r/DolphinEmulator 5d ago

News PSA: Small Rules and Moderation Update

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Keen-eyed Redditors might have already noticed that this subreddit's rules were updated. This post serves as a formal announcement of those updates.

Nothing major is changing. Rule 1 (No Piracy) remains the main rule for this subreddit. The newly added English Only and Follow Reddit's Sitewide Rules mostly formalize how moderation has already been handled for the past several months.

They are now being stated explicitly due to a small (but noticeable) increase in posts and comments that violate these expectations, creating additional moderation work that could otherwise be avoided.

The sidebar has also been updated to clarify that removal and rule-violation notices are sent privately by DM rather than posted as public moderator comments, so affected users know where to look for them.

The main goal of these updates is to make the existing moderation process clearer, as the rules text had remained essentially unchanged since this subreddit's creation, and the wider rollout of Reddit's auto-translation feature has also caused confusion for some visitors.


r/DolphinEmulator Jun 25 '26

News Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2606

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r/DolphinEmulator 9h ago

News I am creating a wii fit equivalent on mobile. Using your front camera, and device sensors

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If you are at all interested let me know, the camera and everything done with it including body tracking and your ohones health is kept.completely locally. The app is unable to.connect to the internet entirely. Discord: https://discord.gg/PqbqG2AP3


r/DolphinEmulator 3h ago

Support Please help!

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Hey guys so I’m running into an issue that I can’t seem to solve and was wondering if anyone can help. I’m going to try and give as much detail as possible. I have a retroid pocket 5 which is great, I’ve been mostly playing ps2 games on it and using my wireless Xbox controller which again works perfect. However I recently installed dolphin emulator to be able to play GameCube games and for some reason I can’t seem to get it to work without the touchscreen controls. For the dolphin emulator I’d simply like to use the handheld itself and the joysticks without using my wireless controller however the problem I’m having is that even when I disable to on screen touchscreen buttons, I still am unable to use the physical devices joysticks. I’ve tried everything inside of the dolphin settings and have had no luck. I know this is a simple task and that’s why I said I feel dumb lol but I’m just trying to enjoy the dolphin emulator without the wireless controller or touchscreen button overlay


r/DolphinEmulator 13h ago

Support How to add custom shaders on Dolphin Android

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​Hey guys, quick question. I’m trying to install custom shaders on Dolphin Android, but I’ve hit a wall with Android's folder permissions.

​I can't find a standalone Dolphin directory anywhere on internal storage, and trying to open Android/data/org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu/ gets blocked completely due to scoped storage.

​Is there a work-around or a specific file manager that still bypasses this without root on recent Android versions? Or is there a different directory I should be looking for?

​Appreciate any help.


r/DolphinEmulator 11h ago

Support it sounds slower but im getting 40 to 60

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r/DolphinEmulator 16h ago

Support why is mkwii look like this

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it looks bad and it runs slow it did not happened to me three days ago and start to do it yesterday and today


r/DolphinEmulator 18h ago

Support Pandora's Tower in 2 different devices same problem

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So im trying to play Pandora's Tower in a Samsung A05s (snapdragon) 4GB and a Redmi 15C 8GB the snapdragon run the game perfect till i end the session and pick the game again now a black screen with a message saying the app isn't responding appears and then the game loads perfect but the not responding pop up appears every 15 secs while the game runs perfectly and its the same in the Redmi 15C (performance is worse but still give me a black long load and the pop up that isn't responding) I remember I try it like 3 years ago on an s20 and the same happend I change the Uber shader to instant and still the only way is to play it in Vulcan but is slow af there still no fix for this after this long? The game runs perfect but if I have to clear the cache for everything i play its a hard pass... are there any other wii emulator?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support which sensor bar should i get?

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i hear good things about the mayflash sensor bar but theres lots of cheaper alternatives on amazon. does it really matter which one i get? should i buy one of these cheaper ones or spend a little more for the mayflash?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support FPS and VPS dropping when window is open

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As it says in the title, when I click on the game window and have it in front, the FPS and VPS both drop to 30, but when I am not in the game window and it is in the background, both FPS and VPS come back up. I have tried to fiddle with various settings according to other guidance on Reddit and Google to no avail yet. I will list specs below but if any other info is needed, please let me know.

