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    Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.

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      skykid @mitu
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      @dankcushions

      So I went in and commented out everything to do with overscan and also commented out the framebuffer settings and allowed everything to go auto. This improved things quite a bit. I think my original config.txt file had some leftover uncommented settings that gave me the issue initially with needing to adjust overscan since it was copied over from a different setup.

      I also followed @mitu 's suggestion and switched off integer and adjusted the screen to 1:1 (as core provided stretched it too much).

      Here's what improved:

      • Shader uniformity. On inspection it seems pretty even, although on a scrolling intro for one NES title I think I can still identify very faint banding.

      • Crt-pi curvature - no longer has the very obvious artefacts and scaling going on from the centre. It now looks better, although I notice some circular banding on the top and bottom on games with light backgrounds. Also the "curved" edges of the shader (the left and right sides) are slightly pixellated when afaik they should be smooth. I can see this prominently when using an overlapping coloured bezel.

      What didn't improve:

      • It still doesn't look anything like Crt-pi as shown in online examples: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Shaders-and-Smoothing

      • It still appears as a neat crosshatch pattern across the whole screen (albeit more uniform now) rather than the discernable horizontal scanlines shown in crt-pi screenshot examples. Honestly I'm not sure what gives. I would say crt-pi (curved and flat) more resembles this image, but with less discernible lines on the horizontal:

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_cUiAJwMMvbUdMeXFoTWFtck0/view

      @mitu Sorry, I'm not quite sure where to check the resolution for the ROM in the RGUI, can you point me in the right direction. I didn't choose any custom resolution from the launch menu (assuming you mean the one you can tap into before the rom loads up?)
      At the moment it's all set to auto in the config.txt (with results as described above).

      Did disable integer scaling, didn't see the zfast_crt shaders.

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        mitu Global Moderator @skykid
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        @skykid The image looks ok. The difference with the ones in the docs page might be the resolution- on 1080p the scanlines are 'thicker'.
        You can check the Video settings in the RGUI (from the quick menu) and see what's the resolution RA runs at.
        About the zfast shaders missing - what RP version do you have ? Please add the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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          dankcushions Global Moderator @skykid
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          @skykid said in Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.:

          It still appears as a neat crosshatch pattern across the whole screen (albeit more uniform now) rather than the discernable horizontal scanlines shown in crt-pi screenshot examples

          if you open the wiki images in a separate window and zoom in, you'll see they also have fainter perpendicular lines - they are the shadowmask/aperture grille effect. they should look a lot fainter than the scanlines, though.

          crt-pi curvature probably will always have some moire effects, even on 1080p, just because it's having to distort a bunch of straight lines, in a limited resolution (HD is still limited as far as some shaders are concerned!). however, like @mitu, i'm curious what resolution you're running now everything is at 'auto'. it should look fairly decent at 1080p.

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            skykid
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            @mitu

            Using Retropie 4.4.2 I believe. Found the zfast shaders - initially I looked in the zfast directory at the top and it was empty, but found them near the bottom.

            Regular Zfast CRT produces a very similar image to crt-pi, just even fainter in definition and no discernible scanlines. Zfast curvature makes the entire thing look like it was sprayed over with MS paint's brush tool, so something isn't right.

            All I need to do now is figure out the resolution RA is running at, and apologies, I'm not sure where I'm meant to look. I tried starting a game, going into the RGUI. Under Quick Menu there are no 'Video Settings', but there is 'Video' under the 'Settings' option in the regular menu. In there I can see all my video options (aspect ratio, bilinear filtering etc) but nothing about resolution.

            I tried exiting out to the Emulationstation front end and went into the Retropie option, then Retroarch, and into the RGUI that way. 'Video' under 'Settings' there shows the custom aspect ratio set at 1280 x 960 - is this what you were looking for?

            @dankcushions Yes, the moire effects aren't serious now compared to before, but the scanline effect of the shaders are basically non-existent. You can't see any horizontal lines really. The entire thing is just one crosshatched sheet, and a lot of the shaders seem to display similarly.

