(11-19-2015, 05:06 PM)thegamingguy Wrote: Hey everyone. I've spent the past 2 days trying to get Wind Waker to run on my laptop. I even defragged my harddrive, etc. It isn't the highest end, but I figured it would be worth a shot, as the specs are still good.
Specs:
Processor:MD Athlon(fm) II P340 Dual-Core Processor
Ram:3 gigs
Graphics Card/Adapter: AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
After very much tinkering, I'm at 30~ fps. One of the biggest changes to the framerate was setting the frameskipping to 2. At this point, the game manages to run at very close to full speed. It's definitely playable, but there is a slight lag very often. The most noticeable part of the problem aside from the slight framerate decrease is the sound, which somewhat dithers/cuts in and out, and sounds somewhat like warpy staticky. I'm 100% sure it can run faster on my laptop, it just needs a slight boost. A graphic setting, sound setting/plugin, etc, which I'm missing.
I'm not a computer expert, but when the game loads there are prompts in the corner which explain certain graphic enhancement features run by the emulator, are being overriden by the game itself. I also managed to find various sources which explain you can change the settings within the text document from "False" to "True", however, the contents within the text document on the newest version of Dolphin is different than the guides I could find. I'm sure this is still possible, but because it's a new version of the emulator and things have been improved on, the *method* to change these settings it is now different.
If anyone can lend a hand, I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Thought I would update.
After a bit of tinkering, it runs okay. It doesn't run at 100% speed, around 70%, but the game is playable. Other games work smoother for me than others. It depends on the games graphical demand, but it's still pretty cool. Could be better, could be worse.
If anyone is having major troubles with emulation - it sometimes just takes some patience. Even with a PC which isn't "top of the line", you can still get things to run at a reasonable rate.