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Many gaming communities over the years have reached out to thank emulator developers for their efforts. Emulators are an important part of many classic game communities and give players access to features like netplay multiplayer, modding, and savestates, while also opening up the doors to enhancements not possible on console. Sometimes it’s simply more convenient to use an emulator that runs on your desktop, tablet, or phone rather than to dig out and hook up the original console every time you want to play one of your favorite games. However, it’s important to state that our relationship with gaming communities is mutual, and without the help of players and fans, there’s no way we could handle maintaining a library of thousands of games.

In this Progress Report, the gaming communities were the direct catalyst to many of the changes. They went on difficult debugging adventures, caught small issues that would be invisible to anyone who wasn’t extremely familiar with the game, and even came up with patches to make games friendlier to emulator enhancements. All of these contributions, even if it’s not code, are appreciated and help make Dolphin what it is today.

So, without further delay, let’s get started with the August Progress Report! Enjoy.

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1 августа 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

Emulation is often seen as this suspect gray area of gaming that is tolerated but always on the edge. There’s a lot of negativity and questions around the merit and purpose of emulation. In contrast to that narrative, the overwhelmingly positive reaction to some of the features added the last few months, including heartfelt reactions from users, make all of the challenges and struggles so much easier.

As we drift further from the heyday of the GameCube and Wii, we’ve been seeing a greater impact not only on the past generations of gamers, but the current one. It was heartwarming to see long-time users able to play Four Swords Adventures with their kids or friends across the world. The gratitude we received from users finally able to try previously hard-to-access features in their favorite games was so appreciated. We love these games and consoles the same as you, and we want to make sure that they live on.

Sometimes with all the negativity in emulation, it’s refreshing to have something that makes both the developers and the users happy. And while we’d love to revel in past accomplishments, there’s still so much more work to be done. We graciously thank everyone for their kind words over the past few months, and hope you continue to enjoy using Dolphin Emulator. With that said, it is about time that we get started with the June and July Progress Report.

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21 июля 2021 г.

Your eyes are not deceiving you. As of 5.0-14690, Dolphin now has mGBA directly built into it as a new way to handle Game Boy Advance connectivity with GameCube titles. For those who don’t know, mGBA is the most renowned and accurate GBA emulator of this era and has been rapidly improving since its inception. Recently, we wrote about mGBA adding support for our TCP GBA protocol, but this is something completely new. With integration and synchronization work done by bonta, connecting your favorite GameCube titles with a Game Boy Advance for multiplayer and other bonus features is now greatly simplified. Dubbed the Integrated GBA, a stripped-down version of mGBA will boot up alongside Dolphin when set to one or more controller ports. These mGBA instances are clock-synced to GameCube emulation for impeccable connection stability. By bringing these two emulators together in one package, GBA connectivity features now work with popular features like savestates, input recordings, and netplay! All of this comes with the added bonus of improved performance and compatibility. If you don’t believe us, check it out yourself!

Introducing the Integrated GBA!

Dolphin Configuration

Dolphin is shipped with default settings for the most optimal performance, you do not usually need to change anything on your first time Dolphin setup.

Enable Dual Core

Provides a significant speedup on modern systems. Recommended on most titles, though may cause issues like crashing or graphic issues on some titles. Refer to this page for a list of titles that require disabling Dual Core.

CPU Emulator Engine

JIT Recompiler is the fastest engine and is recommended on almost all titles. There are a few titles that work better with different emulator engines but unplayably slow.

Audio

DSP HLE is the fastest DSP Emulator Engine. It is very reliable, and only a few titles still have problems with it. See DSP LLE for more details. Cubeb is the faster backend. Recommended on almost all titles.

System Requirements

Every game has different requirements, some titles may require a powerful computer while some other titles may not. Generally, these are the minimum recommended requirements for Dolphin.

• OS: 64-bit edition of Windows (7 SP1 or higher), Linux, or macOS (10.12 Sierra or higher). Windows Vista SP2 and unix-like systems other than Linux are not officially supported but might work.
• Processor: A CPU with SSE2 support. A modern CPU (3 GHz and Dual Core, not older than 2008) is highly recommended.
• Graphics: A reasonably modern graphics card (Direct3D 10.0 / OpenGL 3.0). A graphics card that supports Direct3D 11 / OpenGL 4.4 / Vulkan 1.1 is recommended.