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              dankcushions Global Moderator @skykid
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              @skykid said in Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.:

              I tried exiting out to the Emulationstation front end and went into the Retropie option, then Retroarch, and into the RGUI that way. 'Video' under 'Settings' there shows the custom aspect ratio set at 1280 x 960 - is this what you were looking for?

              this sounds wrong to me. can you take a picture of that screen? that should help us diagnose

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                skykid @dankcushions
                last edited by

                @dankcushions Sure I'll get it over to you ASAP. Was that the correct place I was meant to be looking, though?

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                  dankcushions Global Moderator @skykid
                  last edited by

                  @skykid as good as place as any. i want to see that whole screen of settings.

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                    skykid
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                    Here we are.

                    I'll also just post my current config.txt here just to be sure there's still nothing missing there:

                    # For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=9
#overscan_right=6
#overscan_top=8
#overscan_bottom=9

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=4

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=1

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable the lirc-rpi module
#dtoverlay=lirc-rpi

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
overscan_scale=1

disable_splash=1
enable_uart=1
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                      dankcushions Global Moderator @skykid
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                      @skykid your screenshots say 'no core' at the bottom. i take you are opening retraorch via the retropie-setup menu?

                      sorry, but to really diagnose you need to open up the retroarch menu within one of the games in questions, as you could have per-game/core overrides going on.

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                        dankcushions Global Moderator @skykid
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                        @skykid said in Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.:

                        hdmi_drive=2

                        is there a particular reason you have this set? it shouldn't matter, but this is not default.

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                          hhromic
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                          also seems to be using RA 1.7.3, shouldn't RetroPie 4.4 be using 1.7.5?

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                            mitu Global Moderator @hhromic
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                            @hhromic I think the 4.4 image had 1.7.1 included, 1.7.5 was added at the beginning of October as binary update.

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                              hhromic @mitu
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                              @mitu ah yes you are right, he mentioned using RP 4.4.2, which at the time was shipping RA 1.7.3 as binary update. Good call.

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                                skykid
                                last edited by

                                @dankcushions

                                Yep it was from the retropie option within emulationstation. I mentioned this in the above post but maybe I wasn't clear enough, apologies.

                                I uncommented hdmi_drive=2 because I wasn't recieving audio through the cable.

                                Here are the images from within the game RGUI options. I have also included a screenshot to try and demonstrate how the shader appears. This is crt-pi applied with no other image settings.

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                                  skykid
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                                  Sorry, here's the shot of the shader. Couldn't attach previously.

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                                    dankcushions Global Moderator @skykid
                                    last edited by dankcushions

                                    @skykid said in Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.:

                                    @dankcushions

                                    Yep it was from the retropie option within emulationstation. I mentioned this in the above post but maybe I wasn't clear enough, apologies.

                                    I uncommented hdmi_drive=2 because I wasn't recieving audio through the cable.

                                    Here are the images from within the game RGUI options. I have also included a screenshot to try and demonstrate how the shader appears. This is crt-pi applied with no other image settings.

                                    0_1543601524515_2105262875.jpg

                                    aspect ratio is set to 1:1. default in retropie for all cores is 'core provided'. please post /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg

                                    also /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

                                    sounds like you have some none-default settings.

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                                      skykid
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                                      Yes, I mentioned it was 1:1 previously.

                                      @skykid said in Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.:

                                      I also followed @mitu 's suggestion and switched off integer and adjusted the screen to 1:1 (as core provided stretched it too much).

                                      Unfortunately "core provided" doesn't make any difference. It's just a stretched screen in 16:9 and the shader displays as pictured above (just with slightly larger crosshatching). There literally isn't a whisper of a scanline in core provided, I'd say it's even less than 1:1, which didn't have much to begin with.

