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== Enhancements ==
== Enhancements ==
=== HD Texture Pack ===
=== HD Texture Pack ===
There is a high definition texture pack for Rebel Strike on the Dolphin forums.[https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-hd-texture-star-wars-rogue-leader-rebel-strike-jedi-knight-15th-feb-2016]
There is a high definition texture pack for Rebel Strike on the Dolphin forums.[https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-hd-texture-star-wars-rogue-leader-rebel-strike-jedi-knight-15th-feb-2016] [https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1omgV6pr69Gwlk8B8MTAURL6UNmmcn7WG&export=download Direct download.]


=== Widescreen Gecko Code ===
=== Widescreen Gecko Code ===

Revision as of 19:37, 13 January 2020

Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Rogue Squadron III front.jpg
Developer(s) Factor 5
Publisher(s) LucasArts
Series Star Wars, Rogue Squadron
Platform(s) GameCube
Release date(s) NA October 15, 2003
EU November 7, 2003
JP November 21, 2003
Genre(s) Action, Arcade flight simulation
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer (2), Co-op (2)
Input methods GameCube Controller, Game Boy Advance
Compatibility 4Stars4.pngEdit rating: Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Playable
GameIDs
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Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike is a Star Wars video game developed by Factor 5 and published by LucasArts exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube. Rebel Strike was developed as a sequel to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.

In addition to the arcade flight gameplay of the previous games, it added the ability for the player to leave their starfighter to participate in ground battles as well as to enter and pilot other vehicles during certain missions. The game also adds multiplayer; both a versus mode and a co-op mode that allows two players to play all but two of the missions from Rogue Leader together. Rebel Strike features the ability to use the Game Boy Advance screen and controls to issue orders privately in versus mode, via the Nintendo GameCube–Game Boy Advance link cable.

Rebel Strike uses the same base engine as Rogue Leader, but with even more advanced effects and hacks, including atmospheric weather, more enemies on screen at once, etc. The game has proven even more difficult to emulate than its predecessor.

Emulation Information

Force 4:3 Not Respected

Using Aspect Ratio: Force 4:3 will not maintain 4:3 output on 16:9 displays with this title. It will swap to a near 16:9 display during it's intro animations. This does not distort the graphics in any way; but rather is zooming in because Dolphin is detecting parts of the screen not in use.

Shader Compilation Stuttering

Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike is one of the most susceptible titles to shader compilation stuttering. The GC and Wii have no concept of shaders - everything is executed directly by the hardware without an intermediate programming language (API). Modern computers and mobile systems do not work in this way, requiring the use of shaders as an intermediary so your system's GPU can perform the tasks that the GC and Wii GPU performed directly. Shaders have to be generated though, and since GC/Wii games are not designed to create shaders ahead of time as a PC game would, when a new effect appears Dolphin has to delay the CPU thread while the GPU thread performs the compilation; a pause that does not exist on the consoles. For most games shader generation takes only a few milliseconds, but for a few demanding titles, the shaders that they generate are so large that they can result in noticeable stuttering, in severe cases pauses of over a second may occur.

Since 5.0-4869, this problem can be solved by enabling ubershaders. Changing GPU, updating GPU drivers, or updating Dolphin may invalidate the shader cache, requiring specialized shaders to be compiled again. Since 5.0-6461, Dolphin caches shader pipeline UIDs independently of the video backend and compiles them on game start. This allows cached shaders to work across different video backends, platforms, hardware configurations and even Dolphin versions as long as changes aren't made to Dolphin's actual shader pipeline. These shaders are compiled in the background when the game starts, which may cause stuttering for a short period. Enable Compile Shaders Before Starting to avoid this.

Problems

Unknown Opcode Errors

Unknown Opcode Errors may be seen when starting a game. Apparently using Dual Core and Sync GPU Thread together avoids this.

Transparent Objects Layering

Some transparent objects, such as rocket thrusters, are not layered correctly appearing on top of objects that should obscure them. Refer issue 8859.

Purple Transitions

There should be fades between various scenes that are missing in revisions prior to 5.0-5874 and rendered purple after the implementation of Hybrid XFB. Prior to Hybrid XFB this is noticeable in the intro of the initial stage "Revenge of the Empire" when transitioning from the Death Star explosion to the ship flyby, where edges of video effects that should be hidden by a fade out remain visible. After Hybrid XFB this is visible in the initial fadeout in the intro scenes. Refer issue 8881. This can be corrected by disabling "Store XFB Copies to Texture Only". Fixed by 5.0-7151.

Distorted Audio

Audio is garbled and distorted with DSP-HLE. Use DSP-LLE to rectify this. Fixed in 5.0-3260.

Enhancements

HD Texture Pack

There is a high definition texture pack for Rebel Strike on the Dolphin forums.[1] Direct download.

Widescreen Gecko Code

The Widescreen Hack has clipping issues that can be resolved by using this Gecko Code instead.

$16:9 Widescreen Region-Free
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60000000 00000000
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Configuration

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

General

Config Setting Notes
Enable Dual Core On When combined with Sync GPU Thread, allows the game to get past the intro

Game Properties

Config Setting Notes
Synchronize GPU Thread On When combined with Dual Core, allows the game to get past the intro

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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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
4.0-1843 Windows 7 Intel Core i5-3350P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Hangs at splash screen. Viremaster
4.0-3976 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-4770 AMD R9 280X DCII Get ingame and fly with the targetcomputer to see enemies, because dolphin cannot handle the zfreeze buffer; RealXFB doesn't improve it; The Jump and Gun part of Rebel Strike is rendered correctly. Sound is limited by emulationspeed around 75 percent(very slowly). Tested only on NTSC-Version ToniStereo
4.0-5394 Windows 8.1 Intel Core i7-4790K AMD R9 290x Using settings of LLE audio on thread, EFB to Texture, skip EFB to CPU, and emulate format changes on the Open GL Backend. After caching I can maintain 95-100% speed. Because EFB to Texture is being used targeting computer doesn't work and some other graphical glitches occur. IceStrike256
4.0-8684 Windows 10 Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.9GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980ti Using default setting and LLE audio on D3D backend. outside of the graphical glitches on transition screens everything is perfect. Game is now full speed after caching and plays like I remember it being on console. MUST HAVE A STRONG CPU!! IceStrike256
5.0-9 Windows 10 x64 Intel Core i5-3570k @ 4.5GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Game is running extremely well on DX11, x3 internal resolution, no AA/AF, LLE audio on, both Singleplayer & Multiplayer. After some more caching the game should play at 100% speed. Turnspit
5.0-4607 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.5GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 stops working after intro. never makes it to the menu. xALPHAxOMEGAx
5.0-8449 Windows 10 Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.9GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Same as above, initially tried to play this Star Wars game after a while only to find out it won't make it past to menu. Then I've tried the portable Dolphin setup to see if it's just my profile, still same. Have even tried single core, DX11, and OGL, nothing works. Lucario
5.0-11109 Windows 10 Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.7GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M Dual core, Synchronize GPU thread, HLE, Native resolution, Direct3D 12, Asynchronous (Ubershaders) shader compilation, No AA, Store EFB copies to Texture only. Got through the intro and started the Tatooine tutorial. Not really playable due to emulation not keeping up, but pretty sure that's because 2.7 GHz just won't cut it for this title. Garaden

Gameplay Videos