Dolphin for PS4 v04.00

Dolphin for PS4 v04.00

Install: say Yes to the update in Dolphin, then install the package from /data/pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer. Or install DolphinPS4-v04.00.pkg directly.

Changelog

• Added Delete Game in Game Options
• Added save/load state hotkeys (pick your own button combo)
• Added play time in the game list and the L3+R3 menu
• Added Controls page to the L3+R3 menu
• Added Wii Remote motion: aim, swing and tilt with the DualShock 4
• Added Hold Wii Remote choice: pointed, sideways or like a wheel
• Added Tilt With choice: motion, left stick or both
• Controllers without motion sensors aim with the right stick
• Added Play Online (Wiimmfi) for Wii games
• Added Wii Menu and Mii Channel, installed from Nintendo
• HOME Menu's Wii Menu and power off return to the game list
• Added RetroAchievements: login, unlock pop-ups and badges
• Added PS3-style achievement list in the L3+R3 menu
• Added Achievements tab in the XMB and progress in game details
• Added Xbox-style progress banner when a game starts
• Login status shown next to the clock
• On-screen keyboard confirms with Cross and stays open while typing
• Added crash handler: a crash returns you to the game list
• Faster CPU emulation: quicker jumps, loops and graphics writes
• Up to 15% faster in CPU-heavy scenes (Metroid Prime)
• Bigger draw batches sent to the GPU
• PC Dolphin FIFO recordings (.dff) appear in the game list
• Added per-game option to turn off CPU culling

Dolphin Lab v50.35 (experimental)

Dolphin Lab v50.35 (experimental)

Experimental builds: new features and CPU speed-ups that still need testing. Installs as a separate app, Dolphin Lab, next to the normal Dolphin; it never replaces it. Both share your games, saves and settings.

Install: DolphinLab-v50.35.pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer. Lab updates itself from these experimental releases only.

Changelog

• Added Delete Game in Game Options
• Added save/load state hotkeys (pick your own button combo)
• Added play time in the game list and the L3+R3 menu
• Added Controls page to the L3+R3 menu
• Added Wii Remote motion: aim, swing and tilt with the DualShock 4
• Added Upright Wii Remote option: steer Mario Kart Wii by tilting
• Left stick tilts the Wii Remote when no Nunchuk is plugged in
• Controllers without motion sensors aim with the right stick
• Added Play Online (Wiimmfi) for Wii games
• Added Wii Menu and Mii Channel, installed from Nintendo
• Added RetroAchievements: login, unlock pop-ups and badges
• Added PS3-style achievement list in the L3+R3 menu
• Added Achievements tab in the XMB and progress in game details
• Added Xbox-style progress banner when a game starts
• Added Achievements demo mode for testing
• Hardcore Mode is now off by default
• Login status shown next to the clock
• On-screen keyboard confirms with Cross and stays open while typing
• Added crash handler: a crash returns you to the game list
• Fixed a crash on Quit Game while profiling
• Faster graphics writes: up to 15% faster in CPU-heavy scenes
• Faster short loops in compiled game code
• Added per-game option to turn off CPU culling

Dolphin for PS4 v03.51

Dolphin for PS4 v03.51

Install: say Yes to the update in Dolphin, then install the package from /data/pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer.

Changelog

• Game Settings Center page: see each game's recommended settings, choose Yes or No.
• Recommended settings turn diagnostics off.
• Controller layouts per game, and Nunchuk Shake on a button.
• Game Folder browser reaches the whole console, USB drives included.
• New Exclusive Ubershaders option; fixes TMNT (2007)'s blue colours.
• In-game menu changes now stick for games with recommended settings.
• Changing V-Sync from the in-game menu no longer stops the game.
• Tries more ways to enable the JIT on jailbreaks that block it.
• Faster CPU emulation: larger block lookup table.

Dolphin for PS4 v03.44

Dolphin for PS4 v03.44

Install: say Yes to the update in Dolphin, then install the package from /data/pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer.

Changelog

• Game settings center: best per-game settings, downloaded from GitHub at every start.
• Download Codes on the Cheats page: Gecko codes straight from the internet.
• Faster square roots in games using CodeWarrior's math library.
• Crash of the Titans: full emulation speed, about 50% more CPU for the game.
• Game Folder: clear reason shown when a folder or USB drive can't be read.
• Brazilian Portuguese translation reviewed (thanks, gdsistemas-web).

Dolphin Lab v50.13 (experimental)

Dolphin Lab v50.13 (experimental)

Experimental builds: CPU speed-ups that still need testing. Installs as a separate app, Dolphin Lab, next to the normal Dolphin; it never replaces it. Both share your games, saves and settings.

Install: DolphinLab-v50.13.pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer. Lab updates itself from these experimental releases only.

Changelog

• Everything in Dolphin v03.51.
• Faster jumps between compiled code blocks.
• Common math and graphics-data instructions compiled inline: fewer slow helper calls.
• Video thread sends bigger draw batches to the GPU.
• PC Dolphin FIFO recordings (.dff) appear in the game list.
• Test switches for tracking down graphics bugs.

