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messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - gotegenks - 09-02-2009

im trying to play paper mario thousand year door on dolphin 2330 build (the latest build that has worked at all)

so i open it up fine, i get through all the menus with pretty much perfect graphics and 30-45 fps, even the intro has good graphics and 40 fps, but as soon as i go to the campaign the framerate immediately drops to 14 or so and the graphics are really glitchy.

http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx88/gotegenks/messeduppapermario.jpg

theres some screen caps of the first cutscene, and also the little road thingy flickers sort of, on and off,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LunDITR1njQ

there's what it should look like, jump to 3:26.

here are my specs :

intel pentuim 4 cpu 3.00 (2 cpus)
32 bit windows xp
core speed is 2992.5 mhz
1gb ram
ati mobility radeon 9700 agp graphics card which is updated along with my directx (direct x 9.0c)

any help at all would be appreciated, maybe a certain setting that is known to cause all this, or maybe its just a side effect of this early build? or maybe i need an even earlier build, i'm running 2330 by the way. or maybe its just this game? it won't even let me run fire emblem path of radiance though.


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - THELUKESTIR - 09-02-2009

your using a p4 3.0ghz thats why, there is no way you will get good framerates or anything like that
also why are you using such an old build


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - gotegenks - 09-02-2009

im using the old build because thts the only one that's worked for me...
well i haven't tried all of them, but 28xx doesn't work for me either, and 30xx works but it has no picture (just sound and i can click the keys in the menu)

so there's no way im gonna get it to run smoothly? why is it only when i start playing and not on the menus? or even the intro cutscene?


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - MarioMadness - 09-03-2009

(09-02-2009, 11:50 PM)gotegenks Wrote: im using the old build because thts the only one that's worked for me...
well i haven't tried all of them, but 28xx doesn't work for me either, and 30xx works but it has no picture (just sound and i can click the keys in the menu)

so there's no way im gonna get it to run smoothly? why is it only when i start playing and not on the menus? or even the intro cutscene?

The menu's go fast because theres a lot less graphics, So it doesn't have to processes as much. And You have a 3.0GH.z Single core P4, Dolphin Recommends at least a 2.0GH.z Dual core For Decent speed.

Most you chould do is turn off enable other audio And Use a bat file to get some FPS


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - DacoTaco - 09-03-2009

normally you should get half speed on recent builds

at least i get 40-60 (rarely higher) % speed on the same cpu in 99% of my game list (and its not a small one Tongue )

i do however have a much better gpu : a GF8600GT


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - cmccmc - 09-03-2009

have you tried anything in the 4000's?


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - gotegenks - 09-05-2009

use a bat file? what on earth is that and how would i go about doing it?


and i wasn't aware that 2 ghz was better than 3 *super noob*

anyways, 4xxx just gives me a yellow screen, then a cyan screen... which i can't fix.


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - James333 - 09-05-2009

AGP ? o.O


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - danielice - 09-08-2009

You think that's bad?!Tongue

[Image: manhunted.th.jpg]

Manhunt....or Something-Hunt...IdkBig Grin


RE: messed up graphics, pitiful framerate - gotegenks - 09-08-2009

actually i just realized, you said i had a single core, but i have a dual core right? "(2 cpus)" plus thats what it says on the yellow text that comes on the start of the game