Using Dolphin via steamlink

[Mevanski]

Hello, I recently installed dolphin to use with my steam link and figured I would post how it runs so far.

The setup itself was fairly easy. All you really need to do in order to play dolphin games via steam link is to link dolphin to your steam games library. Once you do this you can access dolphin in big picture mode and emulate the game of your choice.

At first I was worried about latency issues but so far I have only experienced very minor stuttering every so often. I am currently using a 360 controller and it perfectly suits my needs. The steam link itself is streaming from my PC using the 5ghz channel on my wireless router. you can also connect the steam link via ethernet but I do not have a cable long enough.

So far the only issue I have is when trying to play multiplayer via steamlink. Player 2 is only able to move the mouse cursor on screen and pause the emulation. I have no idea why as i have not bound any buttons to do this. However, this issue is posted in the controller forums and I only wanted to share my experience using dolphin via steamlink.

TL;DR Using dolphin with the steamlink is pretty amazing with the only issue I have found so far is trying to use multiple controllers.

[Mevanski]

Update: I managed to fix the controller issue I was having. I simply forgot to configure dolphin hot keys along with having the wrong controller assigned to gamecube port 2. Everything works great now. I did notice though that the steam link stutters a little in double dash if a lot of items are used at once especially bomboms and lightning. It will also stutter a bit in SSMB when you have multiple characters on screen. Using an Ethernet might fix this issue but I currently dont have one that will reach my router. The games are still easily playable and look amazing on my flat screen. My roomate and I would always try to play these games on console but it was a grainy mess so we decided to try the steamlink dolphin combo.