Shader options for a Shield TV

[Boz1978]

Ahh brill thanks m8 for the recommendation is there a page for it on libretro forums? I’ll have a look now

[md2mcb]

Since you want curvature, sharpness and uses a 4K display, I recommend starting with crt-hyllian. Make sure to enable curvature and mask size to 4K. Another good option would be crt-consumer. They’re not heavy on resources, are modern and have concise options. Play a little with them and see if it’s up to your taste.

[Boz1978]

Thanks buddy I’ll definitely be checking these out

[Boz1978]

Sorry I’ve not been on these forums for a while but great job on this shader fella … looks great!!

[Boz1978]

I’ll be having a mess with Uborder and the other shaders that got suggested when my missis is out tomorrow (only time I get to tinker thesedays ). I’ve got a few hundred or so Mr Retroarch overlays that I’ve modified to fit reflection shaders (removed any existing static bezel in the image and added back the glass). I used them for a game pack that I made a few years ago. Would you be interested in using them in Uborder? I’ll clear it with Mr Retrolust if you are.

[Hyllian]

That’s welcomed. Actually, I don’t distribute the overlay themselves, I only distribute presets that point uborder to them, so that they are loaded with uborder framework. The overlay work, is more from the artists (which I am not one, :P).

If the overlays use the same location to fit the game frame, it’s easy to make a single preser that can load all of them. On the other hand, if they don’t follow a pattern, you need to adjust a preset individually, which can take some time.

I made some presets that point to some famous collections of overlays in the oficial thread. It’s not hard, though may take some time. Now I’m more into the development of the shader features, which is getting complex and challenging.

[Boz1978]

That’s what I had to do… I already have the positions (for 1080p). So can change those to 4k and all will be good

Well they’re available to you if you ever need em m8

[Hyllian]

If you have a link or examples of them, I’d like to see.

[Boz1978]

Yeah here’s some info pal:

Back-Ups Arcade

[image] Hello my name’s Boz and i’ve been a long time Libretro lurker / minimal poster. I wasn’t going to post this but i thought it was about time i man up and give something back. I’ve been working on a project for a few years called Back-Ups Arcade. A front end that showcase’s the very excellent Mr Retrolust’s Mame - 4k - Lights Out - Realistic Bezels. It also features the amazing Mega Bezel Reflection Shader. The shader version i used was an early one, and so because of this i’ve missed …

[Hyllian]

Thanks, I’ll look into it.

[Hyllian]

I’ve seen that you made a lot of progress in your AIO software. I just didn’t find a place where to download all overlays in just one link. Looks like the overlay author post one per day since some years ago.

[Boz1978]

I’ll stick all the modded overlays in a folder and upload to gdrive.

[Boz1978]

Ok here’s the overlays, configs and shader configs as they appear in my retroarch setup:

MrRetroMod.rar

One thing worth noting is that the overlay png’s are actually 4k but the .slangp files are for a 1080p display. Anyway i hope they’re of some use (please credit Mr.Retrolust/Orien’s Angel/Arsinvictus if you do use them…thanks)

Password: BUAT123

[Hyllian]

Thanks. I’ve got them. Looks like they’re an upscaled version of the ones in this repo: https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays-arcade-realistic

Though not as complete. Unfortunately, they don’t follow a pattern in window size, so it would demand a lot of time to adjust the shaders for them.

[Boz1978]

Yeah I understand that could be very time consuming. Better that everything is same position/size and wrap the backgrounds around that.

[Hyllian]

OTOH, this repo with artistic arcade overlays follow a pattern: https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays-arcade-artwork

And I made custom uborder presets to load them automatically based on the arcade game name. The presets can be obtained in this link: https://github.com/Hyllian/uborder/releases/download/v0.0.5/uborder_packs.zip

To get them working, follow these steps:

• Download the overlays from the first link and unzip in this folder: Retroarch/overlays, so that the final path where the pngs are located are here: Retroarch/overlays/retropie-overlays-arcade-artwork/overlays/config/

• The presets are inside the uborder_packs folder, which must be inside Retroarch/shaders folder.

• Set Retroarch Aspect Ratio to Full. Enter Core Options in Quick Menu and set Vertical Mode to OFF (the preset will rotate vertical games automatically).

• To use, load an arcade game and then load the preset ‘uborder_packs/retropie-overlays-arcade-artwork/auto-arcade-overlay-loader.slangp’.

That’s it. You can even override this preset, saving it to the Core so that it’ll load automatically when the game is launched. That’s how I use it.

[Boz1978]

thanks fella!! Much appreciated… I still haven’t had chance to get on the big tv to mess with the shield. It’s like being a kid again and having to wait till yr parents went to bed before you could set up yr console lol!

[Boz1978]

@Hyllian

https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays-arcade-artwork

Struggling to download this: https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays-arcade-artwork

I’ll try again tomorrow

[Hyllian]

Just to be sure: Have you clicked the green button and then the ‘download ZIP’ option? It’ll get you the entire collection.

[Boz1978]

Yes m8… but it keeps getting part way through the download then stopping and saying failed. Probably something at my end.