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Super Mario Sunshine
SuperMarioSunshineGC.jpg
Developer(s) Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Series Super Mario Bros
Platform(s) GameCube
Release date(s) JP July 19, 2002
NA August 26, 2002
EU October 4, 2002
AUS October 11, 2002
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player
Input methods GameCube Controller
Compatibility 4Stars4.pngEdit rating: Super Mario Sunshine
Playable
GameIDs
See also...

Dolphin Forum thread
Open Issues
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Debug Symbol Files

Mario makes his debut on the Nintendo GameCube with Super Mario Sunshine. On a vacation away from the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario finds himself in a messy situation on the island of Delphino, where a Mario look-alike has been causing all kinds of trouble. Explore huge 3D environments that range from a lush waterfall paradise, to an exciting amusement park complete with a rollercoaster you can ride. Mario makes use of a new water pack, which allows him to hover, launch, and rocket around levels, as well as spray enemies with. Mario has never had so many cool new moves, or looked so good in 3D.

Problems

Shaky Props

On lower-end machines, enabling dual core mode can cause certain props to be shaky, such as the bridge in Bianco Hills. See issue 9087. The only way to fix it is disable dual core mode or enable synchronize GPU thread, but that can cause slow-downs during emulation. See issue 7143.

Shaky bridge demonstration.

Slowdown on Map Transition

Opening the map causes the game to slow massively until the transition effect is complete. There are no lingering effects after the map is open or closed, just the transition. Switching to OpenGL or Vulkan backend removes the slowdown.

Debug Cubes

During certain "Secret" scenarios, debug cubes are visible due to an uninitialized color. See issue 8059. The boxes were invisible starting with 4.0-8388, but returned to the old behavior in 4.0-8450. Fixed again in 5.0-13081.

Secret of the Dirty Lake Beginning
Secret of the Dirty Lake End Downward
Secret of the Dirty Lake End Forward

Sirena Beach Scrub

There is a bug in the level involving a timed cleanup of Sirena Beach where a complete cleanup would go undetected. This bug was at one point regarded as fixed and present only in old versions (3.0, 4.0), but it is still commonly reported[1] and can still be a problem under certain conditions. There are various solutions involving changing graphics settings. For example, user VinDuv reported switching from DirectX 12 to OpenGL solved the issue in 5.0-1331. The nature of the level can make it hard to know whether the bug or an incomplete cleanup is responsible for failure. As a last resort, consider using the Gecko code 

$Instant Scrubbing Sirena Beach Completion [gamemasterplc]
0419CFB4 38000000

to skip the cleanup requirement.

Enhancements

AR Codes Cause Crash

If certain Action Replay codes are activated, then the game may crash upon trying to return to a completed level. This has been confirmed with a "Press B to run fast" code. To solve the problem, simply disable the code.

Water Color Effect

Super Mario Sunshine reads the mip level of the sand to change the color of the water slightly in the distance. This effect cannot be detected by Arbitrary Mipmap Detection normally, as the sand is just a standard mipmap, so at higher internal resolutions the ocean will appear a bit greener. The effect is very subtle, and may not even be visible on your monitor, depending on its color reproduction capability.

Adding ArbitraryMipmapDetectionThreshold = 3 (this value was determined empirically) to the [Video_Enhancements] section of the GameINI will make this effect work at higher internal resolutions, by causing the sand texture to be detected as an arbitrary mipmap. However, this will make the sand a few other random textures appear more blurry in the distance. Using any HiRes texture for the sand will prevent the effect from working.

Incorrect water color at 1080p, looks slightly greener.
Correct water color at 1080p.

Texture Filtering

Setting Texture Filtering to Anisotropic will cause water to render as white, getting increasingly worse as higher levels of anisotropic filtering are applied. Fixed with Arbitrary Mipmap Detection in 5.0-5745.

No Anisotropic
Anisotropic x4
Anisotropic x16

Graffiti Behaves Oddly

  • Texture Filtering set to Anisotropic or Anti-Aliasing set to SSAA makes the graffiti disappear.
  • Requires Texture Cache Accuracy to be set to safe to prevent missing graffiti textures.
  • Graffiti edges may appear blocky if Scaled EFB Copy is enabled, but this causes the heatwave effect to appear pixelated when running at a higher internal resolution than native resolution. You can use an optional Gecko code to remove the heatwave effect: 0419f83c 4e800020.
Graffiti disappeared by enhancement options
Some of the graffiti is fixed, but some can't be seen with this graphic configuration in use for Direct3D.
Proper emulation

HD Textures

Super Mario Sunshine 4K Texture Pack by Henriko Magnifico

Super Mario Sunshine UHD Texture Pack

Note: The above pack includes a texture fix for falling stars in the widescreen_stars_fix folder. This fix also removes stars when Mario hits a wall. To preserve these "collision" stars, remove the widescreen_stars_fix folder. To fix falling stars, see "Falling Stars Fix" under Enhancements.

