Paper Mario TTYD boat crash right before prologue

[RagSagInTheBag]

Okay, ive been trying for days trying to figure out how to get Paper Mario TTYD on this Dolphin Emulator 5.0-7507. I keep updating to the latest version just to see if something happened to get fix and nothing has yet. I tried taking dual core mode off and other things. Im also using a samsung galaxy s8 for dolphin. I just really want to play this game but all what happens is I can watch the beginning but then as the boat leaves, the screen turns white and then dolphin crashes, please help!

[JosJuice]

Try this: In /dolphin-emu/Config/GFX.ini, place this line in the [Hacks] section:
BBoxPreferStencilImplementation = True

If that doesn't help, it's probably impossible for you to run that game on your phone. I don't have high hopes that it's going to help, but it's worth a try.

[RagSagInTheBag]

(05-16-2018, 01:51 AM)JosJuice Wrote: Try this: In /dolphin-emu/Config/GFX.ini, place this line in the [Hacks] section:
BBoxPreferStencilImplementation = True

If that doesn't help, it's probably impossible for you to run that game on your phone. I don't have high hopes that it's going to help, but it's worth a try.

Honestly how do i find /dolphin-emu/Config/GFX.ini and how do i access it, im not used to these things

[JosJuice]

You need to have a file manager app on your phone (I use one called FX, for instance). In it, there should be something called something like Main Storage or SD Card that contains a folder called dolphin-emu. In that dolphin-emu folder, open the Config folder, and there should be a file called GFX.ini there. Open that file (hopefully your file manager makes this straightforward) and make the change I described. If there isn't already a line that says [Hacks], add a line that says [Hacks] at the end. Then (regardless of whether the [Hacks] line was there to begin with) put the line BBoxPreferStencilImplementation = True below the [Hacks] line.

[RagSagInTheBag]

(05-16-2018, 02:07 AM)JosJuice Wrote: You need to have a file manager app on your phone (I use one called FX, for instance). In it, there should be something called something like Main Storage or SD Card that contains a folder called dolphin-emu. In that dolphin-emu folder, open the Config folder, and there should be a file called Dolphin.ini there. Open that file (hopefully your file manager makes this straightforward) and make the change I described. If there isn't already a line that says [Hacks], add a line that says [Hacks] at the end. Then (regardless of whether the [Hacks] line was there to begin with) put the line BBoxPreferStencilImplementation = True below the [Hacks] line.

Did i do this correctly?

[JosJuice]

It seems correct. (There isn't another line saying [Hacks] further up in the file, right? If there isn't one, it's correct, but if there is one, I don't know.)

[RagSagInTheBag]

(05-16-2018, 02:28 AM)JosJuice Wrote: It seems correct. (There isn't another line saying [Hacks] further up in the file, right? If there isn't one, it's correct, but if there is one, I don't know.)

Well i guess I just cant play it :/

[JosJuice]

Yeah, that's the state of graphics drivers on Android right now, unfortunately.

[RagSagInTheBag]

(05-16-2018, 02:47 AM)JosJuice Wrote: Yeah, that's the state of graphics drivers on Android right now, unfortunately.

How come it plays the very beginning of the game tho, what is occurring that makes it just crash? What was that code that you gave me supposed to do?

[JosJuice]

(05-16-2018, 02:49 AM)RagSagInTheBag Wrote: what is occurring that makes it just crash?

The game is relying on the bounding box functionality of the GameCube GPU.

(05-16-2018, 02:49 AM)RagSagInTheBag Wrote: What was that code that you gave me supposed to do?

Dolphin has two implementations of bounding box: One that's fast but only works on certain GPUs, and one that's less fast but works on all hardware (as long as you're using the OpenGL backend). Dolphin normally automatically selects the best one for your hardware, but I've heard of cases where people who are using Android phones had Dolphin detect that the fast implementation would work even though it didn't. (Yet another driver problem...) The line I gave you forces Dolphin to use the slower but more compatible implementation.