BIGWORM
Member
I pretty much have everything mapped to where it's functionable. Wiimote pointing is set on right stick. B is RB. Shake (horizontal) is set to RT. Pretty much self-explanatory mapping after that.
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Dolphin - Emulating Wii and Gamecube Games
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I pretty much have everything mapped to where it's functionable. Wiimote pointing is set on right stick. B is RB. Shake (horizontal) is set to RT. Pretty much self-explanatory mapping after that.
I just got all my Dolphin stuff back up and running so i could finish this game after my HTPC crashed. I played the first 14 hours on Wii when it came out and really want to finish it.
I think those might be stretched bud.
Getting random microstuttering on both DKCR and SMG2 even with both games running at 60fps. Any settings I should check? Running a GTX 760, i5 4670k and 8GB RAM and it happens even when I lower the rendering resolution so I'm not sure what the hell is going on. Happens on both openGL and Direct3D
If I use the proper widescreen method the game would have tons of visual errors. Textures would go randomly on the characters and the crowds would pop in randomly. The performance seemed to be alright tho.
That's CPU not GPU then.
You should go in the DSP settings, set the backend to OpenAL and increase the audio latency to something like 2~. You should get better performance then.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Can I emulate IR pointing in the Wiimote with my mouse? I wonder if Metroid can be played that way 
edit: to clarify, I mean point with my mouse and use a pad in one hand to simulate a controller with buttons + a pointer.
edit: to clarify, I mean point with my mouse and use a pad in one hand to simulate a controller with buttons + a pointer.
spyhunterzero
Member
Can I emulate IR pointing in the Wiimote with my mouse? I wonder if Metroid can be played that way
edit: to clarify, I mean point with my mouse and use a pad in one hand to simulate a controller with buttons + a pointer.
I've tried it but it still seems to not work too well. Might have to fiddle with it to get it perfect.
Still getting some stuttering, though it's maybe not as bad now as it was. Is a 4670k really not enough to run some of these games without stutters? Like I said performance is pretty much the same at 1.5x native and 3-4x native.
Can I emulate IR pointing in the Wiimote with my mouse? I wonder if Metroid can be played that way
edit: to clarify, I mean point with my mouse and use a pad in one hand to simulate a controller with buttons + a pointer.
You can definitely emulate IR pointing - I forgot the exact setting, but I think you set Wiimote IR Up to Mouse Cursor Y+ (you'll have to right click for the advanced control settings or whatever), Wiimote IR Down to Mouse Cursor Y-, and so forth. I've done it myself with Sin & Punishment 2, and the mouse control is legit good - it's acceleration free and almost feels as good as a native PC game, imo. If you need the exact settings, PM me and I'll expound later when I get home.
As for playing Metroid with it, I don't think it'll work well because the game uses the bounding box to turn, and isn't completely 1:1 in the way that just aiming at the screen is.
I hope there is a way to switch to DX9, I really want to use Sweet FX with Dolphin 4.
Mario Galaxy run perfectly with my new PC, it's awesome! 4X nativ resolution and it runs at 60 FPS, wow
retexturation test
Now I have another problem, the camera hack (free view) works with Dolphin 4 offical but not with the dev versions (mine is Dolphin-4.0-1344 x64)
Skyfireblaze
Member
I know it's quite random but I remember someone got microstuttering fixed by either disabling or enabling V-Sync in Dolphin. Try to play around with it, hopefully it helps!
In my experience I did this with all my library and noticed no difference at all.
It's just turning the ISO to a readable file by dolphin that's the same size as the WBFS file, I think.
Oh boy I have tons of work now with my gc library.
To be honest I don't think it'll change much things with you GC library, this is mainly for Wii ISO files. For example New Super Mario Bros. Wii's size will be 360mb instead of 4.4Gb.
To back up my point, I just tried to compress F-Zero GX and it was 1.24GB instead of 1.35GB. Gamecube discs main problem were their lack of space, so I guess most games takes all the space, While the Wii's DVD had too much space for games like NSBW, MKW, Trauma Center and many other that makes the compression worth it.
It's called compression, but I don't think that's exactly it, since it just create a file as voluminous as what the native game is, getting rid of all the empty space.
Im ok with minor compression. Every mb counts.
Are there more ways to customize the interface btw? I just see button customization but nothing for the lists.
For your library you mean?
Options -> Configure -> Paths -> Add -> browse the folder
I know that part but customize the look of the list of games. For example only show banners instead of all the info. Kinda make it look like the grid view from steam or something like it.
I believe they are working on making Dolphin work with custom frontends so you could do something like that but I wouldn't expect it to be done for a while. Maybe in 5.0.
Has anyone here tried out the new 337.50 beta GeForce drivers? Apparently they have some Mantle-esque optimizations for CPU constrained games. I've read a couple of posts saying Dolphin gets a noticeable performance increase in DX11 mode with these but I haven't tried it myself.
I'm wondering too. In particular I'm wondering if it makes Twilight Princess more playable (specifically Hyrule Field).