Dolphin Lab v50.01 (experimental)

Dolphin Lab v50.01 (experimental)

Experimental builds: CPU speed-ups that still need testing. Installs as a separate app, Dolphin Lab, next to the normal Dolphin; it never replaces it. Both share your games, saves and settings.

Install: DolphinLab-v50.01.pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer. Lab updates itself from these experimental releases only.

Changelog

• Same as Dolphin v03.46, plus its own experimental update channel.
• Next Lab builds bring CPU experiments first; tested ones move to the normal app.

Dolphin for PS4 v03.39

Dolphin for PS4 v03.39

Install: say Yes to the update in Dolphin, then install the package from /data/pkg with GoldHEN's Package Installer.

Changelog

• Riivolution patches for Wii games: Triangle on the game → Riivolution Patches.
• Mods go in /data/DolphinPS4/User/Load/Riivolution/, laid out like a Wii SD card.
• Restart Game added to the L3 + R3 menu.
• Crash of the Titans: fixed black screen with looping sound.
• Crash of the Titans: smoother in busy scenes.

Dolphin for PS4 v03.36

Dolphin for PS4 v03.36

Install

• From inside Dolphin (any version from v03.08): say Yes when it offers the update. Dolphin downloads DolphinPS4-v03.36.pkg into /data/pkg/ and checks it. Then close Dolphin and install it with GoldHEN → Package Installer (or Debug Settings → Game → Package Installer). Games, saves and settings are kept.
• Or by hand: download DolphinPS4-v03.36.pkg below and install it on top of the old version.

Changed since v03.33

• Updates go back to the package in /data/pkg. The self-starting update (v03.33 / v03.34) was set aside as "didn't start" on some consoles and you stayed on the old version. Downloading the package and installing it with the package installer is simpler and works everywhere. Releases no longer include the update archive, so older versions download the package too.

Everything else is the same as v03.33.

Dolphin for PS4 v03.34

Dolphin for PS4 v03.34

Same as v03.33 — this release tests the built-in updater. Nothing new to try.

Install

• On v03.08 or later: say Yes when Dolphin offers the update, then Restart Now. Your games, saves and settings are kept.
• Otherwise: install DolphinPS4-v03.34.pkg by hand with your package installer, on top of the old version.

See v03.33 for everything new since v03.10.

Dolphin for PS4 v03.33

Dolphin for PS4 v03.33

Install

• On v03.08 or later: say Yes when Dolphin offers the update, then Restart Now. Your games, saves and settings are kept.
• If the update doesn't start on v03.10 (or you're on v03.06 or older): install DolphinPS4-v03.33.pkg by hand with your package installer, on top of the old version. v03.10's updater could fail to replace an earlier update's folder; from v03.33 on that's fixed.
• On v03.03: don't update from inside that version (its updater uninstalls the app); install the package by hand.

New since v03.10

Games

• More file types: .wad (WiiWare, Virtual Console, channels), .dol / .elf (homebrew) and .tgc (GameCube demo discs).
• Set as Default ISO: press Triangle on a game → Set as Default ISO. Dolphin then starts that game straight away; hold L1 while it starts to get the menu instead.
• Spider-Man 2 runs at 30 FPS most of the time on a base PS4 (Fast speed features are now its default).
• Bully: in its heaviest scenes the automatic CPU clock may go down to 40%.

Controllers

• Motion controls: tilt, swing and shake the DualShock 4 to move the Wii Remote (Settings → System → Motion Controls, on by default). Needs an official DualShock 4 — many third-party controllers have no motion sensors.
• PS Move (experimental): Settings → System → Wii Remote Controller → Auto makes a PS Move that's on when a Wii game starts the Wii Remote. Not tested on hardware yet — logs welcome.
• Controller in Wii Games: Wii Remote, GameCube Controller or Both (default). Use GameCube Controller for Wii games that support one (Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl…).
• Wii settings only touch Wii games; a GameCube game's own settings no longer list them.
• Controls repair themselves: if a forced power-off emptied the controller files (no input in games), Dolphin restores the default controls. The files are now written safely so it can't happen again.
• Multiplayer check: what Dolphin finds (signed-in users, controllers) is written to boot-trace.log. Each controller must be signed in as a different PS4 user.

Save states

• No more crash when saving in busy scenes: states no longer include the texture cache (a race in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! made a 148 MB state), and Dolphin borrows extra memory when its own runs out.
• Wii save states load: loading one always failed before and sent you back to the menu.

Wii

• Wii SD card: Settings → System → Wii SD Card, with folder sync (/data/DolphinPS4/User/Load/WiiSDSync), write access and size.

Menus and languages

• 13 languages: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, Nederlands, Polski, Türkçe, Русский, 日本語, 中文, 한국어. Pick one at the first start or in Settings → System → Language; games use it too where they have it.
• New start-up animation: the dolphin leaps in through stardust.

Speed and stability

• No more stutter after every update: compiled shaders are kept across updates.
• Faster memory lookups in games that use the GameCube's memory mapping (Spider-Man 2, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One…).
• Consoles that block the fast CPU emulator (seen on some PS4 Pros) fall back to the slower one with a notice instead of crashing.
• The updater cleans up after itself: old update folders are now really deleted.

See the README for controls and tips, and join the Discord to help test.