[UNOFFICIAL] [Howto] Using gameini settings per game

[StripTheSoul]

Ah, so if I change game ini files, they will be saved in the Dolphin global configuration folder?

[ExtremeDude2]

If you edit a game .ini in dolphin it will create a new separate .ini, that it will use to override the old one, in the user folder

[xystus]

(05-21-2014, 07:08 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: If you edit a game .ini in dolphin it will create a new separate .ini, that it will use to override the old one, in the user folder

I don't think that's true. When I edit a .ini file in Dolphin, the settings are savedin the global folder; located in document/dolphin emulator/gamesettings. They are NOT saved in the local folder.

I think this was the case with older versions of Dolphin though (prior to 4.0).

[StripTheSoul]

@xystus: From what I understood it's exactly the opposite: When you edit an ini file, that one will go to the user folder in ...documents\Dolphin Emulator\GameSettings

[xystus]

@stripthesoul (brutal username by the way)
I think we mean the same thing When I edit a game through Dolphin, the ini file is located in ...documents\Dolphin Emulator\GameSettings. Only when using "portable.txt" it saves the ini's in the local folder.

[RachelB]

It will always go in the user folder, which is typically in documents/dolphin emulator but can be anywhere.

[jav26122]

Is there a setting for forcing Dolby pro logic II decoder to true while using OpenAL?

[davyfreeman]

I'm fairly new to this, but do I need to specify all settings in the .ini file, or can I just change (and therefore include in the ini file) certain settings, while leaving the rest on default?

I've tried it that way and, as far as I know, it generally works, but when I change the aspect ratio via .ini file, Dolphin crashes as soon as I try to boot up the game.
I haven't tried a huge amount of other settings though. (I know for sure, graphics backend and widescreen hack don't make the program crash)

[Link_to_the_past]

(07-07-2014, 03:21 AM)davyfreeman Wrote: I'm fairly new to this, but do I need to specify all settings in the .ini file, or can I just change (and therefore include in the ini file) certain settings, while leaving the rest on default?

I've tried it that way and, as far as I know, it generally works, but when I change the aspect ratio via .ini file, Dolphin crashes as soon as I try to boot up the game.
I haven't tried a huge amount of other settings though. (I know for sure, graphics backend and widescreen hack don't make the program crash)

I can't replicate the aspect ratio crash, it works fine here. Copy paste it from the first page to not make mistakes and try again, something like:
[Video_Settings]
AspectRatio = 1

[davyfreeman]

Okay, I really am not sure, what could be the cause of this. Because now I believe to have found out, that it concerns only certain games. For me it happens with Paper Mario and Alien Hominid (both games that use a lot of 2D graphics). And with these games it only happens with OpenGL video backend. Actually I believe now, that I was wrong about the aspect ratio thing and that it rather has something to do with the backend.
I tried other games (Mario Party 4, PSO, Skies of Arcadia), no problems there.

[Core]
GFXBackend = OGL
[Video_Settings]
AspectRatio = 2

This is what I used for Paper Mario, btw. The same lines work with other games, so it can't be because of typos, I guess.