EA Sports Active 2

EA Sports Active 2
Developer(s)	Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Sports Active
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	NA November 16, 2010 AUS November 18, 2010 EU November 19, 2010
Genre(s)	Fitness
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	Wii Remote, Wii Balance Board, Active Heart Rate Monitor
Compatibility	3 Starts
GameIDs	SE2E69, SE2P69
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

EA Sports Active 2 provides total body conditioning using progressive exercise in new prescribed programs. A three-phase, nine-week program provides a fitness roadmap to help keep users motivated and on track of their fitness goals. Additional mini-programs will also be available to add on, keeping workouts fresh and inspiring. The EA Sports Active personal trainer will walk users through their workout and provide continued encouragement with feedback to ensure an optimal workout experience.

Emulation Information

Wii Balance Board

This title supports Wii Balance Board, though no emulation is provided for the Wii Balance Board. The real Wii Balance Board may be required to access some features.

• In Bluetooth Passthrough mode, a Balance Board can be synced just like any Wii Remote, without any special configuration. Refer to the article for details.
• Otherwise, set the Balance Board option in the Controller Configuration dialog from "None" to "Real Balance Board". Then press the red "Sync" button in the battery compartment of the balance board, and press "Refresh" if Continuous Scanning is disabled. There is no fast sync (Wii Remote 1+2) in the Balance Board, so the sync button must be used each time.

Sync button on the balance board

Problems

VP6 Videos

EA Sports Active 2 uses the VP6 video codec, common in Electronic Arts' titles, causing its videos to have vertical line artifacts and other glitches on many graphics cards. The Software Render will display VP6 video correctly, but is typically too slow. VP6 rendering also reacts poorly to the Force Texture Filtering enhancements (and Anisotropic Filtering on NVIDIA), causing further scrambling. See issue 7193. In 5.0-15515 or newer, this can be fixed with "Manual Texture Sampling" in the Graphics Settings -> Advanced menu.

VP6 video

VP6 video with manual sampling

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Manual Texture Sampling	On	Render VP6 video

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with EA Sports Active 2 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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5.0-20130 (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

Gameplay Videos

EA Sports Active 2 - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-10562 [1080p HD] - Nintendo Wii