[plagiarize]

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.

I was, in 7719m 32bit using sbs output with the iz3d drivers. Ran too slow though.

[taoofjord]

To be clear, is Skyward Sword playable from beginning to end on Dolphin? And what glitches haven't yet been fixed by tweaking the settings? I'm trying to decide whether getting Dolphin up and running is worthwhile or not.

[ToastyBanana]

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.

It works great for me with dx9 and checking the 3d vision box in the options but there's a performance hit and it tends to stutter when hitting enemies unless I knock the native res thing down to 1280. Unfortunately dx9 mode means dodgy shadows.

[Robobandit]

To be clear, is Skyward Sword playable from beginning to end on Dolphin? And what glitches haven't yet been fixed by tweaking the settings? I'm trying to decide whether getting Dolphin up and running is worthwhile or not.

It was not 100% playable for me.. I was using 7719 x64 in DX 11 mode with the settings suggested earlier in the thread.. and the 5th boss fight was not completable for me.

It would get to a certain stage in the fight and the boss wouldn't do what it was supposed to, so I couldn't continue the fight.

99.99% of the game played fine in Dolphin.. but that one part didn't seem to work right for me.

[Jocchan]

EDIT: Never mind. I just realized my version of Bluesoleil is damn old.

[plagiarize]

It was not 100% playable for me.. I was using 7719 x64 in DX 11 mode with the settings suggested earlier in the thread.. and the 5th boss fight was not completable for me. It would get to a certain stage in the fight and the boss wouldn't do what it was supposed to, so I couldn't continue the fight. 99.99% of the game played fine in Dolphin.. but that one part didn't seem to work right for me.

good to know.

did you get past it and finish it on dolphin? i need to know when i have to transfer my save over to the real hardware.

[darkpaladinmfc]

To be clear, is Skyward Sword playable from beginning to end on Dolphin? And what glitches haven't yet been fixed by tweaking the settings? I'm trying to decide whether getting Dolphin up and running is worthwhile or not.

I beat the whole game from start to finish, the only [very minor] problems I had are:
- Sometime Z-targetting an enemy with drop my fps by like 2 or 3, but restarting Dolphin would eliminate the issue for the session.
- Sword can become out of sync if you swing really wildly and don't use a sensor bar, I had my Wiimote always pointing near the sensor bar so I didn't really have and control issues.

[POWERSPHERE]

I really want to get this working on my Mac.

[Robobandit]

good to know. did you get past it and play any further? i need to know when i have to transfer my save over to the real hardware.

It may have just been my machine.. but I transferred my save over to the Wii, completed the fight, saved and transferred it back and it was fine.

Ultimately sound glitches on my setup drove me back to using the wii to finish the game. It was almost entirely playable in dolphin for me with a few minor glitches.

I'll be doing dolphin from the beginning when I eventually re-play the game.

It was hard to go back, Dolphin makes it look so much better..

[Crunched]

To be clear, is Skyward Sword playable from beginning to end on Dolphin? And what glitches haven't yet been fixed by tweaking the settings? I'm trying to decide whether getting Dolphin up and running is worthwhile or not.

I haven't run into any problems except what looks like texture seams appearing between some areas, and sometimes within shafts of light. A very minor problem. I can upload pics when I get home in a few hours.

Also, and I'm not sure why this is, but SS seems to have a tendency to cause my 5870 to vertical line crash after a couple hours of playing. I wouldn't guess it was a Dolphin problem, except nothing else lately has been causing it. Haven't seen it crash since probably last year's drivers, until now.

[BlackBeetleKing]

[reektann]

I love BlackBeetleKings aspect ratio issues - i smiled as I saw the ratio then had a look.. yep..Beetles.

[Stallion Free]

Nevermind, I take back what I said about the game looking better with DOF off lol.

[Zoramon089]

So I have an HP Pavilion dv6t, the one with two graphics cards that switch depending on whatever you're doing. For some reason Dolphin only shows the much weaker Intel Integrated graphics card and not the Radeon 6770m which sucks. Anyone else have this issue?

[TheExodu5]

Uhhh...BlackBeetle is doing something else to his game. The contrast is way out of whack. It's oversatturated.

At least, I don't remember Skytown or w/e being nearly that colorful.

edit: oh, maybe that's what happens when you take the fog filter off.

[Shadow of the BEAST]

its like watching 3d without glasses.

[Gwanatu T]

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.

Unfortunately for me Motionjoy completely broke my Bluetooth stack and I had to reinstall Windows. Good luck to you, but I honestly couldn't get anything working no matter what I did; driver reinstalls, system restore, etc. MJ totally destroyed it for me, I won't EVER touch it again because of that.

[Maaseru]

So I'm planning to set up my M+ to play Skyward Sword. Two quick questions, I'm reading the tutorial and it says I need the wirelles sensor bar, but nowhere in the set up does it mention it again. Do I need it, how and for what?

