I just recently started using dolphin, and I've come across an interesting issue that I can't seem to find anyone else talking about. When I connect multiple wiimotes to Dolphin, games begin to lag horribly. I'm not talking about input lag, but rather actual game lag where the game starts stuttering. It only happens when I press a button on the remote, so if I just let the game sit and don't do anything it runs fine (but obviously that isn't helpful). I even get lag by just having a second wiimote configured in controller settings, even if the second wiimote isn't connected. It's not as bad as when the remote is connected, but I do get occasional lag spikes that go away if I disable the second controller in settings. I've tried changing the backend to see if that would help, but it didn't (I'm currently using Vulkan as I get lag spikes with OpenGL and Direct3D doesn't work at all). As previously stated, I am new to dolphin, so I'm unsure as to what could be causing this. I'd appreciate any help anyone can provide.
Games lag terribly when using multiple wiimotes
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09-21-2020, 04:11 PM
What are your computer specs? It's possible that your computer can't handle too many Bluetooth connections at once, although I find it highly unlikely. Also, what adapter are you using, or simply your built-in Bluetooth?
09-21-2020, 09:33 PM
(09-21-2020, 04:11 PM)Kookies Wrote: What are your computer specs? It's possible that your computer can't handle too many Bluetooth connections at once, although I find it highly unlikely. Also, what adapter are you using, or simply your built-in Bluetooth? Ryzen 7 2700x Radeon RX 590 16GB DDR4 3200 RAM Bluetooth Adapter: https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networki...ter/ub400/ I find it hard to believe that it's too many Bluetooth connections being the issue. But it doesn't seem to just be an issue with the wii remotes. I also get some lag spikes when using multiple xbox controllers to play gamecube games (though not enough to make the game unplayable). However, I can use multiple xbox controllers on other games outside of dolphin without any problems, which leads me to think this is an issue with dolphin. Another thing I forgot to note in my previous post is that I also get some lag spikes if speaker data is enabled for the wii remotes. It also doesn't work, with the speaker just making an occasional buzzing noise. 09-23-2020, 03:27 PM
Definitely disable speaker data if not using passthrough, as it is usually buggy and unusable with an Emulated Adapter.
09-23-2020, 09:54 PM
(09-23-2020, 03:27 PM)Kookies Wrote: Definitely disable speaker data if not using passthrough, as it is usually buggy and unusable with an Emulated Adapter. Yeah, I've left that off since I don't care about having it work that much anyway. It's just frustrating not being able to use multiple controllers, especially since I literally cannot find a single other person who's had the same problem. Maybe I should try changing my version of dolphin? I'm on the latest beta release right now. 09-23-2020, 11:15 PM
Well I seem to have figured out the problem, and I don't know how I didn't think of it before now. I noticed that it seemed less like the game itself was lagging, and more like it was just the audio. If I played the game with sound turned off I didn't even notice anything was wrong. I had been trying to use the Bluetooth soundbar I have for my computer, and I started to wonder if that could be the issue. So I plugged into the speaker with aux instead, and boom. It works great now without any problems. So I just have to use aux instead of Bluetooth with my speaker. I guess the emulated wii adapter doesn't play well with other devices.
Only annoying thing is now I have to swap the aux cord between my computer and my PS2 whenever I want to use my PS2 (I have a PS2 to HDMI + aux adapter I use to run my PS2 on my computer monitor). Before I had been using aux for the PS2 and Bluetooth for the PC, but oh well. I guess I can handle manually moving it around every so often when I want to play PS2. Or just get an aux splitter and an extra aux cord. |
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