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lostsupper · Jul 7, 2016

Haemi said:
Actually never heard of Retroarch before. And it's more about the shader. It's the first time ever for me to program one.

Increased the brightness and added glow to the shader:

Looks better, but it's still way too sharp. Go download Retroarch and take a look at its shaders. You can edit them per pass, so you could start with something like crt-royale and work backwards to get the effect you want out of your own shader.

Haemi · Jul 11, 2016

lostsupper said:
Looks better, but it's still way too sharp. Go download Retroarch and take a look at its shaders. You can edit them per pass, so you could start with something like crt-royale and work backwards to get the effect you want out of your own shader.

The fun part is doing my own shader and not modifying other people stuff.

But i downloaded Retroarch and the bsnes core.

Just added my own simple AA-shader and left everything else like it was. I'm now mostly happy with the results.

"A link to the past" on retroarch with bsnes core. Left side without AA-shader, right side with:

Haemi · Jul 23, 2016

Last update.

Retroarch, bsnes. Improved performance and while doing it changed a lot of stuff.

No shader:

with AA-shader:

with AA-shader and scanline/glow shader:

SCB3 · Jul 23, 2016

I will never understand the purpose of CRT Shaders/filters, I love have a HD clear, hi-res image and 60fps on my games, especially on older games

Alo81 · Jul 24, 2016

SCB3 said:
I will never understand the purpose of CRT Shaders/filters, I love have a HD clear, hi-res image and 60fps on my games, especially on older games

some games were designed with scanlines and CRT type blur/glow in mind and there are as a result visual effects that only work on modern displays through CRT emulation.

This type of conversation has been done to death so I won't go to deep but this is a great example image.

CHC · Jul 24, 2016

Speaking of which:

Chrono Trigger with a slightly altered CRT Royale shader.

Boulotaur2024 · Jul 24, 2016

^ Nice

I like it Haemi, but it's just that there are tons of alternatives right now : CRT Easymode, CRT Royale... But if that got you into shader programming then that's an incredibly good start I have to say

Yeah this time Reicast is used because it behaves a bit better than Demul and provides a semi-stable depth buffer to inject SSAO with Reshade.
Only problem is that the Reicast Windows build is *terribly* bare bones and can't even go higher than 720p ( I checked the source-code and it is hardcoded :| ) so there is no room for downsampling fun.
And yeah there *is* a Reicast core for Retroarch that supports arbitrary resolutions and is quite a bit better *but* Reshade fails to work with it :|

trejo · Aug 11, 2016

Dolphin 5.0
Direct3D 11
4x native resolution + 8x MSAA + 16x AF + 16:9 aspect ratio AR code

petran79 · Aug 23, 2016

Sonic Colours - Dolphin, max settings at 1080p

It seems that despite the inferior hardware, Wii version is much more polished than Sonic Generations.
Just for reference, a screenshot of the PC version

Mario Tennis - Gamecube

Sega Superstars Tennis - PCSX2 - 8x res, though it runs better at 6x

sixteen-bit · Aug 23, 2016

Boulotaur2024 said:
^ Nice

I like it Haemi, but it's just that there are tons of alternatives right now : CRT Easymode, CRT Royale... But if that got you into shader programming then that's an incredibly good start I have to say

https://abload.de/img/rei1hpsdm.jpg[IMG]

[IMG]https://abload.de/img/rei2q2sz9.jpg[IMG]

[IMG]https://abload.de/img/rei3qostd.jpg[IMG]

Yeah this time Reicast is used because it behaves a bit better than Demul and provides a semi-stable depth buffer to inject SSAO with Reshade.
Only problem is that the Reicast Windows build is *terribly* bare bones and can't even go higher than 720p ( I checked the source-code and it is hardcoded :| ) so there is no room for downsampling fun.
And yeah there *is* a Reicast core for Retroarch that supports arbitrary resolutions and is quite a bit better *but* Reshade fails to work with it :|[/QUOTE]

DOA2 can still impress 16 years later!

I remember folks were conjecturing it was running on 2 Naomis in tandem cuz the graphics were so good.

ResidentDante · Aug 24, 2016

sixteen-bit said:
DOA2 can still impress 16 years later!

I remember folks were conjecturing it was running on 2 Naomis in tandem cuz the graphics were so good.

It really does, fantastic looking game for it's time!

petran79 · Sep 25, 2016

Soul Eater Battle Resonance was released in 2009 by Bandai Namco and developed by Bec for the PS2 and PSP. Another attempt to make a 2.5D fighting game, along with Battle Fantasia and SFIV, though not as polished.

Animation and gameplay are rudimentary.Characters dont even have a crouch option.Some GFX special moves resemble the anime. Voice acting is very well done, featuring the original voice actors

Here the enhanced gfx by PCSX2

5olid_5nake · Sep 30, 2016

Let's revive this topic a bit with this old classic.

