Dolphin help

Flashbomb7

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Okay, I've been having a major problem with dolphin. Whenever I try to play a game, with OpenGL it says can't create openGL renderer, you might be missing some openGL extensions, check logs for more info. so then I changed it to DirectX9, and it says my graphics card is too old, and barely displays anything. so I changed it to software renderer, and I can hear the sounds, but the whole screen is yellow.That happened with all games I tried, wii or gamecube. I really just want to play Super Mario Sunshine. So I decided to get a new graphics card, because it was obvious Intel (R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family was too old. So I got an ATI driver, and it won't appear when I'm configuring the graphics settings for dolphin. And I have the same problem with Nvidia. So does anyone know how to make the drivers appear when I'm configuring Dolphin?
 

Mupen64 Man

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Usually Express Chipset Familys are integrated into the motherboard, Did you physically change the Graphics Card, or did you just install the drivers for those Graphics Cards?
 

Flashbomb7

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Just installed the drivers. I'm too lazy to physically change them. Is there any way to just use the downloaded drivers? Or will I have to physically change them?
 
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Mupen64 Man

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Yeah, they need to be physically upgraded to those specific Graphics Cards, Installed Drivers won't work. If I am correct, with the chipset that you have, it is integrated into the motherboard and cannot be upgraded. You are better off getting a new computer, if you plan on being able to emulate Gamecube. You want at least Core 2 Duo if you plan on getting more then 12 frames per second on dolphin.
 

Flashbomb7

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Well, there goes that dream. And a new computer would cost even more than just going to buy the actual game and a gamecube controller. Back to eBay!
 

Flashbomb7

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Using a different computer, I used a 128 MB ATI RADEON X600 SE graphics card, and dolphin SVN R 4915M, I got a decent frame rate, and I only have 2 sort of major problems. First, I can't wash off the mud on the ground, whenever I fire at it, it just makes bubbles and won't go away. Second, the background is just a static mixture of black and blue. At first, I didn't find this a major problem, but then it started to sort of envelop objects that are not that far, thus shortening my range of view greatly. The only not-so-important problem is the water that comes out from the nozzle is black. And the bubbles that come out from the mud is black. I don't really care about the water color problem, I just need some help on fixing the background problem and the mud on the ground problem.
 

Mupen64 Man

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Welp, there isn't really much you can do besides trying to mess with the Graphics Plugin's settings, other then that you need better hardware to work with.
 
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