Can my computer run Dolphin

07-06-2014, 11:27 AM #1

i'm not tech savvy at all so I just need to know if my computer can run these gc iso's or not

i'm trying to play fire emblem but the emulation keeps freezing randomly 15-30 seconds in, pretty much crashing dolphin and I don't know why

any setting recommendations are appreciated

linker357 · 07-06-2014, 12:41 PM #2

If it keeps freezing/crashing you might want to download and run the latest dolphin revision

07-06-2014, 01:04 PM #3

(07-06-2014, 12:41 PM)linker357 Wrote: If it keeps freezing/crashing you might want to download and run the latest dolphin revision

I tried this and it's still doing the same thing

***Shonumi*** · 07-06-2014, 01:29 PM #4

On Windows 8, I think there is an OS issue when running Dolphin. It hasn't been fixed yet as far as I know. There probably is a workaround, but no one has found any solid leads to my knowledge. If you're unwilling or unable to try or use another OS, that leaves you in a tight spot. Perhaps 8.1 doesn't suffer from this, I don't know, but updating Windows might be the best path.

**DJBarry004** · 07-08-2014, 12:38 AM #5

I don´t have that game, but Dolphin doesn´t crash that much on W8.1 ...

**KHg8m3r** · 07-08-2014, 12:51 AM #6

Are you using the Dsound backed? people have been reporting problems with Xaudio2

gabriel21st · 07-08-2014, 05:55 AM #7

XAudio2 has been replaced with OpenAL, no?

kinkinkijkin · 07-08-2014, 05:57 AM #8

(07-08-2014, 05:55 AM)gabriel21st Wrote: XAudio2 has been replaced with OpenAL, no?

No is correct

07-08-2014, 06:45 AM #9

(07-06-2014, 01:29 PM)Shonumi Wrote: On Windows 8, I think there is an OS issue when running Dolphin. It hasn't been fixed yet as far as I know. There probably is a workaround, but no one has found any solid leads to my knowledge. If you're unwilling or unable to try or use another OS, that leaves you in a tight spot. Perhaps 8.1 doesn't suffer from this, I don't know, but updating Windows might be the best path.

As an 8.1 user; no issues here!

OP: Try running Dolphin in compatibility mode.

kinkinkijkin · 07-08-2014, 07:00 AM **#10**

The IS an issue with dolphin in Windows 8/8.1 both. It seems to be tied to which windows update was most recently applied, as far as I've found. Running in compatibility mode will do absolutely nothing to help; fixing the issue is rather confusing and everyone who runs into it ends up fixing it in a different way. The fix I've seen work most often, though, is deleting the shadercache.