Neon Enhanced plugin for PSX
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What does it look like?
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yeah been running this for a while. it's not the neon graphics plugin - that's always running. it's the 'enhanced resolution' and 'enhanced resolution speed hack' options for that plugin that we're talking about.
i've not pixel-counted screenshots, but i believe it doubles the resolution to the PSX's max of 640x480. however, some games already run in higher resolutions natively (eg tekken 3 which is 384x480), so with those games it's not so apparent (maybe it doesn't do anything at all). with anything else it's night and day, though.
there should be no degradation of performance on the pi3 (i get some performance hitches with games but i don't think it's related), although there certainly is on the pi2.
there's some screenshots here: https://retroresolution.com/2016/01/07/playstation-emulation-on-the-pi-enhancing-the-experience-with-the-options-menu-part-two-graphics/
however changing it via the retroarch menu as indicated in that link won't work on a default retropie setup as it doesn't save config changes done via the menu - follow twitch's instructions above :) -
@Zigurana
I was working on a really cool 64 optimization video but as soon as I finish that up ill take some comparison screenshots for you on a few games. -
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@Twitch0815 cool, nice video
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@Twitch0815 said in Neon Enhanced plugin for PSX:
For the fellows out there with PI 3's I highly recommend checking out enabling the NEON enhancement for PSX emulation.
hey thanks m8! Nice tip!
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@dankcushions said in Neon Enhanced plugin for PSX:
added to the wiki! https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Playstation-1#enhanced-graphics
Things like this should not be buried in the forums. Thanks for adding it :)
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Have you tried CastleVania - SOTN with this enabled.
I'm getting graphical glitches. White flashing bar at the top and bottom of the screen.
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@Drokkeh said in Neon Enhanced plugin for PSX:
Have you tried CastleVania - SOTN with this enabled.
I'm getting graphical glitches. White flashing bar at the top and bottom of the screen.
there are (usually minor) graphical glitches in many games with it enabled. if you turn off the speedhack:
pcsx_rearmed_neon_enhancement_no_main = "disabled"
they should go away, but the frame-rates will dip. -
Would having the video smoothing true have a negative effect when neon is enabled? For some reason enabling neon makes scan lines visible with slightly more jagged text. I have smoothing set to true.
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@dankcushions Thanks. I did try that but still glitches. I turned the enhancements off and just enabled a decent shader so it looks decent now.
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@Drokkeh
ahh, i had the same problem and wondered why my screen was flashing! -
@dankcushions said in Neon Enhanced plugin for PSX:
yeah been running this for a while. it's not the neon graphics plugin - that's always running. it's the 'enhanced resolution' and 'enhanced resolution speed hack' options for that plugin that we're talking about.
So which is it that we should be enabling? "enhanced resolution" or "neon"
In the wiki addition you made, you mention "neon".
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@BenWlson its the two lines in the cfg mentioned in the wiki. they are options for the neon plugin, rather than the plugin itself.
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Just checking this out - looks great on Wipeout 2097.
Just trying to work out if I should keep video_smooth on or off as well.I think as this setting
pcsx_rearmed_neon_enhancement_enable = "enabled" pcsx_rearmed_neon_enhancement_no_main = "enabled"is stored in the core-options config you could tweak it in RGUI as opposed to only at the file directly.
Does anyone find it needs the speed hack on if you are using a Pi3? I guess I'll play around with some settings. -
I have not found it requires the speed hack, but I do have my gpu_freq at 525 and just general overclocking but I have not found any problems outside a few glitches in the obscure game or too.
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Sorry for my noob question. But WHERE is that option really? I cant find it anywhere.
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@Tao it's linked and stated several times in this thread: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Playstation-1#enhanced-graphics
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I tried with Jacky chan stuntmaster, the gfx are considerably better. But even the pi 3 overclocked seems to crash and theres a lot of freezing.
I have not tried disabling the neon mod yet to see if that's the issue but Im guessing it is, as i have a pi 2 which runs the game perfect without the neon mod.pitty, it really was better.
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