Unreal · Oct 11, 2016

sixteen-bit · Oct 12, 2016

those auto modellista pics are amazing. is that PS2 or GCN?

Unreal · Oct 12, 2016

sixteen-bit said:
those auto modellista pics are amazing. is that PS2 or GCN?

GC

bomblord1 · Oct 12, 2016

Unreal said:

Beautiful really wish modern indie games would shoot for this style

Painguy · Nov 6, 2016

Tried Ishiiruka. Had interesting results. Not really supposed to look nice, but it is interesting. Lots of cool features. It's too bad i only have my laptop atm. SSAO and SSGI made things meh performance wise.

EVH · Nov 6, 2016

Painguy said:
Tried Ishiiruka. Had interesting results. Not really supposed to look nice, but it is interesting. Lots of cool features. It's too bad i only have my laptop atm. SSAO and SSGI made things meh performance wise.

I'm playing Prime too atm and its amazing how good this game looks with some res upscale. Is this trilogy what you are playing?

I'm playing with the NGC version but thibking about going for the Trilogy as that way I can have 16:9 and wiimote emulation with the 360 controller without the old NGC prime controls.

Painguy · Nov 6, 2016

EVH said:
I'm playing Prime too atm and its amazing how good this game looks with some res upscale. Is this trilogy what you are playing?

I'm playing with the NGC version but thibking about going for the Trilogy as that way I can have 16:9 and wiimote emulation with the 360 controller without the old NGC prime controls.

It's the original version. I thought about getting the trilogy version, but I already own all three and there were a few effects removed in the Trilogy version that I really liked.

yodaxy · Nov 6, 2016

Painguy said:
Tried Ishiiruka. Had interesting results. Not really supposed to look nice, but it is interesting. Lots of cool features. It's too bad i only have my laptop atm. SSAO and SSGI made things meh performance wise.

Nice shots ! But I think the DOF should always be on the gun and the far background, so it seems the effect is a little too random.

Is It tweakabke ? I'd love to replay MP with these settings.

EVH · Nov 6, 2016

Painguy said:
It's the original version. I thought about getting the trilogy version, but I already own all three and there were a few effects removed in the Trilogy version that I really liked.

What effects are those?

I'm having a blast playing this game again. Truly a piece of art.

Barrow Roll · Nov 6, 2016

EVH said:
What effects are those?

I'm having a blast playing this game again. Truly a piece of art.

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Metroid_Prime_version_differences

Under Changes made to the Wii versions:

Particle effects on the Charge Beam, frost forming on the Ice Beam, and water ripple effects were removed.

You can see the difference in this video.

These are very cool effects, and it is disappointing that the Trilogy omits them for some unexplained reason, but I think the fact that you had to even ask illustrates that most people won't even notice until they're pointed out, or put back-to-back. The new pointer controls more than make up for it to me. There's really no definitive release for Metroid Prime whether you're looking at GCN NTSC, PAL or Wii Trilogy, they all have little differences that will appeal more to different people.

Painguy · Nov 7, 2016

yodaxy said:
Nice shots ! But I think the DOF should always be on the gun and the far background, so it seems the effect is a little too random.

Is It tweakabke ? I'd love to replay MP with these settings.

Yeah it's tweakable . Didn't spend too much time with it. I left it on automatic lol. It changes a lot.

bomblord1 · Nov 7, 2016

I'm legitimately surprised we haven't seen shots from any of these new emulators like. Cemu, Citra, or the PS3/360 emulators that are out.

Painguy · Nov 7, 2016

bomblord1 said:
I'm legitimately surprised we haven't seen shots from any of these new emulators like. Cemu, Citra, or the PS3/360 emulators that are out.

I'm personally waiting till they become more stable. I really want to play a lot of 3ds games in HD but from what I can tell its still a bit iffy.

Also more dolphin shots. Just finished Paper Mario 64 so I started TTYD. It's been over a decade since I played either. TTYD texture work is much cleaner than I remember it (to be fair at the time I had a tiny tube tv lol). Added some filters and Ishiiruka stuff(Bloom, DOF, SSGI, SSAO, etc) and it looks pretty dope now. There are a few compression artifacts on textures, but oh well. This game actually runs fine on my laptop. Going from PPM 64 to this game was interesting especially cuz of the FPS bump from 30 to 60.

bomblord1 · Nov 7, 2016

Painguy said:
I'm personally waiting till they become more stable. I really want to play a lot of 3ds games in HD but from what I can tell its still a bit iffy.

