[SOLVED] Random flickering issue

JR_44 · (This post was last modified: 08-10-2014, 01:24 PM by JR_44.)

I was playing paper mario TTYD yesterday and during my play through the power cut off. Once power was restored, I turned on my PC and attempted to play again. The game begins to flicker and the FPS drops once the game is started and its very unplayable. I recorded the flickering with my phone: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85785229/dolphin-emu/VID_20140807_0912.mp4 and the quality sucks but the flickering is noticable. It only happens in this game and not on super mario sunshine or tales of symphonia.
Things I did:
Removed and reinstalled GPU drivers
Tried latest dolphin build
Tried latest dolphin stable build
Deleted the dolphin emulator folder and generated a new one
Re-dumped the game via cleanrip

I tried playing on my brothers laptop and there was no flickering. What could be the cause?

EDIT: Build 4.0-2488 fixes the stuttering for me

**DJBarry004** · 08-08-2014, 02:38 AM #2

It didn´t drop FPS on your brother´s PC probably because his CPU is stronger and faster than yours. But settings could also be a detemining point.

Post the settings you used when the game started to flicker.

JR_44 · 08-08-2014, 04:02 AM #3

(08-08-2014, 02:38 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: It didn´t drop FPS on your brother´s PC probably because his CPU is stronger and faster than yours. But settings could also be a detemining point.

Post the settings you used when the game started to flicker.

The settings didn't matter as using a clean install of dolphin triggered the flickering too. Never happened to me before and the only settings I used were EFB to RAM and internal resolution was window size on Direct3D (latest build)

**DJBarry004** · 08-08-2014, 04:24 AM #4

4.0.2 isn´t latest build. 4.0-2474 is.

jimbo1qaz · 08-08-2014, 04:47 AM #5

Dolphin stores its settings in "My Documents\Dolphin Emulator", reinstalling is NOT going to reset your settings. Rename that folder to "Dolphin Emulator.old", reopen Dolphin and see what happens.

JR_44 · 08-08-2014, 06:43 AM #6

(08-08-2014, 04:47 AM)jimbo1qaz Wrote: Dolphin stores its settings in "My Documents\Dolphin Emulator", reinstalling is NOT going to reset your settings. Rename that folder to "Dolphin Emulator.old", reopen Dolphin and see what happens.

Yeah I did that already @jimbo I know I tried stable and the latest and still flickering.