[Medalion]

What's your system like? That's beautiful.

Thanks.

I have an HPE i5-650 3.2GHz, Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium Edition, 8GB RAM, GTX 570 1280mb

1 moar Mario Galaxy 2 screenshot I took of Mario chilaxin' on the Mario Faceship

http://www.abload.de/img/mg2sleeptwfwy.png

and here's 1 from Star Fox Adventures for the Gamecube I took

http://www.abload.de/img/starfox2mcuwz.png

[Andrex]

Anyone have any shots of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom?

[Mohonky]

So how do I go about getting my copy of Zelda to run like you guys have in 1080p etc? I understand you use Dolphin but confused on how I get my Wii game onto the PC.

[Para bailar La Bomba]

I ended up buying some adapter from eBay AUS for like $0.70, and it worked perfectly and had free shipping.

Link please?

Anyone have any shots of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom?

On that subject, can you use a PC compatible fight stick?

[jediyoshi]

I understand you use Dolphin but confused on how I get my Wii game onto the PC.

You have to rip your game disc using a homebrew enabled Wii.
http://gwht.wikidot.com/usb-loader

On that subject, can you use a PC compatible fight stick?

Yes, any kind of peripheral's buttons could be bound for use in Dolphin.

[Mr_Moogle]

Would it be reasonable to assume Skyward Sword will look like the screens from this thread when it inevitably gets re-released for the Wii-U?

All the game needs is an upped resolution and some AA and it goes from looking okay to being absolutely gorgeous. You'd think this would be a no brainer for Nintendo.

[Polyphony]

I've been trying to get Skyward Sword to work properly without graphical glitches on Mac. The latest build (everything post 3.0) has the proper colors but weird background bugs unless EFB is set to RAM.

r7719 doesn't have these problems, but the screen has a permanent green tint when rendered with OpenGL, which is the only option available for the Mac build. I guess I'll have to install Windows 7 to get DX11!

[Seik]

Anybody knows if the Sam & Max's games are working fine with dolphin? I saw season 1 and 'beyond time and space' used in mint condition and I may buy both if all is good. :)

[Schlomo]

When I first tried out Zelda in Dolphin yesterday, I noticed these strange squares at the top of the screen. There are also some black lines flashing irregularly in certain walls or floors, which don't show up in screenshots. When I started the game today, everything looked fine and I could play for about one hour. Then all of a sudden, the artefacts made their return. A restart made them go away, but they appeared again after a few minutes. Now I can't get rid of them at all. Even when I restart, they are there right from the beginning. I didn't change settings or anything during that time. Always used r7719 and felipepl's settings. Did somebody else notice this issue on their PC? Since I'm using the same settings as everyone else, is my GPU dying or something? My PC: i5 750, HD6950, Win7 64

Someone else already mentioned it, but I found out myself yesterday as well: Turning AA to x2 fixes these issues and does not lead to glitches (at least I didn't run into any during two hours of gameplay). Really strange that for some people it's the other way around.

So, just to repeat in case anyone is having the same problem:
TURN AA ON, NOT OFF.

[scitek]

Oh look, it runs...





I can't scan anything, though, so I can't get anywhere. :(

[Medalion]

Very nice, I was thinking of getting some Metroid Prime on Dolphin

[scitek]

If you set EFB Copies to just Virtual, you get a nice performance increase in MP3, but you can't scan anything. To scan, you have to also tick RAM, but then your performance tanks.

[Thoraxes]

Link please?

The price doubled or so... to $1.49, but this is the one I bought more than a year ago. It takes a couple weeks to get to the states because it's shipping from AUS, however the shipping was free, and it did arrive when he said it would.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Bluetoo...#ht_4301wt_905

[scitek]

Got to the first save point. I'm going to bed.

[jediyoshi]

Resident Evil 4

[Mohonky]

You have to rip your game disc using a homebrew enabled Wii. http://gwht.wikidot.com/usb-loader

Urgh, I hate doing that much mucking about. Maybe I'll just wait for Wii U and hope it includes backward compatibility with 1080p scaling.

[Esiquio]

Urgh, I hate doing that much mucking about. Maybe I'll just wait for Wii U and hope it includes backward compatibility with 1080p scaling.

I think this was already discussed in this thread...Wii U won't upscale.