Wii Remote

Real Wii Remote

To connect a Wii Remote, press «Refresh» then press the 1 + 2 buttons on your Wii Remote simultaneously (Sync button for -TR models). Continuous Scanning allows you to connect a Wii Remote without having to open the Wii Remote window and press refresh every time. As long as a game is running or the Wii Remote configuration window is up, just press 1 + 2 or the sync button on your Wii Remote simultaneously and it will connect.

After several minutes of inactivity, Wii titles will attempt to disconnect the Wii Remote. The Wii Remote will remain on and connected to Dolphin, but the game will believe it is disconnected. To «reconnect» the Wii Remote, go to Tools -> Connect Wii Remotes -> Connect Wii Remote # or use a hotkey corresponding to it (example — the Windows default for Wii Remote 1 is Alt-F5), or simply press a button on the Wii Remote.

Dolphin does not automatically turn off Wii Remotes as the Wii will (except on Linux). Remember to turn off controllers on your own to save battery power, simply by holding the power button on Wii Remote for a second as you would to turn off the Wii. It will also tell Dolphin that it’s disconnected instead of stopping the game emulation.

Couldn’t Connect

Wii Remotes use the Bluetooth interface, make sure your PC supports Bluetooth. Do not pair the Wii Remote to your computer through its native Bluetooth settings. The operating system may interfere with Dolphin’s ability to connect with the Wii Remote. In addition, Wii Remote connectivity will only work if one of the Wii Remote slots is set to Real Wii Remote and it’s not claimed by another Wii Remote.

If the remote does not seem to want to connect, make sure that any real Wiis in proximity are switched off for the duration of the pairing process.

RVL-CNT-01-TR Wii Remote Pluses may need extra configuration for older versions of Windows, see the Wii Remote Plus (RVL-CNT-01-TR) Connection Guide.

Emulated Wii Remote

The configuration window for emulated Wii Remote works in the same way as the GameCube controller settings.

Choose any device that is connected to your PC in the Device dropdown, and set the buttons and axes to your liking.

• Left click a slot to detect input, then press a button/key or axes on your selected device to save it to that slot.
• Middle click a slot to clear it of inputs.
• Right click a slot to show more input options. See Input Syntax for documentation and examples.

Extension Allows you to add an emulated Nunchuk, Guitar, or other Wii Remote peripheral. Select the extension you want to emulate in the dropdown, and press configure to open a window with slots just like the Emulated Wii Remote window. Select buttons and axes as you wish, and press OK to save. If you wish to attach a MotionPlus to the emulated Wii Remote, select «Attach MotionPlus».

If you controller supports it, Rumble will allow your controller to experience the Wii Remote’s rumble functionality. Within the rumble configuration window, click on the motor pattern you wish to use (sine, cosine, etc), and press «Select» to apply it. If you wish to add a second pattern, click another pattern and press «| OR». Hit «OK» to accept the changes and exit the window.

Speaker Pan allows you to shift the emulated Wii Remote audio to the left or the right on your system speakers, if Enable Speaker Data is checked. -100% is left, 0 is centered, and +100% is right.

Battery allows you to change the battery level of the emulated Wii Remote.

Upright Wii Remote alters the base swinging and tilting orientation of the emulated Wii Remote to the upright position.

Sideways Wii Remote changes the emulated Wii Remote controls to allow you to play games as though the Wii Remote is sideways, without actually changing your controls. It is useful for games such as New Super Mario Bros. Wii that are designed for it.

Profile allows you to save/load input configs.

After setting up everything that you want, click «OK» and the changes will save.

Sensor Bar Position, IR Sensitivity, Speaker Volume, and Wii Remote Motor are duplicates of Wii settings. They do exactly what they say they do, and work exactly like the same settings on the Wii itself.

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Написано

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7 сентября 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

/ Тема на форуме

Many gaming communities over the years have reached out to thank emulator developers for their efforts. Emulators are an important part of many classic game communities and give players access to features like netplay multiplayer, modding, and savestates, while also opening up the doors to enhancements not possible on console. Sometimes it’s simply more convenient to use an emulator that runs on your desktop, tablet, or phone rather than to dig out and hook up the original console every time you want to play one of your favorite games. However, it’s important to state that our relationship with gaming communities is mutual, and without the help of players and fans, there’s no way we could handle maintaining a library of thousands of games.

