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Dolphin - Emulating Wii and Gamecube Games

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tuco11

Member
Need some help. Just installed Dolphin (dolphin -master- 5.0-508apk) on my Nvidia Shield Tv (16 gb 2015). I have some ISOs I put on a USB drive which is plugged into Nvdia Shield. I click add folder inside Dolphin but I cant seem to get to my folder with the games. There is no option to "move up one level" in upper right corner (3 dots) to search more. any suggestions?
 
FUNKNOWN iXi

FUNKNOWN iXi

Member
Are you able to save data on netplay? There's an option "Write to memcard/SD card" on the bottom of the netplay window, so does that enable it? If so, is it automatic that the file gets read next time you load, granted you have the same save file?

Trying to play/watch some games with a friend over netplay.
 
S

Sini

Member
Did Dolphin devs ever write a blog post about Wii and Gamecube similarities and how easy/hard it was to get Wii support up and running?
 
P

PGamer

fucking juniors
Sini said:
Did Dolphin devs ever write a blog post about Wii and Gamecube similarities and how easy/hard it was to get Wii support up and running?
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I don't believe there has been any dedicated article published on the topic. Wii support was added years before they started their development blog. You can probably find various information in the other blog posts they have written though.
 
V

Vincent Alexander

Member
Haven't touched Dolphin in a few years and I've been dying to replay Xenoblade Chronicle. Downloaded the newest nightly, added some HD textures, and fired that baby up. Holy hell this game looks gorgeous.
 
S

stan423321

Member
They never shut it down since unlike 3DS Wii U eShop didn't elevate Wii Shop titles to be available directly from there. I imagine that this has been correlated to Virtual Console getting rebooted.

I am currently somewhat gambling with those closings, I don't know whether I should purchase PSP, PS3 or Wii Shop titles first... well, PS3 being shut off before PSP would be very weird, but you never know.
 
V

Vincent Alexander

Member
I made a mistake...started Xenoblade Chronicle with my DSP Sound Engine as LLE instead of HLE. It is causing me issues with performance, but when I switch to HLE and try to load my save state Dolphin tells me it can't load a save state from another Dolphin version or some such. Is there any way around or am I screwed to have to restart?
 
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stan423321

Member
Vincent Alexander said:
I made a mistake...started Xenoblade Chronicle with my DSP Sound Engine as LLE instead of HLE. It is causing me issues with performance, but when I switch to HLE and try to load my save state Dolphin tells me it can't load a save state from another Dolphin version or some such. Is there any way around or am I screwed to have to restart?
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Is there any reason in particular to not use the game's own save system instead of a savestate here?
 
V

Vincent Alexander

Member
stan423321 said:
Is there any reason in particular to not use the game's own save system instead of a savestate here?
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Even if I used the game own save system, wouldn't I have to load up a save state that the main screen, then load from the game's own save? Or is that way wrong?

I just tried deleting the config folder and restarted from scratch, but my save state still says same thing. Says my save state was made from Dolphin version 5.0-2981, which is frustrating because that's what I'm using.
 
D

Datschge

Member
Vincent Alexander said:
Even if I used the game own save system, wouldn't I have to load up a save state that the main screen, then load from the game's own save? Or is that way wrong?
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Game saves should always work. Saved states on the other hand have a lot of fickle dependencies as they save the whole emulated system's state. Switch to game saves.
 
V

Vincent Alexander

Member
Datschge said:
Game saves should always work. Saved states on the other hand have a lot of fickle dependencies as they save the whole emulated system's state. Switch to game saves.
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I guess I didn't realize I could actually utilize game saves without save states. Makes sense though now that I think about it...I'll definitely do this from now on.
 
The Dude

The Dude

Member
I'm tryin to get TP GC version to run in widescreen and I can't get it to work.. Anyone else have a step by step solution? I put a widescreen AR code in and selected it but still nothing. Not sure what else I could maybe try.
 
Skyfireblaze

Skyfireblaze

Member
The Dude said:
I'm tryin to get TP GC version to run in widescreen and I can't get it to work.. Anyone else have a step by step solution? I put a widescreen AR code in and selected it but still nothing. Not sure what else I could maybe try.
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Did you tick "Enable Cheats" in the settings?
 
The Dude

The Dude

Member
Skyfireblaze said:
Did you tick "Enable Cheats" in the settings?
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I'll double check, I've used dolphin before but lightly... Just now learning more of the ins and outs and most likely no I never clicked it. But I'll find it tomorrow, I'll be pretty happy if that gets me going.

Also can I switch pushing forward on right analog for first person mode to clicking the right analog?
 
M

Marcelus

Member
Hi all,

Please is possible dump specific textures via dolphin? Every time when I try dump textures there are same textures in "dump/textures/XY" and not textures which I need. I want do HQ buttons for Metroid Prime (GC version ) but I have only A,B and Y... hmm?

tex1_32x32_e6dbfd18d441s82.png
tex1_32x32_7a49be0e82s5s5m.png
 
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Imp the Dimp

Member
Wait, does the Wind Waker Widescreen AR code stretch the game or am I an idiot? What would be the point of a 16:9 mode then?

edit: Nevermind, it just stretches the HUD which led me to believe everything was stretched. Idiot confirmed.
 
Theonik

Theonik

Member
Imp the Dimp said:
Wait, does the Wind Waker Widescreen AR code stretch the game or am I an idiot? What would be the point of a 16:9 mode then?

edit: Nevermind, it just stretches the HUD which led me to believe everything was stretched. Idiot confirmed.
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Incidentally there are custom textures that solve this issue.
 
B

Barrow Roll

Member
Theonik said:
Incidentally there are custom textures that solve this issue.
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Do you have a link to them? Hypatia's HD texture pack doesn't have 16:9 corrected HUD textures.