                                      Here is: /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

                                      I've removed the 16 player input data as I don't think it's relevant and the paste would be very lengthy:

                                      cache_directory = "/tmp/retroarch"
core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg"
system_directory = "~/RetroPie/BIOS"
config_save_on_exit = "false"
video_threaded = "true"
video_smooth = "false"
video_aspect_ratio_auto = "true"
video_font_size = "12.000000"
video_message_bgcolor_enable = "false"
video_message_bgcolor_red = "0"
video_message_bgcolor_green = "0"
video_message_bgcolor_blue = "0"
video_message_bgcolor_opacity = "1.0"
input_joypad_driver = "udev"
input_autodetect_enable = "true"
input_player1_a = "x"
input_player1_b = "z"
input_player1_y = "a"
input_player1_x = "s"
input_player1_start = "enter"
input_player1_select = "rshift"
input_player1_l = "q"
input_player1_r = "w"
input_player1_left = "left"
input_player1_right = "right"
input_player1_up = "up"
input_player1_down = "down"
menu_swap_ok_cancel_buttons = "false"
input_exit_emulator = "escape"
input_shader_next = "m"
input_shader_prev = "n"
input_rewind = "r"
all_users_control_menu = "true"
menu_driver = "rgui"
menu_show_online_updater = "false"
menu_show_core_updater = "false"
menu_unified_controls = "true"
rewind_enable = "false"
rewind_buffer_size = "10"
rewind_granularity = "2"
video_gpu_screenshot = "true"
input_enable_hotkey = "nul"
auto_remaps_enable = "true"
xmb_show_add = "false"
xmb_show_history = "false"
xmb_show_images = "false"
xmb_show_music = "false"
xmb_shadows_enable = "false"
xmb_font = ""
content_show_settings_password = ""
kiosk_mode_password = ""
netplay_nickname = ""
video_filter = ""
audio_dsp_plugin = ""
core_updater_buildbot_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armhf/latest/"
core_updater_buildbot_assets_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/"
netplay_ip_address = ""
netplay_password = ""
netplay_spectate_password = ""
libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
video_shader = ""
content_database_path = "~/.config/retroarch/database/rdb"
cheat_database_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cheats"
menu_wallpaper = ""
content_history_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/content_history.lpl"
content_favorites_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/content_favorites.lpl"
content_music_history_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/content_music_history.lpl"
content_video_history_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/content_video_history.lpl"
content_image_history_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/content_image_history.lpl"
input_overlay = "~/.config/retroarch/overlay/scanline_1280x960.cfg"
video_font_path = ""
cursor_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/database/cursors"
content_history_dir = ""
screenshot_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/screenshots"
input_remapping_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/config/remaps"
resampler_directory = ""
video_shader_dir = "~/.config/retroarch/shaders"
video_filter_dir = "default"
core_assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/downloads"
assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets"
dynamic_wallpapers_directory = "default"
thumbnails_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/thumbnails"
playlist_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/playlists"
joypad_autoconfig_dir = "~/.config/retroarch/autoconfig"
audio_filter_dir = "default"
savefile_directory = "default"
savestate_directory = "default"
rgui_browser_directory = "default"
rgui_config_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/config"
overlay_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/overlay"
recording_output_directory = ""
recording_config_directory = ""
playlist_names = ""
playlist_cores = ""
video_driver = "gl"
record_driver = "ffmpeg"
camera_driver = "null"
wifi_driver = "null"
location_driver = "null"
audio_device = ""
camera_device = ""
cheevos_username = ""
cheevos_password = ""
video_context_driver = ""
audio_driver = "alsathread"
audio_resampler = "sinc"
input_driver = "udev"
input_keyboard_layout = ""
bundle_assets_src_path = ""
bundle_assets_dst_path = ""
bundle_assets_dst_path_subdir = ""
led_driver = "null"
netplay_mitm_server = "nyc"
video_aspect_ratio = "-1.000000"
video_scale = "3.000000"
video_refresh_rate = "59.940060"
audio_rate_control_delta = "0.005000"
audio_max_timing_skew = "0.050000"
audio_volume = "0.000000"
audio_mixer_volume = "0.000000"
input_overlay_opacity = "0.700000"
input_overlay_scale = "1.000000"
menu_wallpaper_opacity = "0.300000"
menu_framebuffer_opacity = "0.900000"
menu_footer_opacity = "1.000000"
menu_header_opacity = "1.000000"
video_message_pos_x = "0.050000"
video_message_pos_y = "0.050000"
fastforward_ratio = "0.000000"
slowmotion_ratio = "3.000000"
input_axis_threshold = "0.500000"
video_msg_bgcolor_opacity = "1.000000"
state_slot = "0"
netplay_check_frames = "600"
input_bind_timeout = "5"
input_turbo_period = "6"
input_duty_cycle = "3"
input_max_users = "5"
input_menu_toggle_gamepad_combo = "0"
audio_latency = "64"
audio_resampler_quality = "2"
audio_block_frames = "0"
autosave_interval = "0"
libretro_log_level = "1"
keyboard_gamepad_mapping_type = "1"
