Buy the official dolphin bar.
Dolphin - Emulating Wii and Gamecube Games
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Buy the official dolphin bar.
Woah did Dolphin get a performance boost or something?
The last builds I used were somewhere around 4.0-1 - 4.0-2, and I was only ever able to get a couple of games to run at a solid framerate, but always without AA.
Just tried 4.0-4918 and i'm now able to run pretty much all Gamecube and Wii games at a solid 30/60 framerate, even with AA set to max. F-Zero GX runs like an absolute beast now, so happy!
The last builds I used were somewhere around 4.0-1 - 4.0-2, and I was only ever able to get a couple of games to run at a solid framerate, but always without AA.
Just tried 4.0-4918 and i'm now able to run pretty much all Gamecube and Wii games at a solid 30/60 framerate, even with AA set to max. F-Zero GX runs like an absolute beast now, so happy!
Yes, there was a ton of optimization work that was done after 4.0 came out. Dolphin 5.0 should be much more efficient.
MP Trilogy works in the official builds but it has the same shader cache issues. I just tried it in the Ishiiruka build and it crashed when I tried to load a game. There may be a setting I need to use to enable it to boot alternate .DOLs, or maybe it just doesn't work.
roadrunn3r
Member
You will not be able to use a higher internal resolution than 2 I guess but give it a shot anyway, should be ok.
Dr. Buni
Member
I see
That is too bad. I will give the Ishiiruka build a try, once I buy the GPU. Thanks, people!Barrow Roll
Member
Yeah I mainly hoping it would help deal with the black bar shader cache bug. Oh well. It runs pretty well on newer builds despite that issue.
Okay, I just put back in my old HD6870 to test and verify this and I ran the game flawlessly at 60FPS at 4xIR. 2xAA can be added but expect some slowdowns at times.
I only ran the first level and you're referring to the rainbow sword thing with "super ability" correct? Do you get your slowdowns in the first level too or is there a specific place you want me to test (if so please provide a save game)?
Also monitor your GPU clocks make sure they're not in their idle clocks.
SerTapTap
Member
It's not "official", but it might as well be. Pretty sure Mayflash basically made it on their own but Dolphin endorses it now. But yes it's easily the best despite it's quirks. buy a USB extender too.
I could kiss you
It was made in close cooperation with the Dolphin developers after Mayflash contacted them.
Not really, that was just to get it working with Dolphin again after some code changes broke compatibility. The DolphinBar had been around for a few months by that point. There's actually an old thread on their forums where a user originally brings it up and none of the project members know what a DolphinBar is.
Yeah I remember that. I meant that as in "made what it is today" since what it was doesn't really matter.
Compatibility broke because Balance Board support was added. Regardless of that, it didn't support the latest Wiimotes (TR) versions which are the only ones available nowadays. Some further work was done to get it to connect to Dolphin again.
Without that cooperation it wouldn't have been where it is today.
Yeah for sure. I just thought I'd make that point as your first post could be interpreted as the Dolphin team working on the hardware itself which they didn't.
Soooo, just before I make the move, to be absolutely sure, this is the Dolphinbar everyone is preaching, right? (EDIT: Whatever, I just checked last page, seems to be it.)
It connects via USB too, right? I don't want to waste tons of batteries on a wireless bar...
It connects via USB too, right? I don't want to waste tons of batteries on a wireless bar...
lostsupper
Banned
Yes and yes. It needs a usb 2.0 port--it won't work in a usb 3.0 port. Also its cable is super short, so you might want to get a usb 2.0 extension cable.
How does it not work in a 3.0 port? 3.0 ports are fully backwards compatible.
KojiKnight
Member
In theory they are, but actually there are a lot of devices that don't work on 3.0. You can do a google search and pull up quite a few.
That... Doesn't make sense... The connectors line up the same and the entire port was specifically designed to work the same as a 2.0 port for 2.0 devices. A quick google search turns up articles about how they are fully backwards compatible nothing on incompatible devices I did find some articles that amounted to driver and controller issues but that's unrelated to the port itself
-Edit
To the person thinking of buying the dolphin bar if you only have usb 3.0 ports you probably shouldn't if people are reporting an incompatibility it's better to be safe than sorry regardless of my personal musings on the subject.
Dr. Buni
Member
Has anyone ever experienced this error on Dolphin? I can't beat Cortez in Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, because every time one of Mario's partners or the boss attacks, the game crashes and the message above appears. I tried with different video plugins, but no success so far.
lostsupper
Banned
Whether or not you believe it, it doesn't work in 3.0. Aside from that quirk, it's an awesome peripheral. 2.0 extensions are cheap; run it to the back of your pc.
digitalrelic
Banned
I use this. Works like a charm for both my Wiimote and my DS4. Was playing F-Zero, Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Mario Kart Double Dash for half the night last night.
Can you link me to something regarding it that says it doesn't work with any usb 3.0 port?
Has anyone ever experienced this error on Dolphin? I can't beat Cortez in Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, because every time one of Mario's partners or the boss attacks, the game crashes and the message above appears. I tried with different video plugins, but no success so far.
I got that error but it was with a bad dump and the game wouldn't boot at all.
Bjomesphat
Banned
I've always had mine plugged into the 2.0 port, but I can try a 3.0 one when I get home from work.
