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#2891

Nice. Can’t wait to get home and see how this looks on my presets.

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#2892

Another good one and necessary step.

Thanks.

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#2893

A screenshot of the new feature in use:

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Subjectively it can look very nice as well with aperture as with slotmask presets.

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#2894

Looks really good… Is the preset maxed out? Just wondering. I want to use it with slotmask… :smiley:

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#2895

It’s using some slotmask strength, but not maxed out. New feature also looks good with slotmasks otherwise.

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#2896

New Release Version (2022-11-09-r1):

Notable changes:

  • (added a new option to clean up / adjust mask-scanline interaction in brighter tones when mask effects is too dominant between two of them)
  • new feature improvements and optimizations

Download link:

https://mega.nz/file/B043jQoA#o0O2dKek8YBms-cvYlh5swAH1iybuOWbOkUx_bodaRo

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#2897

I was in the middle of tweaking my shaders last night with the previous update now you just dropped another bomb on us lol. Can’t wait to get home and play with this update now.

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#2898

I 'd just like you guys to know I actually was convinced to make slotmask preset. Mostly because I’m getting sick of reading my own words after I type “Opus”. I need to make some sister presets just so can mention something else.

Here’s an early screenshot. So far I’ve done an initial balancing between bloom/halation and the mask. I haven’t “neutralized” it yet and it’s far from done.

I noticed something when referencing those packs; how often do you guys adjust the bright boost settings? The default settings make a fine preset but Bright Boost Dark’s 1.40 does affect the luminosity range in a very direct manner.

Also @Cyber and I have reconciled.

EDIT: @MajorPainTheCactus’s post here is probably what prompted me to play the genesis version of VR.

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#2899

I’m sure this has been answered a dozen times, but what does the base default preset have that HD does not?

Should I port every non-NTSC preset over?

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#2900

NTSC version comes with all the NTSC features…

Compared with standard version the HD misses:

  • raster bloom
  • smart edge filtering
  • rolling scanlines
  • separate bloom and glow passes
  • TATE mode
  • automatic smoother filter when swiching to interlaced mode

But the HD version is otherwise pretty much suitable for normal content.

Compared with standard version it has:

  • more adjustable horizontal filter
  • fully capable vertical filter (activated with interlaced modes)
  • is like 30% faster with ‘standard’ content

So if you are doing standard content you can pretty much also use the HD version. Best give it a try first. For increased internal resolution content i prefer the HD otherwise.

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#2901

I was about to say that the missing TATE mode is the biggest deal breaker. Then it hit me just how much I rely on separate bloom and glow.

If i were to port anything I’d have to give up glow to retain halation.

Not too costly, but my gut tells me to only use HD in a dedicated “image/movie viewer” preset, or something DOS focused. I don’t think I’ll be making either soon though.

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#2902

You can also use it for “Sony” cores, N64 or any other cores which natively output more than 400x300, also with pre-scaling with xBR(Z), ScaleFX…

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#2903

I’m not really a fan of scalers or raising the resolution. For 6th gen 480i content I keep interlacing disabled. Standard handles it just fine if you ask me.

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#2904

“One does not argue about taste” is an old saying, but standard is indeed quite equipped. Misses an accurate vertical filter though. You can also switch more content to 720p or 1080p…internal resolution and texture scaling are super thingies. :wink:

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#2905

What is the link for NTSC version?

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#2906

NTSC version is included with the regular downloads in this thread.

Somewhat older version is available in the slang/crt folder as a part of the official libretro slang shaders repository.

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#2907

Cool, thanks…

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#2908

I have also updated @DevilSingh’s reshade port of crt-guest-advanced with the new mask options, it can be found in the top post of this thread.

Highlights compared with “guest-dr-venom” version are better glow, more precise bloom, halation, deconvergence, other improved features…

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#2909

New Release Version (2022-11-14-r1):

Notable changes:

  • mask boost feature is now ‘edge’ aware
  • some scanline parameter range adjustments
  • edit: small feature update

Download link:

https://mega.nz/file/4xJHCZjR#-EjqF4H1XzUmfeYtY71Q6smSf30UAg385kOi8jGHGg0

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#2910

Can you go into more detail on those range adjustments?

Or is it a suprise, and I have to wait till I get back to my computer to find out?

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