MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Here's a screenshot with the latest settings: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxaCVgx ... sp=sharing"
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Needs better edge convergence problems emulation.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Yeah. That's one thing you can't simulate neatly yet, it's either too extreme or hardly visible. Those settings have a compromise for those errors in them
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Just thought about it:
At first I thought it would be easy, by calculating different convergences for each color, but I guess the big problem is, that the scanline convergence would shift [for each color] too.
Guess nobody would use it anyway.
At first I thought it would be easy, by calculating different convergences for each color, but I guess the big problem is, that the scanline convergence would shift [for each color] too.
Guess nobody would use it anyway.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
I started trying this out on my Dell 2713HM (1440p screen), had good results after little tinkering with the settings I'm looking forward to a portable console like the GCW with a 5" full hd screen, allowing scanline emulation like this.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
can't turn hlsl turn on anymore.
It worked on the old laptop, but on the new one it just refuses to work.
It worked on the old laptop, but on the new one it just refuses to work.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Installed DirectX?
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
... installing ...
ain't that standard stuff with windows anymore?
ain't that standard stuff with windows anymore?
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
It's never been standard. Bits of it have come with different versions of Windows, but the bits you need for HLSL haven't.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
okok, dont think i got hlsl running...
looks exactly the same enabled or not, using ddraw
I generated a mame config with mame64 -cc and edited that to my likings.
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# CORE SCREEN OPTIONS
#
brightness 0.85
contrast 1.15
gamma 0.95
pause_brightness 0.65
effect effect_cools
i didnt expect it to take that long to get it looking better.
looks exactly the same enabled or not, using ddraw
I generated a mame config with mame64 -cc and edited that to my likings.
#
# CORE SCREEN OPTIONS
#
brightness 0.85
contrast 1.15
gamma 0.95
pause_brightness 0.65
effect effect_cools
i didnt expect it to take that long to get it looking better.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Those aren't HLSL settings.
Delete the ini, create a blank one, then chuck the settings I have in the wiki in over the top of the existing matching ones:
http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/User:Cools"
Delete the ini, create a blank one, then chuck the settings I have in the wiki in over the top of the existing matching ones:
http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/User:Cools"
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Just tried this out with TMNT and it looks amazing! Thanks for the settings cools!
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
when i put your mame.ini-settings over my freshly created one, it just looks like there is no ini at all: no scanlines, just blurry and no curvature.
yes, looks like exactly the same without mame.ini
yes, looks like exactly the same without mame.ini
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Then you're doing something wrong or it may be that HLSL is still not working, I never figured out how to tell if it was or not other than the display looking good.
Try a blank INI with just those settings in.
Try a blank INI with just those settings in.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
I'm pretty sure it doesn't work in ddraw mode and requires direct3d, hence the need to have directX installed.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Nice work...
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
goofers wrote:Nice work...
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Okay the number of people using a scanline generator for a MAME setup is winding me up. When I get a chance I'll revisit this and come up with an easy method that works without individual game tweaking required - I'm going to want to find this out for myself anyway - fortunately due to GroovyMAME it should be a doddle to do so.
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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation
Im really happy with the one im using for 640x480 on my 31k pc monitor, heavy scanlines FTW!!
will look foward to seeing your results cools, im sure it will look...
will look foward to seeing your results cools, im sure it will look...
For gods sake, its a carton box - not the holy grail!