Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Developer(s)	Vicarious Visions
Publisher(s)	Activision
Series	Guitar Hero
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	EU September 24, 2010 NA September 28, 2010 AUS September 29, 2010
Genre(s)	Rhythm, Music
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4), Co-op (4), Online (8)
Input methods	Wii Remote, Guitar Controller, Drum Controller, USB Microphone, Nintendo DS
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	SXIE52, SXIP52
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (initially referred to as Guitar Hero 6 or Guitar Hero VI) is a music video game and the sixth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. It is the last game in the series to be developed by RedOctane and Neversoft prior to dissolution and closures by their parent company and publisher Activision, in part as a result of weak sales in the rhythm game market from 2009. Additional development for the Wii version was provided by Vicarious Visions who were to take over future development of the Guitar Hero series before it was placed on hiatus.

Emulation Information

DS Connection Support

While Dolphin does emulate the IOS modules for broadcasting and connecting to the Nintendo DS, there is no infrastructure to actually connect to any emulator or hardware unit.

Problems

Instrument Textures

There is a texture problem with instruments unless EFB Copies to Texture Only is disabled. After a song starts EFB Copies to Texture Only can be re-enabled to restore performance with correct textures.

Configuration

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

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Store EFB Copies to Texture Only	Off	Correct instrument textures

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r6851

3.5-2143

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5.0-20586 (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
r6851	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	Broken
r6872	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Quad E6600 @ 2.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	Low FPS	Lolless
r7430	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	Broken
r7457	Mac OS X 10.6	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.06 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	Broken
r7559	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 3.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	Broken	Macclane
r7689	Windows 7	Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	Broken	djlastnight
r7719	Windows 7	Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5850	Broken	AgentX
3.5-134	Ubuntu 12.10	AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	After 1 minute, there is still a black screen, but no error message...	RyDroid
3.5-367	Windows 8	Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.5 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7970	After 1 minute, there is still a black screen, but no error message...
3.5-367	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 5850	Not working, blackscreen	RuffyD
4.0.1	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	Not working, freezes on beginning cinematic	Darkinferno3
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti	Minor Lag on songs	Zcair
4.0.2	Ubuntu 13.04	AMD FX-8350	AMD Radeon HD 7870	Stable 60FPS	Zcair
4.0-765	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.3 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6950	Working satisfactorily	_FrozZzen_
4.0-5601	Windows 8.1	AMD Athlon II X3 455	AMD Radeon HD 5770	50-60FPS, Sound doesn't lag in latest builds	Panchovix
4.0-6260	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Minor lag on Wi-Fi and menus,best to turn off Fog so band members aren't blue	Tomix
5.0-5241	Windows 10	AMD FX 8320E	AMD RX 560	Stable 60 FPS, it has stutter if you have net ON because WiFi search, suggest fog off	Panchovix

Gameplay Videos

Guitar Hero 6 (WoR) Dolphin 5+ (DLC)

Dolphin 5.0-rc-1 - Guitar Hero 6 / The Final Battle

Guitar Hero 6 Full band on Dolphin