Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii): Difference between revisions

|image         = [[File:MetroidPrime3Corruption.jpg|300px|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]

|developer     = Retro Studios

|publisher     = Nintendo

|series       = ''Metroid''

|released     = {{Vgrelease|NA=August 27, 2007|PAL=October 26, 2007|AUS=November 8, 2007|JP=March 6, 2008}}

|genre         = First Person Action Adventure

|modes         = Single-Player

|input         = Wii Remote + Nunchuk

== Problems ==

=== Savestates ===

Using savestates in MP3 will crash Dolphin. Use the in-game saving to avoid any problems.

 

=== Wiimote Lag ===

The game may experience a large amount of Wii Remote lag. Insure "Alternate Wiimote Timings" is active in the game settings to correct it. Dolphin 3.0 does not have this setting, making controlling this game very difficult for that version.

 

The game will have numerous audio problems with DSP HLE, such as sound effects issues and a few seconds of music randomly looping forever. And it may stall out during the "Input Identity Code" sequence at the start of the game. [[DSP LLE]] makes it a lot better, but LLE creates stuttering problems in some revisions. See {{issue|5563}}.

=== Pixelation Glitches ===

A large pixelated block may appear in the upper left area of the frame. It may only appear during movement (newer revisions) or be stuck there permanently (older revisions), and it may appear after using the command visor. To avoid this problem, use the D3D11 graphics backend.

<div style="float:left;">[[File:MP3-Pixelboxes-cropzoom.jpg|thumb|250px|Example of the pixelation]]</div>

Whenever Dolphin has trouble with the game and flickers, from a loading hiccup to taking a screenshot, a black bar will appear on the bottom of the screen, taking up 15% of the screen space and "squishing" the game in the remaining space. This occurs in all graphics backends, and there is no known solution. See {{issue|5574}}. Old versions of Dolphin, such as 3.0-135, do not have this issue on all backends.

<div style="float:left;">[[File:MP3 NoSquish.jpg|thumb|250px|Correct emulation]]</div>

<div style="float:left;">[[File:MP3 Squish.jpg|thumb|250px|Black bar and squishing]]</div>

=== Bloom Offset ===

Prime 3 has noticeable bloom offset problems. It will have several copies of the bloom spread out from the source, and can be very distracting. The only solution is to disable "Scaled EFB Copy", but this has some issues of its own from the low resolution bloom. See {{issue|5573}}.

<div style="float:left;">[[File:MP3 Bloom1.png|thumb|175px|Example of the bloom offset]]</div>

<div style="float:left;">[[File:MP3 Bloom2.png|thumb|175px|Another example of the offset]]</div>

When playing above 1x Native internal resolution, there is a dot in the center of the screen. It's small and easy to ignore, but it's always there. There is no fix for this problem.

<div style="float:left;">[[File:MP3-Thedot-zoom.png|thumb|175px|The dot, zoomed in 8x]]</div>

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Visors will only work if EFB to Ram is enabled. However, EFB to Ram is set as default within the game INI, preventing the user from using anything but EFB to Ram for this game.

|gfxbackend = D3D11

|gfxbackendnotes = Needed to avoid the pixelated box problem

|dspengine = LLE

|dspenginenotes = Avoid sound problems and stalls

{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|1546|***}}

{{testing/entry|revision=5442|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.6GHz|GPU=nVidia GeForce GTX 275|result=Intro slow, but in game full speed.|tester=}}

{{testing/entry|revision=7111|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result= 20/40 frames|tester=}}

{{testing/entry|revision=7478|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 6950|result=Works great. Real Wiimote errors. Have to use emulated Wiimote.|tester=Robodt7}}

{{testing/entry|revision=7670|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 6850|result= Runs flawlessly. 60fps all the time. Still has Wiimote control lag issues. Red blooming from light sources now fixed.|tester=MegaJump}}

{{testing/entry|revision=7670|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3GHz|GPU=nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti|result=Struggle to reach 60fps. Enabling any kind of anti-aliasing has a serious hit on performance 20-40 frames on 4x internal res.|tester=boeoz}}

{{youtube|LE8WgYQ5_0A|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator (720p HD) Full Speed}}

{{youtube|AFu3p9n2jR8|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on Dolphin the Wii Emulator (1080p HD)}}

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