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Dolphin - Emulating Wii and Gamecube Games
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I really thought I would feel the same way, but the aliasing, color banding, screen door artifacting with some effects, and weird vertical lines and signal creep wound up distracting me more than I anticipated. Just copied my save file over to my PC and now I feel much more immersed.
StopMakingSense
Member
Yeah, it was a weird interstitial bug for me as well.
Thoraxes does what Nintendon't
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I can't believe that my computer can run SS 1080p this well. I'm on my 50" plasma, it's amazing. I'm even using the candle trick for a sensor bar, ha.
But I am getting a little bit of a ghosted image on the backgrounds, like blurred with diagonal lines running through them. Is that because of a certain setting?
But I am getting a little bit of a ghosted image on the backgrounds, like blurred with diagonal lines running through them. Is that because of a certain setting?
So I'm just setting up Dolphin and testing stuff.
I got the Wiimote to work with my built-in bluetooth thingy, and tested with Wiiplay (don't have SS yet, stupid ONTRAC says they don't have my package from Amazon).
Some stupid questions:
How do I turn the Wiimote off?
Can you access a Wii System Menu / transfer Miis over?
What's the best interim solution for a sensor bar? I was thinking of bringing my Wii to my PC (or running Dolphin on my other PC, but it's pretty weak), and turning the Wii on and letting it idle, just for the sensor bar.
Anyone know what voltages the Wii sensor bar wants (and which pin is + and which -)? I could totally just wire up some fucking batteries to it.
I got the Wiimote to work with my built-in bluetooth thingy, and tested with Wiiplay (don't have SS yet, stupid ONTRAC says they don't have my package from Amazon).
Some stupid questions:
How do I turn the Wiimote off?
Can you access a Wii System Menu / transfer Miis over?
What's the best interim solution for a sensor bar? I was thinking of bringing my Wii to my PC (or running Dolphin on my other PC, but it's pretty weak), and turning the Wii on and letting it idle, just for the sensor bar.
Anyone know what voltages the Wii sensor bar wants (and which pin is + and which -)? I could totally just wire up some fucking batteries to it.
jediyoshi
Member
Hold onto the power button to turn it off.
You can access the system menu through this process
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32845171&postcount=5975
You can probably transfer over Miis through the Wiimote transfer process like normal
There's a pretty wide selection of wireless sensor bars for sale online, moving your Wii over isn't very practical
I was afraid holding the power button would turn on my Wii and break all the connection horseshit I fumbled through to get it to connect to my PC, but I guess I'll try it and make sure it doesn't also turn on my Wii.
Yeah, I've ordered a wireless sensor bar (seems to me someone could make a few bucks by selling a USB one...), but it won't be here for a while.
Hm? I don't do this. I just go to the Dolphin Wii remote menu start hitting 1 and 2 on my remote and click on pair up. Works fine for me.
For me Windows pops up several fucking "herp derp new hardware let me search for drivers again" messages during the pairing process. Every time.
So looks like everything works and I can successfully shut off the remote without turning on/off the Wii (after another 8 rounds of pairing it to the PC). I do have a bit of audio skipping, though.
Just need to wait for my wireless sensor bar. I was testing with
stuck in used
AdawgDaFAB
Member
They exist do. A few pages back a couple people mentioned using this: http://www.nextronicsllc.com/shop/sensorbarhd.php
I'm planning on getting one and powering it via my TV's spare USB port. However, I am still looking around to find out if I can find one for less than the Sensor Bar HD, since it cost $22 while I can get a wireless one for only $4.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Holy shit. Skyward Sword looks AMAZING on Dolphin. I may get a BT dongle and a wireless sensor bar soon and replay it on Dolphin. The first thing I noticed when playing on my Wii is the aliasing.
I just switched after copying my save over and can absolutely recommend this course of action.
I feel kinda weird asking this after all this time. I use Dolphin but it was mainly a Gamecube emulator for me where I could emulate the controller on keyboard. Now that I want to play Skyward Sword on Dolphin I am forced to have to get the Wii remote involved. I have never gotten the Wii remote to work properly with my computer.
I have a Bluetooth usb dongle I hooked to my windows 7 pc. As far as I can tell it connects properly when I put the wii remote in discoverable mode by holding 1+2, pair it without code, and it shows up in my bluetooth devices. But when I try to pair it in Dolphin, nothing happens, even when set the controller to say REAL WIIMOTE, and click PAIR UP, the lights on my wii remote go out as if it is not transferring or receiving data. I even tried holding 1+2 for a long time during all this, still no good.
I am at a loss how to fix this, any ideas?
I have a Bluetooth usb dongle I hooked to my windows 7 pc. As far as I can tell it connects properly when I put the wii remote in discoverable mode by holding 1+2, pair it without code, and it shows up in my bluetooth devices. But when I try to pair it in Dolphin, nothing happens, even when set the controller to say REAL WIIMOTE, and click PAIR UP, the lights on my wii remote go out as if it is not transferring or receiving data. I even tried holding 1+2 for a long time during all this, still no good.
I am at a loss how to fix this, any ideas?
The way I did mine was to right click the bluetooth icon bottom right, add a device. I pressed the red button inside the battery compartment and it popped up - went through the wizard and set it to pair without a code. It installed drivers and said all ok. Went to dolphin, gamepad section, real wiimote. Pressed 'refresh' and it vibrated and paired up fine.
I guess if that doesn't work, it might be your dongle?
