MoGamesXNA
Unconfirmed Member
There are some amazing CRT filters for the SNES and Genesis/Megadrive emulators. Does anyone know if anything similar is available for ePSXe?
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ePSXe thread? (Playstation Emulation)
- Thread starter Trojita
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Are you running from the disc or from a rip on your HDD?
1st Course
Member
So apparently gpuBladeSoft is the best graphics plugin for PS1 emulation right? Any thoughts?
I've never heard of that so will have to check it out, but I've always thought Pete's OpenGL 2.0 was the best.
kn0wsk1lls
Member
hello everyone, i need help finding a psx game. this seemed like the best place to ask. didnt want to start a new thread. i have very little details, but i really want to find it. i've been looking for years and havent been able to. the game has a real dark setting. the protagonist is a kid, a boy if i remember correctly. you start off in his room. i think you have whats called a "dew" meter or something. and when you fill it up or run out you go into "limbo" or something. the enemies in the first level were plants or pumpkins. and thats all i can really remember. hopefully someone can tell me what this game is.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Besides an issue where picking up the grenade launcher always crashes EPSXE in RE1 (and directors cut), I haven't faced any issue with any of the PS1 RE games on epsxe like that.
Must be something with your settings.
1st Course
Member
I hadn't heard of it until now, but I tried it and it seems to support bilinear filtering in Windows 7, so it's got my vote. Pete's soft plugin doesn't.
Of course, this is only in terms of software GPU plugins, which aim to actually emulate the PSX closely - not enhance it so much. If you want 3D enhancements, you're probably still going to want Pete's OGL2 plugin.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Sounds good. I'm definitely gonna give it a go some day soon too. While I appreciate Pete's awesome openGL2 plugin just as much as the next guy, the soft plugins are a million times better for anything 2D.
1st Course
Member
I've only heard about if from a random guy from /vg/ tbh, to quote the guy:
I personally use OGL2 as apparently using the 2x+ internal resolution option in Bladesoft require an extremely fast CPU.
kn0wsk1lls
Member
not that one. it was an adventure game. the view was always from the top.
pants
Member
Here's Natural Vision + AA
That might be too much for purists though.
What game is this?
CrunchyFrog
Member
How many people here think there would be interest in a catch-all emulation/guide thread (with links to the respective already going OT's)? Something compiling the best of emulation software for each system, guides to get them up and running (and of course, providing guides to rip one's own images) and various resources for on-going emulation news/progress?
Does the combination of accurate emulation and bilinear filtering do much to counteract "twitchy" polygons in 3D games? That's my single biggest issue with PSX emulation right now, and my lack of a decent SDTV isn't making me particularly motivated to go play on original hardware...
EDIT: I should say, one of my issues with PSX visuals in general, especially when emulated.
Um, the original PSX hardware has twitchy polygons.
I know, running at native resolution on a proper display just makes the effect less pronounced. I'm just wondering if certain options in emulation minimize it in a similar way.
pants
Member
I gasped when I read your post.But I blame Konami for it.
It's Suikoden 2.
Ah I see, figures. The only Suikoden I've played is one with the horrible castle/hq music that made me want to naw my nipples off. I cant remember why but I was spending quite a bit of time in the hq then decided to eject disc and never look back :/
If its glorious island fortress that you speak of. We must become mortal enemies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqEz2XVMJQ
I loved the progression of that song as I built my team over the course of the game
If its glorious island fortress that you speak of. We must become mortal enemies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqEz2XVMJQ
I loved the progression of that song as I built my team over the course of the game
I honestly prefer the first version a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4beJc4R0Gbw
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Suikoden 3 is a 3D Polygonal game on the PS2.
kn0wsk1lls
Member
If anyone's interested, I successfully ported the CRT shader from BSNES to ePSXe. Read the setup instructions carefully because you will get really strange results if you just throw it in blindly.
Sample screenshots I made:
Without the shader:
With the shader:
Download link:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4806945/shaders.zip
Setup Instructions
0) Before you even extract the ZIP file, go into your ePSXe folder and back up the existing contents of your shaders folder. If the folder doesn't exist, create it.
1) Extract shaders.zip into the shaders/ folder under your ePSXe folder.
2) Launch ePSXe and click Config > Video
3) Make sure "Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9" is selected (I think that's the latest)
4) Click the Configure button.
5) Configure the plugin how you want it, but the sections outlined in red MUST match.
6) Click the "..." button next to the "shader effects" drop-down and browse to the shaders/ folder in your ePSXe folder.
Enjoy!
Sample screenshots I made:
Without the shader:
With the shader:
Download link:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4806945/shaders.zip
Setup Instructions
0) Before you even extract the ZIP file, go into your ePSXe folder and back up the existing contents of your shaders folder. If the folder doesn't exist, create it.
