From 713b5f6bed3c997275ee57d472def7af7e6bb77f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lizzie <lizzie@eden-emu.dev>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:06:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] --null-renderer

---
 docs/user/CommandLine.md |  1 +
 src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp    | 10 ++++++++++
 tools/miniserver.js      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/user/CommandLine.md b/docs/user/CommandLine.md
index 6e1f0f237c..795d4d82a0 100644
--- a/docs/user/CommandLine.md
+++ b/docs/user/CommandLine.md
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ There are two main applications, an SDL-based app (`eden-cli`) and a Qt based ap
 - `--user/-u`: Specify the user index.
 - `--version/-v`: Display version and quit.
 - `--input-profile/-i`: Specifies input profile name to use (for player #0 only).
+- `--null-render/-n`: Forces the usage of the "Null" render backend irrespective of settings.
diff --git a/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp b/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp
index aa94de0a80..b985a9e368 100644
--- a/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <regex>
 #include <string>
+#include "common/settings_enums.h"
 #ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
 #include <emscripten.h>
 #endif
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ extern "C" SDL_AppResult SDL_AppInit(void **appstate, int argc, char **argv) {
     std::optional<u16> override_gdb_port{};
     bool use_multiplayer = false;
     bool fullscreen = false;
+    bool force_null_render = false;
     std::string nickname{};
     std::string password{};
     std::string address{};
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ extern "C" SDL_AppResult SDL_AppInit(void **appstate, int argc, char **argv) {
         {"user", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
         {"version", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
         {"input-profile", no_argument, 0, 'i'},
+        {"null-render", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
         {0, 0, 0, 0},
         // clang-format on
     };
@@ -302,6 +305,9 @@ extern "C" SDL_AppResult SDL_AppInit(void **appstate, int argc, char **argv) {
             case 'v':
                 PrintVersion();
                 return SDL_APP_FAILURE;
+            case 'n':
+                force_null_render = true;
+                break;
             }
         } else {
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -339,6 +345,10 @@ extern "C" SDL_AppResult SDL_AppInit(void **appstate, int argc, char **argv) {
         Settings::values.gdbstub_port = *override_gdb_port;
     }
 
+    if (force_null_render) {
+        Settings::values.renderer_backend = Settings::RendererBackend::Null;
+    }
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
     LocalFree(argv_w);
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/miniserver.js b/tools/miniserver.js
index f16d463573..96dee9aa3a 100755
--- a/tools/miniserver.js
+++ b/tools/miniserver.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var Module = { //do not prepend var
 };
 var tty_stdout = document.createElement('div');
 document.body.appendChild(tty_stdout);
-Module.arguments = ['game.nro'];
+Module.arguments = ['--null-render', 'game.nro'];
 
 var gameNroFileBuffer = {};