Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Ever since the fps counter reacts to the watch-dog config in Brawl, i could use it as evidence of this improvement. The revision i'm using right now for this experiment is 3851.

Applying a patch i made (pure copypasta and edit from the framelimiter), I added a config for FAKE_GP_WATCHDOG_VALUE divider, which is by default (without patch), 60.

I tested Super Smash Bros Brawl setting the watchdog config to 15 and compared it with 60.

How it looks:
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The results.
Watchdog divider set to 60 (default for unpatched)
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Now set to 15
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The patch is zipped in the attachments.
Also, the watchdog config might require a Dolphin restart in order to take effect.

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Just making a quick list with the recommended values for some games.
Super Smash Bros Brawl (PAL)- 15
Super Mario Galaxy - 60
Mario Kart Wii - 10?
Nights: Journey of Dreams - 15
Zelda: Twilight Princess [Wii-GC] - 60?
Tatsunoko vs Capcom - 10?

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Now with a few videos from our betatesters.
Thanks jedikevin20 for these.
Mario Kart Wii (WD = 10)
Tatsunoko vs Capcom (WD = 10)

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Notes
Watchdog is set by default to 60.
Watchdog config now applies during gameplay, be careful though, there is a slight chance of hanging the emulator due to reckless changes.

Why not just use an older build?

I could have done the same, but I'm not just using Dolphin for playing.

(07-20-2009, 05:21 AM)CacoFFF Wrote: [ -> ]I could have done the same, but I'm not just using Dolphin for playing.

... What else do you do with dolphin lol

where must i copy this

ok, so where could i find the rev 3851 please, and have i to put the watchdog to 15 or to 60 please ^^ (and where have i to put the file too ) ?

thank you

You have to apply the patch into Dolphin's source code then compile, unless some kind user with a connection 5 times as fast as mine uploads a modified rev.
I'll see what I can do later.

Sounds good to me. Good to see someone tinkering with the watchdog again. Hope this goes well and someone picks up and goes with it.

it would be nice if this was in dolphin's sources. More tinkering =) Does it feel smoother?

Honestly my eye distinguishes the same amount of frames on both configs but the game behaves like it's running on realtime now, which is good in my opinion.