Metroid Prime trilogy does it finally run proper now or is it still lagging/black icons/bugs/glitches etc.
Last time I played galaxy 1 and 2 the audio cut out and it did NOT run at 60fps. Did this finally change?
Also please no "but metroid prime always ran fine for me" posts thanks.
My pc
i5 3570k 4.5Ghz
7950 OC
16GB RAM
Thank You
EDIT: Oh my that star wars game is from 2001.... look at those graphics, that's just incredible even fon GC
Last time I played galaxy 1 and 2 the audio cut out and it did NOT run at 60fps. Did this finally change?
Also please no "but metroid prime always ran fine for me" posts thanks.
My pc
i5 3570k 4.5Ghz
7950 OC
16GB RAM
Thank You
EDIT: Oh my that star wars game is from 2001.... look at those graphics, that's just incredible even fon GC
Dr. Buni
Member
Damn. I don't want to start the game all over again on the Wii and I have no way to dump it myself.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Is there a way to upgrade to the new version of Dolphin without losing all my settings? I'm seeing newer versions of Dolphin on the website but they all involve downloading the client and I assume deleting the client I currently have. Is there any way to save all my settings and transfer them to the new version?
Yeah. If you haven't changed anything, just download the newer build and run it. Should work just fine and use all your existing settings and saves since Dolphin makes use of a Global User Directory ever since 3.5-2381.
You can learn more about the Global User Directory and how to customize it here.
darylbaxter
Neo Member
Bjomesphat
Banned
If you're still interested, I tried it in a usb 3.0 port last night and it worked fine.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Holy Shit. I ripped my Rogue Squadron some time ago but it's just sat on my HD ever since, it's the only game I have to boot up my Gamecube for anymore. This would be a super Christmas present!
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Can I delete the old build then? Or do I need to keep both builds on my PC?
You can delete it. It's independent of it.
I was thanks for that
Have you gone through this guide already: https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/configuring-controllers/#Real_Wiimote ?
Go into dolphin and make sure Wii remote is set to "real wii remote" and continuous scanning is checked.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Hi Dolphin-GAF. I'm thinking about installing Dolphin and playing Xenoblade on my PC. Could you tell me if my PC is powerful enough to run it properly?
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance LP Dual-Channel DDR3 RAM @ 668MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 2048 MB physical & virtual memory
I got an Amazon gift card for Christmas and I might use it on the DolphinBar. It looks really awesome.
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance LP Dual-Channel DDR3 RAM @ 668MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 2048 MB physical & virtual memory
I got an Amazon gift card for Christmas and I might use it on the DolphinBar. It looks really awesome.
You'll easily run most games at several time internal res you might run into a few exceptions.
i tried all of that but turns out the blue soleil version i had was wrong or something
tried with another one and it worked
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Head of Vengarl
Banned
Ok great, thanks.
Running my games at super high-res actually isn't even my main goal. I just want to be able to record myself playing Wii games in case I want to make tutorial videos or something. I've been thinking of making a Xenoblade combat tutorial because a lot of people seem to find it confusing.
Leatherface
Member
Guys I am trying to play Metroid Prime Trilogy but when it attempts to load the game I choose, it crashes with a "Nand" dump error. I'll admit, I'm a bit of a novice with this software but I usually figure out my own issues, with this one I'm a little stumped though. I have no problems playing any of my other Wii games. Any ideas? The information I am finding on the internets is very vague.
the error was something like "Game tried to reload a title that is not available in your NAND dump"
the error was something like "Game tried to reload a title that is not available in your NAND dump"
I'm getting an annoying amount of micro stutter with Wind Waker, regardless of what internal resolution or AA and other graphical options I use.
OS: Windows 8.1
CPU: i5 4570
GPU: HD 7870 3GB
Ram: 16GB
Enabling v-sync seems to help reduce the intensity of each stutter, rather than a deep stutter every 5-10 secs, the game stutters only slightly , but more often. Both Bandicam and the built in FPS counter show that my framerate hovers between 29-30fps. Anyone have any ideas about how I might eliminate it entirely?
I'm using
- build 4.0-4924
- Hypatia's texture pack (disabling custom textures seems to have no effect on framerate or stutter)
- tried both OpenGL and D3D, doesn't seem to make a difference, haven't tried the software renderer tho
OS: Windows 8.1
CPU: i5 4570
GPU: HD 7870 3GB
Ram: 16GB
Enabling v-sync seems to help reduce the intensity of each stutter, rather than a deep stutter every 5-10 secs, the game stutters only slightly , but more often. Both Bandicam and the built in FPS counter show that my framerate hovers between 29-30fps. Anyone have any ideas about how I might eliminate it entirely?
I'm using
- build 4.0-4924
- Hypatia's texture pack (disabling custom textures seems to have no effect on framerate or stutter)
- tried both OpenGL and D3D, doesn't seem to make a difference, haven't tried the software renderer tho
Micro stutter happens when the game is generating the initial shader cache. It should go away after everything is done generating or on revisiting an area.
Leatherface
Member
Ugh. I gave it a shot. I'm a little lost though. This is a whole hell of a lot of effort to play one game. Is this seriously what is required to play me some Metroid? :'(
Gotcha, thanks for the explanation!