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Dolphin Emulator on MacOS
« on: May 04, 2017, 03:52:01 PM »
Has anyone had luck with the Dolphin emulator? (not the RetroArch core). I have the executable working but MacOS does not move focus to the Dolphin.app from Attract Mode.

When I use the following command in Terminal it works perfect.

open -a /Applications/Dolphin.app/Contents/MacOS/Dolphin -b -e /Users/allanrutter/Downloads/Metroid\ Prime\ 2\ -\ Echoes\ \(Europe\)\ \(En\,Fr\,De\,Es\,It\).iso

when I do not include the open -a it has the same issue with moving focus to the Dolphin.app.  I have tried add open -a to the executable in AM and the game will not launch.

Does anyone have an idea on how to address this?

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Re: Dolphin Emulator on MacOS
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2018, 05:22:24 AM »
These are the configs, works perfect with Dolphin 5.0;

# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.2.0-3
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executable           /Applications/Dolphin.app/Contents/MacOS/Dolphin
args                 -e "[romfilename]"
rompath              $HOME/Roms/wii
romext               .zip;.wbfs;.iso;.ciso
system               Nintendo Wii
info_source          thegamesdb.net
artwork    boxart          $HOME/Roms/wii/boxart
artwork    cartart         $HOME/Roms/wii/cartart
artwork    flyer           $HOME/Roms/wii/flyer
artwork    marquee         $HOME/Roms/wii/marquee
artwork    snap            $HOME/Roms/wii/snap
artwork    wheel           $HOME/Roms/wii/wheel

In Dolphin Emulator, change the following settings;
- Launch Dolphin, in Options>Hotkey Settings, select your controller under “Device” then map the Exit Key, (right analog stick button works well)
- In Options/Graphics Settings, tick Use Full Screen, tick V-Sync only if you have a low end or onboard GPU to reduce tearing.
- In Dolphin/Configure/Interface, untick Confirm on Stop
- In Options>Controller Settings, configure the Gamecube & Wiimotes controls.
- Tips; google the controller to see its layout, with the Wiimote, configure the nunchuck stick with the left analog stick on your controller, tick Sideways Wiimote

Hope this helps

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Re: Dolphin Emulator on MacOS
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2018, 10:32:31 AM »
Hi!

I got it runnin' and got focus shifted correctly with the following setup:


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Re: Dolphin Emulator on MacOS
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2018, 04:11:19 PM »
Remove the “-b” in command arguments

In Dolphin you need to do a few things

1. Launch Dolphin, in Options>Hotkey Settings, select your controller under “Device” then map the Exit Key, (right analog stick button works well)
2. In Options/Graphics Settings, tick Use Full Screens, tick V-Sync only if you have a low end or onboard GPU to reduce tearing.
3. In Dolphin/Configure/Interface, untick Confirm on Stop (Very Important

Happy days