Game Crashes at "Press Start" Screen!

lugia56 · 05-13-2013, 02:31 AM #1

Hello and this is my first post so sorry if I write nooby comments. I have a problem with Dolphin 3.5 on Mac. Originally when i got Dolphin, it worked decently but didn't run games very well. I then fidgeted with the settings until i got what i wanted. I then found out that in Mariokart: Double Dash!! the song wouldn't play after the second lap. So I then downloaded the stuff I needed to and got LLE to work. But the sound wasn't working correctly so I used regular HLE instead. After that I noticed that my games weren't working right. They would boot up and show the Nintendo logo. Then they would show all the other logos like they should. But right before it goes to the "Press Start" screen the game would crash. After that no matter which sound I use the game would keep cutting off the sound 1 second at a time and then working for 1 second in a pattern. I then deleted the files for sound i added and changed the settings back to default and it didn't do anything! Please help!

***Shonumi*** · 05-13-2013, 02:35 AM #2

Post your Dolphin settings, preferably as screenshots. You said you messed with them so that may be the issue. If we could take a lot, we might spot something causing you trouble.

**LordVador** · 05-13-2013, 02:45 AM #3

Also which i5 processor have you got exactly?

lugia56 · (This post was last modified: 05-13-2013, 03:05 AM by lugia56.)

Sorry, it isn't letting me post the screenshots, but i can tell you what is checked.

The framelimit is set to audio and limit by FPS is checked
The CPU Emulator Engine I'm using is JIT Recompiler
Everything is checked on Interface settings and the theme is boomy and the language is system
on audio is is set to DSP HLE and DSP on dedicated thread is checked
The audio backend is CoreAudio
the backend is OpenGL and the aspect ratio is auto
on enhancements scaled EFB Copy, Per-Pixel Lightning, and disable fog is checked
the internal resolution is Auto(window Size), there is no anti aliasing, Anisotropic filtering is at 16x and post-processing effect is off
the EFB access skip from cpu is checked and EFB copies is at ram
the accuracy is all the way on fast and the external frame buffer is on virtual
Cache display lists, opencl texture decoder,and openmp texture decoder are checked
dump EFB target is checked
Sorry for the inconvienence!

I also have an Intel Core i5 Processor at 2.5 GHz

**LordVador** · 05-13-2013, 03:26 AM #5

(05-13-2013, 03:03 AM)lugia56 Wrote: I also have an Intel Core i5 Processor at 2.5 GHz

I wanted to know which model exactly. Look at my sig. Mine are i5 3570k and i5 760

lugia56 · (This post was last modified: 05-13-2013, 03:32 AM by lugia56.)

Update: It has gotten worse. It now won't even start. It immediately crashes. Sad

I can't seem to find any more info on the processor but it is a non-retina macbook pro 2012

lugia56 · 05-13-2013, 04:07 AM #7

Does anyone know what to do?

lugia56 · 05-13-2013, 04:57 AM #8

Here is a screenshot of the message.

***Shonumi*** · 05-13-2013, 05:33 AM #9

Try using the latest revision, it may help you out. Download it here: http://dolphin-emu.org/download/

lugia56 Wrote:Cache display lists ... checked

That's a very good way to get frequent crashes. This option rarely boosts speed for me, and it often crashes Dolphin without warning. Disable it straightaway :p Btw, it's useless to have both OpenCL and OpenMP enabled for texture decoding. Only one will be used (OpenCL) when both are selected, and OpenCL has never (to my knowledge) resulted in a speedup.

lugia56 Wrote:the external frame buffer is on virtual

It shouldn't be on for a vast majority of games. Make sure that the External Frame Buffer is set to "Disabled"

lugia56 Wrote:dump EFB target is checked

This option has been broken for a while. It's useless to keep it on, and it's for debugging/developmental purposes anyway.

Try changing the above while using the latest revision and see if that does anything for you.

lugia56 · (This post was last modified: 05-13-2013, 08:32 AM by lugia56.)

I updated now and it fixed some of the problems. Games that aren't made by nintendo run correctly but all games made by nintendo stop right before the press start screen now. With HLE sound it makes a crackling sound and with LLE the sound keeps turning on and of repeatedly.

Wait, make the comment i made last opposite. Most games run fine but games like The Simpsons Hit and run don't, and that is why I changed the settings originally.