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    Fill Screen (4:3) SNES?

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    • TheDutyPaidT
      TheDutyPaid @dankcushions
      last edited by

      @dankcushions
      It is on all SNES games,
      alt text

      I took a picture of my screen and highlighted what is wrong.

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      • TheDutyPaidT
        TheDutyPaid @caver01
        last edited by

        @caver01
        On thing it says about overscan is

        If you're getting a black screen when running in Console mode with
        Composite output, try removing/commenting out the "overscan_" parameters from "/boot/config.txt" as follows (using disable_overscan doesn't appear to fix it):
        
            #overscan_left=16
            #overscan_right=16
            #overscan_top=16
        #overscan_bottom=16
        

        I am using HDMI.

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        • dankcushionsD
          dankcushions Global Moderator
          last edited by dankcushions

          interestingly street fighter 2 on the snes SHOULD have borders (even more so on the pal version). see:

          that said, should still be less than what you're seeing. have a look at the snes9x.cfg

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator @TheDutyPaid
            last edited by

            @TheDutyPaid said in Fill Screen (4:3) SNES?:

            @caver01
            On thing it says about overscan is

            If you're getting a black screen when running in Console mode with
            Composite output, try removing/commenting out the "overscan_" parameters from "/boot/config.txt" as follows (using disable_overscan doesn't appear to fix it):
            
                #overscan_left=16
                #overscan_right=16
                #overscan_top=16
            #overscan_bottom=16
            

            I am using HDMI.

            DO NOT change these settings if other emulators are working fine. these are global settings for your entire system, applied from the moment it boots.

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            • caver01C
              caver01 @dankcushions
              last edited by

              @dankcushions Oops. Yeah, I just realized that---the overscan described in that readme I linked refers to that of the whole Pi configuration.

              My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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              • TheDutyPaidT
                TheDutyPaid
                last edited by

                Maybe we can start again?

                All SNES games have borders at the top and bottom of the screen.

                I would like to know how to remove them.

                OK, some games may have borders.

                BUT I know a lot don't. I remember this from when I was 13 and got a SNES for my birthday 25 years ago.

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                • dankcushionsD
                  dankcushions Global Moderator @TheDutyPaid
                  last edited by

                  @TheDutyPaid said in Fill Screen (4:3) SNES?:

                  Maybe we can start again?

                  All SNES games have borders at the top and bottom of the screen.

                  I would like to know how to remove them.

                  OK, some games may have borders.

                  BUT I know a lot don't. I remember this from when I was 13 and got a SNES for my birthday 25 years ago.

                  and I already clarified this. again, look at the snes9x.cfg that has been mentioned several times. it may have border/stretching options
                  you can adjust.

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                  • caver01C
                    caver01 @TheDutyPaid
                    last edited by

                    @TheDutyPaid For comparison, what emulator are you running NES vs. SNES? The reason I ask is, if you are already using a libretro core for NES, using lr-snes9x-next would seem like a logical thing to try, as they would have similar configurations.

                    My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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                    • TheDutyPaidT
                      TheDutyPaid @dankcushions
                      last edited by

                      @dankcushions
                      I know the snes9x.cfg very well as I had to set up my PS3 controller.
                      Here is the part about Graphics, what do you think is best to adjust.

                      [Graphics]
                      DisplaySmoothStretch=1
                      # Display Effect: 0 none, 1 scanlines, 2 phospher
                      # NOTE Phospher does not run at full speed
                      DisplayEffect=0
                      MaintainAspectRatio=1
                      DisplayBorder=0
                      AutoFrameskip=1
                      Frameskip=200
                      Transparency=1
                      CPUCycles=100
                      
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                      • dankcushionsD
                        dankcushions Global Moderator @TheDutyPaid
                        last edited by

                        @TheDutyPaid said in Fill Screen (4:3) SNES?:

                        DisplaySmoothStretch=1

                        change to 0 i think. that should stop it integer scaling and fill the vertical.

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