In this Progress Report, the gaming communities were the direct catalyst to many of the changes. They went on difficult debugging adventures, caught small issues that would be invisible to anyone who wasn’t extremely familiar with the game, and even came up with patches to make games friendlier to emulator enhancements. All of these contributions, even if it’s not code, are appreciated and help make Dolphin what it is today.

So, without further delay, let’s get started with the August Progress Report! Enjoy.

Написано

в

1 августа 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

Emulation is often seen as this suspect gray area of gaming that is tolerated but always on the edge. There’s a lot of negativity and questions around the merit and purpose of emulation. In contrast to that narrative, the overwhelmingly positive reaction to some of the features added the last few months, including heartfelt reactions from users, make all of the challenges and struggles so much easier.

As we drift further from the heyday of the GameCube and Wii, we’ve been seeing a greater impact not only on the past generations of gamers, but the current one. It was heartwarming to see long-time users able to play Four Swords Adventures with their kids or friends across the world. The gratitude we received from users finally able to try previously hard-to-access features in their favorite games was so appreciated. We love these games and consoles the same as you, and we want to make sure that they live on.

Sometimes with all the negativity in emulation, it’s refreshing to have something that makes both the developers and the users happy. And while we’d love to revel in past accomplishments, there’s still so much more work to be done. We graciously thank everyone for their kind words over the past few months, and hope you continue to enjoy using Dolphin Emulator. With that said, it is about time that we get started with the June and July Progress Report.

Написано

в

21 июля 2021 г.

Your eyes are not deceiving you. As of 5.0-14690, Dolphin now has mGBA directly built into it as a new way to handle Game Boy Advance connectivity with GameCube titles. For those who don’t know, mGBA is the most renowned and accurate GBA emulator of this era and has been rapidly improving since its inception. Recently, we wrote about mGBA adding support for our TCP GBA protocol, but this is something completely new. With integration and synchronization work done by bonta, connecting your favorite GameCube titles with a Game Boy Advance for multiplayer and other bonus features is now greatly simplified. Dubbed the Integrated GBA, a stripped-down version of mGBA will boot up alongside Dolphin when set to one or more controller ports. These mGBA instances are clock-synced to GameCube emulation for impeccable connection stability. By bringing these two emulators together in one package, GBA connectivity features now work with popular features like savestates, input recordings, and netplay! All of this comes with the added bonus of improved performance and compatibility. If you don’t believe us, check it out yourself!

Introducing the Integrated GBA!

Последние статьи

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Написано

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в

7 сентября 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

/ Тема на форуме

Many gaming communities over the years have reached out to thank emulator developers for their efforts. Emulators are an important part of many classic game communities and give players access to features like netplay multiplayer, modding, and savestates, while also opening up the doors to enhancements not possible on console. Sometimes it’s simply more convenient to use an emulator that runs on your desktop, tablet, or phone rather than to dig out and hook up the original console every time you want to play one of your favorite games. However, it’s important to state that our relationship with gaming communities is mutual, and without the help of players and fans, there’s no way we could handle maintaining a library of thousands of games.

In this Progress Report, the gaming communities were the direct catalyst to many of the changes. They went on difficult debugging adventures, caught small issues that would be invisible to anyone who wasn’t extremely familiar with the game, and even came up with patches to make games friendlier to emulator enhancements. All of these contributions, even if it’s not code, are appreciated and help make Dolphin what it is today.

So, without further delay, let’s get started with the August Progress Report! Enjoy.

Написано

в

1 августа 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

Emulation is often seen as this suspect gray area of gaming that is tolerated but always on the edge. There’s a lot of negativity and questions around the merit and purpose of emulation. In contrast to that narrative, the overwhelmingly positive reaction to some of the features added the last few months, including heartfelt reactions from users, make all of the challenges and struggles so much easier.

As we drift further from the heyday of the GameCube and Wii, we’ve been seeing a greater impact not only on the past generations of gamers, but the current one. It was heartwarming to see long-time users able to play Four Swords Adventures with their kids or friends across the world. The gratitude we received from users finally able to try previously hard-to-access features in their favorite games was so appreciated. We love these games and consoles the same as you, and we want to make sure that they live on.

