Mega Bezel Reflection Shader! - Feedback and Updates

[HyperspaceMadness]

@oneshout

Need your light @HyperspaceMadness (dunno if i’m out of topic)

Pretty neat, definitely not off topic . Looks like you’ve even got Last Resort in there! One of my favorites! Is Magician Lord hiding in there somewhere too?

So some suggestions on things you could do:

• Set aspect ratio to PAR and set the curvature off and make the corners sharp.
• If you used the std preset and darkened the bright red sides and make the bezel really wide but with 0 opacity, then you could get some reflection for what’s going on on the screen, and probably turn up the blur on the reflection
• Darken the cabinet graphic so that the screen is quite a bit brighter than the cabinet graphic

For us to really support something like this properly we’d probably need to have a special dual screen mode which would cut out the middle and display the bezel stuff in a section of the screen and pass the rest of the screen through with some scaling controls probably…

But I’m not sure how common the desire to use something like this is…

[cheds89]

Hi @HyperspaceMadness, the Mega Bezel Team, and all other contributors.

Just swinging by to say thank you! This package is a game changer. My favourite aspect is the scalability option, with added TV border. Shrinking the image down by even 25% improves image readability and reduces eye strain for me greatly, particularly with PSX games.

Internal resolution increases and PGXP fixes are very impressive in their own right (Thank you to those devs), but I still find that I prefer playing PSX games at their original internal resolution. Come to think of it, I wonder why I never thought to scale down the image by using the aspect ratio option in RA previously?

I would love to play through my 90’s PC games library (e.g. GOG) like this. I’ve used RA shaders ported to Reshade, and injected them into some old PC games successfully, however, at my normal sitting distance from the monitor, I just feel like I can’t parse the image well with the added scanlines, blending and blurring. If I could only scale the image down by 25%, and add a PC CRT monitor background, I think these games would present really nicely!

Let me know what you think.

Thanks!

[soqueroeu]

Hi All!

I would like to announce the release of SOQUEROEU - Mega Bezel TV Backgrounds V2.0:

SOQUEROEU – Mega Bezel TV Backgrounds

Soqueroeu TV Backgrounds v2.0 released ! Hello everyone! Finally, Soqueroeu TV Backgrounds v2.0 is out! DOWNLOAD HERE! This new version is compatible with all the improvements present in the Mega Bezel Shader. Please note, the presets are performance based, so, no advanced presets was used in this pack. Requirements: Retroarch 1.9.8 or later with simple presets enabled. Shader Mega Bezel pack V 0.9.097 (2022-01-05 Rev 2) or later. Features: All backgrounds 16:9 @ 3840x…

[Aethyrion]

Hi All,

I have an issue with vertical games aspect ratio using the latest version of the shader (from GitHub).

• With horizontal content, the screen correct aspect ratio is always maintained when resizing the Retroarch window.
• With vertical content, the screen aspect ratio is stretched (not maintained) when resizing the Retroarch window.

Settings:

• Video / Scaling / Aspect Ratio: Full

• Video / Scaling / Integer Scale: OFF

• Video / Output / Video Rotation: Normal

• Core / Allow Rotation: OFF

• Preset: MBZ_1_ADV (default shader parameters)

• Core: FB Neo

• Monitor resolution: Any (1080p, 1440p, 2160p tested)

• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Any ideas?

[HyperspaceMadness]

Thanks for the details. Can you post a screenshot?

[Aethyrion]

After more testing, I think it was due to turning off Core / Allow Rotation after the core (and game) had been loaded. If the option is turned off beforehand, the screen correct aspect ratio is properly maintained when resizing the windows.

But now the screen is no longer rotated vertically. I have to enable Rotate CRT Tube manually in the shader parameters. I guess that’s how it’s supposed to work, the shader not being “aware” of the game intended orientation. Am I right?

[HyperspaceMadness]

@Aethyrion

But now the screen is no longer rotated vertically. I have to enable Rotate CRT Tube manually in the shader parameters. I guess that’s how it’s supposed to work, the shader not being “aware” of the game intended orientation. Am I right?

Yeah, that’s right, it’s something I’m working on adding to retroarch to pass this info through to the shader system.

[Aethyrion]

OK, thanks for your great work.

[FiftyFour7250]

Hey guys, I’m absolute beginner in emulators, and found out about this shader, want to try it. I use RetroArch with mgba DLC from Steam, placed “Mega_Bezel_Community” folder in …steamapps\common\RetroArch\shaders, open shaders in RetroArch, but all these folders (1080p/1440p/4K) - empty, it does not see the files that are there. Could you tell me please what I’m doing wrong? Is there a video guide, or any alternative automatic installation methods?

[HyperspaceMadness]

@FiftyFour7250

Could you tell me please what I’m doing wrong? Is there a video guide, or any alternative automatic installation methods?

I think this is because you need to change your video driver in retroarch to Vulkan or GLCore, then restart Retroarch and when you look for the shaders you’ll see them

[Nesguy]

@HyperspaceMadness

how can I edit mask 7 in guest dr venom to darken every third pixel? Not sure where the appropriate file is.

[guest.r]

When the newest version is available/updated with the (excellent) Mega Bezel pack, it should become available as mask 8. There is also a new MGX (looks very nice with a slotmask setup) and the return of RGBX as masks 9 an 10. Just to mention it.

