MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation

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Re: MAME scanline/shadowmask simulation

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Here's a screenshot with the latest settings: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxaCVgx ... sp=sharing"
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Needs better edge convergence problems emulation. :problem:
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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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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. :shifty:
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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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can't turn hlsl turn on anymore. :(

It worked on the old laptop, but on the new one it just refuses to work. :oops:
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Installed DirectX?
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... installing ...

ain't that standard stuff with windows anymore? :eh:
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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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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
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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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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:
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Just tried this out with TMNT and it looks amazing! Thanks for the settings cools!
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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. :oops:

yes, looks like exactly the same without mame.ini



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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.
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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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Nice work...
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goofers wrote:Nice work...
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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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Im really happy with the one im using for 640x480 on my 31k pc monitor, heavy scanlines FTW!! :lol:

will look foward to seeing your results cools, im sure it will look... :awe:
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