New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup

[DirtBagXon]

Repo updated on getting correct size overlay and resizing images.
Resizing down by factor of 3 seems to work best....

I am updating repo as I improve them....

Hmmm... must say I prefer original TimeGal overlay...

 

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Repo updated on getting correct size overlay and resizing images.
Resizing down by factor of 3 seems to work best....

I like this scale. It's fun. Your overlay fonts and outlines around the "timegal" characters in the lower left look much better than on my Pi 4B (by a lot). Can't seem to get rid of the odd white silhouettes. Yours seem to anti-alias much better. Hard to describe.

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Repo updated on getting correct size overlay and resizing images.
Resizing down by factor of 3 seems to work best....

I like this scale. It's fun. Your overlay fonts and outlines around the "timegal" characters in the lower left look much better than on my Pi 4B (by a lot). Can't seem to get rid of the odd white silhouettes. Yours seem to anti-alias much better. Hard to describe.

Try the

globals.singe:fontQuality(FONT_QUALITY_BLENDED)

to FONT_QUALITY_SOLID or FONT_QUALITY_SHADED vice versa....

 
Edit:
Being dumb, these are sprites not fonts, so doubt that will change....

 

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Try the
globals.singe:fontQuality(FONT_QUALITY_BLENDED)

to FONT_QUALITY_SOLID or FONT_QUALITY_SHADED vice versa....
 
Edit:
Being dumb, these are sprites not fonts, so doubt that will change....

Heh, I tried the same thing earlier, so... we had the same silly thought.
No dice, as you expected.
I did view the converted images and they look perfectly fine. It's something about how singe is rendering sprites. Antialiasing seems busted. The white silhouette appears around fonts when using blended or shaded, too. FWIW, this is nothing new since this project started. Again, something legacy/inherited.

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

I like this scale. It's fun. Your overlay fonts and outlines around the "timegal" characters in the lower left look much better than on my Pi 4B (by a lot). Can't seem to get rid of the odd white silhouettes. Yours seem to anti-alias much better. Hard to describe.

Try adding -sdl_software_rendering to a timegal.commands file:

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/timegal.daphne/timegal.commands

It might stop game loading completely, I haven't tried on RPi, but also may offer different rendering.....

The rendering is changed by SDL when the -fullscreen option is used. Which the RetroPie scripts use by default as I recall. That is why mine look sharper above as they were in a window not SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP.

Google for SDL2 font crappiness , it's rife.

 

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

It might stop game loading completely, I haven't tried on RPi, but also may offer different rendering.....

Right again. Appreciate the effort.

ERROR;5434;0;video::init_display@244;"Could not initialize renderer: Couldn't find matching render driver"

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

It might stop game loading completely, I haven't tried on RPi, but also may offer different rendering.....

Right again. Appreciate the effort.

ERROR;5434;0;video::init_display@244;"Could not initialize renderer: Couldn't find matching render driver"

If you are feeling experimental, search for SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP in src/video/video.cpp and change all instances (4) to SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN.

https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_WindowFlags

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50893271/whats-the-difference-between-sdl-window-fullscreen-and-sdl-window-fullscreen-de

Then recompile copy over daphne.bin

To revert your changes (thought I better add this):

git checkout src/video/video.cpp

recompile again..... etc....

Another route: change to SDL_WINDOW_MAXIMIZED

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Then recompile copy over daphne.bin

I always feel experimental. :)
No noticeable change using SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN.
...and because I'm silly, tried SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL, too. Still no change. Thought that would have caused trouble, but nothing special happened.

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Then recompile copy over daphne.bin

I always feel experimental. :)
No noticeable change using SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN.
...and because I'm silly, tried SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL, too. Still no change. Thought that would have caused trouble, but nothing special happened.

SDL_WINDOW_MAXIMIZED ?

[DirtBagXon]

@dirtbagxon

if (g_fullscreen) sdl_flags |= SDL_WINDOW_MAXIMIZED | SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS;

This might work ?

