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===== Official Builds =====
===== Official Builds =====
:For official builds of Dolphin, the problem can be worked around by replacing "main.dol" file in DATA-partition of ISO image to either rs5mp1_p, rs5mp2_p or rs5mp3_p.dol depending on which game you would like to play. All games can be booted using this method. See the [http://forums.dolphin-emulator.com/showthread.php?tid=3792&pid=58342#pid58342 forums]. Please note that you will still need to use the original Metroid Prime trilogy launcher to create your saved game and choose your difficulty.  The process is...
:For official builds of Dolphin, the problem can be worked around by replacing "main.dol" file in DATA-partition of ISO image to either rs5mp1_p, rs5mp2_p or rs5mp3_p.dol depending on which game you would like to play. All games can be booted using this method. See the [http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=3792&pid=58342#pid58342 forums]. Please note that you will still need to use the original Metroid Prime trilogy launcher to create your saved game and choose your difficulty.  The process is...
::* Load Metroid Prime Trilogy without any modification
::* Load Metroid Prime Trilogy without any modification
::* Create your new game, selecting which of the three games you'd like to play
::* Create your new game, selecting which of the three games you'd like to play
::* Attempt to load the game, which will freeze
::* Attempt to load the game, which will freeze
::* Stop emulation, and do the DOL swap described in [http://forums.dolphin-emulator.com/showthread.php?tid=3792&pid=58342#pid58342 this thread]
::* Stop emulation, and do the DOL swap described in [http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=3792&pid=58342#pid58342 this thread]
::* Start up the modified image, which will load directly into the game using the save you created
::* Start up the modified image, which will load directly into the game using the save you created
:You will need to follow this process to play a different game, or a different save file.  Basically, you are emulating the soft-reset that the Wii would usually do by exiting the game, and then loading the correct DOL manually.
:You will need to follow this process to play a different game, or a different save file.  Basically, you are emulating the soft-reset that the Wii would usually do by exiting the game, and then loading the correct DOL manually.


===== ES-Launch =====
===== ES-Launch =====
:Proper emulation of soft-resets is currently under development via the ''ES-Launch'' branch, but it is still experimental and cannot be included in official builds till it is finished. However, test builds are available on [http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/source/detail?r=7324350dfc4b953c088a8b275cf5d85d8fe383ee&name=ES_LAUNCH%203.0-141 Googlecode] and on the [http://forums.dolphin-emulator.com/showthread.php?tid=3792&pid=179851#pid179851 Forums]. Note that it is still experimental, and may be unpredictable.
:Proper emulation of soft-resets is currently under development via the ''ES-Launch'' branch, but it is still experimental and cannot be included in official builds till it is finished. However, test builds are available on [http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/source/detail?r=7324350dfc4b953c088a8b275cf5d85d8fe383ee&name=ES_LAUNCH%203.0-141 Googlecode] and on the [http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=3792&pid=179851#pid179851 Forums]. Note that it is still experimental, and may be unpredictable.


== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==