Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Hello,

First of all I want to thank all the people behind the Dolphin project.
I used to play with it before and now I'm back on it for the Wii emulation.
I just like the idea of having a Wii on my Pc for fun (crash testing Wink

).

Let's talk about my problem:
As many user I get an opengl error message "Can't create opengl renderer. You might be missing..."

Here is my configuration:
Windows xp 32bit sp3
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0 ghz
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT with latest display driver version 195.62
4Gb Ram DDR2

I have what I think being the last build of Dolphin: Dolphin_Win32_r4771.exe
I updated my DX with "directx_aug2009_redist.exe"
MS_visual_c_2008_redist_x86 was already installed (double checked, tried to update)
I have also installed the pad plugin package

But after all that I still have the error message: "Can't create opengl renderer. You might be missing..."

Here is the "exceptioninfo.txt" I get:
Unhandled Exception
Code: 0xC0000005
Call stack info:
ntdll!0x7C9213C0 : RtlDeleteCriticalSection
0x0431B187 : ?
0x043BDA58 : ?
ntdll!0x7C91118A : LdrInitializeThunk
ntdll!0x7C933ADA : RtlDestroyEnvironment
kernel32!0x7C81CAAE : IsValidLocale
kernel32!0x7C81CB26 : ExitProcess
0x043BD581 : ?
0x043BD76E : ?
0x043BD797 : ?
0x042E8DB1 : ?

I tried different settings, letting the DSP option on HLE.
Did I miss something?

Thanks in adavance for your answers,
Wiirus

Ps: I updated to Win32-4805 without success Sad

Ps2: Excuse my english, I'm french.

Mm...Have you updated the drivers of your Graphics card?
Have you tried using Direct3D9 video plugin?

Just update your Graphics Card Driver, you have the same card as me, use this driver:
http://www.nvidia.fr/object/winxp_195.62_whql_fr.html

Try triple checking your drivers? Or use Direct3D instead, it's much faster than it used to be. It's faster than OpenGL and there aren't too many graphics issues.

Hello

Thank you Jefferson and Runo, but I did update my NVidia drivers to 195.62.
I checked that it's the same version, uninstalled it and installed it back.
In fact I followed a tutorial and some stickies on the forum to avoid stupid things.
The only thing I forgot to mention is that I'm using a nand image I dumped from my Wii via BootMii and then converted it using a tutorial and pack I found on another website.

@a mad pigeon: When I try direct3d9 drivers, Dolphin.exe crash with plugin_videodx9.dll

Any other hints?

Wiirus

Back with some more info:

I run OpenGl extension viewer and saw that I'm on OpenGl 1.1
I don't know why as I updated my driver three times.
Do I have to do something else in order to go 2.X ?

EDIT: Could it be because I'm trying to launch Dolphin thru Remote Desktop that openGL is stuck to 1.1?

Wiirus

I really think that it can be a remote desktop issue, opengl do not work from RDP from what I see on the internet.
I'm sure my drivers are the latest and also that my card handle opengl 2.X (Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT).

Does anyone has ever tested to run Dolphin over RDP?

Wiirus

Me again... For the followers of this issue:
Do NOT try to launch Dolphin over a RDP session Tongue

It's not working as the RDP didn't take opengl.
I launched a wad without any problem when I was in front of the computer.

Wiirus