Also any preference on what's the "best" Bluetooth adapter and a good place to get online?

[Andrex]

I love BlackBeetleKings aspect ratio issues - i smiled as I saw the ratio then had a look.. yep..Beetles.

Lol, did the same thing.

[Crunched]

Nevermind, I take back what I said about the game looking better with DOF off lol.

They don't look any different from his old shots. They were awful from the start.

It still looks like he's passing it through a sharpening filter, too.

What kind of beetle is he using? It looks like he's still early, but mine doesn't look anything like that.

[darkpaladinmfc]

Unfortunately for me Motionjoy completely broke my Bluetooth stack and I had to reinstall Windows. Good luck to you, but I honestly couldn't get anything working no matter what I did; driver reinstalls, system restore, etc. MJ totally destroyed it for me, I won't EVER touch it again because of that.

I had the same issue until I started doing random things, deleting something along the lines of 'xusb.sys' in I think the system32 folder managed to fix it. I was close to reinstalling Windows though :/.

They don't look any different from his old shots. They were awful from the start. It still looks like he's passing it through a sharpening filter, too. What kind of beetle is he using? It looks like he's still early, but mine doesn't look anything like that.

It's a fully upgraded Beetle from the Scrap Shop. He actually is on New Game+ (aka Hero mode) which lets you transfter over your Bugs/Materials (maybe more?) so he could have upgraded the Beetle quite quickly.

[Stallion Free]

They don't look any different from his old shots. They were awful from the start.

No the city looks fine without the DOF filter (where he first took shots without it) but the other environments were clearly built with it in mind and they look like shit without it.

[thatbox]

So I'm planning to set up my M+ to play Skyward Sword. Two quick questions, I'm reading the tutorial and it says I need the wirelles sensor bar, but nowhere in the set up does it mention it again. Do I need it, how and for what? Also any preference on what's the "best" Bluetooth adapter and a good place to get online?

You do need some source for two IR points to "calibrate" your Wiimote on SS startup, and then it does seem to help keep it in line the rest of the time as well. I'm simply turning my Wii on and letting it sit on the dashboard to use its bar, but I've gotten away with using the sun when I was too lazy to do even that. Once the game starts, for the most part, you don't need the sensor bar.

[TheExodu5]

Your sword will constantly be out of line if you don't have a sensor bar for the automatic on the fly calibrations.

[plagiarize]

i prefer the look of them with the DOF art blur over without, but skyloft does look nice without it. better... not sure, but nice. the carboard cutout mountains revealed in Eldin though... eegads.

and... does he not care that he's running a 16:9 game at 16:10? i mean, for someone to want to kill the DOF to distort the game like that... it's madness.

does he hate black bars or something?

well, time to play some more!

[Medalion]

It just looks really fucked up

weird aspect ratio, sharp filter, weird contrast, no DOF, it's a different game

[Maaseru]

You do need some source for two IR points to "calibrate" your Wiimote on SS startup, and then it does seem to help keep it in line the rest of the time as well. I'm simply turning my Wii on and letting it sit on the dashboard to use its bar, but I've gotten away with using the sun when I was too lazy to do even that. Once the game starts, for the most part, you don't need the sensor bar.

Your sword will constantly be out of line if you don't have a sensor bar for the automatic on the fly calibrations.

Ok thanks. So I really only need the sensor bar so that I can calibrate the controller. Maybe a stupid question, but how then does it all work? I mean how can I use my original sensor bar, connected to my wii and in no way at all to my PC? How does it work?

[Medalion]

Ok thanks. So I really only need the sensor bar so that I can calibrate the controller. Maybe a stupid question, but how then does it all work? I mean how can I use my original sensor bar, connected to my wii and in no way at all to my PC? How does it work?

As long as the IR bar gets power to interact off the signal from your Wii mote, the IR receiver does not have to be connected to the PC... you could buy a Wireless IR receiver and it would accomplish the same thing... the IR receiver just acts as a point of reference for your monitor

Some people use the candle trick in place of an IR receiver

[Crunched]

Ok thanks. So I really only need the sensor bar so that I can calibrate the controller. Maybe a stupid question, but how then does it all work? I mean how can I use my original sensor bar, connected to my wii and in no way at all to my PC? How does it work?

It's the terminology that's confusing. The sensor bar doesn't actually "sense" anything. It just emits a slight IR signal.

[Ledsen]

i prefer the look of them with the DOF art blur over without, but skyloft does look nice without it. better... not sure, but nice. the carboard cutout mountains revealed in Eldin though... eegads. and... does he not care that he's running a 16:9 game at 16:10? i mean, for someone to want to kill the DOF to distort the game like that... it's madness. does he hate black bars or something? well, time to play some more!

I think at this point he's just doing it to irritate us on purpose :)

[Syphon Filter]

Just curious how is this not considered illegal?

