Dolphin Netplay Setup Guide

Classic Fighting Games Tatsunoko VS Capcom
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Since Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will shutting down soon, now seems like the perfect opportunity to try and revive the game by moving over to Dolphin’s netplay! Don’t worry about needing to upgrade your PC. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars is one of the few Wii games that has a five-star Dolphin compatibility rating, which means it’s very easy to emulate!

What You Need:
[list][]Dolphin 5.0-5874. This is what you use to play the game online.
[]A North American ISO of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. You can find a guide to rip the game from your Wii here.[/list]

If your game’s MD5 does not match your opponent’s, you may not be able to sync.

Minimum Requirements (480p/60 FPS):
Processor: Intel Core i5-750 or AMD Phenom X6 1090T
RAM: 2 GB DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit or Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu-based, Debian-based, or FreeBSD)
Hard Drive Space: 5.5 GB free

Recommended Specifications (1080p/60 FPS):
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8320
RAM: 4 GB DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 285
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit, Linux Mint “Cinnamon” 64-bit

Ultra Specifications (2160p/60 FPS):
Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
RAM: 8 GB DDR3/DDR4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit, Linux Mint “Cinnamon” 64-bit

Installation:
[list=1][]Extract Dolphin.
[]Create a new folder named “ISO” in your Dolphin folder.
[]Place your Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars image in your ISO folder.
[]Configure Dolphin to use the following settings:[/list]

Config:

http://i.imgur.com/yjwCQaQ.png

Graphics:

https://i.imgur.com/H3qhqo9.png

Game Properties (right-click):

http://i.imgur.com/ZZNaD3N.png

Controllers:

http://i.imgur.com/2UNKMPf.png

http://i.imgur.com/Fi6YfPG.png

Playing Online:

You can join the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars group on Discord for live chat, matchmaking, and tech support.

https://i.imgur.com/ZqiJhPR.png

http://i.imgur.com/MmYJl6e.png

Hosting:
[list=1][]Click Tools at the top of the Dolphin window.
[]Click Start NetPlay.
[]Set Traversal in the top-left, not Direct.
[]Click the Host tab.
[]Select the game in your list of ISOs.
[]Click the Host button to host a lobby.
[]Click the Copy button to copy your Host Code ID.
[]Paste the Host Code ID to your opponent.
[]Set the frame buffer to your opponent’s ping divided by 8. Adjust as needed for higher latency. (4 buffer = one frame of input delay. 60ms = recommended buffer of 8 / 2 frames.)
[]Start the game.[/list]

http://i.imgur.com/mXUowhS.png

Joining:
[list=1][]Click Tools at the top of the Dolphin window.
[]Click Start NetPlay.
[]Set Traversal in the top-left, not Direct.
[]Click the Connect tab.
[]Paste your opponent’s Host Code ID in the Host Code field.
[]Click the Connect button to join the host’s lobby.[/list]

Known Issues:
[list][]Having “Insert SD card” set to on and having any Wii remotes enabled will cause immediate desyncs.
[]The game may stutter while it loads character effects into memory the first time you start it up. Just play through Survival for a while and it shouldn’t happen again after that.[/list]

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I officially love you!

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I can play this game again. Bless you Serris

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You’re too kind. As it turns out, I forgot to mention something:

The game may stutter while it loads character effects into memory the first time you start it up. Just play through Survival for a while and it shouldn’t happen again after that.

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Since Dolphin doesn’t sync saves that means that the unlockable characters can’t be used.

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You just need to enable the GeckoOS codes as shown above. That gets around the save issue and lets you use the unlockable characters.

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how is the delay?

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You can set the delay to what you want. We were playing on 7f-8f and it felt fine.

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REMINDER: If you want to try playing this online, join our Steam group. Let’s try and grow a sizable community.

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VERY awesome news!!!

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sweet i hope it works for my computer it looks like my video card might be a little too weak for 1080p/60fps but I’m down to play if I get it to work.

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it was great actually playing this game with people. besides the frame drops with supers it was really smooth would love to play other people in this game.

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are you guys playing this for reals? always wanted to get into this jawn, ill be a noob tho

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Yea I have played both Serris and Rotan and the matches were very smooth lag spikes every now and then when supers happen but besides that it was good enough to do combos without any problems.

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I’m getting inconsistent FPS. It holds around 60 but the instant a Super happens it goes down to like 20 and bounces back.

Who’s a good partner for Alex? And don’t say Zero.

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a guy on the fb group said this sucks on windows 8? if thats so thats disappointing :frowning:

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No it doesn’t I have windows 8 and it runs fine. Besides a little bit of stutter when supers happens i get a constant 60 fps.

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sweet good to know

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Yo. I’ve been playing quite a bit with Serris and the lag is usually manageable despite the massive distance between us. I’ve been playing this game for a couple years now as there is a small local scene in Finland. If you want to play you should contact me with a PM or in Skype since I usually forget to visit the chat.

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Hopefully we can get a list of people that play tvc on dolphin because I don’t know how useful the irc chat is cause everytime I go in the room only two people are there and they are usually afk. Maybe we can come up with a better way to communicate to set up some games.