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Emulator Issues #11239

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Emulator is extremely slow on macOS Mojave DP2 only if the game window is focused

Added by andrew almost 6 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:
Fixed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
% Done:

0%

Operating system:
OS X
Issue type:
Bug
Milestone:
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
Yes
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
Regression start:
Fixed in:

Description

Game Name?

Mario Kart Wii

Game ID? (right click the game in the game list, properties, info tab)

RMCE01 (00010004524d4345)

MD5 Hash? (right click the game in the game list, properties, info tab, MD5 Hash: Compute)

390375058c5820597df0059311558e49

What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.

Emulator is extremely slow (<1 FPS) on macOS Mojave DP2 only if the game window is focused

What steps will reproduce the problem?

  1. Open a game
  2. Game will run extremely slowly
  3. Change focus to a different window
  4. Game runs at normal speed

Is the issue present in the latest development version? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest development version.

Yes, 5.0-8199 (77f6e50493c0433391a4da1815b09d85d1a36247)

Is the issue present in the latest stable version?

No, but game runs at 5 FPS anyways

If the issue isn't present in the latest stable version, which is the first broken version? (You can find the first broken version by bisecting. Windows users can use the tool https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-green-notice-development-thread-unofficial-dolphin-bisection-tool-for-finding-broken-builds and anyone who is building Dolphin on their own can use git bisect.)

5.0-6235 - broken
5.0-5636 - broken
5.0-4994 - broken but less broken?
5.0-4298 - I can't tell because performance is already 2 FPS

What are your PC specifications? (CPU, GPU, Operating System, more)

  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
  • 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5
  • 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
  • Intel Iris 1536 MB
  • macOS Mojave 10.14 Beta (18A314h) = Developer Preview 2

Is there anything else that can help developers narrow down the issue? (e.g. logs, screenshots,
configuration files, savefiles, savestates)

When I disconnect all controllers, focused performance is more like 6 FPS instead of 0 FPS.

https://cloudup.com/cB5eIrCnLtT


Related issues 1 (0 open1 closed)

Related to Emulator - Emulator Issues #10262: [Mac] Dolphin slows down with external keyboards attachedFixed

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Actions #1

Updated by JosJuice almost 6 years ago

  • Relates to performance changed from No to Yes
  • Operating system OS X added
  • Operating system deleted (N/A)
Actions #2

Updated by Billiard26 about 5 years ago

Actions #4

Updated by andrew about 5 years ago

The linked version does not appear to have this performance issue on macOS Mojave 10.14.3 on a 2018 MacBook Pro, using the Vulkan renderer.

Actions #5

Updated by Billiard26 about 5 years ago

Thanks, do you know if latest master (https://dolphin-emu.org/download/) still presents the issue?

Actions #6

Updated by OatmealDome over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from New to Fixed

Unable to reproduce on latest dev build, issue report made on a (now) really old beta version of macOS, and no response from user. Assuming fixed.

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