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Emulator Issues #5493

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Ikaruga suddenly reboots

Added by captgrrr over 11 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
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Description

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1) Game Name and ID (as it appears in right click > properties: "GZ2P01",
"RSBE01", etc):
GIKE70 Ikaruga

2) What is the expected output?
The game works normaly.
What do you see instead?
The warning message for the 1st level boss comes up, Boss appears, game reboots to title menu (menu after atari logo memory card load treasure logo)

3) Did the game ever work correctly (i.e. not have this problem) on an
earlier version of dolphin? Please specify the exact revision when the
problem began.
3.0-600 R8878ae5fc379 looks to be where this issue started happening for me. I cannot reproduce this on 3.0-594 and lower

4) What steps will reproduce the problem?

  1. Play the normal game mode on any difficulty setting.
  2. Make it to the first level boss. 3.

5) What version of dolphin are you using (32bit/64bit along with the
version as it appears in the title bar, etc)? Do not say 'latest version'
this changes multiple times a day.
On what operating system, drivers, and hardware? Be sure to list OS,
graphics driver information, and video card model if you are having
graphics problems, for example.

Dolphin 3.0-700 64bit
Win7Pro X64
2x Opteron 256(3ghz)
ATI Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB(agp)
2GB ram ddr 400

I have also reproduced this on a linux box
Ubuntu 12.04 x64
AMD Llano a4-3400
onchip graphics using FGLRX driver
2GB ram ddr 1600

6) Please provide any additional information below.
Ive tried making a save state just before this issue happens. If the save state is loaded after the game resets it self it will continue to reset. If dolphin is restarted and the save state is loaded the game will continue normally.

I've also had the restart happen slightly earlier during large ships you fight just before the boss, but never later.

7) Attachments. IMPORTANT! We have a limited storage quota on
GoogleCode, so please use a 3rd party host for screenshots or any other
files (http://min.us/ for example).

Actions #1

Updated by skidau over 11 years ago

Does the md5 of your iso match the one on redump.org?

Actions #2

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Yes, at least it does after I decompressed it, can still reproduce the issue either way. I have found a workaround by disabling the frame limiter. 3.0-594 still works with the limiter on or off.

Actions #3

Updated by skidau over 11 years ago

Does the game also restart in Single Core mode?

Actions #4

Updated by tommyhl2.SS over 11 years ago

This is not happening for me, I made it to the boss and beyond.

http://i.imgur.com/2i7cL.jpg

3.0-700 - 64-Bit

Asus Laptop: K53TA
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit - SP1
CPU: AMD Llano A6-3400M, Quad-Core, 2.4GHz (Overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD6650M, 1GB GDDR3 (HD6720G2)
RAM: 4GB DDR3-1333

Actions #5

Updated by tommyhl2.SS over 11 years ago

Hmm, just tried the game again, and it randomly rebooted somewhere other than the boss fight. Looks like a legit issue.

Actions #6

Updated by delroth over 11 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Accepted
Actions #7

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Yes still present in single core mode.

Actions #8

Updated by f3r.DLK over 11 years ago

The game works fine here.

3.0-710 - 64-Bit

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit - SP1
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240, Dual-Core, 2.8GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD4670 OC, 1GB GDDR3
RAM: 4GB DDR2-800

Actions #9

Updated by tommyhl2.SS over 11 years ago

It's random. You'd have to play the game through the first level several times to see if it happens.

Actions #10

Updated by skidau over 11 years ago

In 3.0-594, did you have DTK music enabled or disabled? It should be enabled for this test.

Actions #11

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Yes DTK music was enabled.

Actions #12

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Also it seems disabling the frame limiter and letting vsync keep the game speed in check only reduces the reboots(3.0-600+), Ive still had a few completly random ones. When this setting is on auto its always been the 2 spots mentioned in the issue report on my machines.

