diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 581da8a..1579bd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ result
 *.nix.bak
 *.nix~
 /nix/store/
+file.txt
+
 
 *~
 *.swp
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d42e614..44f59e9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     nix-gaming = {
-      url = "github:fufexan/nix-gaming"; # for glorious eggrolls
+      url = "github:fufexan/nix-gaming";
     };
     rpcs3-latest = {
       url = "github:RPCS3/rpcs3";
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
           version = "1.15";
           src = prev.fetchurl {
             url = "https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v${version}/pugixml-${version}.tar.gz";
-            sha256 = "ZVreV/pwP7QhwuuaARO1BkvdsUXUFd0fiMeTU9kNURo=";
+            sha256 = "sha256-ZVreV/pwP7QhwuuaARO1BkvdsUXUFd0fiMeTU9kNURo=";
           };
         });
         SDL3 = prev.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             owner = "libsdl-org";
             repo = "SDL";
             rev = "preview-${version}";
-            sha256 = "XQwcl/udA+r5HJs21K+GtZ2GIXfXUHjYTXFYW4Yx+Do=";
+            sha256 = "sha256-S7yRcLHMPgq6+gec8l+ESxp2dJ+6Po/UNsBUXptQzMQ=";
           };
           nativeBuildInputs = [prev.cmake];
           buildInputs = [
@@ -59,7 +59,20 @@
           cmakeFlags = [
             "-DSDL_STATIC=OFF"
             "-DSDL_SHARED=ON"
+            "-DSDL_CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX="
+            "-DSDL_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/cmake/SDL3"
           ];
+          postInstall = ''
+            echo "SDL3 contents:" >&2
+            ls -lR $out >&2
+            if [ -f "$out/lib/cmake/SDL3/SDL3Config.cmake" ]; then
+              echo "SDL3Config.cmake:" >&2
+              cat $out/lib/cmake/SDL3/SDL3Config.cmake >&2
+            else
+              echo "ERROR: SDL3Config.cmake not found" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          '';
         };
         rpcs3 = prev.rpcs3.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
           nativeBuildInputs =
@@ -67,6 +80,11 @@
             ++ [
               prev.llvmPackages_18.llvm.dev
               prev.llvmPackages_18.clang
+              prev.pkg-config
+              prev.qt6.qmake
+              prev.qt6.full
+              prev.xxd
+              prev.wayland-scanner
             ];
           buildInputs =
             (oldAttrs.buildInputs or [])
@@ -74,7 +92,60 @@
               prev.llvmPackages_18.llvm
               prev.llvmPackages_18.libclang
               final.SDL3
+              prev.qt6.full
+              prev.vulkan-loader
+              prev.vulkan-tools
+              prev.wayland
+              prev.wayland-protocols
+              prev.libxkbcommon
+              prev.libpulseaudio
+              prev.libevdev
+              prev.udev
+              prev.glew
+              prev.libpng
+              prev.zstd
             ];
+          cmakeFlags =
+            (oldAttrs.cmakeFlags or [])
+            ++ [
+              "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${final.SDL3};${prev.qt6.full};${prev.wayland}"
+              "-DSDL3_DIR=${final.SDL3}/lib/cmake/SDL3"
+              "-DSDL3_INCLUDE_DIR=${final.SDL3}/include/SDL3"
+              "-DSDL3_LIBRARY=${final.SDL3}/lib/libSDL3.so"
+              "-DQt6_DIR=${prev.qt6.full}/lib/cmake/Qt6"
+              "-DWAYLAND_SCANNER=${prev.wayland-scanner}/bin/wayland-scanner"
+              "-DUSE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG=ON"
+              "-DUSE_SYSTEM_CURL=ON"
+              "-DUSE_SYSTEM_WOLFSSL=ON"
+              "-DUSE_QT=ON"
+              "-DUSE_VULKAN=ON"
+              "-DUSE_WAYLAND=ON"
+              "-DUSE_PULSEAUDIO=ON"
+              "-DUSE_LIBEVDEV=ON"
+              "-DUSE_SYSTEM_ZSTD=ON"
+              "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON"
+              "-DCMake_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL=TRACE"
+            ];
+          preConfigure = ''
+            echo "Verifying submodule directories:" >&2
+            ls -l 3rdparty/hidapi/hidapi 3rdparty/glslang/glslang 3rdparty/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp 3rdparty/zstd/zstd >&2
+            if [ ! -f 3rdparty/hidapi/hidapi/CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+              echo "ERROR: hidapi submodule not fetched correctly" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Original 3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt:" >&2
+            cat 3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt >&2
+            sed -i '/find_package(SDL3/ {
+              s/find_package(SDL3.*)/set(SDL3_FOUND TRUE)/
+              a set(SDL3_INCLUDE_DIRS "${final.SDL3}/include/SDL3")
+              a set(SDL3_LIBRARIES "${final.SDL3}/lib/libSDL3.so")
+            }' 3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+            sed -i 's/message(FATAL_ERROR "SDL3 is not available on this system")/# Patched: SDL3 assumed available/' 3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+            echo "Patched 3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt:" >&2
+            cat 3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt >&2
+            echo "Checking submodules:" >&2
+            ls -lR 3rdparty/hidapi 3rdparty/glslang 3rdparty/yaml-cpp 3rdparty/cubeb 3rdparty/zstd >&2
+          '';
         });
       };
     pkgs = import nixpkgs {
@@ -85,7 +156,16 @@
     lib = nixpkgs.lib;
 
     rpcs3_latest = pkgs.rpcs3.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-      src = rpcs3-latest;
+      src = pkgs.fetchgit {
+        url = "https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3.git";
+        rev = inputs.rpcs3-latest.rev; # Should be 37dbd77628f44cdef3228bdfc03127365ec7383b per flake.lock
+        sha256 = "sha256-Yx0Qsc0r+5C0BqqsbJCv47QPeaNbaIut8s6Hcysy2mo="; # Confirmed for 37dbd77628f44cdef3228bdfc03127365ec7383b with submodules
+        fetchSubmodules = true;
+      };
+      preUnpack = ''
+        echo "Source rev: ${inputs.rpcs3-latest.rev}" >&2
+        echo "Expected rev: 37dbd77628f44cdef3228bdfc03127365ec7383b" >&2
+      '';
     });
   in {
     nixosConfigurations = {
diff --git a/home-manager/cobray.nix b/home-manager/cobray.nix
index cb4c2b8..f6c2ef3 100644
--- a/home-manager/cobray.nix
+++ b/home-manager/cobray.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  inputs,
-  rpcs3_latest,
-  ...
-}: {
+{pkgs, ...}: {
   imports = [
     ./modules/dunst.nix
     ./modules/fish.nix
@@ -16,7 +11,7 @@
     ./modules/starship.nix
     ./modules/zellij.nix
     ./modules/ffmpeg.nix
-    (import ./modules/emulators.nix {inherit pkgs inputs rpcs3_latest;})
+    ./modules/emulators.nix
   ];
 
   home.username = "cobray";