input_poll_type_behavior = "2"
video_monitor_index = "0"
video_fullscreen_x = "0"
video_fullscreen_y = "0"
video_window_x = "0"
video_window_y = "0"
video_window_opacity = "100"
network_cmd_port = "55355"
network_remote_base_port = "55400"
keymapper_port = "0"
dpi_override_value = "200"
menu_thumbnails = "3"
xmb_alpha_factor = "75"
xmb_scale_factor = "100"
xmb_theme = "0"
xmb_menu_color_theme = "4"
menu_font_color_red = "255"
menu_font_color_green = "255"
menu_font_color_blue = "255"
materialui_menu_color_theme = "0"
menu_shader_pipeline = "1"
audio_out_rate = "48000"
custom_viewport_width = "1280"
custom_viewport_height = "960"
custom_viewport_x = "0"
custom_viewport_y = "0"
content_history_size = "100"
video_hard_sync_frames = "0"
video_frame_delay = "0"
video_max_swapchain_images = "3"
video_swap_interval = "1"
video_rotation = "0"
aspect_ratio_index = "21"
netplay_ip_port = "55435"
netplay_input_latency_frames_min = "0"
netplay_input_latency_frames_range = "0"
netplay_share_digital = "1"
netplay_share_analog = "1"
user_language = "0"
bundle_assets_extract_version_current = "0"
bundle_assets_extract_last_version = "0"
input_overlay_show_physical_inputs_port = "0"
video_msg_bgcolor_red = "0"
video_msg_bgcolor_green = "0"
video_msg_bgcolor_blue = "0"
input_device_p1 = "0"
input_player1_joypad_index = "0"
input_libretro_device_p1 = "1"
input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player1_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p2 = "0"
input_player2_joypad_index = "1"
input_libretro_device_p2 = "1"
input_player2_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player2_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p3 = "0"
input_player3_joypad_index = "2"
input_libretro_device_p3 = "1"
input_player3_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player3_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p4 = "0"
input_player4_joypad_index = "3"
input_libretro_device_p4 = "1"
input_player4_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player4_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p5 = "0"
input_player5_joypad_index = "4"
input_libretro_device_p5 = "1"
input_player5_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player5_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p6 = "0"
input_player6_joypad_index = "5"
input_libretro_device_p6 = "1"
input_player6_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player6_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p7 = "0"
input_player7_joypad_index = "6"
input_libretro_device_p7 = "1"
input_player7_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player7_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p8 = "0"
input_player8_joypad_index = "7"
input_libretro_device_p8 = "1"
input_player8_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player8_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p9 = "0"
input_player9_joypad_index = "8"
input_libretro_device_p9 = "1"
input_player9_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player9_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p10 = "0"
input_player10_joypad_index = "9"
input_libretro_device_p10 = "1"
input_player10_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player10_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p11 = "0"
input_player11_joypad_index = "10"
input_libretro_device_p11 = "1"
input_player11_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player11_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p12 = "0"
input_player12_joypad_index = "11"
input_libretro_device_p12 = "1"
input_player12_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player12_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p13 = "0"
input_player13_joypad_index = "12"
input_libretro_device_p13 = "1"
input_player13_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player13_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p14 = "0"
input_player14_joypad_index = "13"
input_libretro_device_p14 = "1"
input_player14_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player14_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p15 = "0"
input_player15_joypad_index = "14"
input_libretro_device_p15 = "1"
input_player15_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player15_mouse_index = "0"
input_device_p16 = "0"
input_player16_joypad_index = "15"
input_libretro_device_p16 = "1"
input_player16_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player16_mouse_index = "0"
automatically_add_content_to_playlist = "false"
ui_companion_start_on_boot = "true"
ui_companion_enable = "false"
video_gpu_record = "false"
input_remap_binds_enable = "true"
netplay_public_announce = "true"
netplay_start_as_spectator = "false"
netplay_allow_slaves = "true"
netplay_require_slaves = "false"
netplay_stateless_mode = "false"
netplay_use_mitm_server = "false"
netplay_request_device_p1 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p2 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p3 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p4 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p5 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p6 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p7 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p8 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p9 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p10 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p11 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p12 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p13 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p14 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p15 = "false"
