Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Hello. I'm new to the forums. Well, I searched for my problem, and none of the results I could find had it, so perhaps it's just something simple that I don't know of yet haha.

I just started playing Tales of Symphonia, but when I play a skit (A cutscene that gives a bit of background.) or finish a battle, the game freezes.

I am currently running the following:

Intel Core2Duo T8100 2.1ghz processor.
2Gigs of Ram (666 MHZ I think. It's a relatively new laptop.)
Mobile Intel Chipset - 965 Express Family - 358 MB of memory.

I also have the system information page copied below:

Dolphin Revision: 4525

CD/DVD Drive1: F:
CD/DVD Drive2: G:
CD/DVD Drive3: H:

Processor Information:
GenuineIntel, 2 cores, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, 64-bit support

Plugin Information

Default GFX Plugin: Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL.dll
Default DSP Plugin: Plugins/Plugin_DSP_HLE.dll
Default PAD Plugin: Plugins/Plugin_PadSimple.dll
Default WiiMote Plugin: Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote.dll

Current GFX Plugin: Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9.dll
Current DSP Plugin: Plugins/Plugin_DSP_HLE.dll
Current PAD Plugin[0]: Plugins/Plugin_PadSimple.dll
Current PAD Plugin[1]: Plugins/Plugin_PadSimple.dll
Current PAD Plugin[2]: Plugins/Plugin_PadSimple.dll
Current PAD Plugin[3]: Plugins/Plugin_PadSimple.dll
Current WiiMote Plugin[0]: Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote.dll


Dolphin Settings

HLE the IPL: True
Use Dynarec: True
Use Dual Core: True
DSP Thread: True
Skip Idle: True
Lock Threads: True
Use Dual Core: True
Default GCM:
DVD Root:
Optimize Quantizers: True
Enable Cheats: False
Selected Language: 0
Memcard A: ./User/GC/MemoryCardA.USA.raw
Memcard B: ./User/GC/MemoryCardB.USA.raw
Slot A: 1
Slot B: 2
Serial Port 1: 0
Run Compare Server: False
Run Compare Client: False
TLB Hack: False
Frame Limit: 0
[Wii]Widescreen: False
[Wii]Progressive Scan: False


If I've missed something, please do let me know. If I've also skipped a page laying out my problems, please, point me in the right direction.

Thank you.

Anyone at all please? I would really like to play this game.

Your Laptop Specs are similar to mine. I got this working on Dolphin r4635 here at full speed . Just run the game in DolphinIL.exe using the Direct3d9 plugin with default settings and it should work fine .

I've tried unzipping it with WinRAR and 7ZIP and both say that the archive is damage. I've downloaded it three times.

EDIT: Found the issue, and am downloading it now.

EDIT 2: Tried with both versions of the program, default settings, and all. I still have the same problem. Freezing during skits, and freezing after battle. I would also like to note that my framerates decreased by half.

Any other ideas?

wow this actually helped me a lot. i was having same issues. Thanks a lot! xD

Hmm. I've tried messing with a number of settings. The only thing that happens now is my framerates get far lower. The original build I was using gives me the highest framerates (55ish) and now I get 30-35 at best. I haven't found any way to get past a battle, nor have I gotten past the first line of a skit. Can someone help me, please?

Does anybody have problems with the sound? Because I do...It sound very choppy in battles or in some places

My sound seems to work pretty decently, but I don't expect much out of it. But people have said they can play the game without problems all the way through. So I'm sure that someone would know what's going on. -_-

Solariel
I was just playing the game with the latest rev4641 and I didn't get any freezing problems. as for framerates with these new revs change "efb copy to texture" instead of the default "efb copy to ram" setting, if you haven't done so.

I've tried it with that as well. Same issue, except that it seems a slight bit slower, but it might just have more of a spike range for highs and lows, since I did notice some higher peaks as well, but I could be partially insane too. Who knows.

It's not exactly a "freeze" persay. I can restore state to the very beginning, where you fight the first battle, and you have the first skit, and I can try both of those, and have them freeze, only to restore from the state. Are there any softwares that have issues with Dolphin? I know the game itself is solid. It's new.