The SMG games are CPU intensive mostly.
Perhaps try out Donkey Kong Country Returns or F-Zero GX.
JPeeples83
Member
Yeah, that game still looks fantastic after all of these years.
Barrow Roll
Member
No noticeable difference on my end. Still chugs on Hyrule Field, no difference in Mario Galaxy either. Tested DX9 and DX11.
Specs:
i5 2550k @ 4.5 GHz
GTX 770 4GB
Yes.
BIGWORM
Member
Never had a problem playing DKCR. I'll give F-Zero a go right now.
Just ran a track right now. Forgot the name, though, lol. I never saw a dip under 60 FPS, but I'm on a newer system compared to my old i5 750. Currently running:
i5 4670k @ 4.2
GTX 680
8GB DDR3
Bill S. Preston. Esq.
Member
Sorry another one of these questions! Would a MacBook Pro late 2013 edition run dolphin? Specifically Galaxy 1&2 and Skyward Sword?
I know it's not a gaming laptop, I only got it recently, absolutely love it but was just wondering what the chances are.
Specs: 16Gb ram, 2.3ghz quad core i7, GeForce 750M 2GB.
Also, will I need to install windows too?
Thanks in advance bros!
I know it's not a gaming laptop, I only got it recently, absolutely love it but was just wondering what the chances are.
Specs: 16Gb ram, 2.3ghz quad core i7, GeForce 750M 2GB.
Also, will I need to install windows too?
Thanks in advance bros!
KojiKnight
Member
If you have it already, why not just try it?
That said, I would say you aren't going to get a lot of love with Wii games on that system... it's a fairly low processor speed.
Bill S. Preston. Esq.
Member
I'm away from home for the next week without it and I just saw this thread so figured someone might know. Cheers anyway though, I'll give it a shot when I get back.
Does anyone know what causes the video to run choppy even though Dolphin is running at full speed and reporting 60fps? I've been noticing it for awhile and pausing the emulation usually fixes it, but I've been playing some MK Wii online recently and figure pausing will probably disconnect or desync me.
This is a known issue, simply set your OS to run it with your main GPU but set the Graphics option to your IGP.
Depends on the processor, they tend to TB to at least 3ghz for two cores.
MemoryHumanity
Member
Hi guys, here's a little Xenoblade video I made that I wanted to share. Hopefully this isn't seen as self-promotion as I don't get paid for this
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o9D87NW-EA8
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o9D87NW-EA8
You don't. You will either need to buy a wireless sensor bar (this is ideal) or keep your real Wii hooked up close to your PC and have it turned on while you use Dolphin.
Offhand, does anyone know which version of Dolphin is best for the following games?
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Super Mario Galaxy 1/2
Wario Land
Also, I played around with getting the a 360 controller to work with motion controls, but is there a comprehensive guide? After my experience with MadWold and steered clear of Zelda and the like because I couldn't quite get it right.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Super Mario Galaxy 1/2
Wario Land
Also, I played around with getting the a 360 controller to work with motion controls, but is there a comprehensive guide? After my experience with MadWold and steered clear of Zelda and the like because I couldn't quite get it right.
PandaAttack
Banned
Does anyone know if this Bluetooth dongle will work with the wiimote?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EBE1LI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EBE1LI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Alright.
By the way, I bought this bluetooth dongle, will it work?
It got Bluetooth 1.1, Bluetooth 1.2, Bluetooth 2.0, Bluetooth 2.1 and Bluetooth 4.0.
rockmanjoe
Member
It seems they have made significant fixes to the HLE audio emulation for the Nintendo games that were problematic on it.
Tried Mario Galaxy 2 on a recent build (1386) and the music doesn't stop anymore, it plays properly.
Tried Mario Galaxy 2 on a recent build (1386) and the music doesn't stop anymore, it plays properly.
clem84
Gold Member
Hi guys, here's a little Xenoblade video I made that I wanted to share. Hopefully this isn't seen as self-promotion as I don't get paid for this
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o9D87NW-EA8
Very nice!
Phreakuency
Banned
Hi guys, here's a little Xenoblade video I made that I wanted to share. Hopefully this isn't seen as self-promotion as I don't get paid for this
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o9D87NW-EA8
The channel is monetized, ads throughout. Seems like it's self promotion to something you earn money from.
So I've been trying to finish Metroid Prime on my Gamecube. I rebought it and some of the classics about 2 years ago, but I have never been able to finish Metroid. Windwaker and Twilight Princess looked good, Mario Sunshine was kind of hard on the eyes, but Prime just looked absolutley terrible (the Gamecube is hooked up to my 32" 2013 1080p Samsung LED, as is my computer). The whole game was a dark and blurry mess.
So I finally decided to try it on Dolphin, and man does this game ever look gorgeous. 60fps doesn't hurt either. Heres some screens I took.
Rest of gallery.
So I finally decided to try it on Dolphin, and man does this game ever look gorgeous. 60fps doesn't hurt either. Heres some screens I took.
Rest of gallery.