Dolphin Emulator for UWP - v1.1.9

[SternXD]

DolphinUWP - v1.1.9

Changelog

Major features

• RetroAchievements integration - unlock Soft, and Hardcore achievements through the official RetroAchievements API with its own Achievements tab.
• DSU Support - stream data from DualShock 4/5, Switch controllers, Android phones, etc. in the new Alternate Input Sources tab in controls.
• Button Mapping support - remap your Xbox Controller on the fly no more issues with ini Files (mileage may very I don't recommend doing it while in a game).
• GameCube, and Wii Menu - boot to the Wii, and GameCube menu straight from the settings menu
• Wii Online System Update option - region picker, and progress dialog.
• Theme engine now accepts JPEG backgrounds and ships the new Flipper 2.2 by @fffathur.
• Synced to upstream 2503a-340 (was 5.0-21264).

PC Dolphin settings now available on Xbox / UWP

Almost every single config option that's on PC Qt UI has been added.

Category	Newly-exposed options
Graphics → General	Adapter picker (currently commented out Not for UWP) · Backend selector (lists available backends like D3D12, D3D11) · Aspect Ratio (Auto / Force 16:9 / Force 4:3 / Stretch) · Internal Resolution Auto → 8× · Shader Compilation Mode (Synchronous / Skip Drawing (these are the only two I recommend on UWP platforms)) · Compile Shaders Before Starting · Shader Cache · V-Sync
Graphics → Enhancements	Per-Pixel Lighting · Disable Fog · Disable Copy Filter · Force True Color · Arbitrary Mipmap Detection (+ Threshold slider) · HDR Output (not available for UWP no impl yet) · Anisotropic Filtering (1×-16× levels) · MSAA Level (None / 2× / 4× / 8×) · SSAA toggle
Graphics → Hacks	Enable EFB Access from CPU · Emulate Format Changes · Store EFB Copies to Texture Only · Defer EFB Copies to RAM · Texture Cache Accuracy (Safe / Normal / Fast) · GPU Texture Decoding · Store XFB Copies to Texture Only · Immediately Present XFB · Skip Presenting Duplicate Frames
Graphics → Advanced	Show FPS · Show VPS · Show Speed · Show Speed Colors · Overlay Stats · Log Render Time to File · Enable Wireframe · Show Projection Statistics · Texture Format Overlay · Enable API Validation Layers · Load Custom Textures · Prefetch Custom Textures · Disable EFB VRAM Copies · Enable Graphics Mods · Dump Textures · Dump Base Textures · Dump Mip Maps · PNG Compression Level slider · Resolution Type (Window / Aspect-Corrected Internal / Raw Internal)
Audio	Backend selector (Cubeb / WASAPI) · Volume slider · Latency slider (0-200 ms) · DSP Engine (HLE / LLE Recompiler / LLE Interpreter) · DPLII Decoder (not available for UWP until I know if it's needed or not) · Audio Buffer Size slider · Mute on Speed Limit · Fill Gaps
General	Enable Dual-Core · Enable Cheats · Speed Limit selector (0.1x → 2.0x) · Fallback Region picker (NTSC JP / NTSC NA / PAL / NTSC Korea) · Change Discs Automatically
Config → Advanced	CPU Core (Interpreter / Cached Interpreter / JIT64 / JITARM64 (JITARM64 Will never work for UWP it's there for compatibility when I get this frontend working with Dolphin PC)) · Enable MMU · Pause on Panic · Enable Write-Back Cache · Sync-on-Skip-Idle · Emulate Disc Speed · CPU Clock Override (6%-400%) · Memory Size Override (MEM1 24-64 MB / MEM2 64-128 MB) · Enable Custom RTC (picker for specific date/time) · Defer EFB Cache Invalidation · Fast Texture Sampling · Cull Vertices on the CPU · Prefer VS for Point/Line Expansion
GameCube	GC IPL Settings (System Language) · Skip Main Menu · Load GameCube Main Menu · Slot A (Memory Card, GCI Folder, USB Gecko, etc.) · Slot B · SP1 Device (Broadband Adapter options)
Wii	Enable PAL60 · Enable WiiConnect24 via WiiLink · System Language picker (Japanese / English / German / etc.) · Sound Mode (Mono / Stereo / Surround) · Insert SD Card · Allow Writes to SD Card · SD Card Path picker · SD Card File Size (128 MB → 32 GB) · Sensor Bar Position (Top / Bottom) · IR Sensitivity slider (1-5) · Speaker Volume slider (0-127) · Online System Update · Install WAD
Interface	Show On-Screen Messages (OSD) toggle · Theme selector (default is now Flipper 2.2 Beached by @fffathur)
Achievements	Enable Hardcore Mode · Enable Unofficial Achievements · Progress Notifications · RetroAchievements Integration (Login, Spectator Mode, etc.)

Notes:
(I might have missed some I changed a lot of settings.)

(Some Vulkan-only features remain hidden on Xbox.)

(For now from an External Device I plan to write a in app file explorer at a later date that will allow you to access the internal storage easier)

Smaller tweaks

• Now shows what version of Dolphin the UWP version is based on in the about settings screen.
• Updated to CppWinRT 2.0.240405.15 and formatted all UWP-only files with repo clang-format rules.
• Faster, safer shutdown when exiting to the Xbox dashboard.
• Fixed Change Disc button crashing Dolphin.

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Known issues

• Frontend selection (RetroPass/LaunchPass) still broken – will revisit at a later date.
• if you find anymore make sure open a GitHub Issue so I remember to get to it

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Support / Social

• Twitter: @Stern_XD
• Discord: Xbox Emulation Hub
• Revives Discord: https://discord.gg/dcVzMaCJZ4
• Patreon: https://patreon.com/SternXD

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Other UWP ports I maintain:

XBSX2 (PS2) - https://github.com/XboxEmulationHub/XBSX2/releases/

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Build information

Item	Value
Built (UTC)	Sat Apr 26 22:08:42 2025
Commit SHA	1fef78b7cbc1418c308c199d78381d68b86695cd
Version	1.1.9.0

Full Changelog: oct2024-rebase...master

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This discussion was created from the release Dolphin Emulator for UWP - v1.1.9.

[rjames93003-eng]

are we getting an update please as retroachievements no longer supports this version

[SternXD]

https://discord.gg/Yr4axzp8NE

[Ivoarthur64]

When will the new version arrive? Today they released support for retroachievements for the Wii, and just like today, you have to update the emulator, because otherwise it's not possible to play in hardcore mode. I don't have a PC to use Dolphin, please update to version 1.2.0, I'm very sad about this.

[SternXD]

It'll come out when it's ready like I said above. I do not have any ETAs for it.

[RayGun83]

@SternXD will the next update support the dolphin bar and real wiimotes?

[SternXD]

@SternXD will the next update support the dolphin bar and real wiimotes?

Because of UWP/Xbox limitations this won't happen but you can use DSU

[Ivoarthur64]

Thank you, I understand, that made me a little happier, the only thing I need is patience.