Anyways, everytime I come into this thread I seriously almost tear up at how freaking beautiful some Wii games could be, it's unbelievable. SMG2 in particular is mind-blowing. So, assuming I already have a good case and power supply, what kind of money am I looking at to run these games like the screenshots I see here?

[jediyoshi]

Urgh, I hate doing that much mucking about. Maybe I'll just wait for Wii U and hope it includes backward compatibility with 1080p scaling.

The guide is a bit more convulated than the entire process warrants. The act of modding the Wii is incredibly fool proof and getting an app that's capable of ripping is only a few actions. The only difficult part is getting a hold of a large enough usb drive if you don't already have one.

[Mohonky]

The guide is a bit more convulated than the entire process warrants. The act of modding the Wii is incredibly fool proof and getting an app that's capable of ripping is only a few actions. The only difficult part is getting a hold of a large enough usb drive if you don't already have one.

Is there a simpler guide lol, because I looked at it thinking 'wahhhhh.'

I just wanna make a back up so I can play Zelda using the Dolphin. Watching my sis play atm, very jaggy and poorly defined compared with the Dolphin shots. Would love to play it on Dolphin.

So I need homebrew channel to get it working?

I don't suppose there is a very laymen, straight forward guide out there. Don't want all the emulators and stuff, just want to make a back up and run it through dolphin on computer.

[Mohonky]

The price doubled or so... to $1.49, but this is the one I bought more than a year ago. It takes a couple weeks to get to the states because it's shipping from AUS, however the shipping was free, and it did arrive when he said it would. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Bluetoo...#ht_4301wt_905

Mate did you need to download bluesoliel or whatever it was to get it working? Or did it play straight from the win7 drivers?

[SecretMoblin]

Is there a simpler guide lol, because I looked at it thinking 'wahhhhh.' I just wanna make a back up so I can play Zelda using the Dolphin. Watching my sis play atm, very jaggy and poorly defined compared with the Dolphin shots. Would love to play it on Dolphin. So I need homebrew channel to get it working? I don't suppose there is a very laymen, straight forward guide out there. Don't want all the emulators and stuff, just want to make a back up and run it through dolphin on computer.

Everything you need:



Your ultimate goal should be to install Configurable USB Loader. Figure out what you need, follow the guide exactly, and back up the game to a hard drive. From there you can use the file to play on Dolphin.

If you have any questions, ask away in the homebrew thread. Someone will have the answers. It's pretty painless, assuming your Wii is connected to the internet. Otherwise you'll have to jump through a few extra hoops.

[Mr_Moogle]

Sonic Colors

[Crunched]

I think this was already discussed in this thread...Wii U won't upscale. Anyways, everytime I come into this thread I seriously almost tear up at how freaking beautiful some Wii games could be, it's unbelievable. SMG2 in particular is mind-blowing. So, assuming I already have a good case and power supply, what kind of money am I looking at to run these games like the screenshots I see here?

I would say $4-500, maybe a bit more if you wanted to loose a little extravagance.

Ripping Wii games is pretty damn easy once you have everything up and running, Mohonky. I know the "up and running" part can be daunting, but you'll find a lot of help online.

[AdawgDaFAB]

How well does Sonic Colors run? I'm playing Adventure DX now on Dolphin and planning on doing the same for SA2 and Colors if they both run well.

Edit: I should probably mention that I can't use LLE on my PC.

Currently, my Phenom X3 720 BE @ 3.6 GHz gives me a fluctuating 45-60 FPS in SA DX. 60 solid would be nice, but it's still fully playable for me and a better option than the Steam version.

[Stallion Free]

Urgh, I hate doing that much mucking about. Maybe I'll just wait for Wii U and hope it includes backward compatibility with 1080p scaling.

What you see in here isn't scaling to 1080p. It's actually being rendered at 1080p. There is a massive difference. WiiU is not going to render these games at 1080p through backwards compatibility.

[Diggler]

Resident Evil 4

How's it running? I'm getting really bad audio glitches here. If I switch to LLE they go away, but then the audio is delayed by half a second or so. Any tips?

[canocha]

How's it running? I'm getting really bad audio glitches here. If I switch to LLE they go away, but then the audio is delayed by half a second or so. Any tips?

Try unticking the "Enable Audio Throttle" and set the frame limit manually (Config -> General -> Framelimit -> Limit by FPS)

Im guessing its 30FPS for RE4.

