I've been playing Skyward Sword on Dolphin for the last couple of months, and since I could'nt make Dolphin 5.0 to run on my pc (due to conflict betwenn x86 and x64 files), I figured out using the 3.0-410 motion plus branch, which works quite well, emulated on my Dualshock-like USB gamepad. Some parts are indeed hard to get through, but nothing that a bit of patience could not settle.
However, even a huge dose of patience would't help when i reached the infamous "draw a circle on the wall" part. So, I started looking for some way to overcome this, when I came across the Dolphin team's article about the official motion plus emulation on 2019.
At the same time, I rushed to download the newest version of dolphin: 5.0-15448, eager to use the new motion plus features and finally be able to draw shapes on the walls (lol). But what was my disappointment to see that the game ran much worse in this version than the one I had been using!
Although the FPS were pretty stable in the default, the game is unplayable in 2x native 1280x1056 resolution (which is what I currently play on 3.0-410), always staying between 10 and 17 fps, in addition to choppy sound.
This happens for all available backend types. Also, in Directx11, there is a loss of textures (missing trees, vegetation and Link's eyballs), which doesn't happen in 3.0-410, which I run with Directx11 at 2x native. Also, there is no DirectX 9 option in this new version, which gave me a good performance also in 3.0-410. It is also not possible to use 1.5x resolution, as in 3.0, only 1x or 2x and above...
Also, on 3.0 motion plus, despite frequent lag spikes - reaching 10-12 fps for almost 5 minutes straight - I can still play at 20 - 25 fps in 720p for most of the time, with no graphical glitches, which for me is perfect given the hardware limitations.
Tried to enable/disable several graphical options, but none helps. Anyway, maybe I could even use the emulated motion plus more effectively, but the fact that I'd have to be stuck in 1x native resolution (which looks horrible on the screen) to be able to play on 5.0-15448, already discourages to continue using it...
Is there still a solution for that, or maybe another version with official emulated motion plus that would work in my case?
Note: My system is 64-bit, and both versions mentioned are x64. Also tried 5.0-15260 (latest Beta), but with same effect as 5.0-15448 (latest dev.)
However, even a huge dose of patience would't help when i reached the infamous "draw a circle on the wall" part. So, I started looking for some way to overcome this, when I came across the Dolphin team's article about the official motion plus emulation on 2019.
At the same time, I rushed to download the newest version of dolphin: 5.0-15448, eager to use the new motion plus features and finally be able to draw shapes on the walls (lol). But what was my disappointment to see that the game ran much worse in this version than the one I had been using!
Although the FPS were pretty stable in the default, the game is unplayable in 2x native 1280x1056 resolution (which is what I currently play on 3.0-410), always staying between 10 and 17 fps, in addition to choppy sound.
This happens for all available backend types. Also, in Directx11, there is a loss of textures (missing trees, vegetation and Link's eyballs), which doesn't happen in 3.0-410, which I run with Directx11 at 2x native. Also, there is no DirectX 9 option in this new version, which gave me a good performance also in 3.0-410. It is also not possible to use 1.5x resolution, as in 3.0, only 1x or 2x and above...
Also, on 3.0 motion plus, despite frequent lag spikes - reaching 10-12 fps for almost 5 minutes straight - I can still play at 20 - 25 fps in 720p for most of the time, with no graphical glitches, which for me is perfect given the hardware limitations.
Tried to enable/disable several graphical options, but none helps. Anyway, maybe I could even use the emulated motion plus more effectively, but the fact that I'd have to be stuck in 1x native resolution (which looks horrible on the screen) to be able to play on 5.0-15448, already discourages to continue using it...
Is there still a solution for that, or maybe another version with official emulated motion plus that would work in my case?
Note: My system is 64-bit, and both versions mentioned are x64. Also tried 5.0-15260 (latest Beta), but with same effect as 5.0-15448 (latest dev.)