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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 10:20:42 AM

Title: What do I need to get Dolphin going?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 10:20:42 AM: JUST WONDERING
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2012, 10:34:40 AM: A decent computer.
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Post by: Shaka Khan on May 05, 2012, 10:39:02 AM: AND A FISTFUL OF WHIMSY TEEHEE
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Post by: Shaka Khan on May 05, 2012, 10:40:16 AM: Serious answer: A kick-ass CPU.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 10:41:00 AM: Lets say I have that
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Post by: Tasty on May 05, 2012, 10:42:22 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2012, 10:34:40 AM
A decent computer.

Specifically, a good CPU. i5 or higher. Otherwise, most decent graphics cards will do. Plus you need to mod your Wii to rip the game... kinda.
Title: Re: What do I need to get Dolphin going?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 10:43:46 AM: again lets pretend I have that- where can I grab it?
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Post by: Shaka Khan on May 05, 2012, 10:46:02 AM: If you have a 4GHz CPU and a decent GPU, then you're all set for playing everything smoothly. Just grab the latest stable release from the website. I don't think you need to dabble in the settings beyond raising the resolution and adding AA.

http://dolphin-emulator.com/download.html
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Post by: Shaka Khan on May 05, 2012, 10:49:26 AM: Setting the controllers seems to be easy peasy too. Well, except for the ones requiring lots of waggle and M+.
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Post by: MCD on May 05, 2012, 01:22:49 PM: Overclock dat CPU.
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Post by: SantaC on May 05, 2012, 03:46:38 PM: Quote from: Borys on May 05, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Core2Duo + GeForce 9 level card for GameCube and 2D Wii games. 4 cores + GeForce 400 level card for Wii games.

Dolphin works out of the box. No BIOS downloading needed. Just get an ISO of the game (4.37 GB) and you are ready. Wiimote is emulated via mouse.

wiimote is also emulated via any PC pad and 360 controller.
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Post by: demi on May 05, 2012, 03:56:08 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 10:43:46 AM
again lets pretend I have that- where can I grab it?

This dude will jump at the drop of a dime for a Big Gulp but when it's time to do some actual work he flops like a trout. You soft doughy little man.
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Post by: Verdigris Murder on May 05, 2012, 04:16:30 PM: Thats a pretty bitchy thing to say demi, unless it's like bro-joshing, whatever that is. It probably involves naked wrestling.
Title: Re: What do I need to get Dolphin going?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 04:18:50 PM: Quote from: demi on May 05, 2012, 03:56:08 PM
Quote from: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2012, 10:43:46 AM
again lets pretend I have that- where can I grab it?

This dude will jump at the drop of a dime for a Big Gulp but when it's time to do some actual work he flops like a trout. You soft doughy little man.

well yeah
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2012, 07:31:30 PM: Most games work pretty well on Dolphin, although there are some that just plain do not work [like Super Mario Galaxy].
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Post by: Big Barry Jazz on May 05, 2012, 09:03:17 PM: Apparently Galaxy is playable now although you have to jump through some hoops to get it to work and you probably need a beast of a machine. The only games I've had severe issues with so far were Bully, which just didn't work, Red Steel, which won't let you move, and Forgotten Sands which had some fairly nasty graphical glitches but was technically playable.
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Post by: pilonv1 on May 06, 2012, 01:32:16 AM: Can you use non Nintendo controllers?
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Post by: Tasty on May 06, 2012, 01:42:03 AM: Quote from: pilonv1 on May 06, 2012, 01:32:16 AM
Can you use non Nintendo controllers?

Yes. There are even reskin packs for things like 360 buttons in Xenoblade.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 06, 2012, 01:05:00 PM: How much whimsy? I don't know if my rig has the room for it.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on May 06, 2012, 01:11:24 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on May 06, 2012, 01:05:00 PM
How much whimsy? I don't know if my rig has the room for it.

You need a dedicated whimsy card, or else your CPU is forced to do whimsy emulation and it'll take a pretty big hit.
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Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on May 06, 2012, 01:47:24 PM: pretty much everything works in dolphin now except for Metroid Prime games. you have to mess around with different revisions and shit tho.

youd on't need that good of a pc. the pc i bought last year for $900 runs it amazingly so
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Post by: benjipwns on May 06, 2012, 03:24:58 PM: I ripped some discs from my Wii to an external and just fired it up.

It ain't no thang anymore. Just set a few settings like any emulator.

The only crappy part is using the wii-mote, a GameCube game or something like New Super Mario Bros. is golden. Haven't had really any major issues.

Couldn't be assed to figure out to map the wii-mote to the mouse enough to make it "proper" and just played controller games until I gave up. Would probably want a bluetooth thing or whatever you need for a wii-mote anyway.