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Emulator Issues #11918

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EA Sports Active 2 Video Rendering and sprite problems

Added by kage52124 over 4 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

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

0%

Operating system:
N/A
Issue type:
Bug
Milestone:
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
Regression start:
Fixed in:
5.0-12656

Description

Game Name?

EA Sports Active 2

Game ID? (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Info tab)

SE2E69

MD5 Hash? (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Verify tab, Verify Integrity button)

c711f9d5eaf9145ad53e224fec4f2030

What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.

EA Sports Active 2 plays videos as a demo for the player to properly exercise. These videos have odd vertical lines dispersed throughout the video frame.
Additionally, and possibly more importantly, selecting colors for the shirt are completely absent. Video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99w9rTWU4ck (not my video, just one I found).

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Simply booting the game will illustrate these problems.

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

5.0-11231, but it has also been a persistent problem for a few years.

Is the issue present in the latest stable version?

Yes, Dolphin 5.0

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.)

Has been broken.

If your issue is a graphical issue, please attach screenshots and record a three frame fifolog of the issue if possible. Screenshots showing what it is supposed to look like from either console or older builds of Dolphin will help too. For more information on how to use the fifoplayer, please check here: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=FifoPlayer

[Attach any fifologs if possible, write a description of fifologs and screenshots here to assist people unfamiliar with the game.]
Clothing should be rendered and not transparent. Videos should not have vertical bars in them.

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

Processor: Intel Core i5 3570k
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 1050ti
OS: Windows 10
(I do not believe this bug to be due to my system settings)

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

I tried disabling the default patches, that was unsuccessful.


Files

screenshotEA.jpg (103 KB) screenshotEA.jpg Shows clothing rendering transparent kage52124, 12/06/2019 12:42 AM
screenshotEAvideo2.jpg (69.7 KB) screenshotEAvideo2.jpg better illustration of vertical bars kage52124, 12/06/2019 12:44 AM
screenshotEAvideo.jpg (85.5 KB) screenshotEAvideo.jpg veritcal bars kage52124, 12/06/2019 12:44 AM
EAVideoFIFO.dff (1.98 MB) EAVideoFIFO.dff requested fifo kage52124, 12/06/2019 12:49 AM
Actions #1

Updated by JMC4789 over 4 years ago

Yeah, this happens on NVIDIA graphics cards due to rounding. There's nothing we can do about it currently, and the fix will (likely) greatly slowdown emulation once it is implemented.

Actions #2

Updated by kage52124 over 4 years ago

Wow that was fast, thank you.

Does that rounding error apply both to the videos and the in-game sprite rendering?

Actions #3

Updated by JMC4789 over 4 years ago

No, the in-game rendering is likely a separate bug. You may wanna go through the Graphics Settings -> Hacks tab and try switching things around a bit. Particularly Store EFB Copies to Texture Only may need to be unchecked for things like custom clothing as they read from the framebuffer.

Actions #4

Updated by kage52124 over 4 years ago

Okay, I just tried to run the game with a different computer that uses Intel integrated graphics. I can confirm that the bug still occurs without an NVIDIA GPU.

Regarding the second problem, you are correct. Unchecking the "Store EFB Copies to Texture Only" did fix the rendering of the clothing. Thank you very much.

Actions #5

Updated by kage52124 over 4 years ago

Err... I should clarify what I just said.

The vertical line corruption in the videos is still present, even without an nvidia gpu.

The clothing rendering bug is fixed by unchecking "Store EFB Copies to Texture Only"

Sorry for the double post.

Actions #6

Updated by JosJuice over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Fixed
  • Fixed in set to 5.0-12656
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