My issues with SMG2 were gone.. dunno if its going to work with RE4.

[Diggler]

Try unticking the "Enable Audio Throttle" and set the frame limit manually (Config -> General -> Framelimit -> Limit by FPS) Im guessing its 30FPS for RE4.

Thanks, no go though ;(

Switching to XAudio2 with LLE fixed the sound delay, but now there is intermittant lag/unresponsiveness in the actual Wiimote. Every time I reload for instance, the cursor stops responding for about a second or so. Probably about as good as I can get the game, and not a huge deal I guess, but would be nice to see this beauty run perfectly. Is definitely my fave version of the game.

[Crunched]

Is anyone able to post multimonitor pics of SS?

[Gwanatu T]

Is there a simpler guide lol, because I looked at it thinking 'wahhhhh.' I just wanna make a back up so I can play Zelda using the Dolphin. Watching my sis play atm, very jaggy and poorly defined compared with the Dolphin shots. Would love to play it on Dolphin. So I need homebrew channel to get it working? I don't suppose there is a very laymen, straight forward guide out there. Don't want all the emulators and stuff, just want to make a back up and run it through dolphin on computer.

It's really easy, trust me. I'm a tech guy, sure, but it's really just running one file, then running the next and so on. Just make sure you select that you don't want to use it for piracy if it asks you ;).

Try unticking the "Enable Audio Throttle" and set the frame limit manually (Config -> General -> Framelimit -> Limit by FPS) Im guessing its 30FPS for RE4. My issues with SMG2 were gone.. dunno if its going to work with RE4.

SMG2 runs nearly perfectly for me, but it seems like the music is missing in some places. Would LLE fix that?

[Thoraxes]

Mate did you need to download bluesoliel or whatever it was to get it working? Or did it play straight from the win7 drivers?

Nope, it just played straight from the Win7 drivers. I did not upgrade them to the bluetooth drivers released in July though through Windows Update (as those broke it, but they're really easy to roll back to the old ones if you have upgraded). It works perfectly fine for me, with zero hassle. For Dolphin, I didn't have to do anything to make it work with that; it just worked.

[canocha]

It's really easy, trust me. I'm a tech guy, sure, but it's really just running one file, then running the next and so on. Just make sure you select that you don't want to use it for piracy if it asks you ;). SMG2 runs nearly perfectly for me, but it seems like the music is missing in some places. Would LLE fix that?

Yes, but its really CPU heavy!

I overclocked my i5 2500K to 4.4GHz and i still loose a couple of frames here and there!

[Medalion]

Moar Mario Galaxy 2, fightin da bawZ

[grkazan12]

Hey guys I'm using the internal Bluetooth in my P8P67 Pro and it can't find the Wii Remote at all. I uninstalled the motionjoy Bluetooth drivers and the Bluetooth is working fine now, but it just can't discover the Remote. Should I hold down the 1 and 2 buttons or press them individually because I tried it both ways and it still won't find it. I'm using Win 7 64 Bit.

[ExMachina]

Hey guys I'm using the internal Bluetooth in my P8P67 Pro and it can't find the Wii Remote at all. I uninstalled the motionjoy Bluetooth drivers and the Bluetooth is working fine now, but it just can't discover the Remote. Should I hold down the 1 and 2 buttons or press them individually because I tried it both ways and it still won't find it. I'm using Win 7 64 Bit.

Did you install the Atheros BT driver package from Asus's support site? I had Wiimotes working fine with my P8P67 Deluxe when I first put my PC together, then swapped it out for the B3 revision board and had to uninstall then reinstall all of the BT drivers to get Wiimotes to show up again.

Yes, use pairing mode by pushing 1+2 together and use the Windows 7 stack to find it (add a new BT device, pair without using a code).

[JVIDICAN]

Anyone know of any decent black Friday deals on laptops or desktops that'd run most games on dolphin? :3

[Mr_Moogle]

How well does Sonic Colors run? I'm playing Adventure DX now on Dolphin and planning on doing the same for SA2 and Colors if they both run well. Edit: I should probably mention that I can't use LLE on my PC. Currently, my Phenom X3 720 BE @ 3.6 GHz gives me a fluctuating 45-60 FPS in SA DX. 60 solid would be nice, but it's still fully playable for me and a better option than the Steam version.