Sometimes with all the negativity in emulation, it’s refreshing to have something that makes both the developers and the users happy. And while we’d love to revel in past accomplishments, there’s still so much more work to be done. We graciously thank everyone for their kind words over the past few months, and hope you continue to enjoy using Dolphin Emulator. With that said, it is about time that we get started with the June and July Progress Report.

Написано

в

21 июля 2021 г.

Your eyes are not deceiving you. As of 5.0-14690, Dolphin now has mGBA directly built into it as a new way to handle Game Boy Advance connectivity with GameCube titles. For those who don’t know, mGBA is the most renowned and accurate GBA emulator of this era and has been rapidly improving since its inception. Recently, we wrote about mGBA adding support for our TCP GBA protocol, but this is something completely new. With integration and synchronization work done by bonta, connecting your favorite GameCube titles with a Game Boy Advance for multiplayer and other bonus features is now greatly simplified. Dubbed the Integrated GBA, a stripped-down version of mGBA will boot up alongside Dolphin when set to one or more controller ports. These mGBA instances are clock-synced to GameCube emulation for impeccable connection stability. By bringing these two emulators together in one package, GBA connectivity features now work with popular features like savestates, input recordings, and netplay! All of this comes with the added bonus of improved performance and compatibility. If you don’t believe us, check it out yourself!

Introducing the Integrated GBA!

Hotkey Settings

Dolphin has preloaded user-configurable hotkeys only found under Options > Hotkey Settings. This has great use for Hotkey and Tool-Assisted Speedrun users, and it is required for Free Look (if enabled under Utility section in Options > Graphics Settings > «Advanced» tab) and a way to exit Fullscreen.

Choose any device that is connected to your PC in the Device dropdown, and set the buttons and axes to your liking.

• Left click a slot to detect input, then press a button/key or axes on your selected device to save it to that slot.
• Middle click a slot to clear it of inputs.
• Right click a slot to show more input options. See Input Syntax for documentation and examples.

There is no way to map hotkeys on the native controllers.

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Написано

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7 сентября 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

/ Тема на форуме

Many gaming communities over the years have reached out to thank emulator developers for their efforts. Emulators are an important part of many classic game communities and give players access to features like netplay multiplayer, modding, and savestates, while also opening up the doors to enhancements not possible on console. Sometimes it’s simply more convenient to use an emulator that runs on your desktop, tablet, or phone rather than to dig out and hook up the original console every time you want to play one of your favorite games. However, it’s important to state that our relationship with gaming communities is mutual, and without the help of players and fans, there’s no way we could handle maintaining a library of thousands of games.

In this Progress Report, the gaming communities were the direct catalyst to many of the changes. They went on difficult debugging adventures, caught small issues that would be invisible to anyone who wasn’t extremely familiar with the game, and even came up with patches to make games friendlier to emulator enhancements. All of these contributions, even if it’s not code, are appreciated and help make Dolphin what it is today.

So, without further delay, let’s get started with the August Progress Report! Enjoy.

Написано

в

1 августа 2021 г.

/ Часть серии статей Dolphin Progress Report

Emulation is often seen as this suspect gray area of gaming that is tolerated but always on the edge. There’s a lot of negativity and questions around the merit and purpose of emulation. In contrast to that narrative, the overwhelmingly positive reaction to some of the features added the last few months, including heartfelt reactions from users, make all of the challenges and struggles so much easier.

As we drift further from the heyday of the GameCube and Wii, we’ve been seeing a greater impact not only on the past generations of gamers, but the current one. It was heartwarming to see long-time users able to play Four Swords Adventures with their kids or friends across the world. The gratitude we received from users finally able to try previously hard-to-access features in their favorite games was so appreciated. We love these games and consoles the same as you, and we want to make sure that they live on.

Sometimes with all the negativity in emulation, it’s refreshing to have something that makes both the developers and the users happy. And while we’d love to revel in past accomplishments, there’s still so much more work to be done. We graciously thank everyone for their kind words over the past few months, and hope you continue to enjoy using Dolphin Emulator. With that said, it is about time that we get started with the June and July Progress Report.

Написано

в

21 июля 2021 г.

