Games frequently stutter on first playthrough, but subsequent runs are smooth
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See PRIME on how to execute Dolphin on your dedicated GPU. Many systems have more than one GPU, like an integrated low-performance one by Intel and a dedicated graphics card. Configuring Dolphin correctly, as described above, is the most important part. Killing unnecessary processes and disabling compositing also helps. If using an NVidia graphics card, on nvidia-settings changing the powermizer setting to "Prefer maximum performance" check its temperature to make sure the card does not overheat, though. Avoid playing other media simultaneously with Dolphin.ĭouble-check the CPU scaling governor. Make sure the framelimit is set to a proper value for the game's region 60 for NTSC games or 50 for PAL ones. Launching games fails with "WriteRest Op" errorĪdd "-fno-pie" to "CXX_FLAGS" when building Dolphin.
Force it to run as X11 application via this command: Troubleshooting Incompatibility with Waylandĭolphin 5.0 is not compatible with Wayland. Note: This was tested using the Dolphin emu (git) package. Here is a xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin search action command for searching on Dolphin's wiki: Contributions, such as testing entries and workarounds are welcome and help other users. Listed there are tips on setting up the emulator for each game, version compatibility charts, testing entries, troubleshooting and video previews. Whenever a game does not work properly, try reading its page on Dolphin's wiki. Otherwise just click Open and select the file. No copyright infringement intended.Ĭlick on browse to set a directory of ISOs so that they are shown as a library on Dolphin's default screen. No links, instructions or tips for obtaining illegal content will be provided on this wiki. You are responsible for any usage of the emulator that you make. Dolphin was not developed for unlawful use. Warning: Make sure you only use Dolphin for legally obtained self-made disc dumps of games you legally bought. For pulseaudio, Dolphin's optional dependency PulseAudio needs to be installed. Too slow.ĭSP LLE on separate thread improves speed on computers with multi-core CPUs, but might cause audio glitches, and is known to break Zelda ucode games.
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On the final tab, "Paths", ISO directories can be set.
Set it to either 16:9 or 4:3, depending on the display's aspect ratio. The next two tabs are not very important the Gamecube tab has settings about connected accessories, such as memory cards, and the only remarkable Wii tab option is the "Aspect Ratio" drop-down list. The Audio tab is the DSP section's screen setting it up now means there will be no need to do it later. Only check "Force console as NTSC-J" if intending to play imported Japanese discs.Īll options on the "Interface" tab are personal choices. The CPU emulation engine should be left as JIT Recompiler. The frame limit should be set to "Auto", so that it works with games from all regions. On the General tab, check Enable Dual Core and Enable Idle Skipping. Tip: Recent versions of Dolphin remove the Audio frameskip option, so Auto is now recommended.