16:9 Aspect Ratio Fix

The built-in Widescreen Hack causes various clipping and reflection issues. The Gecko codes below work as a replacement for the NTSC-U or PAL versions. These codes can have adverse effects on the games heat distortion effect.

NA

$16:9 Widescreen [gamemasterplc]
04416758 44480000
044123E8 442F0000
04416620 442F0000
04176AA4 C002B83C
0429B974 C002B83C
04176C40 C002B83C
04176FF4 C002B83C
04177198 C002B83C
04412408 3FE38E39
04416B74 3F9A7643
0429610C 380002EA
042960A0 3860FF96
C214EF74 00000002
3B20FFA9 93380004
931F0140 00000000
C214EE24 00000002
3B20FFA9 93380004
931F0108 00000000
C214F09C 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F0160 00000000
C214F308 00000002
3BA00251 93B80004
931F02F8 00000000
C214F70C 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F0400 00000000
C214F830 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F042C 00000000
C214F93C 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F0450 00000000
C214D8EC 00000002
38800251 9081056C
807F02A0 00000000
0414E7D4 3880023C
C22CB330 00000004
2C00019F 40820008
38000203 2C00018D
40820008 380001F1
901F0014 00000000
C2156004 00000004
809F0018 38A0EC78
90A40014 7CA500D0
90A4001C 38800000
60000000 00000000
C214F114 00000002
3BA00258 93B80004
931F01C4 00000000
C2363138 00000009
80ED8D08 800701E8
540C24B6 2C030000
41820030 7C032A14
7C006000 41820024
5580F87E 7C601850
1C630003 1CA50003
7C631670 54A5F0BE
7C630194 7C630214
60000000 00000000

EU

$16:9 Widescreen [gamemasterplc]
0440DCB0 44480000
04409930 442F0000
0440DB78 442F0000
0416CA6C C002B6A4
04293850 C002B6A4
0416CC08 C002B6A4
0416CFBC C002B6A4
0416D160 C002B6A4
04409950 3FE38E39
0440E0D4 3F9A7643
0428DFA4 380002EA
0428DF38 3860FF96
C2143C04 00000002
3B20FFA9 93380004
931F0140 00000000
C2143AB4 00000002
3B20FFA9 93380004
931F0108 00000000
C2143D2C 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F0160 00000000
C2143F98 00000002
3BA00251 93B80004
931F02F8 00000000
C214439C 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F0400 00000000
C21444C0 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F042C 00000000
C21445CC 00000002
3860FFA9 90780004
931F0450 00000000
C214257C 00000002
38800251 9081056C
807F02A0 00000000
04143464 3880023C
C22C33C4 00000004
2C00019F 40820008
38000203 2C00018D
40820008 380001F1
901F0014 00000000
C214B020 00000004
809F0018 38A0EC78
90A40014 7CA500D0
90A4001C 38800000
60000000 00000000
C2143DA4 00000002
3BA00258 93B80004
931F01C4 00000000
C235B358 00000009
80ED8CC8 800701E8
540C24B6 2C030000
41820030 7C032A14
7C006000 41820024
5580F87E 7C601850
1C630003 1CA50003
7C631670 54A5F0BE
7C630194 7C630214
60000000 00000000