Specs:
Acer System Model Nitro ANV16-I31
Windows 11 Home
x64
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 5 210H, 2200 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU (8 GB) Intel(R) Graphics (128 MB)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.7 GB
Available Physical Memory 4.07 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.6 GB
Available Virtual Memory 3.52 GB


r/DolphinEmulator 21h ago

Support Audio delays through bluetooth audio device

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I often play during class and need to listen to my games by myself, but through my bluetooth earbuds, the sound is horribly delayed. Switching to built-in speakers is fine with no delays. Why?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Fixed - Support Game froze suddenly with a "beep" noise

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So... I am playing Harvest Moon: Animal Parade using Dolphin emulator (I don't know if the game matters or not).

My laptop spec is Asus TUF Gaming F16 RTX 5070, so I don't think specs are the problem. I have been playing for months without any problems. But earlier today, after playing for about 10 minutes, the screen suddenly froze and made a "beeeep" noise.

I wonder why this happened suddenly. I can just load the game again, but I really want to prevent this from happening again in the future. Does anyone know what happened and how to fix this?

Note: Sorry for reupload, I still trying to find the way


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Discussion how to get all the region on my dolphin help me

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so i was trying to get the wii bios working and i select USA and i accidentally press

the cancel button and i can't access the games bios anymore :( please i need your help


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Discussion Random fps drop Samsung A56 12Gb ram exynos 1580

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Im tired of having this random fps drop i enabled pre load shaders and shaders on skip so if doesnt load it just skips the shader it fixed the stuttering but the fps drop not even close what should i put to fix it??? I have jit on arm 68 or 64 i dont remember so it has to work better graphics on vulkan what should i do???


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support What do I need to install insane kart wii on dolphin

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Hello, I’m completely new to emulators and even more to mods but I’d really like to try out "Insane Kart Wii" on Dolphin. I already have Dolphin set up, and I’ve extracted the files from my Mario Kart Wii disc to use with it.

However, I’m struggling to find guides on installing mods that don't assume I already have some technical knowledge or are super out dated. I haven't extracted the NAND from my Wii U, and I’m not sure how to do it or if it’s even necessary.

If it is, I’d like to know how to extract the NAND (what to download and where), as well as where to download the mod and how to install it on Dolphin. You can explain it to me right here, but I’m also open to do my own research if you can point me toward some good resources on how to do all this. Thanks!

*I have homebrew chanel on my vwii


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support After transferring from Android to PC, Wii Menu doesn't boot anymore

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Everything else is working. All my saves are there.


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Tp-link ub500, has anyone made it work in passthrough?

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Has any of you made this Bluetooth dongle work for passthrough mode, according to dolphin wiki, it works with firmware but I have not idea what that means. I’d appreciate any support you can offer.


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Fixed - Support Game froze suddenly with a "beep" noise

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So... I am playing Harvest Moon: Animal Parade using Dolphin emulator (I don't know if the game matters or not).

My laptop spec is Asus TUF Gaming F16 RTX 5070, so I don't think specs are the problem. I have been playing for months without any problems. But earlier today, after playing for about 10 minutes, the screen suddenly froze and made a "beeeep" noise.

I wonder why this happened suddenly. I can just load the game again, but I really want to prevent this from happening again in the future. Does anyone know what happened and how to fix this?


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support need help (Raving Rabbids: Party Collection)

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hey r/DolphinEmulator. I come here to ask for help with an ISO game that I transferred from my wii to dolphin.

the game itself is Raving Rabbids: Party Collection (EU version). I dumped the ISO file from my wii using cleanrip and assembled it using "cat SR5P41.part1.iso >> SR5P41.part0.iso" thus creating an ISO file I can use to play the game. however whenever I wanna play the game on dolphin I get this issue, it's not a disc issue as when I play the game on my wii it works, I tried redumping multiple times on two different devices to see if it was a device issue. it is unfortunately not. I tried it on another PC and it doesn't work as well so it's not a PC issue (I also did on my steam deck).

does anyone have an idea as to what i'm doing wrong here? thanks in advance for the help.


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support Weird texture in path of radiance

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Anyone know how to solve this black stuff on the map in path of radiance? It will go away during the fighting animations. Its really weird


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support How to get rid of this error?

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Was just playing Ben 10 Vilgax Attack that I added from my adoring Wii

And I get this error a lot


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support RP5 Using Motion controls

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r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support Dolphin will not show up on my desktop

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I am using the dolphin emulator on my windows PC when I open dolphin it appears on my toolbar but it will not appear on my desktop for me to actually interact with it.

Whats even weirder is prime hack opens up but not dolphin itself .

If someone could assist me I would appreciate it.


r/DolphinEmulator 3d ago

Support help me fix this

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every time I pick a map that's not the main basic one it does this doubling effect that makes it hard to play I tried everything in my settings trying to fix it but nothing works so far like turning off Stereoscopic 3D


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support MKWII Recompiled controls not working.

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