Emulator

Game Name?

Nicktoons Unite

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

GNOE78

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

232fce9fef02b7bf2df4d77f3f479521

What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.

I'm from a speedrunning community on [[https://discord.gg/qQVFdCvtnu]] and we have benchmarked emulator vs console load times for Nicktoons: Unite! One table can be seen here: [[https://discord.com/channels/273192533197324288/273493101828636677/1138906174327099523]]. And another here: [[https://discord.com/channels/273192533197324288/273493101828636677/1032481263233282109]]. Basically, on disc, load times hover around 6-10 seconds. But in Dolphin, load times are 9-13 seconds long. I want to thank JosJuice and the Dolphin team for working hard to make load times accurate on the majority of popular games. Nicktoons: Unite! seems to have characteristics that make disc loads different than emulator, for example on console the game randomly freezes while the disc "churns". We have yet to confirm if this bug happens on other Blue Tongue shovelware games with a similar engine.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Boot the game and load a level.

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

19866 dev and 19368 beta are the latest right now. Sadly I can't confirm what exact version these occurred on, but I can confirm the issue exists from 5.0 stable to the present version, to various degrees.

Is the issue present in the latest stable version?

Yes, the stable seems to have the longest loads.

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.)

[First broken version number here (if applicable)]

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.]

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

Tested on multiple machines of speedrunners. Results are roughly consistent across multiple hardwares. Should not be considered a hardware issue afaik.

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

[Anything else here]