I used to play Smash Bros across three screens.
plagiarize
Banned
if my Wii looked as good on my TV as those CRT shots i'd be playing it on CRT. i'd rather play it looking like that without the *minor* occasional slow down I get on Dolphin and the rare audio glitches I experienced for about five minutes last night.
since it doesn't, thank fuck for dolphin. i will be shocked if the game is playable in Dolphin from start to finish. i am already shocked that it runs so goddamn well and looks so goddamn good in it since most Wii games i've ripped before HAVEN'T. here's one of the best looking Wii games and it runs almost perfectly at launch. in 1080p.
since it doesn't, thank fuck for dolphin. i will be shocked if the game is playable in Dolphin from start to finish. i am already shocked that it runs so goddamn well and looks so goddamn good in it since most Wii games i've ripped before HAVEN'T. here's one of the best looking Wii games and it runs almost perfectly at launch. in 1080p.
plagiarize
Banned
double posting so this fits nicely on screen.
the way i do it is i hold 1+2 until windows says it has succesfully installed the device and needs to restart (obviously i don't restart). then i hit 'Refresh' in Dolphin. your wii remote should buzz and light up player 1.
if you haven't already, you might need to install the broadcom bluetooth stack.
which you can find here
the way i do it is i hold 1+2 until windows says it has succesfully installed the device and needs to restart (obviously i don't restart). then i hit 'Refresh' in Dolphin. your wii remote should buzz and light up player 1.
if you haven't already, you might need to install the broadcom bluetooth stack.
which you can find here
For me Windows pops up several fucking "herp derp new hardware let me search for drivers again" messages during the pairing process. Every time.
So looks like everything works and I can successfully shut off the remote without turning on/off the Wii (after another 8 rounds of pairing it to the PC). I do have a bit of audio skipping, though.
Just need to wait for my wireless sensor bar. I was testing with
stuck in used
I'll get the sensor bar down the line. I'm just using the Wii's sensor bar for now. Works fine if I pair up the controller with Dolphin before I turn it on.
Cosmic Schwung
Member
reektann and plagiarize have mentioned it already, but are you clicking 'refresh' after 'pair up'?
I've been having weird issues with Motion+ as well. For instance about an hour in to the game after slashing quite a bit, the cursor was going crazy even though I set it down. Holding down on the d-pad and pointing it at the screen/sensorbar did nothing, and I had to just set it down for a little while and wait until it was done freaking out.
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
I'm having the same issue, wondering if it's an ATI problem? I've got a Phenom 2 X4, HD6870 and Win 7 64. Would love to get this fixed, it's bizarre and only happens in certain places (wall, floor, rocks) and for certain textures.
Cosmic Schwung
Member
Applying some AA makes them go away, or at least it did in my case. Not sure about your motion+ issue. Only time mine has gone weird was because the batteries were low.
5870 here, no problems.
plagiarize
Banned
ditto on both of the above.
Great suggestions, the AA fixed the flickering, and apparently the batteries were low, because I've played for well over an hour this morning and haven't had any issues with the M+ screwing up. Thanks!
Para bailar La Bomba
Banned
Plenty of them are available on eBay (Eg. the Targus one).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018O9JIG/?tag=neogaf0e-20
That's the one I got and it works like a charm. I chose it because of the reviews.
I would assume so. I have a i7 2600 and gtx 460 with high internal resolution
Sweet! I ordered the bluetooth dongle. I was worried because I can't run SMG2 at full speed and lle without major hiccups.
Thanks for the help earlier guys
I've got Skyward Sword running finally on my computer with wiimote behaving as it should, though it took a lot of tries to pair it right in what sequence etc etc
I have my Wii IR sensor bar on my monitor with my Wii next to it, it behaves as it should controller wise
but the game is so freaking slow that I have had to scale back a number of enhancements to get a decent frame rate
I am not sure what page to look for, anybody have any recommended Dolphin settings for the latest release for this game? Also ideally to get rid of that blur DOF filter as well
thanks
I've got Skyward Sword running finally on my computer with wiimote behaving as it should, though it took a lot of tries to pair it right in what sequence etc etc
I have my Wii IR sensor bar on my monitor with my Wii next to it, it behaves as it should controller wise
but the game is so freaking slow that I have had to scale back a number of enhancements to get a decent frame rate
I am not sure what page to look for, anybody have any recommended Dolphin settings for the latest release for this game? Also ideally to get rid of that blur DOF filter as well
thanks
So, if I wanted to buy a PC just for Dolphin, what would I need? I only use a Mac laptop generally, so I wouldnt need it for work. I would just want to hook it up to my HDTV and treat it like an HD Wii.
So, what are the basic components I would need? Slim case, motherboard+cpu, graphics card... some ram. Power source. How small could I make this thing?
So, what are the basic components I would need? Slim case, motherboard+cpu, graphics card... some ram. Power source. How small could I make this thing?
Any micro ATX (HTPC) case and micro ATX motherboard based on Intel Z68 or P67 chipsets will do. Throw in an i5 2500k (or i7 2600k if you have $100 extra to blow). A mid-high end GPU in the $200 range should suffice, and they all have HDMI out nowadays. 8GB of DDR3, 500w PSU and you're set.
Well, that, and a bluetooth adapter/wireless sensor bar.
ThatObviousUser
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That's what I was thinking.
On the other hand, RAM is cheap as hell nowadays. Might as well.
Where I live 4gb vs 8gb of the same ram-model/make differs like 10% in price.
ThatObviousUser
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1. Sort of. Ripping discs and setting up the controlers seems to be the hardest part.
2. To make games look as amazing as those posted in this thread, yes. For native res, probably not.
Thanks for answering. :'(
Awesome! Thanks, I will start looking into this stuff. If I have any more questions I throw them out as I go. This also means I could play Xenoblade...