JP

$16:9 Widescreen
F6000001 80008180
90850420 C0030000
D2000000 00000002
90A22004 90850420
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000002 80008180
57A006F7 41820010
387F0000 38800001
D200000C 00000008
80822004 80840444
3CA04420 7C042800
40820028 3C803F40
90822000 C0030000
C0222000 EC010032
D0030000 C003000C
EC010032 D003000C
38800001 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
418200A8 88030026
1400027C 38008000
140002A4 38007FFF
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
41F00000 3FAAAAAB
14000004 3FE38E39
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
3E99999A 656E6473
14000034 3F9A7643
E0000000 80008000
F6000002 80008180
7C1F00D0 7C1C0734
3FA0CC01 B39D8000
D200000C 00000002
3B9CFF96 B39D8000
3B9C006A 00000000
D200005C 00000002
3B9CFF96 B39D8000
3B9C006A 00000000
1400001C 386002EB
14000040 386002EB
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F01C4 3B000000
D2000000 00000003
83B80004 3BBD0064
93B80004 931F01C4
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F0450 38600068
D2000000 00000003
80780004 3863FF9C
90780004 931F0450
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F042C 38600068
D2000000 00000003
80780004 3863FF9C
90780004 931F042C
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F0400 38600068
D2000000 00000003
80780004 3863FF9C
90780004 931F0400
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F0140 3B200000
D2000000 00000003
83380004 3B39FF9C
93380004 931F0140
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F0160 38600068
D2000000 00000003
80780004 3863FF9C
90780004 931F0160
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
931F0108 3B200000
D2000000 00000003
83380004 3B39FF9C
93380004 931F0108
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
3881006A 901F0014
D2000004 00000004
2C0001ED 40820010
7C050378 38A50064
7CA02B78 901F0014
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
807F0014 38C1015C
D2000000 00000004
809F0018 38A0EC78
90A40014 38A01388
90A4001C 807F0014
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000004 80008180
B0858000 93E58000
8001002C 83E10024
83C10020 38210028
7C0803A6 4E800020
5A010000 FFFFFFA0
14000000 3800F000
14000028 38001000
E0000000 80008000
F6000002 80008180
48000008 3800FFFF
2C00FFFF 41820028
1400000C 48000028
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
EC0001B2 C05D0000
D2000004 00000003
3C003FAB 90010040
C05D0000 C0810040
EC4400B2 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
C03D0024 38610080
D2000000 00000002
3C6047FF 90610080
C0210080 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
C03D0024 386100B8
D2000000 00000002
3C6040FF 906100B8
C02100B8 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
380000A0 B01F0330
D2000000 00000002
386000A0 3803FF9C
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
38000184 B01F0330
D2000000 00000002
38600184 38030064
60000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
4800005C 807C0090
D2000004 00000004
807C0080 3880016A
38840064 90830374
3884000A 9083037C
807C0090 00000000
E0000000 80008000

60FPS

Region-Free

By adding the Gecko code below, and enabling it, Super Mario Sunshine will run at 60FPS. 

60FPS (Region-Free)
F6000002 80008180
BF800000 3F000000
00000000 43300000
14000004 3F800000
E0000000 80008000
F6000002 80008180
801E0074 901E0038
801E007C 901E0078
14000014 60000000
E0000000 80008000
F6000001 80008180
40800034 C03F00D0
D2000004 00000002
3DC03F80 91DF00D0
C03F00D0 00000000
E0000000 80008000

The Gecko code:

  • Makes the cutscenes run very slowly on non-NA releases
  • Causes falling stars to appear in the top corner and top middle of the screen
  • Makes the swimming blue/red coins in Gelato Beach near impossible to get (without the turbo nozzle)

Version-Specific

The below Version-Specific 60FPS Gecko codes fix the blue/red coin fish speed and graffiti fill speed.

NTSC-U
60FPS (NTSC-U) [gamemasterplc]
044167B8 3F800000
042FCB24 60000000
04414904 3CA3D70A
C20066EC 00000002
C2C28028 EC2105B2
FEC00890 00000000
PAL
60FPS (PAL) [gamemasterplc]
0440DD10 3F800000
042F4CB4 60000000
0440BE54 3CA3D70A
C20066EC 00000002
C2C28028 EC2105B2
FEC00890 00000000
Japan
60FPS (Japan) [gamemasterplc & timenoe]
0440C680 3F800000
04046DFC 60000000
0440FCF4 3CA3D70A
C2364758 00000002
C2C28028 EC2105B2
FEC00890 00000000
Japan (Rev 1)
60FPS (Japan Rev 1) [gamemasterplc & timenoe]
04407048 3F800000
042DC440 60000000
0440518C 3CA3D70A
C20066EC 00000002
C2C28028 EC2105B2
FEC00890 00000000
Switch
60FPS (Switch) [gamemasterplc & Vague Rant]
0440B2B8 3F800000
042F37D4 60000000
044093B4 3CA3D70A
C20066EC 00000002
C2C28028 EC2105B2
FEC00890 00000000

Falling Stars Fix

Remove falling stars caused by 60FPS code by applying Minimum Camera Distance Gecko code by Ralf. However, this code may cause other issues, specifically with the roller-coaster in Pinna Park. When loading this specific level (for example, just after the cutscene with Mecha-Bowser), the screen goes black and nothing more happens. 

