Super Smash Bros. Melee - NETPLAY ISSUE - Weird lag

[sh00ter999]

Hello folks ,
Me and my buddy got ourselfs the latest version of Dolphin Emulator (3.0.872-dirty) and Super Smash Bros. Melee and we wanted to play some with the netplay feature.
Connecting and joining is not a problem. Where the problem kicks in is at one hand the performance of the game ( best case = 80% Speed ) and secondly a very weird kind of lag.
Let me try to explain what I mean : When we play a game its like we both play different matches. He sees what I have done 5 seconds ago (like grabbing an item for example) and at some point he would just suicide for me and I am suiciding for him ( jumping off the cliff in-game ofc ). EVEN the outcome of the round is different for both ( I see myself as winner and he sees himself as the winner)

Are there some tweaks in order to increase performance as you have to turn off dual-core ? We are both on high-end gaming rigs with an extremely good internet connection. Should we use another dolphin version ? This HAS to work better somehow.

[color=#009900]Also : [/color]We had the exact same problem with Super Smash Bros. on a N64 emulator. Other person jumping into death.

We have not let the application scan for a perfect buffer we have just used 20 (saw the '?' button too late)

My Rig :
AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3,8GHz
ATI Radeon HD6870 , 1GB DDR5
8GB DDR3 RAM

[Shonumi]

First, have a look at the Dolphin 3.0 Netplay Guide; follow any steps that you might have missed.

Quote:Where the problem kicks in is at one hand the performance of the game ( best case = 80% Speed )

Ideally, both of you should be getting 100% or close to it in order to avoid the desyncronization (desyncs) that you described.

Quote:Should we use another dolphin version ?

Some people have observed Dolphin 3.0 (the last stable release) to be less prone to desyncs that newer GIT releases like 3.0-872.

[sh00ter999]

(12-08-2012, 03:54 PM)Shonumi Wrote: First, have a look at the Dolphin 3.0 Netplay Guide; follow any steps that you might have missed.

Quote:Where the problem kicks in is at one hand the performance of the game ( best case = 80% Speed )

Ideally, both of you should be getting 100% or close to it in order to avoid the desyncronization (desyncs) that you described.

Quote:Should we use another dolphin version ?

Some people have observed Dolphin 3.0 (the last stable release) to be less prone to desyncs that newer GIT releases like 3.0-872.

Thanks alot I'll have an exact look at it and I will come back with my report. Also getting 3.0

[admin89]

Quote:Are there some tweaks in order to increase performance as you have to turn off dual-core ? We are both on high-end gaming rigs

Not really , i say mid-range gaming rigs
Phenom II CPUs are outdated . Phenom II single thread performance ain't that great , Core 2 duo and Core 2 Quad beat them anyday
If both of you had sandy bridge or ivy bridge CPU (i5 2500k , i5 3570k) , you wouldn't have any lag
Netplay = single core mode
Multi-players = more CPU power (Recommend i5 2500k @ 4.4GHz or i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz for most games)