YesManKablam
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Emulator Screenshot Thread
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Nice shots that game definitely has a unique aesthetic.
1080p
4x AA
2x AF
ScaledEFB
Per-Pixel Lighting
Force Texture Filtering
Project M shots with the HD texture pack + the Smash 3 HD Remix WIP pack of my own creation: http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-3-hd-remix-the-thread.412242/ I hope nobody minds the little self-promotion!
1080p
4x AA
2x AF
ScaledEFB
Per-Pixel Lighting
Force Texture Filtering
Project M shots with the HD texture pack + the Smash 3 HD Remix WIP pack of my own creation: http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-3-hd-remix-the-thread.412242/ I hope nobody minds the little self-promotion!
Nope looks great
I upgraded to a 970 and it really beats Dolphin's ass. I can run most games at 4x IR with 4xAA now without a hitch.
I'm in the middle of RE4 and it looks great:
It's kind of sad, as this is the last time I'll likely play this version. Steam version + Albert and Chris' texture pack means 60fps, camera control, and a much better retexture job.... as long as the Steam controller can hold its own against the Wii remote, it's going to be the definitive way to play.
I'm in the middle of RE4 and it looks great:
It's kind of sad, as this is the last time I'll likely play this version. Steam version + Albert and Chris' texture pack means 60fps, camera control, and a much better retexture job.... as long as the Steam controller can hold its own against the Wii remote, it's going to be the definitive way to play.
I upgraded to a 970 and it really beats Dolphin's ass. I can run most games at 4x IR with 4xAA now without a hitch.
I'm in the middle of RE4 and it looks great:
It's kind of sad, as this is the last time I'll likely play this version. Steam version + Albert and Chris' texture pack means 60fps, camera control, and a much better retexture job.... as long as the Steam controller can hold its own against the Wii remote, it's going to be the definitive way to play.
Have you tried a GlovePie setup to try and play with a Wii Remote?
They look nearly as good as Smash 4 Wii U. If you told me this was a current gen title, I'd believe you had I not been as familiar with the series as I am.
It looks good but like, c'mon bud.
Some stuff texture packs unfortunately can't fix
Technically it isn't the same character so it doesn't fully count. But I get the idea you're trying to get over
.RE4 doesn't offer a cursor aiming option, so there's no way to recreate the same control scheme. Instead, the entire camera will move with every little shake of the remote, and I've yet to find a script anywhere online that lowers the IR sensitivity enough to make that playable. I tried it in RE: Rev 2 and it was a nauseating mess.
It worked great in RE5, though.
It breaks the game in the best possible way. Having controls that are too good is never a bad thing. It would have been nice if they spent more time rebalancing the Wii version, but I could never go back to the clumsiness of dual analog if I tried.
Erin S Kittens
Member
4x Native, FXAA. 1280x1024 with black bars. The character models in this game have so much detail. Any suggestions on getting better AA or downsampling options in PPSSPP?
4x Native, FXAA. 1280x1024 with black bars. The character models in this game have so much detail. Any suggestions on getting better AA or downsampling options in PPSSPP?
Sorry but compared to the PCE original, it's all kinda gross...it even moves all janky in comparison, but if for some crazy ass reason people prefer this one, I'm glad it can be "cleaned up"
Erin S Kittens
Member
Used the shade booster settings found earlier in the thread, I love how it looks. 4x rendering, FXAA, 720p, 4x3, anistropic filter 4x.
Barrow Roll
Member
So what's the deal with per-pixel lighting in Dolphin? I can't find a comparison online, is it more accurate? How does it affect performance?
Here you can find the difference between per-pixel and per-vertex lighting. Per-pixel is usually the more accurate solution. It isn't much of a performance drop on modern hardware, but don't except amazing results with it too. The only reason why it's not enabled by default is that it can cause slight glitches in some games, but with the recent improvements to the emulator those are far and few between.
Here's a comparison:
PPL OFF
PPL ON
Basically, it makes the lighting more dynamic - highlights are brighter while shadows are darker. Curved objects will also appear rounder, which gives a little more depth to the image. You can especially see that the tree on the right is now shaded like a cylindrical object should be, with the side opposite the light source shadowed, whereas before it was a flat looking uniform shade.