[Cyber]

One thing I noticed in the most recent update when doing my CyberLab Composite - Pure @soqueroeu TV Special Edition STD preset, was that the Mask Size Parameter range no longer starts at 0, which is supposed to be the Auto setting. Is this deliberate?

That Auto setting really came in handy when applying the same preset to 4K and 1080p resolutions.

[HyperspaceMadness]

@Cyber

TV Special Edition STD preset, was that the Mask Size Parameter range no longer starts at 0, which is supposed to be the Auto setting. Is this deliberate?

That Auto setting really came in handy when applying the same preset to 4K and 1080p resolutions.

The parameter range thing was an accident, in the last alpha/Github it’s already fixed.

[HyperspaceMadness]

Mega Bezel is updated to V 0.9.103 2022-02-15 Rev 1 (I’m putting this up today on the 16th but I did the versioning on the 15th)

Changes:

• WARNING post_br is now 100% at 1, not 100, you will need to adjust any presets you have saved, just divide the number by 100
  • This is so it matches with guest’s usage
• Updated to crt-guest-advanced-2022-02-15-release1
  • Now with @guest.r’s wonderful deconvergence magic, no more blur in the mask with deconvergence
  • Mask offset/stagger control added
• Sonkun’s Presets Updated
• @Cyber’s Presets have been removed from the experimental folder to avoid confusion and allow for independent easy update
  • So now there will be one place to get the official latest cyberlab package which is on his thread
  • CyberLab Mega Bezel Death To Pixels Shader Preset Pack - RetroArch Additions / Shaders - Libretro Forums
• Adjusted Tube Diffuse Color
  • HSM_TUBE_DIFFUSE_IMAGE_ON is renamed to HSM_TUBE_DIFFUSE_MODE
  • values are now:
    • 0 - Black
    • 1 - Image
    • 2 - Transparent
• Added CRT blend modes, Add & Multiply
  • Multiply can be useful for when you have a old style lcd like the DMG where the lcd elements are not self-lit
  • When in Multiply mode the tube diffuse image is set to use the image and will be opaque
    • So when using multiply the crt image will be always be multiplied on top of the diffuse image

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HERE ARE THE LINKS!

Shader Package Approx. 15 MB

Extra Examples Package

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

• You MUST use Retroarch Version 1.9.8 or Later (It will fail to load on earlier versions)
  • If you have previous versions of the Mega Bezel installed:
    • Delete the old Mega Bezel stuff from shaders/shaders_slang/bezel
  • Inside the .zip is a bezel folder, copy the bezel folder into your Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang folder
    • The final path to the Mega bezel should be Retroarch/shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/Mega_Bezel
  • Set video driver to Vulcan
    • It will run in GLCore but seems faster in Vulcan
    • Some users have run it successfully in D3D11 but with a very slow load time
    • Restart after changing the video driver
  • Open the Settings Menu and Set:
    • Video / Scaling / Aspect Ratio to Full
      • This will match your monitor aspect aspect ratio
    • Video / Scaling / Integer Scale to OFF
    • Video / Output / Video Rotation to Normal
    • User Interface / Show Advanced Settings to ON
    • Core / Allow Rotation to OFF – Important for FB Neo
    • Do this Before loading content
  • Load a preset in the shaders menu, Mega Bezel shader presets are found in:
    • shaders/shaders_slang/bezel/Mega_Bezel/Presets
  • When you save a preset make sure you have the Simple Presets feature set to ON
    • This will save a preset with a reference to the preset you loaded plus whatever parameter changes you made
    • This will keep your presets loading properly when the shader updates in the future

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Obligatory Screenshots!

One of @sonkun’s new presets with Guest deconvergence magic

Mega Man 2 with a smidge of deconvergence , tube diffuse and scanline blur and some Nice @Duimon graphics & preset!

Same with Metroid

CRT screen applied with Multiply for a quasi gameboy look

CRT screen applied with Multiply for a quasi gameboy look with @duimon’s fun inception bezel

One of @soqueroeu’s great console TVs SMS style

[HyperspaceMadness]

Some screenshots of @soqueroeu’s graphics with visible tube diffuse and some scanlines on black.

A midnight duel for @Diego

REVENGE!!!

Metroid

Mega Man 2 - Quickman

I think one of the things which these show me is that we need some control for adding shadows to the tube diffuse image at the top and sides, it looks a bit unnatural for the diffuse lighting of the tube to not have any shadow on it from the surrounding bezel.

Through my gathering of research (sooo many pictures of crts…) It seems like static reflection would generally not be affected by the shadow, but the diffuse shading of the tube would be.

It also seems like with a diffuse shaded tube that having HDR to make the brights a lot brighter could be helpful.

[BlockABoots]

@HyperspaceMadness any chance of getting this to work with the Xbox Series X at some point ??

[soqueroeu]

Hey @HyperspaceMadness!

What shader are you using? GDV?

Is the Curvature 2D or 3D?

[HyperspaceMadness]

Hi, this is just opening your preset and adjusting the tube diffuse color and grade black level

So it’s GDV and 2D curvature

[HyperspaceMadness]

@BlockABoots

@HyperspaceMadness any chance of getting this to work with the Xbox Series X at some point ??

I don’t know if this is ever going to happen, because I think only the D3D driver runs on it (unless I’m mistaken, I don’t know much about it) and the Mega Bezel and D3D don’t seem to get along for some reason which causes the crazy long load times.