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Revival – Dolphin on PC (WIP)

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Dolphin has a nuanced setup for playing both Guitar Hero and Rock Band . Unfortunately, there is no avoiding it if you want/have to play these games on Dolphin. If this is too much, we suggest playing Clone Hero or YARG. Those are much easier to setup.

That being said, scroll down for the guides!

Guitar Hero Games

Playing Guitar Hero games on Dolphin requires a module called BrainSlug.

Rock Band Games

Rock Band games for the Wii support a feature in Dolphin called “Passthrough”. This allows the guitar to ‘just work’ with Rock Band games. Neat, right?

  1. Download and open the RCM Programming Tool.
  2. Plug in your guitar, making sure to not hold any buttons.
  3. Open the RCM Programming Tool, then click “Configure”.
    You will be taken to a menu that has presets on the left side of the window.
  1. Change the preset to “Solderless Kit – PS2/Wii/Emulation“.
    Click Load Preset.
  1. You will have to calibrate (or recalibrate) your Whammy.
  1. Click Save Settings. Do not touch the guitar during this process.
    You will know it’s done whenever the status at bottom says done and the Save Settings button is no longer yellow.
    Once you’ve verified that it has saved, press the frets and you’ll see them light up in real life as well as in the RCM Programming Tool.
    You can now close the Programming Tool.
  1. Install Dolphin. Get your Rock Band games.
How to install Dolphin

Installing or upgrading process for Dolphin on Windows PC pretty simple. Download the latest revision or version from the Download page and extract it into a new folder.

  1. Unplug your guitar, plug it back in while holding BLUE. This will set it into the dedicated Rock Band mode.
  2. Open a Rock Band game in Dolphin.
  3. Tab out to the Dolphin menu and press CONFIG
  1. Click the “Wii” tab
  1. Click the “Add” button under the “Whitelisted USB Passthrough Devices” section. Look for the following device in the list and add it.
  1. Go back to the already open Rock Band game, press green or start a few times to see if inputs work. If they don’t, close the game and reopen.
  2. Enjoy Rock Band!
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