Min Camera Distance Modifier [hawkeye2777 & Ralf]
003749C5 00000052
0440F3A8 43C80000

Alternatively, use a texture mod.

Configuration

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

Graphics

Config Setting Notes
Anti-Aliasing Non-SSAA Avoids improper graffiti behavior
Scaled EFB Copy Off Avoids blocky graffiti edges
Texture Filtering Default Avoids improper graffiti behavior under Direct3D

Game Properties

Config Setting Notes
Synchronize GPU Thread On Avoids crashing after long periods of play

Version Compatibility

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

r1.03
r5719
3.0-439
3.0-749
3.0-749
Δ
5.0-20166 (current)
Δ
Δ
Δ
Δ
Δ
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
r6569 Windows 7 AMD Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.1 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4850 Fully Playable: 50-60FPS with DX9 plug-in, OpenCL Enabled and Recommended Configuration
r6800 Windows XP Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6 GHz Intel GMA 945 Very playable 8-10FPS. Disable Lighting and sound Off for best performance. LORPAL
r6879 Windows 7 AMD Phenom II X3 N830 @ 2.1 GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Fully Playable 60-80FPS with DX11 plug-in
r7283 Windows 7 Intel Core i3-2310 @ 2.1 GHz Intel HD Graphics Fully playable with a resolution of "size of the window." sometimes slows down the game (ex. on the Isle Delfino just at the statue) lower than 20FPS in USA version Honguito98
r7310 Windows 7 Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.6 GHz ATI Radeon HD 5450 Fully Playable 15-25FPS (45-50FPS video) (PAL)--> 65-100% speed with DX9 plugin,Open CL,Disable fog.If you use EFB copy to texture you can play at 100% speed but sometimes you can have any graphics problem Markon89
r7419 Mac OS X 10.6.7 Intel Core i7 @ 2.66 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M Fully Playable 10-20FPS at 45 - 95 % seems to slow down when NPCs come on screen FeelGoodChicken
r7540 Windows 7 Intel Pentium Single Core @ 4.15 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Playable! smooth gameplay when indoors or when there are little to no NPCs around but functional. Redstorm3265
r7593 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-740QM @ 1.6 GHz-2.8 GHz ATI Radeon Radeon HD 5870M Perfectly Playable like on the console: 50/60FPS (PAL/NTSC) with DX9 plug-in and Recommended Configuration Thundereus
3.0 Windows 7 AMD Turion II M520 @ 2.3 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4200 Runs great at 20-25FPS with the dx11 plugin, and change the texture accuracy to fastest, enable OpenCL and OpenMP, disable fog, change EFB copies to RAM and enable cache, enable cache display lists and fast mipmaps and also hide shader errors. Beecher
3.0 Ubuntu 12.04 Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 Fully Playable: 50-60FPS with OpenGL plug-in, OpenCL Enabled, Upscaling Auto stretch (1080P), Anti Aliasing 4X, OpenMP decode; Sound with DSP-LLE Files on one thread CPU core & Alsa
3.0-94 Windows 7 Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 Playable: constant 30FPS, except in big areas (20-30FPS). mbc07
r7714 Windows 7 Intel Core i3-370M @ 2.4 GHz AMD Radeon HD 6370M Fully Playable: Graphics and sound can stall for a fraction of a second between scene changes occasionally causing a slight sound stutter, again for a fraction of a second, otherwise no known problems.
3.0-204 Windows 7 Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67 GHz ATI Radeon HD 5850 Perfectly playable. 30FPS consistent, with very rare drops to around 90%. Only exception is secret shine involving tall grass and 8 red coins, which runs around 60%. crumbworks
3.0-369 Windows 7 AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Constant 30FPS in almost all areas. Direct3D9, 1280x1024, 2X Internal Res, 9X SSAA, Disabled Scaled EFB Copy (avoids sliding goo), EFB Copy to RAM. No heat wave/blur (due to revision & personal preference). Goo is rendered fine. Only found 1 missing texture but it's minor. 48 sprites in and no major issues found so far. Jodeth
3.0-371 Slackware 13.37 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti Games plays perfectly. 30FPS with no slowdowns or graphical glitches using OpenGL, 2x IR, 4x AA, audio throttling. The goo renders fine with EFB copies set to RAM. GMSE01.ini overwrites default Dolphin configuration to use RAM, so if you start the game up with EFB copies on Texture, it still uses RAM, unless you change your settings in game play. Shonumi
3.0-601 Windows 7 Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20 GHz Intel HD Graphics Fully playable at native internal resolution and enabled OpenCL and Disabled Per Pixel Depth. Dual Core and Idle Skip also enabled. Also EFB to RAM enabled at Max speed. Consistent speed of 89-100% averaging at 95% with the 89% only happening in rare instances (eg: Main square @ Delfino Plaza). FPS solid @ 25-30 SoulFly
3.0-684 Windows 7 AMD FX-4100 @ 4.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Tested with (DX9). Very good emulation. Be sure to "MMU ​​Speedhack" let off, to avoid errors Games. In game 25FPS, 50FPS video. Meanwhile, the game with "DSP HLE emulation" to be played. Serverbot777