Also more dolphin shots. Just finished Paper Mario 64 so I started TTYD. It's been over a decade since I played either. TTYD texture work is much cleaner than I remember it (to be fair at the time I had a tiny tube tv lol). Added some filters and Ishiiruka stuff(Bloom, DOF, SSGI, SSAO, etc) and it looks pretty dope now. There are a few compression artifacts on textures, but oh well. This game actually runs fine on my laptop. Going from PPM 64 to this game was interesting especially cuz of the FPS bump from 30 to 60.

The bloom looks just slightly overblown but otherwise it is gorgeous

Painguy · Nov 8, 2016

More Paper Mario. Installed an HD texture pack. Tweaked the bloom levels a little lower, but the ssao looked weird on the flowers when i turned it way down so I kept it up.

EVH · Nov 8, 2016

Barrow Roll said:
http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Metroid_Prime_version_differences

Under Changes made to the Wii versions:

Particle effects on the Charge Beam, frost forming on the Ice Beam, and water ripple effects were removed.

You can see the difference in this video.

These are very cool effects, and it is disappointing that the Trilogy omits them for some unexplained reason, but I think the fact that you had to even ask illustrates that most people won't even notice until they're pointed out, or put back-to-back. The new pointer controls more than make up for it to me. There's really no definitive release for Metroid Prime whether you're looking at GCN NTSC, PAL or Wii Trilogy, they all have little differences that will appeal more to different people.

Thanks. I'm one of those who love and almost every time I find water or lava, take a look at the ripple efects just because they are so rare in games even nowadays, lol.

Still, I wonder if I would be able to emulate the Wiimote with a 360 controller. I guess I can emulate the pointer with the right stick, but what about the "whip" movement you need for the grapple beam, for example? Anybody tried?

bomblord1 · Nov 8, 2016

Painguy said:
More Paper Mario. Installed an HD texture pack. Tweaked the bloom levels a little lower, but the ssao looked weird on the flowers when i turned it way down so I kept it up.

Wow, looks amazing.

Nerrel · Nov 27, 2016

I just discovered that the current version of Reshade can easily add ambient occlusion (+ indirect lighting), bokeh depth of field, and other effects into openGL plugins like GlideN64 (in Project64) if you just disable framebuffer emulation. You lose AA/AF and some cutscenes go black, but you can add SMAA back in with Reshade. This is on top of the bloom lighting GlideN64 provides, which I think looks great when used lightly.

Here are some comparisons/extra shots. The depth of field mainly helps the starfields look nice, since they're big, obvious pixels otherwise. The ambient occlusion also seems really appropriate for this game's look, especially in the mask salesman's room in the clock tower. There are some kinks to iron out, but so far I'm really pleased.
Gear room-Effects ON
Effects OFF

Sewer-Effects ON
Effects OFF

Snowhead-Effects ON
Effects OFF

Rainbow stairs- ON
Effects OFF

Second day- ON
Effects OFF

Barrow Roll said:
These are very cool effects, and it is disappointing that the Trilogy omits them for some unexplained reason

They did explain it- the effects were originally static on the screen and not tied to the arm cannon. The arm cannon was "locked" to the camera in the original and never changed position on screen, so they could get away with just sticking the effects on top of that spot. With the wii remote, the arm cannon moves all over and the effects wouldn't have followed, so it would have been ridiculous looking. It would have been nice if they re-implemented the effects, but maybe they didn't have time. Prime 1 is the only game that had these effects removed, Echoes programmed the effects the right way and they move with the arm cannon, so they remain intact.

Barrow Roll · Nov 27, 2016

Nerrel said:
They did explain it- the effects were originally static on the screen and not tied to the arm cannon. The arm cannon was "locked" to the camera in the original and never changed position on screen, so they could get away with just sticking the effects on top of that spot. With the wii remote, the arm cannon moves all over and the effects wouldn't have followed, so it would have been ridiculous looking. It would have been nice if they re-implemented the effects, but maybe they didn't have time. Prime 1 is the only game that had these effects removed, Echoes programmed the effects the right way and they move with the arm cannon, so they remain intact.

That's interesting. Doesn't explain the lack of water ripples though.

Painguy · Dec 5, 2016

I just discovered the wonderful world of WiiU emulation. Idk how they got MK8 working flawlessly so quickly but I'm not complaining lol. Can't change the resolution yet tho.

Erin S Kittens · Dec 5, 2016

Painguy said:
I just discovered the wonderful world of WiiU emulation. Idk how they got MK8 working flawlessly so quickly but I'm not complaining lol. Can't change the resolution yet tho.

I found that forcing FXAA through the video card cleans up the image dramatically.

Timu · Dec 5, 2016

Erin S Kittens said:
I found that forcing FXAA through the video card cleans up the image dramatically.

Wow, now I wish MK8 had that kind of AA, or any at least.

