Stop it, Skyward Sword looks amazing too, I prefer having a new engine than the same thing again. Each game have their own engine (exept Majora's Mask) and that's what makes them unique. I did Skyward Sword entirely on Dolphin and its a masterpiece, just like WW is, though I'm having more bugs with WW than SS right now (like some red glowing walls in the first dungeons in rooms containing lava.). I should have played WW before, its almost perfect and god in looks good.
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Dolphin - Emulating Wii and Gamecube Games
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Stop it, Skyward Sword looks amazing too, I prefer having a new engine than the same thing again. Each game have their own engine (exept Majora's Mask) and that's what makes them unique. I did Skyward Sword entirely on Dolphin and its a masterpiece, just like WW is, though I'm having more bugs with WW than SS right now (like some red glowing walls in the first dungeons in rooms containing lava.). I should have played WW before, its almost perfect and god in looks good.
Well I said engine, not art direction. I think we got way too many Zelda games using the WW art-style anyway.
Oh and Skyward Sword sucked
jediyoshi
Member
HD rerelease for the WiiU, map goes on the gamepad screen while sailing.
I can dream.
I doubt talk of using it would even be allowed, there was another arcade emulator a while back I believe on here that eventually got forbade. I just find it fascinating purely as far as preservation goes seeing as, unlike most arcade games, no way they'd ever rerelease mkagp.
Fantastic experience so far.
What dolphin build are you using? No matter what I do I can't get rid of the low-res DoF.
Go into the Wind Waker properties (right click, properties), check "Custom Projection Hack", use the [Custom] preset, and set zFar to 0.7 and check the box next to it. Leave zNear blank and don't check its box. Should work fine, I did it just a few hours ago when updating to the latest build. (I used to use 235 or something like that, that build didn't require a project hack.)
lostinblue
Banned
No it didn't. It's just the zelda cycle at work.Oh and Skyward Sword sucked
Can't say which build I'm using, since I'm on my job's PC, but its one of the latest revisions. I fixed the problem with the ugly DoF by running it at 4x internal resolution.
Oh and Skyward Sword sucked
D:
Well I said engine, not art direction. I think we got way too many Zelda games using the WW art-style anyway.
Oh and Skyward Sword sucked
SUCKED. Like Shaq-Fu sucked, right? This is why we will always have wars on Earth. There are people like Shion walking around, having opinions like that.
But really, bro...SUCKED?!Wind Waker and Twilight Princess use the same engine.
I wrongly understood his statement/expressed myself. I was talking about the art-style.
I fucking love you, this should really be added to the OP's guide.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Done.
Attackthebase
Member
I finally went ahead and got Dolphin. Getting myself a thumb drive now, so I can rip my cop of Skyward Sword. I hate the motion controls for SS, and figuring out I can use a gamepad was the deciding factor to finally get Dolphin. So excited to finally play SS without despising the game!
Yeah, um... good luck.
Attackthebase
Member
Oh god, the ill-boding in your post scares me.
MatthewB92
Member
Quick qeustion. I want to play Paper Mario TTYD. Can the Classic controller work with dolphin to think it's a gamecube controller?
jediyoshi
Member
Gonna have to jump through a few hoops. Going to need a program like glovepie at the least
Here's more info
http://forums.dolphin-emulator.com/showthread.php?tid=10831
Simplest solution is buying a usb adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003711698/?tag=neogaf0e-20
MatthewB92
Member
Bought thanks!
You can't play skyward sword without it because it uses motion+
I wish I could use the kb/m for the wii zelda games because it'd work much better, but no cigar
RyougaSaotome
Member
What are the best settings for running Dolphin on a late 2011 27 inch iMac, 2.7ghz?
Am I better off running it on Windows via bootcamp? Just curious as I was fooling with it yesterday and found it pretty solid in OSX. I have no idea what the best settings are for this kind of thing.
Am I better off running it on Windows via bootcamp? Just curious as I was fooling with it yesterday and found it pretty solid in OSX. I have no idea what the best settings are for this kind of thing.
