Hello, first-time poster big-time fan. Thank you so much to the entire Dolphin team for being so passionate about this project. The latest 32-bit version of Dolphin is pretty good. It runs most games exceptionally, except my favorite Mario sports, Mario RPG, and any of the Zelda's.....
I've seen the very nasty thread here: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/iss...il?id=4300
Yes, it is very nasty no matter how big your sexy brains are.
I use XP x64. I love Zelda and Paper Mario. The FPS on the latter swings radically from anywhere between 45-55 FPS and never seems to quite stabilize long enough to get used to it. Wind Waker decided it would be a real buzzkill by crawling at grampa speeds of nearly %25 that.
This is under the most recent Dolphin builds optimized for 32-bit systems on Windows 7 or newer with DX10+. While I can definitely appreciate the savvy nature of staying up to date, seems sort of opinionated and judgmental given how easy this fix appears from such a layman as myself. I program casual flash games, but that's got nothing on this.
I did try to learn to build my own version of Dolphin with the appropriate flags disabled ("USE_SRWLOCKS" and "USE_CONDITION_VARIABLES"), which I understand are the only reason I can't use the full power of my computer. It's the only disc I got, I can't afford an expensive new OS. Jesus man, I can't even afford a CD-RW drive. I have a CD-R. i scrimped and saved, worked like a dog to build this so i could dream on. only to find that after that, i'm still at the bottom.
You may consider me handicapped. Just because two people in wheelchairs can't get up the stairs, does that mean no ramp should be built? And frankly, if this only a matter of two booleans being toggled....how long can that possibly take to put together by such smart and well-meaning folks? more than half an hour?
I have spent many, many, many hours trying to do this myself. My system won't run VC2010, I don't understand the workarounds which want to stick their fingers into my computer-pie, and the old 64-bit builds appear to have been removed. Why? Did it turn out they were they filled with viruses? Or are people really just not to be trusted like that? I don't understand why that was needed. Obviously neither of those statements are very nice, but I really think that's just over the top with the XP h8rade.
I may sound angry and ungrateful, and perhaps I am the former, but when most of my favorite games can't be played and then I get an incredible experience from any PS2 game (boooring), or even one of those crappy old Xbox titles...it seems really unfair.
I've really tried to fix this myself, and I can't. It's really heart-breaking for me to see that the solution is very clear, very simple, and indefinitely out of reach. But not for you! You with the skills, and maybe half an hour. Please? Won't you disable these flags for me? I don't know how long it takes to compile and spit back a .zip folder in order to bring pure joy to my heart and those of countless people who just "gave up".
I'm not trying to argue ethical software and whine a lot, I'm just trying to play my favorite characters of all time and join them on their greatest adventures. Maybe I'm way off base, and totally lame for not just enjoying the three games i like that work.
if noone ever helps me, then i am still glad to know there are many people doing there best to preserve this stuff. It's important. But then....you gotta ask yourself...for who? The wealthy and elite with top of the line everything and the master knowledge of exactly what they need? I thought we all at least agreed we hated those guys! Discs don't last forever, and I don't know about you guys but I'd like to share this stuff with my children. Get them off the "call of duty".
I've seen the very nasty thread here: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/iss...il?id=4300
Yes, it is very nasty no matter how big your sexy brains are.
I use XP x64. I love Zelda and Paper Mario. The FPS on the latter swings radically from anywhere between 45-55 FPS and never seems to quite stabilize long enough to get used to it. Wind Waker decided it would be a real buzzkill by crawling at grampa speeds of nearly %25 that.
This is under the most recent Dolphin builds optimized for 32-bit systems on Windows 7 or newer with DX10+. While I can definitely appreciate the savvy nature of staying up to date, seems sort of opinionated and judgmental given how easy this fix appears from such a layman as myself. I program casual flash games, but that's got nothing on this.
I did try to learn to build my own version of Dolphin with the appropriate flags disabled ("USE_SRWLOCKS" and "USE_CONDITION_VARIABLES"), which I understand are the only reason I can't use the full power of my computer. It's the only disc I got, I can't afford an expensive new OS. Jesus man, I can't even afford a CD-RW drive. I have a CD-R. i scrimped and saved, worked like a dog to build this so i could dream on. only to find that after that, i'm still at the bottom.
You may consider me handicapped. Just because two people in wheelchairs can't get up the stairs, does that mean no ramp should be built? And frankly, if this only a matter of two booleans being toggled....how long can that possibly take to put together by such smart and well-meaning folks? more than half an hour?
I have spent many, many, many hours trying to do this myself. My system won't run VC2010, I don't understand the workarounds which want to stick their fingers into my computer-pie, and the old 64-bit builds appear to have been removed. Why? Did it turn out they were they filled with viruses? Or are people really just not to be trusted like that? I don't understand why that was needed. Obviously neither of those statements are very nice, but I really think that's just over the top with the XP h8rade.
I may sound angry and ungrateful, and perhaps I am the former, but when most of my favorite games can't be played and then I get an incredible experience from any PS2 game (boooring), or even one of those crappy old Xbox titles...it seems really unfair.
I've really tried to fix this myself, and I can't. It's really heart-breaking for me to see that the solution is very clear, very simple, and indefinitely out of reach. But not for you! You with the skills, and maybe half an hour. Please? Won't you disable these flags for me? I don't know how long it takes to compile and spit back a .zip folder in order to bring pure joy to my heart and those of countless people who just "gave up".
I'm not trying to argue ethical software and whine a lot, I'm just trying to play my favorite characters of all time and join them on their greatest adventures. Maybe I'm way off base, and totally lame for not just enjoying the three games i like that work.
if noone ever helps me, then i am still glad to know there are many people doing there best to preserve this stuff. It's important. But then....you gotta ask yourself...for who? The wealthy and elite with top of the line everything and the master knowledge of exactly what they need? I thought we all at least agreed we hated those guys! Discs don't last forever, and I don't know about you guys but I'd like to share this stuff with my children. Get them off the "call of duty".