[Wii] Skyward Sword - 100% emulation speed drop to ~70% after an hour of play.

[Snipsnaplol]

Hi guys, I'm currently playing Skyward Sword and initially I get absolutely perfect performance that doesn't waver from 30FPS 100% speed, but after around an hour of gameplay it begins to drop lower and lower and eventually settles around 24-26FPS.

If I close Dolphin and start it again, it immediately goes back to 100% speed but the cycle continues after another hour or so of playing.

My CPU temp doesn't get higher than 55 Celcius but I know that isn't the issue because restarting the emulation at the same temp makes the game run perfectly fine again.

I'm currently using r7719 as I heard it was the best, settings are:
Configure:
Enable Dual Core
Enable Idle Skipping
Famelimit: Auto
JIT Recompiler

Graphics:
Direct3D9
Scaled EFB Copy
External Frame Buffer - Disable
Fast Mipmaps
Disable Per-Pixel Depth

Is this just something you guys need to live with or is this a solved problem? I've looked and looked but I haven't found anything concerning this topic which makes me feel as though it is only on my end.

Thanks a lot, I really love this game and much prefer it over playing on my Wii.

[admin89]

Overclock your i5 3570k to 4.2GHz and use latest Dolphin
Honestly , i think i5 3570k stock speed is fast enough for Zelda SS though...
Or Right-click the game -> Properties -> Tick "Enable Vbeam" -> Speed boost

[Snipsnaplol]

(12-13-2012, 10:07 AM)admin89 Wrote: Overclock your i5 3570k to 4.2GHz and use latest Dolphin
Honestly , i think i5 3570k stock speed is fast enough for Zelda SS though...
Or Right-click the game -> Properties -> Tick "Enable Vbeam" -> Speed boost

EDIT: Tried it, didn't change anything. The problem isn't that it wont run well, it's that it stops running well after playing for a while.

Hey, thanks for the response.

See, I thought about overclocking it but that still wouldn't make sense to me because I achieve 100% speed for an hour and then it drops off after that so I don't think it's a hardware issue, more like a software issue.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try them and see what happens.

[Zee530]

Does the speed drop when traversing exactly the same area? cause some places maybe heavier than others.

[naaros]

Sorry to bump this thread, but instead of making a new one with almost the exact same message, I thought I'd just... well, bump this one! xD

I'm having exactly the same issue as the OP. The game starts off perfectly fine, 100%, 30FPS, no drops. After about an hour of play, the game starts getting all janky/sluggish (Link's running animation starts skipping a few frames, etc). I close Dolphin, restart it ASAP, problem is solved and it runs fine for the next hour.

Any idea what is causing this? :3 I'd appreciate any help! I have an i5 3570k overclocked to 4.0GHz, and my temps are less than 50-55C during the game, so temps are not a problem~

Oh and it doesn't matter what area I am in, it happens regardless. Not sure if the OP ever found the problem or whatever. Again, sorry for the bump~

[Zee530]

Give us a screenshot of all your settings and state what version you're using.