Cuban Legend
Member
errr-wrong?
I read that someone had ported Skyward Swords Motion+ controls to a 360pad config in Dolphin somehow....
EDIT:
Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQRSmYHbWls and proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4XSz8E4rco
And a thread about Emulating Motion Plus is here: http://forums.dolphin-emulator.com/showthread.php?tid=20167
The Direct3D plugin is generally both faster and more compatible, and the only way to use it is through Windows. However, a lot of games work just fine with OpenGL. Check the dolphin wiki to see if your games have any problems with OpenGL.
Other than that, OSX should be nearly identical afaik.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I just bought a fully-loaded MacBook Pro, the retina one. I'm really hoping it'll run Dolphin decently. At least GameCube games at 60fps.
But even if it could handle Wii games at 720p relatively well, that'd be fantastic. Does anyone know what I should expect? It's got an i7 2.6ghz w/ 3.6 TurboBoost, GeForce GT 650M, and 16gb of ram. Hoping for decent results. A portable GameCube/Wii would be magical.
But even if it could handle Wii games at 720p relatively well, that'd be fantastic. Does anyone know what I should expect? It's got an i7 2.6ghz w/ 3.6 TurboBoost, GeForce GT 650M, and 16gb of ram. Hoping for decent results. A portable GameCube/Wii would be magical.
It shouldn't have any problems, although I wouldn't necessarily expect to be playing in retina resolution (although if you can, let us know and post some screenshots), but it should handle 720p (and probably 1080p) with ease. One thing to keep in mind is how hot it's likely to get when running Dolphin, so make sure the fans have ample room to do their work.
jediyoshi
Member
Technically, running at 4x native is already way past the new MBP's retina resolution. Anything past 2x doesn't usually introduce much more of a performance hit unless you're not getting a good frame rate to begin with at any resolution.
If I'm getting occasional slowdown (or constant) what settings should I tweak aside from Resolution?
EDIT: So every now and then Wind Waker locks up with a black/grey screen. The wiki mentions this is a problem but none of the solutions they suggest have worked for me, any magic tips?
EDIT: So every now and then Wind Waker locks up with a black/grey screen. The wiki mentions this is a problem but none of the solutions they suggest have worked for me, any magic tips?
PeterVenkman
Member
does anyone have experience getting Dolphin games to work with the steam overlay?
I've heard of two methods and tried them both, but I keep running into problems. The first is to add the Dolphin itself, then change the target to the game file. Second was to make a .bat file, convert it to a .exe and add that. I must not be doing the first method correctly because the game doesn't launch. When I write my own file, the game launches and immediately stops working (windows searching for error).
Any ideas?
I've heard of two methods and tried them both, but I keep running into problems. The first is to add the Dolphin itself, then change the target to the game file. Second was to make a .bat file, convert it to a .exe and add that. I must not be doing the first method correctly because the game doesn't launch. When I write my own file, the game launches and immediately stops working (windows searching for error).
Any ideas?
lostinblue
Banned
I don't understand you guys.
A regular controller? Wouldn't agree, but hey at least matches feature by feature, now... a mouse and a keyboard? bye bye analog, proper diagonals, intuitive control scheme, hello 101 key's that serve no purpose in the game... and a freaking aimless mouse.
If that manages to keep full speed in most games at native res, damn, I so want one.
Cross your fingers.
But really, if you can't get past a scene even after retrying several times you'll have to enable the "Fix Item Hang" patch in WW properties. It breaks the sound, but it should let you past a stuck point. After you get past that point, save, and restart WW without the Fix Item Hang patch.
Another note: Sometimes disabling the Fix Item Hang patch doesn't actually fix the sound... You'll have to go into Dolphin>User>Config>Dolphin.ini, set GCMPatches to 0, run dolphin and then close it, and finally reset GCMPatches to 1 again.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
What bluetooth dongle works the best for Dolphin? What is everyone using?