Your eyes are not deceiving you. As of 5.0-14690, Dolphin now has mGBA directly built into it as a new way to handle Game Boy Advance connectivity with GameCube titles. For those who don’t know, mGBA is the most renowned and accurate GBA emulator of this era and has been rapidly improving since its inception. Recently, we wrote about mGBA adding support for our TCP GBA protocol, but this is something completely new. With integration and synchronization work done by bonta, connecting your favorite GameCube titles with a Game Boy Advance for multiplayer and other bonus features is now greatly simplified. Dubbed the Integrated GBA, a stripped-down version of mGBA will boot up alongside Dolphin when set to one or more controller ports. These mGBA instances are clock-synced to GameCube emulation for impeccable connection stability. By bringing these two emulators together in one package, GBA connectivity features now work with popular features like savestates, input recordings, and netplay! All of this comes with the added bonus of improved performance and compatibility. If you don’t believe us, check it out yourself!

Introducing the Integrated GBA!

Frequently Asked Questions

Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package: 32 bit / 64 bit.

Can I use my PS3 wireless controller to play Dolphin?

Yes you can. Install MotioninJoy to make Windows recognize the PS3 controller as a bluetooth device. Now you can use it in Dolphin within the GCPad and Wiimote configuration.

Some games run very slow

Do not expect to get high FPS in all games, Dolphin is still in development and needs a fast CPU (recommended: at least 2 GHz). Try enabling Dual Core to speed it up.

How do I know if my system supports Dolphin?

Your CPU needs to support SSE2, Pixel Shader 2.0 running Windows XP or higher. You can use CPU-Z and GPU-Z to get informations about your system.

What is the difference between x86 and x64?

x86 is 32bit and x64 is 64bit. The x64 version will ONLY run on a 64 bit OS. The 64 bit version of Dolphin has faster emulation speed than the x86 version.

The Gamespeed is too fast

Some games like New Super Mario Bros or Super Smash Brothers Brawl run too fast on modern Systems. There are two ways to slow the Gamespeed down to normal:

• Framelimit Off + Audio Throttle checked
• Framelimit Auto + Audio Throttle unchecked

If that doesn’t help you can also try to enable other settings like «V-Sync» or «16x anisotropy filtering».

How can I play in 720p or 1080p?

If you want to play in 720p go to «Graphics -> Direct3D» and change the Window Size to 1280×720. For 1080p simply choose 1920×1080.

Why is the Wiimote except the Home-Button not working in some Games?

Go to «Config» -> «Gamecube» and set «Port 1» to «Nothing». Now the Wiimote should work fine. Some games like Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 or Sonic Riders Zero Gravity require this.

How to dump a Wii or Gamecube game?

Download Rawdump 2.1 and insert your Game DVD into your DVD Drive. Press «Start Dump». This may take a while. The game will be saved as a .wii or .wod file. After the dump has finished, press «Convert raw to .iso» and you are done. Open the .iso file with Dolphin and have fun.

The following DVD Drives are not supported to dump Wii or Gamecube Games:
SONY DVD RW DW-G120A,
NEC/SONY Optiarc DVD RW AD-7173A,
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A,TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D163B,
TSSTcorpDVD-ROM SH-D163BSB00,
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W162L,
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653B FS01,TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C,
OFOD SHMBO5U381,
Pioneer dvd-rw DR-TD08HB,
ATAPI DVD A DH16AASH SA15,ATAPI DVD A DH20A65 7P56,
ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P 95P9,
LG HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CH08LS10,
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q,HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N,
TSSTcorpCDRWDVD TS-H493BD200,
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22LP20.

Known DVD Drives that are supported:LG 8161B,
LG 8162B,
LG 8163B,
LG 8164B,
LG GH20NS15,
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203A,
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B.

Dolphin Configuration

Dolphin is shipped with default settings for the most optimal performance, you do not usually need to change anything on your first time Dolphin setup.

Enable Dual Core

Provides a significant speedup on modern systems. Recommended on most titles, though may cause issues like crashing or graphic issues on some titles. Refer to this page for a list of titles that require disabling Dual Core.

CPU Emulator Engine

JIT Recompiler is the fastest engine and is recommended on almost all titles. There are a few titles that work better with different emulator engines but unplayably slow.

Audio

DSP HLE is the fastest DSP Emulator Engine. It is very reliable, and only a few titles still have problems with it. See DSP LLE for more details. Cubeb is the faster backend. Recommended on almost all titles.