Games which hang / freeze / crash / don't boot at all

[ExtremeDude2]

(11-20-2020, 08:39 AM)fukkatsu Wrote: Summoner: A goddess reborn (GC) freezes during most transitions to a new area as well as crossing some specific areas in the game (munari city university district going down the bridge near Osoke the guinea pig; coming into the wheel of the perduellion from any direction or leaving the wheel down any stream of light).

Phantasy star online episode 3 (GC) doesn't freeze anymore on startup unless you count the known calendar issue in which case phantasy star episodes 1 and 2 plus (GC) should be added to the list as well.

Used 5.0 to play both games.

Have you tried both 5.0 and the latest beta/dev version?

[fukkatsu]

(11-20-2020, 09:53 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: Have you tried both 5.0 and the latest beta/dev version?

For summoner yes: 5.0 and 5.0 - 12716. One of the problems on the wiki backs this up but doesn't capture the full scope of the problem (likely because people don't play past that point on 5.0 often) and the workaround didn't work for me at either 47Hz or 30Hz.
From wiki: "[color=#000000]Cutscenes[/color]

[color=#222222]The game randomly freezes in cutscenes like the Palace of Halassar or Entres of Sepulchre. Reducing the CPU clock to 10% (47Hz) seemed to resolve the issue. Save before cutscenes and reduce the CPU clock. It's very inconvenient but the only way to play with this problem. Alternately use a much earlier build of Dolphin; [color=purple]r7670[/color] works flawlessly, no lagging or crashes."[/color]

As the wiki says the game does run well on r7670 though that is a no longer supported version of dolphin and I haven't finished my playthrough yet. I'll probably ask permission to update the wiki with a couple things when I do finish.

[StripTheSoul]

So, I haven't taken care of this thread for quite a while. I have now checked the wikis of all the games which were still on the list and removed those that have been reported as fixed over the time. Now, there's really just a hand full of games left. (not saying there aren't any more that crash or don't boot on Dolphin, but all the ones that have been reported here... still, pretty impressive!)

@ fukkatsu: Alright, I've added Summoner: A Goddess Reborn to the list.

[StripTheSoul]

Added:

- Heavy Fire: Special Operations (WiiWare)
(freezes with black screen after wiimote screen)

Please tell if anyone gets it working.

[NotMarie]

New to this whole thing so I hope I don't mess something up somehow, but Paper Mario: TTYD keeps on freezing/softlocking during the cutscene where you leave Professor Frankly's house after showing him the map in Rogueport, and I have no idea how to fix it. I tried messing with my graphics settings and adjusting them but nothing worked. I really am at a loss of what to do, so it would be nice if someone could help me :>


Also not sure if this has already been brought up as a problem yet, and I'm not reading through like what, 166 pages of forum posts? So, hope this isn't a repeat question, and if it is, then I'm sorry ;w;

[KHg8m3r]

Update to the most recent dev build of Dolphin. There have been a lot of bounding box fixes recently (which Paper Mario uses a lot) https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2021/06/06/dolphin-progress-report-april-and-may-2021/#50-14316-bounding-box-account-for-pixel-quads-better-by-techjar

[LPA]

Two things:

I was able to play Pandora's Tomorrow a few weeks ago with no bootup issues and without enabling some of the settings mentioned.

I can't play Chaos Theory currently because it requires JITIL which has apparently been removed. What do I do?

[LPA]

(07-31-2021, 11:59 AM)LPA Wrote: Two things:

I was able to play Pandora's Tomorrow a few weeks ago with no bootup issues and without enabling some of the settings mentioned.

I can't play Chaos Theory currently because it requires JITIL which has apparently been removed. What do I do?

Oh, got it. Right click the game > Properties > Turn off "Synchronize GPU Thread" and then Enable Dual Core and try booting. Really hope this game can be fixed to boot without that, as I'd like to TAS this game.

[graveweather]

Spongebob Squarepants Movie Game, Specifically the Second level of the game, "I'm Ready Depression" at the immediate start of the level after the cutscene

[Depesh88]

Anima Ark of Sinners dos't start until you don't click chekbox Pal60 (EURGB60).