-screen mode
+  * **Eneble Separate Update folder**: With this setting, you can separate the basic 1.0 game from its updates. In this way, you can test the game in 2 different versions without the update overwriting the original version.
+  * **Show splash**: We advise you to leave unchecked. This will display an image of the game when it is launched.
+  * **Enable Rich Discord presence**:
+<br /><img width="205" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a72b6b9d-fb36-4366-8476-04a91c096e2c" />
+  * **Username**: Set the PS4's account username which may be displayed by some games
+<br /><img width="209" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/42efb5a5-e1a0-4397-8524-55208ab3b7cb" />
+
+
+* **Settings > General TAB > Logger**: Please do not change this unless you know what you are doing.
+### Input
+* **Settings > Input TAB > Cursor**: You can choose whether or not to see your cursor in games. It can either always be displayed (`Never`), or disappear after a certain time, which can be set just below the parameter (`Idle`), or never appear at all (`Always`).
+<br /><img width="209" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/398a88a2-6550-4948-ac29-53aee8d0af09" />
+### Add & Remove game folders
+* **Settings > Paths TAB**: You can add multiple game folders if needed
+<br /><img width="647" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0f690b2a-123d-4fcf-a064-0687e1ddce58" />
+### Debug
+* **Settings > Debug TAB**: Please do not change this unless you know what you are doing.
+
+-----
+
+## GPU and Window size
+* **Settings > Graphics TAB**: You can choose which GPU to use if you have more than one. This is the case, for example, with IGPU + GPU combos. We advise you to use the GPU and not the iGPU or leave it to automatic.
+<br />You can also change the window size, this won't affect the game's resolution, also if you play in full screen it won't change anything.
+<br /><img width="458" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/168793fc-cc01-4fc7-bcc9-ba35eff7432c" />
+* **Settings > Graphics TAB > vBlank Divider**: Please do not change these settings unless you know what you are doing.
+* **Settings > Graphics TAB > Advanced**: Please do not change these settings unless you know what you are doing.
+
+-----
+
+## Cheats and Patches
+<li> To use cheats or patches, you can <code>right-click</code> on the game you want to activate them for:</li>
+<img width="300" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ae9d361c-b123-4e7a-b96d-31ed487a8063" />
+<li> You have two tabs:</li>
+<img width="348" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b0ef759b-a3f5-422d-ad84-4c3140652cc3" />
+<li> You can choose on which repository you want to find it (wolf2022, goldHEN, shadPS4), then click on <code>Download Cheats</code> / <code>Download Patches</code></li>
+<img width="327" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3e4c17f4-e8ec-4869-a38f-85b30439c7c6" />
+<li> It will download every cheats or patches present on the repo.</li>
+<li> You can now check or uncheck it and then start the game:</li>
+<img width="330" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/808df34f-e4ac-4799-b939-08b3f81dd16f" />
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Important: **We do not provide any help if use cheats, patches or mods. We only support games without it.**
+
+