Nerrel · Dec 11, 2016

I started a texture pack for Majora's Mask intending only to do the text and interfaces, and somehow I'm now 416 textures deep in this shit. This is Project64/GlideN64 with hardware lighting (PPL) + Reshade for ambient occlusion:

I much prefer the old moon to the 3DS one, polygons be damned. Here are the original textures for comparison:

I've been trying to stay faithful to the original style using photos and concept art from google along with textures redrawn from scratch, hopefully it looks halfway decent.

Erin S Kittens said:
I found that forcing FXAA through the video card cleans up the image dramatically.

Even without a resolution bump, that AA makes a huge difference. Between that and the anisotropic filtering comparison posted a while back, MK8 should be a major improvement once Cemu is mature.

bomblord1 · Dec 11, 2016

Nerrel said:
I started a texture pack for Majora's Mask intending only to do the text and interfaces, and somehow I'm now 416 textures deep in this shit. This is Project64/GlideN64 with hardware lighting (PPL) + Reshade for ambient occlusion:

I much prefer the old moon to the 3DS one, polygons be damned. Here are the original textures for comparison:

I've been trying to stay faithful to the original style using photos and concept art from google along with textures redrawn from scratch, hopefully it looks halfway decent.

Nice! looks great.

Erin S Kittens said:
I found that forcing FXAA through the video card cleans up the image dramatically.

Painguy said:
I just discovered the wonderful world of WiiU emulation. Idk how they got MK8 working flawlessly so quickly but I'm not complaining lol. Can't change the resolution yet tho.

Yes finally people are doing it! Love it I absolutely love it.

1morerobot · Dec 11, 2016

Nerrel said:
I started a texture pack for Majora's Mask intending only to do the text and interfaces, and somehow I'm now 416 textures deep in this shit. This is Project64/GlideN64 with hardware lighting (PPL) + Reshade for ambient occlusion:

I much prefer the old moon to the 3DS one, polygons be damned. Here are the original textures for comparison:

I've been trying to stay faithful to the original style using photos and concept art from google along with textures redrawn from scratch, hopefully it looks halfway decent.

Even without a resolution bump, that AA makes a huge difference. Between that and the anisotropic filtering comparison posted a while back, MK8 should be a major improvement once Cemu is mature.

That moon looks awesome.

Barrow Roll · Dec 13, 2016

Nerrel said:
I started a texture pack for Majora's Mask intending only to do the text and interfaces, and somehow I'm now 416 textures deep in this shit. This is Project64/GlideN64 with hardware lighting (PPL) + Reshade for ambient occlusion:

I much prefer the old moon to the 3DS one, polygons be damned. Here are the original textures for comparison:

I've been trying to stay faithful to the original style using photos and concept art from google along with textures redrawn from scratch, hopefully it looks halfway decent.

This is really cool! Are you going to keep going? You should consider starting a thread for it!

Painguy · Dec 13, 2016

More CEMU. Idk how they managed to get all this working in such a short amount of time. Using FXAA and anisotropic filtering

bomblord1 · Dec 13, 2016

Painguy said:
More CEMU. Idk how they managed to get all this working in such a short amount of time. Using FXAA and anisotropic filtering

Probably because DX12 and Vulkan if I had to guess.

PGamer · Dec 13, 2016

bomblord1 said:
Probably because DX12 and Vulkan if I had to guess.

Cemu uses OpenGL.

Nerrel · Dec 15, 2016

bomblord1 said:
Nice! looks great.

1morerobot said:
That moon looks awesome.

Barrow Roll said:
This is really cool! Are you going to keep going? You should consider starting a thread for it!

Thank you all for the feedback. Maybe I'll start a thread when the pack is a little more substantial. It's coming along pretty well now.

Here are some more shots, again project 64 2.3 + GlideN64 (current release candidate build):

Old treeline here.

rj118 · Jan 21, 2017

After retrying Dolphin for the first time in years, here are a couple screenshots I took earlier this evening.

potatohead · Jan 21, 2017

Nice shots everyone

bomblord1 · Jan 21, 2017

rj118 said:
After retrying Dolphin for the first time in years, here are a couple screenshots I took earlier this evening.

Wooo! new screens. Thank you

rj118 · Jan 21, 2017

bomblord1 said:
Wooo! new screens. Thank you

Here are a few more, just for you!

http://imgur.com/a/JBasn

bomblord1 · Jan 21, 2017

rj118 said:
Here are a few more, just for you!

http://imgur.com/a/JBasn

Awesome stuff thank you I made this thread specifically to see more stuff like this

Allnamestakenlol · Jan 21, 2017

Man, I seriously <3 this thread.

bomblord1 · Jan 21, 2017

Allnamestakenlol said:
Man, I seriously <3 this thread.

I should probably get back into this. Im sure later parts of Last Story would look amazing.

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