Soulcalibur II

Soulcalibur II
Developer(s)	Namco, Nintendo Australia
Publisher(s)	Namco
Series	Soulcalibur
Platform(s)	GameCube
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-Player, Multiplayer
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GRSPAF, GRSEAF, GRSJAF
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Soulcalibur II (ソウルキャリバーII, Sōrukyaribā Tsū?) is a fighting game developed and published by Namco and the third installment in the Soul series. Soul Calibur is the name of the holy sword, created to battle the evil sword Soul Edge, which the games' story-lines revolve around. The home version of the game features Heihachi Mishima from Tekken, Link from The Legend of Zelda, Spawn from the comic book series by Todd McFarlane, and Necrid, a new character created by Todd McFarlane. Each of the first three characters is exclusive to one of the three consoles the game was ported to the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox, respectively, while Necrid is present in all three home versions.

Problems

NTSC Version Graphic Issue

Before you start a fight, when it announces the players, they seem to mirror each other in the middle of the screen (silhouettes), but then fixes itself. No serious problem.

NTSC VS. PAL Sound

Not sure if I'm the only one with this problem, but in the PAL version, the BGM wasn't working for me. After getting a Proper NTSC copy, it worked with flying colors!

Configuration

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

General

Config	Setting	Notes
CPU Emulator Engine	JITIL

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Video Backend	Direct3D 9
Texture Cache Accuracy	Position 4

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Soulcalibur II since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r7283

r7625

r7687

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5.0-21453 (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
r7228	Linux Kubuntu 11.10 x86	AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE	nVidia GeForce GT 440	Perfect
r7283	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7	nVidia GeForce GTX 260	Perfect
r7486	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.8GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 460	Perfect constant 60 FPS in HD	momosnake7
r7625	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3-530	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Major problems in r7625 and up (to at least r7671). Worked perfectly in r7623.	Yoshimitsu
r7687	Windows Vista x64	Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T @ 2.26GHz	nVidia GeForce 9400M	Runs constantly with 60fps but has texture glitches in menu and in game particles	Samake03
r7719	Windows 7 x86	Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 3GHz	nVidia GeForce 8800 GT	Many graphical issues with DX9 and DX11. OpenGL recommended	Sanitarium026
3.0-201	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.7GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Perfectly ~50Fps with 3D9, 4X native, Anti-Aliasing 4X SSAA, anistropic 16X , Use JIT-IL (experimental), EFB : Texture, and Force 16/9 without Widescreen Hack, set 16/9 in the game options	Sanitarium026
3.0-735	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-2670QM @ 2.20GHz	nVidia GeForce GTX 560M	Perfect. NTSC-U is running great thus far with 9x SSAA, 1x Anisotropic and Per-Pixel lighting while fullscreen at 1920x1080 Resolution on JIT-IL (Experimental), EFB to RAM with Cache enabled. Only occasional slowdowns when stuff on screen gets too busy.	Phazon Lord

Gameplay Videos

• Youtube3D : Soul Calibur 2 3D.HD720p (dolphin + iz3d driver)
• Dolphin | Soul Calibur 2 Gameplay