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=== Hyrule Field Slow Down ===
=== Hyrule Field Slow Down ===
As the player progress through the game, Hyrule Field will become progressively slower. It has to do with how the game works, and there is no solution at this time. See {{issue|720}} and {{issue|2499}}.  
As the player progress through the game, Hyrule Field will become progressively slower. It has to do with how the game works, and there is no solution at this time. See {{issue|720}} and {{issue|2499}}.  
*Previously, the "ZTP Hack" could be used to improve (not fix) this issue. However, it was removed due to incompatibility with an upcoming code change, and it will not return. If you are experiencing severe speed issues and wish to try the hack, it is available on {{revision|4.0.2}} and all versions prior to {{revision|4.0-648}}.  
*Previously, the "ZTP Hack" could be used to improve (not fix) this issue. However, it was removed due to incompatibility with an upcoming code change, and it will not return. If you are experiencing severe speed issues and wish to try the hack, it is available on {{revision|4.0.2}} and all versions prior to {{revision|4.0-646}}.  


=== Audio Issues ===
=== Audio Issues ===

Revision as of 18:25, 25 January 2014

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess.jpg
Developer(s) Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Series The Legend of Zelda
Platform(s) Wii
Release date(s) NA November 19, 2006
JP December 2, 2006
AUS December 7, 2006
EU December 8, 2006
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
Input methods Wii Remote + Nunchuk
Compatibility 5Stars5.pngEdit rating: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Perfect
GameIDs
See also...

GameCube Version
Dolphin Forum thread
Open Issues
Search Google
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Wikipedia page
Debug Symbol Files

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series. Originally planned for release in November 2005, Twilight Princess was delayed by Nintendo to allow its developers to refine the game and add more content. This made Twilight Princess the first Zelda game released at the launch of a Nintendo console. The GameCube version was released in December 2006, and was the last Nintendo-published game for the console. During early development, Nintendo referred to Twilight Princess as The Wind Waker 2. As development progressed, Nintendo announced a new title, Twilight Princess, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2005.

The Wii version is identical to the GameCube version, but is mirrored by design; ie. what is left on the world map in the GC version is right on the Wii. It also uses the Wii remote and supports widescreen.

Problems

Hyrule Field Slow Down

As the player progress through the game, Hyrule Field will become progressively slower. It has to do with how the game works, and there is no solution at this time. See issue 720 and issue 2499.

  • Previously, the "ZTP Hack" could be used to improve (not fix) this issue. However, it was removed due to incompatibility with an upcoming code change, and it will not return. If you are experiencing severe speed issues and wish to try the hack, it is available on 4.0.2 and all versions prior to 4.0-646.

Audio Issues

With DSP HLE, background music may play at a low value, sound effects may be too loud, and the music may not play or cut out randomly. Use DSP LLE to correct these sound problems.

Mini Map

  • With EFB to Texture the minimap will become unusable after a transition into another area, showing nothing but visual garbage. Use EFB to Ram to fix it.
  • The minimap requires Texture Cache Accuracy to be set to position 1 (Safe), otherwise the arrow will become confused and fail to follow Link as he travels.

Press "2" on the Wii Remote to hide the minimap.

Bloom

Due to the low resolution bloom, a "ghost" image will appear around certain objects in areas with high amounts of bloom. There is no known solution.

In addition to the "ghost" look, the Wii version has a bloom offset. The bloom appears to the left and above where it should be. To fix it, use D3D11, or use D3D9 and OpenGL with the following procedure:

  • With OpenGL and D3D9, set the game to EFB to Texture, then fire up the game. After it is loaded, open the graphics configuration menu, and the bloom offset will disappear. Why this happens is unknown, but it appears to remain in place in testing.

D3D11 Darkness

With the D3D11 graphics backend the lens flare from the sun is glitched. When looking at the sun through trees of buildings, part of the effect shows through, displaying a small lens flare and an overall darkening of the screen. Only the D3D11 backend has this problem so use D3D9 or OpenGL to avoid it. See issue 5999.

Sun Rays

Twilight Princess uses a ray effect at various points throughout the game, most notably at windows and the fountains. The effect is very easily broken. How it is broken depends on the backend used:

  • D3D9 - Anti-aliasing and an Internal Resolution above 1x Native damage the effect
  • D3D11 - Same as D3D9
  • OpenGL - The GLSL merge (3.5-1025) greatly improves the effect in OpenGL. It is now only affected by Anisotropic Filtering and an Internal Resolution above 1x Native.

