Is your profile up to date? If so, you really should update from Dolphin 3.5 to the newest development version.
These problems are likely caused by shader compilation. There's currently no fix other than playing the game for a while to build up the shader cache. Every time you get to an area or a graphics effect that makes the game stutter, it caches shaders so that it won't make the game stutter the next time. However, if you're using an old version of Dolphin, updating can improve the performance in general.
(12-05-2015, 08:03 AM)Dolemub42 Wrote: 2) I notice that the game is prone to suttering. This is almost but not entirely eliminated by playing from a solid-state drive. Is there some other way to help this?
3) FPS is super smooth almost always, but sometimes when initially entering a stage of level it slows way down temporarily. Is there a fix?
These problems are likely caused by shader compilation. There's currently no fix other than playing the game for a while to build up the shader cache. Every time you get to an area or a graphics effect that makes the game stutter, it caches shaders so that it won't make the game stutter the next time. However, if you're using an old version of Dolphin, updating can improve the performance in general.