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof

I think this will do it:

Revert the other changes:

git checkout src/video/video.cpp

Then search for SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY

And change from linear to nearest

There are two instances...

 
git blame points the finger:

6de2b462 (vanfanel       2017-08-01 18:34:34 +0200  254)                     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY, "linear");

 
If this does it for you, I could add another argument to allow you to switch this on a per game basis. Let me know.

 

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Then search for SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY
And change from linear to nearest
There are two instances...

That got rid of the nasty white outlines. Global impact. Happiness ensues. :)

If this does it for you, I could add another argument to allow you to switch this on a per game basis. Let me know.

I don't think there is any benefit to per-game settings here. Linear seems good for nothing. This has been the #1 global, visual problem for Singe-specific games on the pi, and this seems to solve it.

So it looks like there is still an issue with alpha blending (appears black around edges) but this is a HUGE improvement.

Time Gal Assets:

Time Traveler Font:

Solid:

Blended

[roslof]

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[DirtBagXon]

@roslof

Ok, so here is your next challenge, add the lines with the + at the beginning in src/game/singe/singeproxy.cpp

Near lines 996 and 1228

@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ static int sep_say_font(lua_State *L)
dest.x = dest.x - ((g_se_overlay_width + (dest.x * 1.5))/28);
 
                 SDL_SetColorKey(textsurface, SDL_TRUE|SDL_RLEACCEL, 0);
+                SDL_SetSurfaceBlendMode(textsurface, SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE);
                 SDL_BlitSurface(textsurface, NULL, g_se_surface, &dest);
                 SDL_FreeSurface(textsurface);
                }
@@ -1228,6 +1229,7 @@ static int sep_sprite_draw(lua_State *L)
                    if (dest.w == 137 && dest.h == 28) // SP
                         SDL_SetColorKey(g_spriteList[sprite], SDL_FALSE|SDL_RLEACCEL, 0x000000ff);
 
+                        SDL_SetSurfaceBlendMode(g_spriteList[sprite], SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE);
                         SDL_BlitSurface(g_spriteList[sprite], NULL, g_se_surface, &dest);
                     }
       }

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Ok, so here is your next challenge...

Ooh, you make this sound like a game!

...add the lines with the + at the beginning in src/game/singe/singeproxy.cpp
Near lines 996 and 1228

Done. BOOM!

So, MUCH improved. You can tell by the directional arrow that it's still catching a little of the alpha blending (and turning it black) but again, HUGE improvement!

EDIT: Tried SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND which I'm assuming was default, 'cause was effectively back to square 1. Tried SDL_BLENDMODE_ADD and SDL_BLENDMODE_MOD, which resulted in nothing rendering.

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Ok, so here is your next challenge...

EDIT: Tried SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND which I'm assuming was default, 'cause was effectively back to square 1. Tried SDL_BLENDMODE_ADD and SDL_BLENDMODE_MOD, which resulted in nothing rendering.

Yep, saw same result.

I agree this setting is better, but the optimal look is with this Singe blending off SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE and SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY linear back on.

Flicking through Daphne games (unaffected by the BLEND), nearest provided too stark a rendering to me on lair scoreboards etc..

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Flicking through Daphne games (unaffected by the BLEND), nearest provided too stark a rendering to me on lair scoreboards etc.

Setting SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE effectively turns off SHADED and BLENDED font quality options. Trade-offs, for certain. Blended works nicely for the font in Time Traveler, but that's because the background is mostly black. Otherwise, the black edges can be a bit distracting.

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE

SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE also causes a big issue in johnnyrock overlay....

Thinking command line argument to switch off again... But getting late here, so will look at again tomorrow.

[roslof]

@dirtbagxon said in New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup:

Thinking command line argument to switch off again... But getting late here, so will look at again tomorrow.

Makes sense. Great and unexpected progress/changes today. This has been fun to play with, so thank you again. Have a good rest and a great Easter.

[DirtBagXon]

@roslof

release 2.2.10 - roslof fix
  * Disable long time default SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND producing
    clunky Singe graphics.
  * -fullscreen_scale_nearest to override linear fullscreen
    scaling, again degrading Singe graphics on certain displays.

Thanks for all the help.

Happy Easter to all.