Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil
Developer(s)	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA December 11, 2003 AUS 2003 EU February 27, 2004
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GGEE41, GGEP41, GGEY41, GGEX41
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games. Players control the protagonist, Jade, from a third-person perspective. Jade can run, move stealthily, jump over obstacles and pits, climb ladders, push or bash in doors and objects, and flatten herself against walls. As Jade, players investigate installations in search of the truth about a war with an alien threat.

Emulation Information

16:9 Black Borders

Beyond Good & Evil uses a 4:3 image ratio, but displays in 16:9 letterboxed format. On a native 16:9 screen this results in black bars around the entire screen, needlessly constraining the image. This is not a problem - just the way the game renders - so no solution is expected.

Example of the black borders

Problems

Pink Loading Screens

Loading screen render pink unless Store XFB Copies to Texture Only is disabled.

Pink loading screens

Frame Rate

The game's framerate will not be a steady 60FPS 60VPS, fluctuating throughout the game, usually sticking to 120FPS 60vps. However it does not interfere with gameplay most of the time. Virtual XFB fixes this problem, and it is set by default in the GameINI. The opening menu still has some issues, however. Fixed by 5.0-5874.

Taking Pictures

With D3D, the game freezes for a few seconds after taking a picture. Use OpenGL to avoid this problem. This was fixed in 5.0-9741 and 5.0-9735.

Enhancements

60Hz PAL

In the PAL-Version the 60Hz mode cannot be activated at startup. Use this Gecko code to force the 60Hz mode.

$60Hz
04209320 38600000
04276910 00000014

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Beyond Good & Evil since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r5350

4.0-1577

4.0-2722

4.0-4559

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5.0-19435 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
2.0	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II x2 215 @ 3.45 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7025	Get only 25-45% (25-50FPS) of speed in game. All video clips desynchronized with sound (sound run ahead) and can't be skipped. :(
r6160	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.53 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Playable: 100-120FPS	Cammelspit
r6161	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II x2 215 @ 3.45 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7025	Get only 25-45% (25-50FPS) of speed in game. All video clips desynchronized with sound (sound run ahead) and can't be skipped. :(
r6164	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-3720QM 4 @ 2.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1Go GDDR5	Playable and clips are synchronized with sound but Taking pictures causes game to stutter for about 10 seconds and sound effect not working (noise of walking, open cupboard , noise of monster...)	Jonathan66100
r7128	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II x2 215 @ 3.45 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7025	Get only 25-45% (25-50FPS) of speed in game. All video clips desynchronized with sound (sound run ahead) and can't be skipped. :(
r7257	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-860	ATI Radeon HD 5770	100-120FPS (or 50-60FPS with XFB enabled), only had the picture taking problem	ThatLuciano
r7257	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.2 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Game speed mostly stable but drops to 10-20% of speed at overworld, minor audio desync, graphics glitch
r7334	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.2 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Game speed jumps between 100% and 30%, averages around 60%, audio desyncs, graphics glitch
r7571	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-860 @ 3 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5850 x2	Game speed hovers around 100%. Taking pictures causes game to stutter for about 15 seconds.	legoman666
3.0	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M	Not playable. OpenGL fix bug dark island but Not work at the Old Mines just after the dark island, cause Jades through the textures.	Jonathan66100
3.0	Gentoo Linux	Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.3 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6400M	Not payable. Runs around 50% speed until the Abandoned Mineshaft where the hero gets dropped into nothingness when entering the room.	pfh.chaos
3.0-235	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	Runs around 50% speed until crashing without an error message at the Dark Island (about 30 minutes into the game). r7571 does not crash at this point, but the hero gets dropped into nothingness when entering the next room.	Autofresser
3.0-688	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M	Not payable. OpenGL NOT fix bug dark island.	Jonathan66100
4.0-1535	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.7 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Works great in OpenGL. The recent changes help a lot. Hologram finally works properly (TFN), frame rate is stable, you can get around the errors, on and on. Some bugs still though, like the ocean reflections.	MayImilae
4.0-6209	Windows 7	AMD FX-9370 @ 4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7870	I use OpenGL works great except the pictures are messed up when you take them but not in d3d backend. The Game runs at 100% no drops.	likeike12

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Beyond Good & Evil (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

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