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The Vertex Rounding Hack didn't fix it so I'm 99% sure there's nothing we can do.

Okay, but I changed the title a little from what you suggested, because I could reproduce it with 1x IR and 8x MSAA.

I think iwubcode is right. I recorded a different FIFO log that has obvious artifacts near the words "High Score" with 1X IR, no AA, no AF. Can we update the title again?

Yeah, Dolphin has some pixel accuracy issues, I guess this can be called accepted until there's further testing done.

ryanebola16 wrote:

I think iwubcode is right. I recorded a different FIFO log that has obvious artifacts near the words "High Score" with 1X IR, no AA, no AF. Can we update the title again?

I suspect that the artifacts in that file select screen (e.g. "High Score" in the screenshot SFA 2.PNG) are due to Dolphin using different fonts from those in the actual GameCube BIOS (See --> https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Star_Fox:_Assault#Improper_GameCube_Font).

I've attached a screenshot from a YouTube longplay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuH-zUZVMec) that was recorded off original hardware, showing the font differences. The IPL font is a bit thicker and more spaced out than the Dolphin one. Issue #8362 suggests that the width differences between the two fonts can cause graphical issues, which could explain why 1xIR still causes problems in that menu.

The loading screen fonts in both Dolphin and hardware capture are seemingly indistinguishable. That one definitely seems like a texture coordinate issue. It is consistently reproducible on my end with 5.0-13963 when anti-aliasing is enabled and/or a non-native IR is used. If someone can verify using a dumped GameCube BIOS that 1 x IR doesn't leave text artifacts on that file select screen then perhaps the Subject text should be reverted to clarify.

Using the hardware fifoplayer on a real wii, I get similar lines when I zoom in (but not at native resolution).