Setup:

Windows:

There is minimal setup necessary! A pre-configured ready-to-go version of Dolphin is provided alongside the texture pack. Simply extract the texture pack folder somewhere on your PC and start Dolphin using "Dolphin (Standard Edition).exe" or "Dolphin (Post-Processing Edition).exe", then open up your own obtained GC/Wii game rom of ZTP and play. (These two versions of Dolphin have different benefits, check above for a comparison between Ishiiruka Dolphin and regular Dolphin)

It is crucially important that you do NOT move the .exe(s) from the folders they're inside of, or else its likely to cause problems.

>>Note: On the post-processing edition (Ishiiruka Dolphin), do NOT use any graphics backend other than Direct3D 11 in the graphics settings, It is the only backend which supports all features and has the highest compatibility and stability of all the options. Also keep in mind that the Post Processing Edition does not support .RVZ, .CISO or .NKIT format roms, only .ISO.

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Information on how to dump your own game rom legally can be found here.

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MacOS:

1. Follow the same instructions as those for Windows, except that your "Dolphin Emulator" diretory is called just "Dolphin" on MacOS, and is located inside of /Library/Application Support/

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You can use the "Go to folder" option in the taskbar of Finder to navigate to this exact directory using the following address: ~/Library/Application Support/Dolphin

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SteamDeck:

1. Follow the same instructions as those for Windows, except that your "Dolphin Emulator" diretory is called just "dolphin-emu" on Linux, and is located inside of /home/deck/.var/app/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu/data/

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Android:

1. Follow the same instructions as those for Windows, except that your "Dolphin Emulator" diretory is called just "dolphin-emu" on Android, and is located inside of Internal Storage on your device. Use a file manager of your choice to navigate to this location and extact the files there.​

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iOS:

The process is very similar to that of Android. However install Dolphin is a bit trickier and will require that you use DolphiniOS, which has it's own installation instructions provided here.

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NO GAME ROM OR GAME FILES ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS TEXTURE PACK.

SHARING GAME ROMS IS PIRACY AND IS ILLEGAL.

DO NOT ASK FOR THEM HERE OR ON DISCORD.

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What are the differences between regular "Dolphin" and the "Ishiiruka Dolphin"?

There are two versions of Dolphin you can choose between on Windows. One is Ishiiruka Dolphin, which includes all the post processing effects showcased in the screenshots like ambient occlusion, tone mapping, bloom, material maps and more. The other version is just regular "Dolphin" which doesn't include these features but has some other benefits instead.

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Ishiiruka Dolphin has some graphical features implemented not available in regular Dolphin. It also requires Windows 7 or higher (only available on Windows) and a dedicated graphics card. Both versions include controller presets for common gamepads like the "Xinput gamepads", such as Xbox or 8-bitdo controllers, and the custom textures are the same between both versions. Regular Dolphin is much more modern has has fixed some bugs present in Ishiiruka Dolphin (and therefore offers increased stability, and substantially higher performance than Ishiiruka Dolphin) and supports many more platforms, plus it supports PS4/PS5 & GameCube controllers natively without any extra setup necessary, which Ishiiruka does not. On the other hand, regular Dolphin does not support any of the additional graphical features listed above exclusive to Ishiiruka Dolphin, like material lighting for normal maps, customizable tone mapping, ambient occlusion or depth-of-field effects. Both versions look great nevertheless so if you're uncertain I recommend you use regular Dolphin- or try out both and see which one you prefer! The screenshots above were taken using Ishiiruka Dolphin unless its stated otherwise.

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How can I get 60 FPS?

It is not possible to obtain higher than 30 fps natively. However, it is possible to obtain 60 & 120 fps using Lossless Scaling, a tool which can be bought from Steam (I'm not sponsored by them, but I like the tool). The tool is still in beta however, and upscaling artifacts will appear. For a clean image, I still recommend playing the game at the default frame rate without Lossless Scaling.

 

It can interpolate frames in-game to give the appearance of 60 fps or higher, without any of the drawbacks of a cheat code or patch: There will be NO game breaking bugs or glitches using lossless scaling, as it's only active a post processing effect. But as stated earlier, there will be artifacts which may or may not hinder your enjoyment of the game, depending on how sensitive you are to artifacts.

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Here is some important information about using Lossless Scaling to get higher FPS:

* Artifacts may appear when there is lots of sudden camera movements on screen.
* The tool costs $6.99 on Steam (a price worth paying in my opinion, since it works for any game)
* It is only available on Windows, and does not work on Linux or MacOS currently.
* A somewhat modern GPU is required, preferably an RTX or recent AMD GPU.

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Whether or not it's worth getting is for you to decide! Of course, playing the game in it's intended frame rate is a perfectly good experience as well, so don't feel forced to use this tool to have a good time.

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These are my recommended settings for Lossless Scaling for Dolphin:

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NOTICE: YOU MUST ENABLE "BORDERLESS FULLSCREEN" IN THE GRAPHICS SETTINGS > ADVANCED TAB OR IT WON'T WORK!

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Why is the image grainy?

This can be an issue in Ishiiruka Dolphin on some hardware configurations if Ubershaders it NOT set to "Exclusive". Try setting Ubershaders to "Exclusive" in the Enhancements tab of the Graphics Settings and that should fix the problem.

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Why do textures take a while before loading in?

This occurs in modern Dolphin when "Prefetch Custom Textures" is not enabled. You can enable "Prefetch Custom Textures" in the Graphics Settings > Advanced tab and this will fix the problem (this requires a lot of RAM!)​

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Updating from an older version is super simple:

Just install the new version exactly like you would normally, and this will overwrite the old textures with the new ones from the new version. This won't touch your save data or save states at all, so you can update without fear of losing any progress.

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If you encounter any issues with the texture pack please post them on Discord!
 

Enjoy!

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Download the texture pack (1.0.0c)

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Want to help contribute to these projects?

If so, thank you! Myself and lots of people would greatly appreciate your help making these projects shine even brighter. All contributed work will of course be credited, however not all submited textures might be included in the texture pack if they're not deemed a suitable fit for any reason. The most important thing is that textures are faithful to the original art style, and that they contain no copyrighted or otherwise illegal content before being distributed. Here are some specific core areas which are currently especially important in regards to contributed work;

• UI and text translations (Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese)

• UI icons and character portraits

• ​Minor texture tweaks (mistake fixes or spelling corrections, for example)

• High-quality, royalty free environment textures or material textures (PBR or otherwise) without watermarks.

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