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    crt-pi shader users - reduce scaling artifacts with these configs in lr-mame2003, lr-fbalpha, lr-nestopia (and more to come)

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    • RiverstormR
      Riverstorm @Rion
      last edited by Riverstorm

      @Rion said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-mame2003:

      I got it working

      That's great! I know that variable is probably the issue. It's just my lack of knowledge of Python. You might try the line below. I think that will work. Basically you enclose in quotes before and after the cfgFileName variable concatenating it all as one string with the plus sign. It's a little more confusing with extra \ and " throughout the line but basically the same as before. Basically "string" + variable + "string" but we want double quotes to enclose the string after the = sign so there's two extra \" in the line. For example after +cfgFileName+ in the line if you remove the beginning and end quotes it's basically \" (double quote) and \n (new line).

      You probably know this :) but both the config file and overlay file are the same name: <game name>.cfg you would need to take that into account so they don't overwrite each other. You could run write it out to another directory or run it in a separate folder.

      newCfgFile.write("input_overlay  = \"/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/overlays/"+cfgFileName+"\"\n")
      
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      • RionR
        Rion @Riverstorm
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        @Riverstorm said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-mame2003:

        @Rion said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-mame2003:

        I got it working

        That's great! I know that variable is probably the issue. It's just my lack of knowledge of Python. You might try the line below. I think that will work. Basically you enclose in quotes before and after the cfgFileName variable concatenating it all as one string with the plus sign. It's a little more confusing with extra \ and " throughout the line but basically the same as before. Basically "string" + variable + "string" but we want double quotes to enclose the string after the = sign so there's two extra \" in the line. For example after +cfgFileName+ in the line if you remove the beginning and end quotes it's basically \" (double quote) and \n (new line).

        You probably know this :) but both the config file and overlay file are the same name: <game name>.cfg you would need to take that into account so they don't overwrite each other. You could run write it out to another directory or run it in a separate folder.

        newCfgFile.write("input_overlay  = \"/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/overlays/"+cfgFileName+"\"\n")
        

        Well that did the trick!

        Thank you. Now lets start looking at the Generic Bezel for vertical games... :)

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          twd Banned @dankcushions
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          • S
            Sharkus
            last edited by

            BTW, I found that I needed to put the override .cfg files here to get them to work with Retropie 4:

            /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config/MAME 2003

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              Dochartaigh @Sharkus
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              I'm going to try this tonight! Thank you!

              I've done this manually twice recently! ...thankfully I only play around 100 MAME games total so there weren't too many vertical ones.

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @dankcushions
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                  @dankcushions so i created a folder called MAME 2003 in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro added all the files and it didnt work. then today i updated rpie setup script then updated mame 2003 from binary and still doesnt work. still only sees the crt-pi.glsl i have tried many roms. i am on a pi 3 with retropie 4.01 but i updated retroarch yesterday and mame 2003 today

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @dankcushions
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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69
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                      Since i have no special mame configs and since i couldnt get this to work so i just used bulk rename utility to add the .zip into the names.

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                      • RionR
                        Rion @edmaul69
                        last edited by

                        @edmaul69 strange.. I'm using RetroPie 4.1.
                        Have you tried the ones i posted?

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                        • edmaul69E
                          edmaul69 @Rion
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                          @Rion i just put yours directly in my roms folder since you already had the .zip in the name. I dont know what the folder name was supposed to be where to put yours in the fba config folder.

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                          • RionR
                            Rion @edmaul69
                            last edited by Rion

                            @edmaul69 The ones i posted are for mame not fba.

                            But if your looking for fba look here

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69 @Rion
                              last edited by edmaul69

                              @Rion i was talking about those fba ones. im sorry i didnt realise you had a mame set as well. do yours still go in a folder named MAME 2003? or do i keep them in the folder you get from the zip?

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                              • RionR
                                Rion @edmaul69
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                                @edmaul69 The ones i posted goes in to the rom folder not mame2003.

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                                • dankcushionsD
                                  dankcushions Global Moderator @Rion
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                                  @Rion said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-mame2003:

                                  @dankcushions @Sharkus @Dochartaigh

                                  Updated for RetroPie 4.1

                                  mame2003-crt-pi-vertical-overrides-.zip.cfg

                                  mame2003-crt-pi-curvature-vertical-overrides-.zip.cfg

                                  Place these in you mame-libretro or arcade folder.

                                  how are these 'updated' for 4.1? the mame gamelist hasn't changed.

                                  also, whilst i appreciate your effort i think your alternative versions are confusing this thread and unnecessary. the ones i uploaded in my original post should work for anyone using retropie 4.1. your .zip.cfg overrides in the rom folder are a retropie hack made before retroarch supported per-game cfg overrides. there's no need for that approach any more, and maybe it won't always be supported.

                                  i think we should use the properly supported retroarch way as it has advantages. for example, if you use a .zip.cfg rom override with config_save_on_exit = true in your main retroarch.cfg, your per-game shader override will migrate to your main retroarch.cfg. this doesn't happen with the supported approach.

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                                  • dankcushionsD
                                    dankcushions Global Moderator @dankcushions
                                    last edited by dankcushions

                                    i see, the shader location has changed in 4.1. i will update my .cfgs.

                                    still, unless someone can give me a good reason for keeping the .zip.cfg versions, i will be cleaning up this thread

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                                    • RionR
                                      Rion @dankcushions
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                                      @dankcushions

                                      Sorry about that i should have been more clear about the .zip.cfg files i posted. Do you want me to remove these and add the cfg files only or post both for people to choose?

                                      I have also posted this

                                      Mame2003 (0.78u6) Generic Arcade Bezel for every game with crt-pi-curvate (vertical & horizontal)

                                      And this

                                      crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-fbalpha 029739 (formerly lr-fba-next)

                                      Same here with only .zip.cfg files. Do you want me to Change these to and only post the cfg files or both?

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                                      • dankcushionsD
                                        dankcushions Global Moderator @Rion
                                        last edited by

                                        @Rion thanks! yeah for me the cfg files only should be the ones we use. i don't see the reason for the .zip.cfg ones going forward. i will update my initial post once i've re-run my script with the new shader directory.

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                                        • RionR
                                          Rion @dankcushions
                                          last edited by

                                          @dankcushions Ok i will update my posts with the cfg files during the evening.

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                                          • FloobF
                                            Floob @dankcushions
                                            last edited by

                                            @dankcushions said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-mame2003:

                                            i see, the shader location has changed in 4.1. i will update my .cfgs.

                                            still, unless someone can give me a good reason for keeping the .zip.cfg versions, i will be cleaning up this thread

                                            Is there a chance someone not on a new enough version of RetroArch will get confused why the retroarch based location/overrides dont work?
                                            Although I would hope as more and more people use the current version of RetroPie/RetroArch it shouldnt matter.

                                            Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
                                            RetroPie Help Guides: https://goo.gl/3gcNsT

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