3.0-684 Windows 7 AMD FX-4100 @ 4.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Tested with (DX9). In newer Dolphin versions, an error has crept in, and that if I had during the game on the memory card save, and then save-game-state charging, and later a game was stored on the memory card would, there is an error, you can not play more of this to save memory card. Serverbot777
3.0-692 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M Fine at 50FPS and 50VPS with the DX9 plugin, not tested the DX11 plugin, and change the texture accuracy to fastest, enable OpenCL and OpenMP, disable fog, EFB to Ram, disable AA. No graphics bugs seen. TiJack
3.0-692 Windows 7 AMD FX-4100 @ 4.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 The most cheats work either not, or there is a crash-emulations. Serverbot777
3.5 Windows 7 AMD Althon II x2 270 @ 3.4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650ti Full speed no slowdowns 30FPS Mirocroatia
3.5-290 Windows 7 Intel Core i3-2350 @ 2.3 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 410M The cheat doesn't work for the PAL version, always the problem of Inkstains Dratal
3.5-1914 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Fully playable on 1080p with FXAA activated in the NVIDIA GeForce Control Panel StarDave
4.0 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.9 GHz Intel HD Graphics 4000 I had to use Throttlestop because my CPU's clock is too low. This way, I could achieve about 2.8 GHz. I've beaten the game and there are barely any slowdowns, it runs full speed the whole time. The only issue I noticed was that sometimes the music hangs at the last note played, but this was solved by just resetting the emulator, or reloading a save state (so you can save state often to avoid this). I've used Direct3D9 and every speedhack enabled, with the exception of "Unable Destination Alpha", which makes the goo react weirdly. Artur
4.0 Windows 8.1 AMD FX 4300 @ 3.8 GHz AMD R7 260X Fully Playable 30 or 60FPS forcing 16:9 widescreen
4.0.1 Windows 7 Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Emulation accuracy is near perfect with a few small bugs and graphical glitches. Use DirectX 11 to fix the heat effect issue. Heat effects render behind objects rather then in front on OpenGL. Kilobytez95
4.0.2 Windows 7 Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz Intel HD Graphics I have been wandering in the intro. No glitches but very slooooow : 6FPS hivaoa
4.0.2 Windows 7 Intel Core it-4960X @ 4.6 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 780 Ti Fully playable; just completed this game using dolphin default settings, DX11 4x native, without anti-aliasing. No issues during chuckster stage or anywhere else in the game. Works 100% constant with no noticeable graphical glitches. himalayan
4.0.2 Windows 7 AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 660 Playable, some lag during cutscenes, nothing major Noobtra
4.0-6 Arch Linux Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Runs very well at a constant 25FPS with max graphics settings. Jakbest
4.0-6 Arch Linux Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.9 GHz Intel HD Graphics 4000 Runs very well at a constant 25FPS with max graphics settings. Ultrabook fan goes very fast, not ideal system for playing. Jakbest
4.0-1519 Linux Mint 16 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Runs very well at a constant 30FPS
4.0-3699 Windows 7 AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti Fully Playable constant 30FPS @ High graphics GigaToni
4.0-6112 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-3770K @3.50 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Fully Playable at 1080p @30FPS with 4x native internal resolution and 8x anti-aliasing. Also works perfectly in widescreen with the same settings. Mangaman1001
4.0-6247 Windows 8.1 Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 610M OpenGL seems to be much faster than Direct3D. 30FPS/60VPS. Wildgoosespeeder
4.0-9211 Windows 10 Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.2 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 960 OpenGL with recommended config runs perfect. But turn Scaled EFB Copy OFF if you get aliased/jaggy/blocky goo. Jesse
5.0 Windows 8.1 Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.3 GHz AMD Radeon R9 280X 1080p @ 60FPS, recommended settings - rare drops up to 50FPS, visible stuttering but perfectly playable and enjoyable! Redux
5.0-1127 Windows 10 Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.8 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Runs at perfect 60FPS most of the time, with random slight stutters and drops to 50FPS when goop is in the area. Game likes to crash randomly with the 60FPS hack, but enabling Synchronize GPU Thread seems to fix that. Techjar
5.0-1331 Windows 10 Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Using recommended settings with 16:9 Gecko code and DirectX 12. Works very well except for some audio stuttering during cutscenes. The only issue I had was with the "Scrubbing Sirena Beach" level: The game apparently didn't detect I had cleared all the goo. Switching to OpenGL rendering fixed the issue. VinDuv
5.0-1424 Windows 10 AMD Phenom II x6 1090t @ 3.2 GHz AMD R9 280 Running at 3x internal resolution,