Alternatively, you can use this Gecko code which doesn't stretch the HUD, but keeps it centered instead.

Code: 
F6000001 80008180
FF601090 7C7F1B78
D2000000 00000004
3DC03FAA 61CEAAAB
91C20004 C2220004
EF7100B2 39C00000
60000000 00000000
D2000284 00000004
3DC03FAA 61CEAAAB
91C20004 C2220004
EFB100B2 39C00000
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
387F0040 38800001
D2000004 00000006
3DC03F40 91C20000
C2220000 C0030000
EC110032 D0030000
C003000C EC110032
D003000C 38800001
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
480002D0 38600000
D200032C 00000005
3DC03FB3 61CEAAAB
91C20000 C2220000
C0030000 EC110032
D0030000 38800000
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
C05D00D4 C07D00C8
D2000000 00000002
3DC03FE4 91C20000
C0420000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000002 80008180
801F0004 28000000
41820014 38610008
D200000C 00000003
38610008 3DC0443C
91C3000C 3DC0C2E0
91C30004 00000000
D200001C 00000003
38610008 3DC0443C
91C3000C 3DC0C2E0
91C30004 00000000
D2000038 00000003
38610008 3DC0443C
91C3000C 3DC0C2E0
91C30004 00000000
D2000048 00000003
38610008 3DC0443C
91C3000C 3DC0C2E0
91C30004 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
28000006 41820194
D20001B4 00000003
3DC0443C 91C3000C
3DC0C2E0 91C30004
4E800421 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000004 80008180
4800001D 83E1000C
83C10008 80010014
7C0803A6 38210010
4E800020 9421FFB0
5A010000 FFFFFFD0
D2000000 00000003
3DC0443C 91C3000C
3DC0C2E0 91C30004
4E800421 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
4BFFF3DD 80010014
5A010000 FFFFFFC4
D2000000 00000003
3DC0443C 91C3000C
3DC0C2E0 91C30004
4E800421 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
44200000 C1100000
14000000 44A20000
E0000000 80008180
F6000001 80008180
C3E30014 C3C30018
D2000000 00000004
3DC0C2D5 61CE5555
91C20000 C3E30014
C3C20000 EFFEF82A
60000000 00000000
D2000008 00000004
3DC03FAA 61CEAAAB
91C20000 C0420000
C3A3001C EC5D00B2
60000000 00000000
1400001C 48000050
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
A8850008 A805000C
D2000004 00000002
A8C5000C 3806FF96
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
 
Theonik

Theonik

Member
M

Marcelus

Member
I'm trying to make a new hud with a 16: 9 aspect ratio. Some buttons are easy to do, but X, Y are transparent because they use the same texture and it's hard to make them the same when they are turned to another side. Icons of things are easy to edit (hypatia textures). I have adjusted the heart and icon of the binoculars (hypatia). It's a lot of work. I do not know if I should continue. Inventory and menu are not important, but the deformed hud spoils the atmosphere

gzle01-3svkvo.jpg


and I have one question. I use dds plugin for Gimp but after I save texture in dds format dolphin do not load my textures. Only png works. Know someone why do not works dds from Gimp in Dolphin?
 
Theonik

Theonik

Member
The few months after a new release are usually pretty eventful. A lot of the PRs getting merged recently are substantial re-writes so while exciting don't expect much stability just yet. Give it 6 more months and you will have a pretty great release.
 
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jeremy1456

Junior Member
I'm thinking of buying a laptop primarily to run Dolphin. Budget is $1500.

Any suggestions/links? I would love high compatibility and might be able to go a bit higher.

Bonus points if it can emulate PS2 games too. Focus is Dolphin though.
 
DonMigs85

DonMigs85

Member
jeremy1456 said:
I'm thinking of buying a laptop primarily to run Dolphin. Budget is $1500.

Any suggestions/links? I would love high compatibility and might be able to go a bit higher.

Bonus points if it can emulate PS2 games too. Focus is Dolphin though.
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This should do well. It's the fastest CPU you can currently get in a laptop, and the GPU is good enough for just about any other PC game you might want to run.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233192
 
TriAceJP

TriAceJP

Member
You don't need a powerful machine to run dolphin. My old Lenovo i7/660m ran everything fine. I'd imagine any i5 with a gtx 1050 would kill any Dolphin game.
 
DonMigs85

DonMigs85

Member
TriAceJP said:
You don't need a powerful machine to run dolphin. My old Lenovo i7/660m ran everything fine. I'd imagine any i5 with a gtx 1050 would kill any Dolphin game.
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Yeah, something with an i5 close to 3GHz should be ok, since Dolphin doesn't really use more than 2 cores or threads. A 1050 would also allow 3xIR with just about any extra enhancements.
 
J

jeremy1456

Junior Member
TriAceJP said:
You don't need a powerful machine to run dolphin. My old Lenovo i7/660m ran everything fine. I'd imagine any i5 with a gtx 1050 would kill any Dolphin game.
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Any suggestions with links then?

I'm currently running a Vaio circa 2011, and it can run some games at full frame rates but not most.
 
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shockdude

Member
jeremy1456 said:
I'm thinking of buying a laptop primarily to run Dolphin. Budget is $1500.

Any suggestions/links? I would love high compatibility and might be able to go a bit higher.

Bonus points if it can emulate PS2 games too. Focus is Dolphin though.
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nickerous said:
Looking to get a laptop also. My newest computer is from 2004..I was just about ready to pull the trigger on that Acer I linked, but would the MSI from newegg be a better purchase? I mainly care about dolphin, then ps2, and then running steam.

Maybe this one? $200 cheaper...

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154619
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Check out the Gaming Laptop thread. Read the "I need a laptop" instructions in the OP, mention emulation, and you'll get something good.
 
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