netplay_request_device_p16 = "false"
input_descriptor_label_show = "true"
input_descriptor_hide_unbound = "false"
load_dummy_on_core_shutdown = "true"
check_firmware_before_loading = "false"
builtin_mediaplayer_enable = "true"
builtin_imageviewer_enable = "true"
fps_show = "false"
framecount_show = "true"
ui_menubar_enable = "true"
suspend_screensaver_enable = "true"
audio_sync = "true"
video_shader_enable = "false"
video_shader_watch_files = "false"
video_allow_rotate = "true"
video_windowed_fullscreen = "true"
video_crop_overscan = "true"
video_scale_integer = "false"
video_force_aspect = "true"
video_shared_context = "false"
auto_screenshot_filename = "true"
video_force_srgb_disable = "false"
video_fullscreen = "false"
bundle_assets_extract_enable = "false"
video_vsync = "true"
video_hard_sync = "false"
video_black_frame_insertion = "false"
video_disable_composition = "false"
pause_nonactive = "true"
video_post_filter_record = "false"
keyboard_gamepad_enable = "true"
core_set_supports_no_game_enable = "true"
audio_enable = "true"
audio_mute_enable = "false"
audio_mixer_mute_enable = "false"
location_allow = "false"
video_font_enable = "true"
core_updater_auto_extract_archive = "true"
camera_allow = "false"
threaded_data_runloop_enable = "true"
menu_throttle_framerate = "true"
menu_linear_filter = "true"
menu_horizontal_animation = "true"
dpi_override_enable = "true"
menu_pause_libretro = "true"
menu_mouse_enable = "true"
menu_pointer_enable = "false"
menu_timedate_enable = "true"
menu_battery_level_enable = "true"
menu_core_enable = "true"
menu_dynamic_wallpaper_enable = "false"
quick_menu_show_take_screenshot = "true"
quick_menu_show_save_load_state = "true"
quick_menu_show_undo_save_load_state = "true"
quick_menu_show_add_to_favorites = "true"
quick_menu_show_options = "true"
quick_menu_show_controls = "true"
quick_menu_show_cheats = "true"
quick_menu_show_shaders = "true"
quick_menu_show_save_core_overrides = "true"
quick_menu_show_save_game_overrides = "true"
quick_menu_show_information = "true"
kiosk_mode_enable = "false"
content_show_settings = "true"
content_show_favorites = "true"
content_show_images = "true"
content_show_music = "true"
content_show_video = "true"
content_show_netplay = "true"
content_show_history = "true"
content_show_add = "true"
menu_show_load_core = "true"
menu_show_load_content = "true"
menu_show_information = "true"
menu_show_configurations = "true"
menu_show_help = "true"
menu_show_quit_retroarch = "true"
menu_show_reboot = "true"
filter_by_current_core = "false"
rgui_show_start_screen = "false"
menu_navigation_wraparound_enable = "true"
menu_navigation_browser_filter_supported_extensions_enable = "true"
menu_show_advanced_settings = "false"
materialui_icons_enable = "true"
cheevos_enable = "false"
cheevos_test_unofficial = "false"
cheevos_hardcore_mode_enable = "false"
cheevos_leaderboards_enable = "false"
cheevos_badges_enable = "false"
cheevos_verbose_enable = "false"
input_overlay_enable = "true"
input_overlay_enable_autopreferred = "true"
input_overlay_show_physical_inputs = "false"
input_overlay_hide_in_menu = "true"
network_cmd_enable = "false"
stdin_cmd_enable = "false"
network_remote_enable = "false"
keymapper_enable = "true"
netplay_nat_traversal = "true"
block_sram_overwrite = "false"
savestate_auto_index = "false"
savestate_auto_save = "false"
savestate_auto_load = "false"
savestate_thumbnail_enable = "false"
history_list_enable = "true"
playlist_entry_remove = "true"
playlist_entry_rename = "true"
game_specific_options = "true"
auto_overrides_enable = "true"
auto_shaders_enable = "true"
sort_savefiles_enable = "false"
sort_savestates_enable = "false"
show_hidden_files = "false"
audio_rate_control = "true"
savestates_in_content_dir = "false"
savefiles_in_content_dir = "false"
systemfiles_in_content_dir = "false"
screenshots_in_content_dir = "false"
video_msg_bgcolor_enable = "false"
video_window_show_decorations = "true"
network_remote_enable_user_p1 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p2 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p3 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p4 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p5 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p6 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p7 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p8 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p9 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p10 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p11 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p12 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p13 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p14 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p15 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p16 = "false"
log_verbosity = "false"
perfcnt_enable = "false"
video_message_color = "ffff00"
menu_entry_normal_color = "ffffffff"
menu_entry_hover_color = "ff64ff64"
menu_title_color = "ff64ff64"
gamma_correction = "false"
flicker_filter_enable = "false"
soft_filter_enable = "false"
soft_filter_index = "0"
current_resolution_id = "0"
flicker_filter_index = "0"