Configuration

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

Graphics

Config Setting Notes
Texture Cache Accuracy Position 1 (Safe) Minimap arrow won't flicker

Audio

Config Setting Notes
DSP Emulator Engine LLE Fixes sound issues

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 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
r6095 Windows Intel Core i7-920 ATI Radeon HD 4890 The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Dolphin Wii Full Speed FuriosBr1
r6580 Linux Ubuntu 10.10 x86 Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz ATI Radeon HD 4850 Slow and choppy (OpenGL)
r6580 Windows 7 x86 Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz ATI Radeon HD 4850 Fast and speedy (Directx9)
r7025 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3GHz AMD Radeon HD 6950 Fast and speedy (Directx9)
r7332 Windows 7 x86 Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz AMD Radeon HD 6950 Almost Perfect
r7489 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.06GHz nVidia GeForce 8800 GT Fast and speedy (Dx9) LynxOfTime
r7561 Windows 7 x64 AMD Phenom II X4 N930 @ 2GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v 20->35 FPS. 16 FPS in Hyrule Field. A little slowdown in large areas. Livy
r7561 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz Intel HD Clarkdale Full speed most of the time. 18 FPS in Hyrule Field. A little slowdown in large areas. Livy
3.0 Mac OS X 10.7.2 Intel Core i5 @ 2.8GHz AMD Radeon HD 5750 Almost Perfect, mini-map is garbled unless you change EFB Copies to RAM, then it works fine, but the game slows down also (OpenGL) Elxiliath
r7661 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i7-950 @ 3.07GHz ATI Radeon HD 5770 Good for the most part with decent speeds, despite the fairy cursor misaligned with the mouse. However, resizing or maximizing the window causes literally about a hundred errors, starting with "Invalid Call" followed by D3D shader/framebuffer nonsense (mostly regarding D3DShader.cpp). Following the errors, Dolphin crashes. Schala
r7670 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz AMD Radeon HD 6850 Runs at 30 FPS all the time. No major problems, although maximizing the window during gameplay will crash Dolphin. Easily playable at 2x Native. MegaJump
r7719 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5GHz nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Completely playable until the end, but random crashes, no sound at spirit springs and in the end credits with HLE, very slow Hyrule Field (10-12 FPS @ D3D9, 6-8 FPS @ D3D11), slowdown independent of ZTP hack and internal res/AA/AI and other gfx enhancements, also in other big areas
^3.0 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.1GHz nVidia GeForce 460 GTX Hyrule Field 25-30 FPS (Directx9) dormantreign
^3.0 Linux openSUSE x86_64 AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.2GHz nVidia GeForce 560 GTX Perfect Delayline
3.0-235 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.2GHz AMD Radeon HD 6970 Constant 30 FPS @ D3D9, no sound problems, no crashes, Hyrule Field 30 FPS after activating "DSP LLE on Thread"
3.0-427 Windows 7 x64 AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.6GHz ATI Radeon HD 6870 Flawless constant 30 FPS, internal resolution=auto 1080p AAx4 AFx2 HeapsGood99
3.0-601 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 3.3GHz nVidia GeForce GT 650M perfect jplafor
3.0-681 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.5GHz nVidia GeForce GTX 570 KOR Version(RZDK01) need to use 'MMU Speed Hack'(Old TLB Hack) for Continue in Menu screen (After Push A+B) hong620
3.0-710 Windows 7 x86 AMD Althlon II M300 @ 2GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 10-15 FPS. 7 FPS in Hyrule Field Livy
3.5-1572 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core i7 4650U Intel HD Graphics 5000 Surprisingly playable. 25-30 FPS (although mostly always 30) with DirectX 9 or 11. OpenGL gets around 15-20 FPS. Settings: 1440x900 (1.5x IR), no AA, EFB copies to RAM, safe texture accuracy, cache display lists, OpenMP texture decoding
^3.5-1344 Gentoo Linux Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.4GHz nVidia GTX 560 Ti Extremely good, mostly stable 30 FPS (except sometimes i had to turn down Graphics settings to make it run, and in Hyrule field i got 20-27FPS) with OpenGL. Settings: 1920x1080 (Auto/Winsize), 2xAA (8x AA inside dungeons and 2x AF), Per-Pixel-Lighting, EFB copies to RAM, safe texture accuracy, cache display lists, !!HACKED BUFFER UPLOAD!! (<- important, otherwise it's sloooow!), Disable dest. alpha, Fast depth calc, VSync on Windfisch

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