Savestates & Emulated Wiimote

[Andys]

Every time I load savestate I have ~90% probability that controls would be dead. They could stop responding immediately after load or after a few seconds, sometimes a full minute later, right when I am chopping monsters...
Is that a problem with the particular game or with emulated wiimote plugin?

Game: Rune Factory Frontier (requires additional classic controller which I don't have and would like to avoid buying)
System: Win7x64, Dolphin r6257 32bit

If I find a decent computer at work, I'm gonna try running it on XP, maybe that'll work.

Update after few tests:
Not 90%, but rather 95 and even 100% after some "critical" savestate.
Another one - when plugin already doesn't respond and I save/load state, it occasionally starts working for a 5-10 seconds and then returns to non-responsive state

Update2:
Tested on XP machine, problem is the same.
Can anyone who played Rune Factory Frontier test if savestates can be loaded properly with real wii controller?
I can find some cash for classic controller if using real wii remote would help. I don't care if I'll need to reconnect it after every load as long as it will work without glitches later.

[skid]

Please test if r6261 has fixed this problem and report back here.

[Andys]

I tested on 6262 as it was the HEAD at the moment, the problem's still there.
Another sympthom - when the controller is working and I turn off extension (change 'classic' to none) on the fly, the game immediately bitches about that.
When control isn't working - the game doesn't notice that change.
I really tried a lot of thing I could think of except of running the linux version... probably will try that next week at work.
Well, if it's too hard to fix at the moment - I can live without it. Since I didn't find any recent posts about same problem I guess that could be related to specific game. Maybe I'll rent some others to try it.
Or even buy that damn extension and play it on console. I can live without "instant saves" and 120fps speedup.

[Billiard26]

Do you experience the extension switch problem with the "Wiimote New" plugin, or just the old wiimote plugin?

[Andys]

This behavior is the same for both of them. That's not the 'problem' I described, that's just an additional info that shows that emulator can't even get controller config from wiimote plugin in these situations.
Today I tried
- running debug version and comparing logs. Couldn't notice any substantial differences in working/not_working situations.
- changing keyboard from usb to standard ps/2. didn't help either

[skid]

ok, star this issue for updates to this problem:

http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/iss...il?id=2484

[Andys]

Thanks, already did that even before the post, later decided to ask in support since the main problem description included real controller and I used emulated one. Thought someone who owns the game could check the same problem with real wii remote.
I'll just sit and play usually without states... maybe use all 8 slots at once if I desperately need that save in some situations.