[GC] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

[ExtremeDude2]

(11-09-2020, 05:29 AM)Skazz Wrote: Hiya folks! I'm playing the Wind Waker with my kid. Game's been running great so far (microstutter went away when we switched to OpenGL). Everything was going fine until we left Windfall Island and reached Cat's Paw, the one with the cave full of Chus hidden under the blue and white dome. We went down into the cave, and BOOM! Horrible slowdown because of the little "fireflies" hiding in the grass.

This stirred a memory. I played the game on an earlier version of Dolphin on this same machine years ago, ran into the same issue, found a simple fix, and finished the game without issue. I just can't remember what the fix was, or find it online.
Does anyone know what setting to tweak? (You can get my specs from my user profile, right?)

Are you using the latest beta version of dolphin?

[Skazz]

(11-09-2020, 09:17 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: Are you using the latest beta version of dolphin?

No, the latest stable one.

Good news though, I discovered last night that the problem doesn't show up when I use Direct3D 12. Which made me remember vaguely that on my last playthrough, I had to pick between screen tearing and firefly slowdown. So the "fix" I mentioned was probably switching from OpenGL with VSync on to D3D9 with VSync off (to prevent microstutter). 
Fortunately, using D3D12, there's no slowdown with fireflies on screen, and VSync works fine without causing stutter.  

[KHg8m3r]

You should try the latest dev or beta build, it's faster and has more bug fixes than 5.0 stable (which is like 4 years old now), and may fix this problem for you

[DrShambolic]

Is there a reliable way to play LoZ:WW at 30fps+ ?

[windwaker01990]

I'm having issues with actually playing wind weaker. It is all working fine and shows the start menu but I cannot play it at all. I want to use my MacBook Pro keyboard and have the controls for the standard controller. I have no idea what exact "device" I'm supposed to have on it. Is it not possible to play with the keyboard I have? I've been searching for hours how to do this and I cannot find a single video or forum that will give me a step by step guide or any directions to configure the controls.

[JosJuice]

(12-05-2020, 05:28 AM)windwaker01990 Wrote: I'm having issues with actually playing wind weaker. It is all working fine and shows the start menu but I cannot play it at all. I want to use my MacBook Pro keyboard and have the controls for the standard controller. I have no idea what exact "device" I'm supposed to have on it. Is it not possible to play with the keyboard I have? I've been searching for hours how to do this and I cannot find a single video or forum that will give me a step by step guide or any directions to configure the controls.

Please update to a beta or development version of Dolphin. Keyboard support for macOS was somewhat broken in Dolphin 5.0 stable.

[bozack]

I just started playing Wind Waker, and I'm stuck early on in the Forsaken Fortress.

When I get to the place where I need to sidle, the controller hint in the top right corner says "Sidle", but when I press and hold the button Link turns 180 degrees. I've tried all sorts of combinations of standing completely still while attempting to sidle, walking towards the wall, pressing quickly, holding, but everything results in a 180 turn.

I've tried it in Windows and macOS (Vulkan backend), both with the Switch Pro Controller and the keyboard. I've tried Dolphin versions 5.0-13178 (latest) and 5.0-11824 (random one chosen from 8 months ago). The Windows configuration is stock, and the macOS configuration is stock other than using 2x Native resolution.

Is there anything you can think of that I should try?

[EDIT] Nevermind, it wasn't a Dolphin problem, but a me problem. I have successfully sidled.

[biggoron]

Sup, everybody.
Redmi note 8t 4gb ram
Snap 665
Adreno610
Dolphin mmjr 5.0 (9494)

Wind waker works great at 30fps, but when I'm trying to enable cheats, game fps drops to 8-10fps.
Earlier I've fixed this problem, but can't remember how and can't remember version of emulator. Can you help me?

[JosJuice]

(01-29-2021, 05:11 PM)biggoron Wrote: Sup, everybody.
Redmi note 8t 4gb ram
Snap 665
Adreno610
Dolphin mmjr 5.0 (9494)

Wind waker works great at 30fps, but when I'm trying to enable cheats, game fps drops to 8-10fps.
Earlier I've fixed this problem, but can't remember how and can't remember version of emulator. Can you help me?

We can't help you with forks like MMJR. Does the problem happen if you use a version of Dolphin from the Play Store or https://dolphin-emu.org/download/?

[biggoron]

(01-29-2021, 06:48 PM)JosJuice Wrote: We can't help you with forks like MMJR. Does the problem happen if you use a version of Dolphin from the Play Store or https://dolphin-emu.org/download/?

It happens every time in every emulator build, even official.