Software Renderer Artifacts in Mario Sunshine

jimbo1qaz · 07-01-2014, 04:46 AM #1

On Software Renderer, Dolphin 4.0-1983, with "Bypass XFB" unchecked, Super Mario Sunshine, white pixels (and some others) appear to be corrupted, causing bright colors to appear instead. I don't think anyone cares about Software Renderer though. This does not happen with "Bypass XFB" checked.

Also, the water emulation is really messed up, resulting in a checkerboard pattern.

Nobody uses software renderer, does it even matter?

**AnyOldName3** · 07-01-2014, 06:09 AM #2

Theoretically, software renderer is supposed to be perfect so that devs can test issues in CPU/DSP emulation without errors introduced elsewhere, so for a lot of devs it's the most important backend.

**Anti-Ultimate** · 07-01-2014, 06:23 AM #3

https://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/issues/list

jimbo1qaz · (This post was last modified: 07-01-2014, 06:31 AM by jimbo1qaz.)

It took ten minutes of pure frustration to even go over there, including one failed minute-long hover.
so i should report? any confirmations?
not 1529, will bsearch

**neobrain** · 07-01-2014, 06:46 AM #5

yes.

**Anti-Ultimate** · 07-01-2014, 06:47 AM #6

So Mods/Devs can bypass the 5char limit?

jimbo1qaz · (This post was last modified: 07-01-2014, 07:37 AM by jimbo1qaz.)

Is it normal for xfb to cause minor color fringing? (not the same as color corruption when a color channel is maxed out)
Water corruption: present in 4.0.2 (not reported yet)
XFB corruption: started in 4.0-1759 (8fc83d8ffca75f86c144a7798ebf0661a1eb68ef) (std min max) https://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/issues/detail?id=7439