Dolphin-emu - The Gamecube / Wii Emulator

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Homesite: http://dolphin-emu.com/

Project Site: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu



About: Dolphin-emu is a emulator for Gamecube, Wii, Triforce that lets you run Wii/GCN/Tri games on your Windows/Linux/MacOSX PC system



Open Source Release under GPL 2



Project Leaders: F|RES, ector



Team members: zerofrog, vincent.hamm, falc4ever, Sonicadvance1, tmator, shuffle2, gigaherz, mthuurne, drkIIRaziel, masken, DacoTaco, XTra.KrazzY, nakeee, memberTwo.mb2, donkopunchstania, jpeterson, omegadox, lpfaint99, bushing, magumagu9, mizvekov, cooliscool, facugaich





Please read the FAQ before use: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/wiki/Facts_And_Questions



System Requirements:

* OS: Mircrosoft Windows (2000/XP/Vista or higher) or Linux or Apple Mac OS X.

* Processor: Fast CPU with SSE2 supported (recommended at least 2Ghz). Dual Core for speed boost.

* Graphics: Any graphics card that supports Direct3D 9 or OpenGL 2.1.





[Windows Version]

Dolphin.exe: The main program 

Arguments:

-d		Run Dolphin with the debugger tools

-l		Run Dolphin with the logmanager enabled

-e=<path>	Open an elf file



cg.dll/cgGL.dll: Cg Shading API (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_toolkit.html)

wiiuse.dll: Wiimote Bluetooth API (http://www.wiiuse.net/)

SDL: Simple DirectMedia Layer API (http://www.libsdl.org/)

*.pdb = Program Debug Database (use these symbols with a program debugger)

[DSP Plugins]

Plugin_DSP_LLE.dll: Low Level DSP Emulation

Plugin_DSP_HLE.dll: High Level DSP Emulation (only emulates AX UCodes)

[Video plugins]

Plugin_VideoDX9.dll: Render with Direct3D 9 (outdated video plugin)

Plugin_VideoOGL.dll: Render with OpenGL + Cg Shader Language

[Gamecube Controller Plugins]

Plugin_GCPad.dll: Use keyboard or joypads

[Wiimote plugins]

Plugin_Wiimote.dll: Use native wiimote or keyboard



[Linux Version]

Usage: Dolphin [-h] [-d] [-l] [-e <str>]

  -h, --help     	Prints usage message

  -d, --debugger 	Run Dolphin with the debugger tools

  -l, --logger   	Run Dolphin with the logmanager enabled

  -e, --elf=<path>	Loads an elf file



[Mac Version]

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[Sys Files]

totaldb.dsy: Database of symbols (for devs only)

font_ansi.bin/font_sjis.bin: font dumps

setting-usa/jpn/usa.txt: config files for Wii



[Config Folders]

Cache: used to cache the ISO list

Dump: Anything dumped from dolphin will go here

GameConfig: Holds the INI game config files

GC: Gamecube Memory Cards

Logs: logs go here

Maps: symbol tables go here (dev only)

ScreenShots: screenshots are saved here

SaveStates: save states are stored here

Wii: Wii saves and config is stored here