It's usually only a few fps worth of performance, so it's worth keeping on at all times in my opinion. Though in some games, like Skyward Sword, it won't do anything at all.
Barrow Roll
Member
And this is more accurate to original GC and Wii lighting?
I guess that's my answer. Strange, when I was first started using Dolphin per-pixel lighting was causing black squares in the middle of spider webs in Twilight Princess, so ever since then I've stopped using it and assumed it was the less accurate solution.
Dolphin's developers had it described as an "enhancement" in the settings tab in earlier revisions, which implies that it's not how the original systems would have looked. It should be more accurate in terms of realistic lighting physics, though. I don't really care if it's faithful to the Wii/GC or not, the point of an emulator like Dolphin is enhancement beyond the original hardware's capabilities. PPL definitely looks better.
Barrow Roll
Member
Thanks, that's the information I was looking for.
Just finished what must be my 90th playthrough of RE4. Feels good:
This is one of the few games where 4xIR makes a noticeable difference on a 1080p screen, probably because the game's native res was always sub-480p. With per pixel lighting, custom textures and AA it honestly looks better than RE6.
This is one of the few games where 4xIR makes a noticeable difference on a 1080p screen, probably because the game's native res was always sub-480p. With per pixel lighting, custom textures and AA it honestly looks better than RE6.
Just finished what must be my 90th playthrough of RE4. Feels good:
This is one of the few games where 4xIR makes a noticeable difference on a 1080p screen, probably because the game's native res was always sub-480p. With per pixel lighting, custom textures and AA it honestly looks better than RE6.
Jesus. But yes that looks gorgeous
It looks good but like, c'mon bud.
Some stuff texture packs unfortunately can't fix
yeah I can't add polygons, and I'm not touching shaders at the moment. Plus the fact Wii can't do normal mapping is a huge barrier to making it exactly like Smash 4. But do try to make a fairer comparison now.
Erin S Kittens
Member
That's 2x Native with only FXAA??
Erin S Kittens
Member
Oh, and per-pixel lighting. That does a lot.
Went ahead and bumped back up to 3x.
Super Mario Strikers - 3x native, 4x anistropic, per-pixel lighting, FXAA, 1280x1024
Wii Remote is the main reason. Alternatively, they might not have purchased RE4HD, but they did purchase RE4 Wii
Peterthumpa
Member
Zelda Wind Waker, GC version, trying to mimic the HD version look with some additional bells and whistles.
Dolphin, Ishiiruka release 418, AO and a little bit of DoF, AR Code for proper widescreen. Hypatia's texture pack. Reshade Framework with tonemapping, bloom, SMAA and a bit of film grain @ 1440p. Steady 30 FPS.
Dolphin, Ishiiruka release 418, AO and a little bit of DoF, AR Code for proper widescreen. Hypatia's texture pack. Reshade Framework with tonemapping, bloom, SMAA and a bit of film grain @ 1440p. Steady 30 FPS.
Zelda Wind Waker, GC version, trying to mimic the HD version look with some additional bells and whistles.
Dolphin, Ishiiruka release 418, AO and a little bit of DoF, AR Code for proper widescreen. Hypatia's texture pack. Reshade Framework with tonemapping, bloom, SMAA and a bit of film grain @ 1440p. Steady 30 FPS.
But why film grain?
Spladam
Member
Just finished what must be my 90th playthrough of RE4. Feels good:
This is one of the few games where 4xIR makes a noticeable difference on a 1080p screen, probably because the game's native res was always sub-480p. With per pixel lighting, custom textures and AA it honestly looks better than RE6.
Yeah, I could never get the Wii version to emulate right, but I played the GC version a bunch (it was my favorite game on both systems) until Capcom released it on Steam. Yay!
TyrantGuardian
Member
Found this funny. CRT-Royale with some minor custom tweaks is all I'm running filter-wise. Been quite happy with it for a while now, definitely makes low-poly PSX games look more appealing and "natural" I guess.
Peterthumpa
Member
Well, I'm fond of it, and it also looks better (less pronounced) in motion.
It also helps with AA, and the subtle DoF effect to be more accurate, since this one isn't bokeh.