2xMSAA and DX11. Only issue is stuttering when opening and closing the map; otherwise perfect.

Sam3
5.0-1533 Windows 10 Intel Core i7-6700k @ 4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 1440p with 4x Internal Resolution, 8x MSAA, 1x AF, 60 FPS and Widescreen Gecko codes. Usually runs at 60 FPS using OpenGL with occasional small (lowest - 55 FPS) drops around goo and pretty significant stuttering when entering/exiting the map screen (lowest - 40 FPS). Direct3D 12 runs at the 50 FPS range unless the heat wave effect is disabled, and even then it has pretty significant drops when around goo. However, the map screen doesn't make the game stutter as much. Shmilly
5.0-3362 Windows 10 Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.2 GHz AMD Radeon RX 480 1080p 3x Internal Resolution, 30fps almost consistently except at startup (25fps) and when levels are about to load (17fps). Frame drops only last for about half a second or so and quickly fix themselves. Audio crackles with OpenAL audio backend and a latency of 2ms, but changing this to 4ms fixes the issue completely. Sonic2kk
5.0-4322 Windows 10 Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 50 Shine run w/ Vulkan at 3xIR, 1xAF, No AA & settings recommended under "Graffiti Behaves Oddly". Smooth performance at 60FPS & 16:9 (using the codes above), no noticeable drops. Only listed problem encountered was Debug Cubes, no crashes or map slowdown. SolidStateDork
5.0-8935 Windows 10 AMD Ryzen 5 2400G @ 3.9 GHz AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 IGP Configuration: 720p, 1xAF, no AA. Encounters "Failed to submit command buffer" during or straight after the opening scene with Vulkan, making it completely unplayable. Other backends run just fine with perfect speed. amiboss
5.0-10922 Windows 10 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 4.2 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 OpenGL, 3xIR, 1xAF, 4x MSAA, recommended settings. With the 60 FPS and 16:9 codes, the game runs perfectly from start to finish with no noticeable drops. Aplayer12345
5.0-12945 Windows 10 AMD Ryzen 5 2600X @ 3.6 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Vulkan, 6xIR, 16xAF, 0x MSAA. Used 16:9 and 60fps code, played up to 80 stars. Had random fps drop with OpenGL, not present with Vulkan. Very occasional glitching of audio where music would be stuck on first note during level transition, fixed by re-entering a level. No issues with red coins using the 60fps code (aside from coins clipping into environment but I think that's in the game anyway). 60fps or 16:9 code causes falling stars glitch, 'fix falling stars' code did not work but left enabled anyway, did not cause any issue on rollercoaster pina park levels. I instead used a texture replacement (google 'Widescreen Stars Fix'), this worked fine. Graffiti appears blocky, this can be fixed by disabling scaled efb copy but causes the heatwave effect to appear pixelated when running at a higher internal resolution. Heatwaves appear okay when enabling scaled efb copy but causes blocky graffiti, no way to get smooth graffiti and higher resolution heatwaves as far as I know. Optional gecko code to remove heatwave effect: 0419f83c 4e800020. Otherwise perfect. Trace6x
5.0-15445 Windows 10 Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.8 GHz AMD Radeon HD 6770 Direct3D 11, 3xIR, 1xAF, 2x MSAA. Used 16:9 code and the qashto texture pack. Aside from the grafitti/heat wave issue and the Sirena Beach Scrub issues mentioned elsewhere, the game runs perfectly at 30 fps. This decade-old hardware isn't good enough for the 60 fps code, though. With it enabled, the game runs at 45fps and slows to 75% speed. SpectraNocturne

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