Emulator Issues #6506
closedName Dolphin's included DSP ROMs differently from official DSP ROM dumps
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Description
I did not find any issues similar to this so I decided to create one.
What went wrong?
Dolphin's included DSP ROMs are named the same as official DSP dumps. This results in the free ROMs overwriting any official dumps placed in Dolphin's \Sys\GC\ sub-directory when extracting files from any revision (that includes the free DSP ROMs) into an existing Dolphin folder. It becomes a nuisance to extract/place the official dumps back, and it is not possible to avoid this without checking through the replace confirmation prompts for each individual file.
What did you expect to happen instead?
Official DSP ROM dumps should not be replaced by Dolphin's DSP ROMs when extracting into existing Dolphin folder.
What steps will reproduce the problem?
- Open the Dolphin revision's archive.
- Extract and choose "Replace All" (If you choose to replace one-by-one instead of all, you will eventually see a prompt to replace dsp_rom.bin and dsp_coef.bin).
I have used various builds 3.5-1031 onward (currently 3.5-1801), but it could be assumed that all builds that include these DSP ROMs have
this issue. I use x64 builds, but this most likely affects 32 bit builds as well.
My thoughts to prevent this is to perhaps rename Dolphin's included dsp_coef.bin and dsp_rom.bin slightly (add a prefix or suffix such as "emu" for example). In addition, Dolphin should first check for dsp_coef.bin and dsp_rom.bin (both to be assumed official ROM dumps), otherwise it should use the included ROMs instead.
Here are my specs if needed:
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5-3.9 GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GTX 760
Updated by ZhaaedNightfang over 11 years ago
I forgot to add that before opening the archive and extracting, make sure you have an official ROM dump placed first. Then after extraction, you should start up Dolphin, run a game, and you should see the "Free DSP ROM" dialog box.
Updated by MayImilae over 11 years ago
I definitely agree that, in the current state, having the two so alike is problematic. However, if delroth can increase the accuracy and bring it up to parity with the official dumps, then this problem disappears.
Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
- Status changed from New to Invalid
You should never be modifying files in Sys anyway. Put your own files in User.
There's another issue tracking LLE ROM accuracy.