GameCube/Wii Error: Mario Part 5

RapidEdwin08

@ExarKunIv it still needs some work...
There's missing font and png errors at startup we need to look into, but it plays RE4 fairly well after.
I have not had a chance to look into them yet, but here are the Errors.

Font Error:

Error: Trying to access Windows-1252 fonts but they are not loaded. Games may not show fonts correctly, or crash.

PNG Error Log: Full Log Here

Could not find resource: /usr/local/share/dolphin-emu/sys/Resources/nobanner.png

ExarKunIv

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ExarKunIv

@RapidEdwin08 thats the point of my repo. if i waited for everything to work perfectly it would be a very small collection

RapidEdwin08

@ExarKunIv ...and we are grateful...
I managed to address the errors already.
Will be posting when I get a chance.
Feel free to use.

RapidEdwin08

@Nash I took the liberty of updating the install script you posted to workaround the Font and PNG Errors previously mentioned, as well as a few other changes...
Can now run dophin-rpi without those errors at startup.
Thanks again for sharing as I was not aware of this fork.

dolphin-rpi.sh
/dolphin-rpi/01_font_alerts.diff

Nash

@ExarKunIv Good idea but i'm not the author of this script. I think I found it in this forum but I don't remember the topic. All credits go to the guys who worked on it

Nash

@RapidEdwin08 Thanks, I will try that.

I have difficulties to setup hotkeys with 2 buttons in dolphin-configure and dolphin-rpi-editor. Only one button works. (This is not specific to your script, I just need help from the begining for that)

sugarfree

@Nash I think this is the topic:
:https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/35172/mkdd-tint-issue-rpi5/165?_=1741784929258

Nash

@sugarfree Yes I think it is.

RapidEdwin08

@Nash Same issue, but I was able to modify the profile.ini for the Hotkeys manually with success.

Here's a sample of my xbox360.ini in the Hotkeys Directory:

/home/pi/DolphinConfig5.0/Config/Profiles/Hotkeys/xbox360.ini
/home/pi/DolphinConfig5.0/Config/Hotkeys.ini

Keys/Toggle Pause = `Button 6` & `Button 3`
Keys/Stop = `Button 6` & `Button 1`
Keys/Reset = `Button 6` & `Button 0`
Keys/Toggle Fullscreen = `Button 6` & `Button 2`
Keys/Take Screenshot = `Button 6` & `Button 8`
Keys/Exit = `Button 6` & `Button 7`

On my Xbox360 gamepad,
Button 6 is Select/Back
Button 7 is Start

sugarfree

I remember that to set up hotkeys, you have to do this: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/301035.

ExarKunIv

i have added it to my repo. if any changes come up. i will edit it

Nash

@RapidEdwin08 @sugarfree Thanks, it works.

gvx64

@RapidEdwin08 I know I am a bit late to this but I just wanted to mention that for RE4 I have heard that you might have some difficulty swapping discs in dolphin-rpi when you get to the end of the first disc as the game doesn't update the save file upon completing the firs disc (it's one of the games that insists you swap discs with the console on). I added m3u file support to dolphin-rpi a while back to address this complete with auto-disc changing, but I just wanted to mention that the m3u file needs to be written in linux (not windows). For example:

sudo nano /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gc/RE4.m3u
type in the following text:

RE4_1.ciso
RE4_2.ciso

Windows has different line-ending characters and so the m3u file will not be interpreted properly in dolphin-rpi. This is confusing because I believe that later versions of dolphin-emu can handle windows m3u files on linux builds but that is not the case for dolphin-rpi which can has an early m3u implementation and where files must be written on linux systems.

Nash

@gvx64 With Notepad++ on Windows we can convert line-ending (windows, linux, or mac) for a text file.

Menu Edit, EOL conversion, Unix (LF)

gvx64

@Nash, thanks for mentioning that. I wasn't aware of that feature.

@RapidEdwin08 said in GameCube/Wii Error: Mario Part 5:

@Nash I took the liberty of updating the install script you posted to workaround the Font and PNG Errors previously mentioned, as well as a few other changes...
Can now run dophin-rpi without those errors at startup.
Thanks again for sharing as I was not aware of this fork.

dolphin-rpi.sh
/dolphin-rpi/01_font_alerts.diff

Thank you for the improvements to the script. I never got around to fixing the missing .png error.