Ingueferroque
Banned
RE4 still looks so great. That castle is beautiful.
Peterthumpa
Member
Dolphin Ishiiruka - 1440p, SSAO, DoF, Texture Pack and Reshade Framework wit bloom, tonemapping, film grain and deband filters.
Finally got around ripping some new games, and tested Kirby and Twilight Princess. TP looks pretty good without texture pack. While the Tomoya one isn't bad, it doesn't really feel the same as the original game. There's some weird glitch going on with the water, in that the shader effect of the waves gets put on Link, resulting in some weird ghosting that moves around.
Kirby looks pretty nice too. There's isn't very much detail to be gained, but everything looks very clean. Textures have this fuzzy feel to them, which is appropriate for the game in my opinion. Haven't played much so couldn't take more interesting screens.
This is at 5x IR, 16xAF, 8xMSAA, PPL, vanilla for the rest. Runs at 60 fps all the time, I think I can easily do it at 6xIR.
Oh god that's horrible. The film grain ruins everything, can you retake them without it?
Kirby looks pretty nice too. There's isn't very much detail to be gained, but everything looks very clean. Textures have this fuzzy feel to them, which is appropriate for the game in my opinion. Haven't played much so couldn't take more interesting screens.
This is at 5x IR, 16xAF, 8xMSAA, PPL, vanilla for the rest. Runs at 60 fps all the time, I think I can easily do it at 6xIR.
Oh god that's horrible. The film grain ruins everything, can you retake them without it?
Peterthumpa
Member
Could try the next batch without it. However, the film grain does look pretty good in motion (less pronounced) making it look "less clean", which IMO, removes a bit of the "dated" feel from the game. Give it a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_r5jqAYlzY
It also helps with aliasing, since using SSAO and DoF does impact performance and makes it impossible to render at high internal resolutions without severe frame rate drops.
Oh yeah, that's better. The difference between motion and screenshots is always so big, most of the time I think a screenshot I took looks like ass. It still looks a bit toned down though, like the colours have less 'pop'. I think the clean look actually makes it more of timeless classic. I've recently beaten WWHD on the Wii U so I have no interest in thinkering with the game now, but I'll have to give it a whirl in the next year or so.
Peterthumpa
Member
The reason is your recent Wind Waker HD playthrough. That remaster is on a league of its own. Can't closely replicate it but the results are good enough for me without a Wii U.
Nachtfalke
Member
So in order to play Xenoblade Chronicles X in december I thought I will give his predecessor a second playthrough. After beating it years ago on the Wii I will try it now due emulation with my new rig. Man this game looks stunning with HD textures and stuff. It looks and plays awesome, I can't touch this on Wii itself or n3DS anymore.
Just a quick grab from the beginning:
Just a quick grab from the beginning:
Erin S Kittens
Member
I'm always really pleased with how Xenoblade Chronicles looks on Dolphin. Makes me wanna abandon my n3DS progress and start over.
Super Mario Bros. 3, NES (RetroArch, 1024p, easy-CRT shader)
Donkey Kong '94, Game Boy (RetroArch, 1024p, Game Boy Pocket shader)
Super Mario RPG, SNES (RetroArch, 1080p, easy-CRT shader)
Super Mario Bros. 3, NES (RetroArch, 1024p, easy-CRT shader)
Donkey Kong '94, Game Boy (RetroArch, 1024p, Game Boy Pocket shader)
Super Mario RPG, SNES (RetroArch, 1080p, easy-CRT shader)
Type_Raver
Member
I'm always really pleased with how Xenoblade Chronicles looks on Dolphin. Makes me wanna abandon my n3DS progress and start over.
Super Mario Bros. 3, NES (RetroArch, 1024p, easy-CRT shader)
Donkey Kong '94, Game Boy (RetroArch, 1024p, Game Boy Pocket shader)
Super Mario RPG, SNES (RetroArch, 1080p, easy-CRT shader)
Wow that looks great!
I occasionally play snes emulated with snes9x on my Surface Pro 2, using a snes like USB controller.
Couple questions, where do i get that easy-CRT shader from? Or is it an option within the RetroArch emulator? Other question, does it require much cpu/gpu power?
Id love to play the games on the go with this look on the Surface Pro 2.
