@HyperspaceMadness Is there a way to tone down the pixel sharpness? 
Compare the two screenshots in fullscreen, otherwise you might not see the difference much. Especially look at the texts.
Old HSM Shader
New HSM Shader
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I think I found a bug? When trying out MBZ__3__BASIC-BORDER-WITH-REFLECT.slangp two borders appear. I did a clean install just in case and still happens. It also occurs with MBZ__3__BASIC-BORDER-WITH-REFLECT__GUEST-DrVENOM.slangp
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You’re right, they do look significantly different :(.
I had to do some surgery on the LCD shader when I implemented the mega bezel texture sampling (The stuff that handles all the cropping, core res multiple & dual screen magic) and I it’s not quite right. I’ll definitely put this on my list of things to address.
The problem was that the original shader was using a direct texel lookup with texelFetchOffset which accesses the coordinates in a different way than I’m used to, so it was a little confusing to figure out how to replace it. I got something working but it’s obviously not quite right.
I’m sure I can figure something that works properly I’ll just have to go back to the working version and replace parts out bit by bit with testing.
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Ok yeah I need to set the aspect ratio to use the explicit 4:3, since that is what the background texture has in it, it is using the auto aspect ratio which is almost square for the gameboy
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Where did you find this overlay?
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It is part of a still unfinished project that I am trying to finish someday! 
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Hey @HyperspaceMadness how do you usually play ps1 games? Like what kind of shader do you use? I like the standard bezel preset but is there a way to smooth out the 3d graphics? I have internal res x8 and supersampling but even with that looks blurry. I guess it was how ps1 graphics were back in the day i just don’t remember.
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Personally, I usually play PS1 games in the default internal resolution and the DrVenom preset. I like the nostalgia. 
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The blurriness is probably caused by the low res textures these games used, so unless you get an upscaled texture pack, they are going to be blurry even if you can get the 3D geometry of the characters to render with clean edges by increasing the internal res. So without something like that (which only helps the textures, not the actual roughness of the geometry) you are probably better off with showing them at default internal resolution and a crt shader which can help hide some of the low res nature. Here’s an example of what I mean https://www.reshdp.com/re2/
One thing you can do if you want to have the geometry not as crunchy on the edges is you can use internal res at an increased res e.g. 4x this will create a core image with cleaner edges, then you reduce Opposite Direction Multiplier in the shader to 25 to get back to the original vertical resolution which will get you some scanlines back, and you can play with “Scanline Direction Multiplier” as well to see what you like the look of. You can also turn on GTU to get some horizontal blurring which you might need.
Yeah a good CRT filter is helpful for these since they were so rough.
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Thanks a lot for the information. I guess it’s something it grows on you when you actually play the game instead of doing tests like im doing lol oh I’ll give that one a try @Duimon do you upscale your game + super sampling or you go raw raw?
Edit : never mind @Duimon you already answered my question lol
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I’m not against improving the graphics a little bit. I tried HSM’s suggestion and I can only do 2x so it’s not a fair test. (I need to get a new GPU soon, my 1070 is wearing on me.)
I do xBR and all the PGXP stuff to make up for the Playstation’s lack of Mip Mapping.
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Mega Bezel is updated to V 0.9.02 2020-04-07
Changes:
- Reduced passes of BASIC-BORDER-WITH-REFLECTION, performance increased by 6%
- Fixed Night Lighting not at full strength
- Added Aspect Ratio for the background image in the BASIC-BORDER
- Added Aspect Ratio for the background image in the BASIC-BORDER-WITH-REFLECT
Performance of Base presets at 3840x2160 on Nvidia RTX2060:
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ADVANCED—------------------------------------------80FPS-Nocomparableoldpreset - GLASS -
--------------------------------------------------150FPS-OldGlassPreset---------------128FPS -
STANDARD--------------------------------------------135FPS-OldFullPreset------------------140FPS - BASIC-BORDER-WITH-
REFLECT---------166FPS-OldReflectOnlyPreset------165FPS - BASIC-
BORDER--------------------------------------295FPS-OldScreenScalePreset----370FPS
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That second shot looks actually pretty nice and maybe even more “realistic” than the default one.
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Thank you very much!!! It’s time to update! 
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Hi @JuRaSSiCBoY I also fixed the issue with the PAL resolution and the auto aspect ratio you were running into, so it should not change on you anymore in that situation.
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oh!! I hadn’t noticed because after deleting the old version and copying the new version I loaded the shader without remembering that I should set the ASPECT Ratio Type to explicit! you’re right! the shader aspect ratio issue has disappeared and no longer needs user action!
Thank you it’s a luxury that you share these shaders
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Hey @HyperspaceMadness, thanks for the awesome new version of your shader pack ! I just wanted to say that I tried the new PCSX2 core that is now available, and the Mega Bezel logo is upside down with this core.
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You’re welcome!
Thanks for pointing this out, I’ll may need to put in a flip parameter for the logo, although, is the background upside down as well?
If you load the Night preset from the variations folder you should see this more easily. If it is upside down then you might just need to use the vertical flip options near the start of the parameter list to get everything right side up.
@Tromzy Hey Tromzy how did you get PCSX2 to work? I’m been trying to run a game but it keeps saying failed to load content. Does it need to be specific video driver?
Anybody knows performance in this new PS2 Core? Regarding it, notes by Libreto here:
EDIT: Basically you have to bring all contents from original PCSX2 to Retroarch system folder, exept executables. Dont forget create bios folder e provide valid files to it:
My question is whether video settings from internal PS2 menu affects the image quality with shaders preset. Yes, you can start the Core without a game disc and change the settings in the original console menu e uso OpenGL to render.
I changed the display mode to RGB in the console’s internal menu. I found it quite shiny. 
If more people can test the combinations, it would be good to find the best look.
Here, less serrated, using the preset Smoothed-ScaleFX_Horz_Only__MBZ__2__STANDARD
Hey @HyperspaceMadness, do you have any recommended shader for PS2 games ?
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