[nincompoop]

Just curious how is this not considered illegal?

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-digital.html

EDIT http://w2.eff.org/IP/eff_fair_use_faq.php

Although the legal basis is not completely settled, many lawyers believe that the following (and many other uses) are also fair uses: Space-shifting or format-shifting - that is, taking content you own in one format and putting it into another format, for personal, non-commercial use. For instance, "ripping" an audio CD (that is, making an MP3-format version of an audio CD that you already own) is considered fair use by many lawyers, based on the 1984 Betamax decision and the 1999 Rio MP3 player decision (RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia, 180 F. 3d 1072, 1079, 9th Circ. 1999.) Making a personal back-up copy of content you own - for instance, burning a copy of an audio CD you own.

[Utako]

Just curious how is this not considered illegal?

You phrase it like it should be illegal for some reason. So why don't you explain that?

[Ledsen]

Just curious how is this not considered illegal?

It's pretty weird, and I agree that posting screens with the wrong aspect ratio should be illegal.

[Medalion]

It would be illegal if you downloaded the ROM that you don't own the actual game for that you should've paid for. Dolphin is a free program.

[Crunched]

Here are some examples of the texture seam glitch I've run into. It doesn't happen often, but it's regrettable when it does. The shot with the light shafts for instance would have looked incredible without those spider-webby cross hatches.

[Mr_Moogle]

Just curious how is this not considered illegal?

Well I doubt they can screw you legally if you own legitimate copies of these games. I dont think using an emulator constitutes piracy but rather the act of illegally downloading games you've never paid for. At least this is my understanding, I could be completely wrong.

My only real purpose for having dolphin is to see what my games collection looks like running in HD. So far its really impressive. Wind Waker in HD looks better than 90% of Wii games. I think its criminal that I waited til 2011 to play a Nintendo game in HD.

[canocha]

Here are some examples of the texture seam glitch I've run into. It doesn't happen often, but it's regrettable when it does. The shot with the light shafts for instance would have looked incredible without those spider-webby cross hatches.

Do you have AA on?

[Crunched]

Do you have AA on?

Yes, but turning it off doesn't change anything. I'm not getting any DoF glitches, only seams along certain textures and (in a few areas) lights.

[canocha]

I don't have that problem.

Revision 7719M, Directx11, no AA and 3x Native.

[plagiarize]

Just curious how is this not considered illegal?

I own the game. I own a Wii. I own a Wii remote with a motion plus and nunchuck. I modded my wii and ripped the game to my PC in order to play this.

Obviously modding a wii is something Nintendo would like to be illegal bit currently it isn't. Same with ripping your own games. But frankly the only person me playing this game on dolphin effects is me. I get a better experience. I haven't contributed to piracy. I haven't denied the devs any money.

I'm just enjoying their game more than I would playing it on my Wii.

[Crunched]

I don't have that problem. Revision 7719M, Directx11, no AA and 3x Native.

I'm not having any of the DoF problems many others are when enabling AA :[

I guess it just differs system to system, maybe something to do with video drivers. Who knows.

[damn that's nice]

Skyward Sword looks brilliant on my Panasonic Viera.

[InsaneZero]

Okay, I've set up Dolphin for Skyward Sword, and I'm doing just great on the audio and visual side. However, I'm encountering an unexpected issue.

I can't save.

I'm not having this problem on any other Wii game except for Skyward Sword, and nothing on the internet is helping.

[Tomodachi]

I'm thinking about changing my cpu+motherboard (I've got a phenom II X4 840) just to play skyward sword the only way it should be played in frigging 2011. Any suggestion on what should I get?
I'm pretty satisfied with my pc for "standard" pc gaming (skyrim runs pretty good indeed) but I think I should change my cpu with an intel one to get a satisfying performance with dolphin, am I wrong? So far I only tried twilight princess and some gamecube games, they were actually finelooking but I think Skyward will require more power.

[Ydahs]

Hmm, I guess I'll have to avoid this thread for a while until after I complete Zelda.

[Chanser]

Just tried Skyward Sword, oh boy this game is chugging away in slow motion @ 1080p. Time for a new PC soon. :(

[Crunched]

Okay, I've set up Dolphin for Skyward Sword, and I'm doing just great on the audio and visual side. However, I'm encountering an unexpected issue. I can't save. I'm not having this problem on any other Wii game except for Skyward Sword, and nothing on the internet is helping.

What happens when you try to save?

Tomodachi, SS runs better than TP for me.

[Error Macro]

BlackBeetleKing: stop trolling, dude! Haha, those screenshots are just ludicrous.

[grkazan12]

I had the same issue until I started doing random things, deleting something along the lines of 'xusb.sys' in I think the system32 folder managed to fix it. I was close to reinstalling Windows though :/.

I'm close to restoring Windows 7, but that can't be the only thing to fix it right. Care to elaborate on what else you did? I'm desperate here.