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Dolphin - A Gamecube / Triforce / Wii Emulator
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Homesite: http://dolphin-emu.org/
Project Site: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu
#Dolphin - A Gamecube / Triforce / Wii Emulator
[Homesite](http://dolphin-emu.org/) | [Project Site](http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu) | [Team Members](http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/people/)
Dolphin is an emulator for running Gamecube, Triforce and Wii games on
Windows/Linux/OS X systems and recent Android devices. It's licensed under
the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2).
Team members: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/people/
Please read the [FAQ](http://dolphin-emu.org/docs/faq/) before use.
Please read the FAQ before use: http://dolphin-emu.org/docs/faq/
##System Requirements
* OS:
* Microsoft Windows (Vista or higher)
* Linux or Apple Mac OS X (10.7 or higher).
* Unix like systems other than Linux might work but are not officially supported.
[System Requirements]
* OS: Microsoft Windows (Vista or higher) or Linux or Apple Mac OS X (10.7 or higher).
Unix like systems other than Linux might work but are not officially supported.
* Processor: A CPU with SSE2 support
A modern CPU (3 GHz and Dual Core, not older than 2008) is highly recommended.
* Graphics: A reasonably modern graphics card (Direct3D 10.0 / OpenGL 3.0).
Direct3D 11 / OpenGL 4.4 recommended.
[Installation on Windows]
##Installation on Windows
Use the solution file Source/dolphin-emu.sln to build Dolphin on Windows.
Visual Studio 2013 is a hard requirement since previous versions don't support
many C++ features that we use. Other compilers might be able to build Dolphin
@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) to be installed. Creating an
installer is not necessary to run Dolphin since the Build directory contains
a working Dolphin distribution.
[Installation on Linux/OS X]
##Installation on Linux/OS X
Dolphin requires CMake for systems other than Windows. Many libraries are
Dolphin requires [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/) for systems other than Windows. Many libraries are
bundled with Dolphin and used if they're not installed on your system. CMake
will inform you if a bundled library is used or if you need to install any
missing packages yourself.
Build steps:
mkdir Build
cd Build
cmake ..
make
###Build steps:
1. mkdir Build
2. cd Build
3. cmake ..
4. make
On OS X, an application bundle will be created in ./Binaries.
On Linux, it's strongly recommended to perform a global installation via
"sudo make install".
[Uninstalling]
##Uninstalling
When Dolphin has been installed with the NSIS installer, you can uninstall
Dolphin like any other Windows application.
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Additionally, you'll want to remove the global user directory (see below to
see where it's stored) if you don't plan to reinstall Dolphin.
[Command line usage]
##Command line usage
Usage: Dolphin [-h] [-d] [-l] [-e <str>] [-b] [-V <str>] [-A <str>]
-h, --help Show this help message
-d, --debugger Opens the debugger
-l, --logger Opens the logger
-e, --exec=<str> Loads the specified file (DOL,ELF,WAD,GCM,ISO)
-b, --batch Exit Dolphin with emulator
-V, --video_backend=<str> Specify a video backend
-A, --audio_emulation=<str> Low level (LLE) or high level (HLE) audio
* -h, --help Show this help message
* -d, --debugger Opens the debugger
* -l, --logger Opens the logger
* -e, --exec=<str> Loads the specified file (DOL,ELF,WAD,GCM,ISO)
* -b, --batch Exit Dolphin with emulator
* -V, --video_backend=<str> Specify a video backend
* -A, --audio_emulation=<str> Low level (LLE) or high level (HLE) audio
Available DSP emulation engines are HLE (High Level Emulation) and
LLE (Low Level Emulation). HLE is fast but often less accurate while LLE is
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"OGL". There's also "Software Renderer", which uses the CPU for rendering and
is intended for debugging purposes, only.
[Sys Files]
totaldb.dsy: Database of symbols (for devs only)
GC/font_ansi.bin: font dumps
GC/font_sjis.bin: font dumps
GC/dsp_coef.bin: DSP dumps
GC/dsp_rom.bin: DSP dumps
##Sys Files
* totaldb.dsy: Database of symbols (for devs only)
* GC/font_ansi.bin: font dumps
* GC/font_sjis.bin: font dumps
* GC/dsp_coef.bin: DSP dumps
* GC/dsp_rom.bin: DSP dumps
The DSP dumps included with Dolphin have been written from scratch and do not
contain any copyrighted material. They should work for most purposes, however
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to dump the DSP files from a console and replace the default dumps if you want
to fix those issues.
[Folder structure]
##Folder structure
These folders are installed read-only and should not be changed.
GameSettings: per-game default settings database
GC: DSP and font dumps
Maps: symbol tables (dev only)
OpenCL: OpenCL code
Shaders: post-processing shaders
Themes: icon themes for GUI
Wii: default Wii NAND contents
* GameSettings: per-game default settings database
* GC: DSP and font dumps
* Maps: symbol tables (dev only)
* Shaders: post-processing shaders
* Themes: icon themes for GUI
* Wii: default Wii NAND contents
[User folder structure]
##User folder structure
A number of user writeable directories are created for caching purposes or for
allowing the user to edit their contents. On OS X and Linux these folders are
stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Dolphin/ and ~/.dolphin-emu
respectively. On Windows the user directory is stored in the "My Documents"
folder by default, but there are various way to override this behavior:
- Creating a file called "portable.txt" next to the Dolphin executable will
* Creating a file called "portable.txt" next to the Dolphin executable will
store the user directory in a local directory called "User" next to the
Dolphin executable.
- If the registry string value "LocalUserConfig" exists in
* If the registry string value "LocalUserConfig" exists in
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Dolphin Emulator" and has the value "1", Dolphin will
always start in portable mode.
- If the registry string value "UserConfigPath" exists in
* If the registry string value "UserConfigPath" exists in
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Dolphin Emulator", the user folders will be stored in the
directory given by that string. The other two methods will be prioritized
over this setting.
List of user folders:
Cache: used to cache the ISO list
Config: configuration files
Dump: anything dumped from dolphin
GameConfig: additional settings to be applied per-game
GC: memory cards
Load: custom textures
Logs: logs, if enabled
ScreenShots: screenshots taken via Dolphin
StateSaves: save states
Wii: Wii NAND contents
* Cache: used to cache the ISO list
* Config: configuration files
* Dump: anything dumped from dolphin
* GameConfig: additional settings to be applied per-game
* GC: memory cards
* Load: custom textures
* Logs: logs, if enabled
* ScreenShots: screenshots taken via Dolphin
* StateSaves: save states
* Wii: Wii NAND contents
[Custom textures]
##Custom textures
Custom textures have to be placed in the user directory under
Load/Textures/<GameID>/. You can find the Game ID by right-clicking a game
in the ISO list and selecting "ISO Properties".