So I got one hang after Aryll was taken, then another when loading Forsaken Fortress, then I was in the clear from then until the end of DRC dungeon, where I got another (right after the boss :/).
Pretty damn annoying, not sure I'd be able to put up with that the whole game. The Fix Item Hang didn't seem to do anything when I enabled it, I got a crash again and the sound didn't change at all.
If the item hang fix doesn't do anything, I think you're out of luck in getting a reliable solution.
Yeah, it's quite annoying. Save as often as possible, especially when you know a cutscene is coming or likely. This includes saving right before warping out of a boss dungeon, it sucks to have to fight a boss again. You should be able to get past any area eventually, so far I've gotten past all black screens on my second try.
Is there a keyboard shortcut for 'save state'? That would make things really easy.
EDIT: There is! Shift + F1, makes things far easier. F11 is the shortcut to load the first save slot, so I'll just 'quicksave' all the time, then when a crash occurs I'll quit, load it up and press F11 to skip straight to where I was. Perhaps another thing to go in the WW OP guide.
EDIT: There is! Shift + F1, makes things far easier. F11 is the shortcut to load the first save slot, so I'll just 'quicksave' all the time, then when a crash occurs I'll quit, load it up and press F11 to skip straight to where I was. Perhaps another thing to go in the WW OP guide.
There is, but it doesn't seem to work with WW.
But Shift+F# saves a state, then F# loads it. Ex. Save state 1 = Shift+F1, load that state with F1.
Type_Raver
Member
Read a few posts here and some people have got fzero GX to run well.
I can run it at 60fps with dual core enabled, but it will crash when playing GP mode, TT is ok.
Alternatively I disable dual core and my fps will be around the 40fps mark (give or take 10fps dependingon screen activity).
Specs are
I7 3930k @ 4.7Ghz
ATI 6970 2GB
16gb ram.
I'd expect better than that.
I can run it at 60fps with dual core enabled, but it will crash when playing GP mode, TT is ok.
Alternatively I disable dual core and my fps will be around the 40fps mark (give or take 10fps dependingon screen activity).
Specs are
I7 3930k @ 4.7Ghz
ATI 6970 2GB
16gb ram.
I'd expect better than that.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Really late to this party, but started running this.
Wow at DCK Returns. Looks gorgeous and runs almost perfectly (near 60FPS at all times).
Wow at DCK Returns. Looks gorgeous and runs almost perfectly (near 60FPS at all times).
Type_Raver
Member
I can't find a working Dkc Rom, always something dodgy with the file and a waste of 4.3GB. If only I could rip my copy.
Hanging to play it in HD!
Hanging to play it in HD!
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I'm just using an Xbox 360 controller. Not the best method, but it works so far.
Hey, if you guys can help me out, I'd be happy. I'm able to play Wii games that use Classic Controllers (I use PS3 controllers) but I want to use my Wiimote. The problem is I lack a sensor bar that is wireless, and a bluetooth dongle to sync to it. I know the Nextronics Sensor Bar HD is a good choice, but they've been sold out for months, and I wanted to get that an a bluetooth dongle at the same time. Maybe you guys can help me find what I need, because I can run games pretty well. It's just I can't play some of the Wiimote-intensive or exclusive games with a PS3 controller, as it feels so cumbersome.
I've had Pandora's Tower sitting here since its launch in Europe, and I want to play it at 720p.
I've had Pandora's Tower sitting here since its launch in Europe, and I want to play it at 720p.
Care to go into more detail?
BlackBeetleKing
Neo Member
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I'm having trouble getting Dolphin to boot up on my Mac. I click on the application, nothing happens, then I get a prompt that says Dolphin has quit unexpectedly. Is there something I'm missing here? I literally can't even get the program to boot up.
GoofsterStud
Member
Is fire emblem fixed yet? I couldn't stand the annoying auto glitches, and weird boxes over the character's when they talk.
I don't get graphical errors when I use OpenGl in Radiant Dawn, the only problem is the sound goes wonky now and then.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I would love a good Bluetooth adapter and sensor bar as well.