Windwaker Black Screen

07-13-2009, 12:42 PM #1

Just after Link's little sister gets kidnapped the screen goes dark as if to load a cut scene or alike - however nothing happens hence. Stays black. My system can handle it just fine and I'm not sure whether it's the image or Dolphin that's the cause. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and I'll get any information needed to the best of my ability. To be clear dolphin does not crash, my computer doesn't spike in cpu performance, just nothing happens. Thanks

manaurys · 07-13-2009, 01:45 PM #2

try build 3774 here it http://cid-ec92aae47a89073b.skydrive.liv...n-r3774.7z

07-13-2009, 09:26 PM #3

Your link's dead - and I was already using 3774, however 3777 has been compiled and I'll try that.

No luck - exactly the same again. The iso is the pal version - are there any known compatibility issues with pal and dolphin?

dyoo · 07-14-2009, 12:52 AM #4

There is no special issue with PAL version except for choppy sounds, but we have to say that dolphin isn't "perfectly" stable.
Dolphin is moody these days Tongue

rayhansen · 07-14-2009, 10:36 AM #5

(07-13-2009, 12:42 PM)Craggles Wrote: Just after Link's little sister gets kidnapped the screen goes dark as if to load a cut scene or alike - however nothing happens hence. Stays black. My system can handle it just fine and I'm not sure whether it's the image or Dolphin that's the cause. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and I'll get any information needed to the best of my ability. To be clear dolphin does not crash, my computer doesn't spike in cpu performance, just nothing happens. Thanks

All you have to do is to save the game to the memory card, then restart it with "item hang fix" checked, and continue playing you'll have no sound though

07-14-2009, 11:15 AM #6

Where would I find the item hang fix check box please

Thanks ever so much the item hack fixed it.

**Xtreme2damax** · (This post was last modified: 07-14-2009, 03:30 PM by Xtreme2damax.)

This is fixed in the latest revisions..

07-14-2009, 08:06 PM #8

Evidently it isn't considering my desperately clawing at the latest revision for a fix.I used the item hang to get past that cutscene and now I'm using the basic build for the rest of the game.

**Xtreme2damax** · 07-15-2009, 02:24 AM #9

That's strange considering I've let it sit on the title screen intro last night, go through the secondary intro and was still able to get ingame without any hangs. I also played for several hours last night, got the iron boots as well as the power bracelet for the earth and wind temples, did some other minor stuff including scrounging for treasure, sea charts, or other goodies all without any black screen or hangs.

I usually use the 64-bit builds of Dolphin that I compile myself, from my testing there are some bugs that exist on the 32-bit builds which don't exist on the 64-bit builds.

04-18-2010, 09:33 AM **#10**

I think i have the same problem, just that it only bugs at this one cutscene, right after you've talked to the "King of Red Lions" boat for the first time, and youre about to go buy him a sail, the screen fades black and the sound fades, but then it just stays like that and nothing happens ._. then when i exit the game, it says the process isn't answering and i have to force quit it... I noticed this before i discovered State saving, so i ran through the forsaken fortress a second time, only to find the bug still being there, so i then found out i could save the state before it happens, and so i tried all the things mentioned above, like turning on the item hang fix, and ticcing the HLE plugin off and on, and stopping the game and then resuming it etc. and i'm using the latest Dolphin SVN r 4771... please help D: