Unemployment has shown me how shitty of an emulator the Shield TV really is.

by garfnodie

Due to being unemployed, I've actually had a chance to sit and play some emulated games more than a few minutes at a time. Quickly figured out that Dolphin Emulator doesn't support analog trigger buttons, so no Mario Sunshine. Ok, so lets play some Super Mario All-Stars using Snes9x EX+. Problem with that is that there is an increasing delay between button presses and on-screen action. After half an hour I can hit any of the buttons twice before Mario even responds. I've used the Shield Controler, a Moga 2 Pro, a wired Xbox 360 controller and a wired Logitech controller. They all start out fine, but after half an hour, games are unplayable because of the button delay.

Edit: Didn't think of this at first, but I have hooked my Ultrabook to the same TV and played Half Life 2 and Portal 2 on this same TV with no input lag issues and all the same settings on the TV as now. Any post processing this TV (LG 42LC7D) has that I can turn off has always been off.

phin586

Retroarch has been pretty great for me. No noticeable delay. I mostly play jrpgs though.

I did manage to play castlevania, sotn with it, and did not notice any delay.

Did you ensure your TV was in gaming mode?

wizardgand

Dolphin aint that great. But everything to PSP works flawlessly, not sure why you are having problems. Make sure you have game mode set on your TV settings.

themick

Virtual Boy has been working good for me. I have issues with 2 player support though.

sikilikis

I have the same exact issue with Mario all-stars and mario world, with the same emulator. But I don't notice input lag on other games. I think it's either the emulator specifically, the roms specifically, or both. Try some other snes platformer and see if the input lag is still bad.

EDIT: Just to add to this, I also have NES, GBC, and MAME emulators and none have any input lag that I've noticed. It seems to only exist with those two mario games on snes.

clanton

Yeah I'd get a RetroPi setup if you wanted to emulate for cheap

realslizzard

Set your TV to game mode. Also set the frame rate to 59.89fps

If there is still a delay it is your TV. I had the same issues till I actually looked up how to remedy them and get them to work and delay is gone (easiest to test with Mario to see how responsive jumps are)

From my experience it plays up to Dreamcast at full speed (haven't used dolphin before)

koshergoy

Suggest you modify the title to include the phrase...

"When connected to a substandard vintage TV."

IPTV2pointoh

Using an older version of dolphin (4.0-7947) and Mario Sunshine plays amazing. I can only imagine newer versions work just as well. Change the display setting on your TV (game,vivid,custom) to find one where the input lag is reduced/gone for snes ect

blusky75

It's not just the Shield. Any android device including the shield is shitty for emulation.

A PC / raspberry Pi can play games lag-free or near-lag-free (mileage varies depending on controller and USB vs Bluetooth ). SNES emulation however on android is laggy and unplayable regardless of what emulator and controller you use.

There is no non-beta build of dolphin for Android. I have a NUC i3 running Windows 10 that emulates dolphon 5.0 flawlessly.