I appreciate you adding this to your RetroPie-Extras repo. This will give dolphin-rpi a lot more visibility.

Just to summarize all of the improvements to date that I have either identified or that have been brought to my attention that dolphin-rpi offers over current dolphin-emu builds:

Mario Kart Double Dash - corrects blue tint
Resident Evil 4 - corrects white textures
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour - corrects invisible golfers
Metroid Prime - corrects invisible map screen (probably also applies to Metroid Prime 2, but I haven't verified yet)
Zelda Twilight Princess (Gamecube version) - corrects blacked out map in corner of screen
Bomberman Generations - corrects black menus (reported by retropieuser555)
Sonic Adventure DX - not clear what the issue that it fixes (reported by retropieuser555)
The Last Story (Wii) - speedhack implemented to allow improved performance.

Nash

@gvx64 It is exactly "RE4_1.ciso" and "RE4_2.ciso" or "name_of_the_rom_disk1.ciso" and "name_of_the_rom_disk2.ciso" ?

Thanks again for your work, i'm very happy to re-play RE4 on my Pi.

Nash

@gvx64 If you search anothers games to debug, can I suggest Rogue Squadron 3 - Rebel Strike and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory on Gamecube.

Rebel Strike runs on original Dolphin but pink loading screens and performances issues in training mission, or mission not start.
On Dolphin-rpi, green loading screens, dancing intro is very slow and game crash sometimes when skipped. Menu is also very slow and crash everytime.

Chaos Theory runs fine with your Dolphin-rpi, but have a dark filter in menu and game (very slow in original Dolphin, but no dark screen).

I also have right trigger problem in "Splinter Cell 1" (not Chaos Theory) in training level. I can draw pistol but I can't shoot (Maybe it's me who don't understand something).

Map in Metroid Prime 2 - Echoes is fixed, but now game is slow with sound stuttering.

And F-Zero GX have performance issues in both emulators Dolphin and Dolphin-rpi.

I am on overclocked Pi5 8go, Bookworm Lite 64, Retropie 4.8.9.

gvx64

@Nash You should be able to use different game file names (and formats) from what I listed above, although I would recommend leaving space characters out of your filenames just to be safe. For example, this m3u file should also work:

BatenKaitosEternalWings.m3u contains the following text:

BatenKaitosEternalWingsDisc01.rvz
BatenKaitosEternalWingsDisc02.rvz

Again, I would recommend creating the .m3u file using nano on the Pi.

gvx64

@Nash said in GameCube/Wii Error: Mario Part 5:

@gvx64 If you search anothers games to debug, can I suggest Rogue Squadron 3 - Rebel Strike and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory on Gamecube.

Rebel Strike runs on original Dolphin but pink loading screens and performances issues in training mission, or mission not start.
On Dolphin-rpi, green loading screens, dancing intro is very slow and game crash sometimes when skipped. Menu is also very slow and crash everytime.

Chaos Theory runs fine with your Dolphin-rpi, but have a dark filter in menu and game (very slow in original Dolphin, but no dark screen).

I also have right trigger problem in "Splinter Cell 1" (not Chaos Theory) in training level. I can draw pistol but I can't shoot (Maybe it's me who don't understand something).

Map in Metroid Prime 2 - Echoes is fixed, but now game is slow with sound stuttering.

And F-Zero GX have performance issues in both emulators Dolphin and Dolphin-rpi.

I am on overclocked Pi5 8go, Bookworm Lite 64, Retropie 4.8.9.

Thanks for letting me know. The only suggestion I can give you right now is for Metroid Prime 2 Echoes - Have you tried adjusting the CPU override value to a level below 100%? You can do this by editing the following:

/home/pi/DolphinConfig5.0/GameSettings/G2M.ini

[Core]
#Values set here will override the main Dolphin settings.
Overclock = 0.6
OverclockEnable = True
AudioStretch = True
AudioStretchMaxLatency = 50
GFXBackend = Vulkan

Also, you can play with audio stretch as I did above to see if that can smooth out the choppy audio.

I actually had a lot of success getting Metroid Prime 1 to run well on the Pi4B by turning down the CPU Overclock functionality. I am hoping that this can work for you as well.