Sonic Colors runs pretty well but I dont get anywhere near 60 fps. I have it set to 1920x1080 with no AA and I get around 20-25 fps which is pretty much stable. My PC isnt a beast either. My setup is...

i5 750 @ 2.67GHz
Radeon HD 5750
4Gb RAM

I've found most of my Gamecube library runs really well but I'm considering buying a new videocard depending on how Skyward Sword goes when I test it.

[Crunched]

Sonic Colors runs pretty well but I dont get anywhere near 60 fps. I have it set to 1920x1080 with no AA and I get around 20-25 fps which is pretty much stable. My PC isnt a beast either. My setup is... i5 750 @ 2.67GHz Radeon HD 5750 4Gb RAM I've found most of my Gamecube library runs really well but I'm considering buying a new videocard depending on how Skyward Sword goes when I test it.

Is Sonic Colors only 30fps? That's still a 33% decrease in performance, not sure it's what I'd classify as "pretty much stable."

Your cpu is what's limiting you here, not your gpu.

[Nabs]

Sonic Colors runs pretty well but I dont get anywhere near 60 fps. I have it set to 1920x1080 with no AA and I get around 20-25 fps which is pretty much stable. My PC isnt a beast either. My setup is... i5 750 @ 2.67GHz Radeon HD 5750 4Gb RAM I've found most of my Gamecube library runs really well but I'm considering buying a new videocard depending on how Skyward Sword goes when I test it.

The game is only supposed to hit 30fps. I'm pretty sure you can get better performance with the right settings. My CPU is a bit better (860), and I can hit 30 with LLE enabled.

edit: A couple notes about Colors

- Make sure you right click the game in Dolphin and select Accurate VBeam Emu. Use LLE if your cpu can handle it. I don't know if these help anything but Cache Display Lists and Skip EFB Access don't seem to hurt the game. Try 'em out if you have an extra second.

[DonMigs85]

It's amazing how much Wii/GCN games improve by just removing the horrible dithering and image quality that plagued some titles, let alone increasing the resolution.

[Zoramon089]

Soo...which version of Dolphin should I get? I went to the site in the OP and got the "official" one but on the forums there seem to be tons of other versions

[jediyoshi]

Soo...which version of Dolphin should I get? I went to the site in the OP and got the "official" one but on the forums there seem to be tons of other versions

Newest is generally best except for certain games
http://www.dolphin-emulator.com/download.html

Each increase in the revision number just indicates another incremental update on the last one.

[Medalion]

Soo...which version of Dolphin should I get? I went to the site in the OP and got the "official" one but on the forums there seem to be tons of other versions

If yer going to play Skyward Sword, definetly get revision 7719 http://www.dolphin-emulator.com/download.html?list=3

[Proc]

I just brought home the wireless receiver. I am amazed at how far this has come. My smg2 looks fucking fantastic all maxed out on my rig. Im going to go but zelda now. This actually makes me hope the wii has some legs.

[Dynamic3]

Are there updated guides for SMG and SMG2?

[hlhbk]

Intel Core I7 950 3.0 GHZ
ATI Radeon 5850
OCZ 4 GB PC 1600 RAM

With those specs what kind of performance should I be getting from Dolphin?

[Seik]

I just brought home the wireless receiver. I am amazed at how far this has come. My smg2 looks fucking fantastic all maxed out on my rig. Im going to go but zelda now. This actually makes me hope the wii has some legs.

Me too man, I'm mind blown each time I'm playing SMG or Zelda...or Xenoblade or *insert great wii game*. Dolphin really gets the potential out of those games and it just work so damn good (most of the time).

[Crunched]

Intel Core I7 950 3.0 GHZ ATI Radeon 5850 OCZ 4 GB PC 1600 RAM With those specs what kind of performance should I be getting from Dolphin?

Shouldn't be bad. I have an i7 at 4GHz and a 5870, 100% speed at 4x internal res and 8x AA. Yours is a weaker machine, but I can't imagine you'd get poor performance provided you scaled back some settings.

I assume you are talking about Skyward Sword?

[jediyoshi]

[CerebralTiger]

Has anyone managed to run Skyward Sword in 3D?

Every version of Dolphin I've tried thus far results in me staring at the title screen, as I'm unable to get any input device to respond once it's been enabled from the graphics settings.