Actions #13

Updated by skidau over 11 years ago

In the audio settings, do you have 48000hz or 32000hz selected? It should be 48000hz. Please also try the game with "No audio output". Sorry for not bunching up the questions in one shot. I am writing them as I think of them.

Actions #14

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

No problem. Its been set to 48000hz. Tried no audio 3 times now and It seems to make things reboot more quickly (first wave of medium sized ships) switched back to xaudio2 and reboot at the boss fight again. Dsound also gets to the boss fight. LLE recompiler didnt seem to make a difference nor did LLE interp. All of these results are with the frame limit set to auto because the reboot is more consistant this way. Im pretty sure the linux box was on alsa 48000hz but I dont have access to it right now. It was a dvr i built for my parents. Just for the sake of testing I tried 3.0-594 with no audio output, no reboot.

Actions #15

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

32000hz no reboot after running through the first level twice. Switched back to 48000hz reboot on first boss... I'll try this some more tomorrow if I have time.

Actions #16

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Today 32000hz reboots just like 48000hz... GAH randomness!

Actions #18

Updated by skidau over 11 years ago

I took a look at this issue and it is resetting because the music has gone out of sync with the game. I can get it to consistently reset if I set the framelimiter to 40fps (66% speed). The game does not reset if it is running at 100% speed.

Technically the game has detected that an AISInterrupt occurred when it is not expecting one. It then resets.

The reason why this occurs is because Dolphin plays music back in real time. Notice how the music does not slow down when the game is running slower than normal. Old versions of Dolphin did not reset because the AISInterrupt timing was not accurate.

To fix this issue, we either have to match the music to the game speed (would cause the music to lag and sound like crap), we get the game run at 100% speed (needs a faster PC) or get the AISInterrupt to occur when the game expects it to in some other way while maintaining accuracy. Currently, I don't have any ideas on the latter. The first option is the "most accurate to the hardware" option.

Actions #19

Updated by pauldacheez over 11 years ago

For making the music match the game speed, can it just do the typical thing that HLE does and create more interim samples (e.g. Zelda ucode [I think])? Or does it inevitably sound like crap if you do that because it's recorded and not MIDI?

Actions #20

Updated by skidau over 11 years ago

As a demonstration of "matching the music to the game speed," I made a timing change to the "No Audio Output" backend which fixes this issue.

paul, time-stretching the audio is possible, but not 100% fool-proof as the audio back-end would have to inquire the number of frames/cpu cycles that have been executed in the last X time period and using that as a number to gauge the number of frames/cpu cycles in the next X time period.

Actions #21

Updated by tommyhl2.SS over 11 years ago

I guess if the fix is to run the game full speed, (as intended) then there is no issue.

You'd think this game should be one of the easier games to run, but some spots on the first level are pretty brutal. Going from 120% to 50% because a few extra ships are on the screen is not normal for a small 2D/3D shooter like this.

Actions #22

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Well its at least nice to know the cause of the issue and to have a work around, thanks skid. It seems odd there aren't more issues like this for other games.

Actions #23

Updated by kostamarino over 11 years ago

"Well its at least nice to know the cause of the issue and to have a work around, thanks skid. It seems odd there aren't more issues like this for other games."
Fzero also suffers from sudden reboots, this might be the case.

Actions #24

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

If it is the same issue the "no audio output" backend should fix it in current master builds. I'll see about testing it this weekend.

Actions #25

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Haven't had much time to look into this and so far I also haven't had any success reproducing a reboot in fzero on newer builds, just a few 0 fps lockups. I do remember this game rebooting but it seems like it was determined to be a duel core problem. Is there a certain part of the game where they are more frequent? Did the reboots happen before 3.0-600?

Actions #26

Updated by captgrrr over 11 years ago

Checked into f-zero a little more, can still reproduce reboots with no audio output but cannot in single core mode. Looks like a different issue.

Actions #28

Updated by skidau about 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Accepted to Fixed

This issue was closed by revision c8c78e0aa9c7.

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