1) Extract shaders.zip into the shaders/ folder under your ePSXe folder.
2) Launch ePSXe and click Config > Video
3) Make sure "Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9" is selected (I think that's the latest)
4) Click the Configure button.
5) Configure the plugin how you want it, but the sections outlined in red MUST match.
6) Click the "..." button next to the "shader effects" drop-down and browse to the shaders/ folder in your ePSXe folder.
Enjoy!
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
If anyone's interested, I successfully ported the CRT shader from BSNES to ePSXe. Read the setup instructions carefully because you will get really strange results if you just throw it in blindly.
Sample screenshots I made:
Without the shader:
With the shader:
Wow! that's some top notch work!
Lord British
Member
I hope this is it, seems dark enough. I hate that feeling of not being able to find a game.
Zombie James
Banned
Does anyone know if there's a port of Blargg's RGB filter available?
This is possible??!
Emperor Bohe
Member
why am I getting random frame drops in epsxe? It runs fine for the most part, but I'll get a random frame drop or too that annoys me. I'm running Windows 8.1 on a bootcamped 2013 27-inch iMac.
those are my settings..
those are my settings..
Aizu_Itsuko
Member
The emulator has an internal frame limiter that can be problematic sometimes.
You can turn it off by pressing F4, but then you have to manually activate Pete's own frame limiter or the game will run too fast.
Press "Delete" to bring up the video plugin's menu. You can then use "Page up" or "Page down" to navigate and "Home"/"End" to turn stuff on/off. The frame limiter is the first option.
You can turn it off by pressing F4, but then you have to manually activate Pete's own frame limiter or the game will run too fast.
Press "Delete" to bring up the video plugin's menu. You can then use "Page up" or "Page down" to navigate and "Home"/"End" to turn stuff on/off. The frame limiter is the first option.
Emperor Bohe
Member
Bumping this. Any Noob-friendly setup advice to make games (Chrono Cross and Xenogears) look as good as possible.
I've got a i5-3220m processor with HD 4000 and a 1366x768 screen so I guess some options would demand better hardware.
Which video plugin is preferable and which settings are the ones I should touch to improve image quality.
I've got a i5-3220m processor with HD 4000 and a 1366x768 screen so I guess some options would demand better hardware.
Which video plugin is preferable and which settings are the ones I should touch to improve image quality.
So I just tested this out after being absolutely appalled with how my PS1 games look on my PS3. I don't recall them looking this bad a few years ago, I can only guess it's because I was using a 720p TV then while now I got a 1080p. Games look pretty damn awesome on this thing, as expected being an emulator! But there is one thing I gotta ask; My question is due to something I call "wobblyness." Basically during movement the characters, and the enviroment itself, seem to wobble as if they're made of jello. I believe this is a technical limitation with how the PS1 originally did things, but I don't recall it looking this bad. It is literally disturbing, like everything is underwater.
Is there nothing you can do about this? I read somewhere that it gets worse the higher the resolution goes.
Is there nothing you can do about this? I read somewhere that it gets worse the higher the resolution goes.
Are you using 16:9 aspect ratio?
Because probably the picture is less expanded around the centre of the screen and more near the edge.
Fix is using black bars.
I'm using 16:9 in 1080p with widescreen fix. Here's the first result on YouTube for Silent Hill ePSXe and it has the same issue. You can see what I'm talking about right here, tho he's using 4:3 it's still there: http://youtu.be/eCihZVsPeu4?t=5m34s
If the URL doesn't automatically take you to the timestamp, it's 5 minutes and 34 seconds in. You can tell just how everything wobbles. I'm guessing it is just the PS1s limitations just made all the more clear with the high resolution and extra clarity.
lightchris
Member
Yes, that's a techinical limitation of the PS1 and might get even more obvious if run at a higher resolution (read this thread for more information (and't don't listen to the "it's the missing z-buffer" comments)).
It can be improved by using edgbla's GPU plugin (http://www.emutalk.net/threads/54527-edgbla-s-gpuBladeSoft-v1-42a) or by using PCSXR with an updated Pete's OGL2 plugin (http://ngemu.com/threads/peteopengl2tweak-tweaker-for-peteopengl2-plugin-w-gte-accuracy-hack.160319/).
linko9
Member
Nope, nothing can be done about the wobble. The way I understand it; the PSX can only put the vertices of polygons on a 320x240 grid (for most games). When this is also the resolution being output, you don't notice this effect for obvious reasons. But run it at a higher resolution, and those vertices are still bound to the super-low resolution grid, no way around it.