                                      Here is: /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg

                                      # Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line
input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/Nintendo-Entertainment-System.cfg"
input_overlay_opacity = "1.000000"
aspect_ratio_index = "16"
video_force_aspect = "true"
video_aspect_ratio = "-1.000000"

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/"

#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"
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                                        mitu Global Moderator
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                                        You didn't mention running a bezel - the RA.cfg file and the NES config file have also different aspect ratios and the ones from your NES system is going to take precedente.
                                        Your retroarch.cfg file also has more than the usual configuration directives that are the default in RetroPie.
                                        Try to do a test and

                                        • move the global retroarch.cfg and copy the default (retroarch.cfg-dist)
                                        • remove the input overlay from the NES system.

                                        Load a game again and play with just the shaders.

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                                          skykid @mitu
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                                          @mitu said in Shaders not displaying properly, weird issue / CRT-PI etc.:

                                          retroarch.cfg-dist

                                          So essentially remove retroarch.cfg at "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg" and replace with "retroarch.cfg-dist" and rename back to "retroarch.cfg" - is that correct?

                                          I'm not sure where to locate the "retroarch.cfg-dist" file?

                                          I should ask, will doing this have any impact on my controller configurations (as it took me an age to set up for all consoles).

                                          Regarding the bezel, I just recently installed the Bezelproject and tested two systems, but that was after I already raised this shader issue with you guys. Nothing has changed since then.

                                          Many thanks!

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator
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                                            Normally when RetroArch is updated, the default configuration file is copied to the same location, but with the suffix rp-dist added to it. You probably updated at least once RetroArch, so this file should be next to the retroarch.cfg in the /opt/retropie/configs/all.

                                            I should ask, will doing this have any impact on my controller configurations (as it took me an age to set up for all consoles).

                                            How did you configure those ? If you used the recommended method - via core input remapping - these configurations are saved separately. Did you use the RetroPie provided image from retropie.org.uk/download or another image ?

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