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

Rion

Following up on @dankcushions thread here and what i learned from him and @Riverstorm

This is the same as crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-mame2003 except this is for vertical games in lr-fbalpha 029739.

There are two versions.

One using the normal crt-pi-vertical shader
And one using the crt-pi-curvature-vertical shader

Place these cfg files in you fba folder you can then configure fba to use crt-pi or crt-pi-curvate for all the other games using RetroPie setup.

Configuration/tools - > configedit -> Configre basic libretro emulator options > configure additional options for fba.

Video Shader Enable (True)
Video Shader File (crt-pi or crt-pi-curvate)

Rion

Updated for Retropie 4.1 and with a new Generic Arcade Bezel for all Vertical Games made by John Merrit over at Libretro.

There are several versions to chose from.

fba_Vertical_029739_Generic_Overlay_Curvate
This is the one with the Generic Overlay using crt-pi-curvature-vertical.glslp
fba_Vertical_029739_no_overlay
This one uses the crt-pi-vertical.glslp
fba_Vertical_029739_no_overlay_Curvate
This one uses crt-pi-curvature-vertical.glslp

Small preview on how the Generic Overlay looks like. Tried to make a screenshot with the game running but could not get it to work using RetroArch.

http://imgur.com/eTU2t6D

Rion

Update again

This time i added a new Generic Vertical Arcade Overlay by John Merrit that uses as much screen space as possible.
Both with and without glass.

Plus the same Generic Arcade Overlay as before but without scratches also made by John.

fba_Vertical_029739_Generic_Overlay_Curvate_No_Scratches

fba_Vertical_029739_Generic_Overlay2_Curvate

fba_Vertical_029739_Generic_Overlay2_Curvate_No_Glass

Pyjamarama

Hi @Rion

Did u notice any performance drops using these shaders?

thanx

Rion

@Pyjamarama Did not notice any speed-downs. But then again i am using a Pi3 and overclocked.

red2blue

@rion what about games that are more horizontal? do these use the regular overlay for those types of games? the games im talking about for example would be ghosts n ghouls, the simpsons, ninja turtles etc. the wider games.

edmaul69

@red2blue for horizontal games, you would just make one setup in the systems retroarch.cfg to point to using the horizontal versions. There are less vertical games than horizontal games so its easier to make seperate configs for all those ones and let horizontal games use the default setting in the systems retroarch.cfg. Then if new games get added, if they are horozontal games you dont have to worry about creating new configs for those ones as they will automatically use the default one.

red2blue

@edmaul69 i have 4.3k roms in my fba folder no way im going through all those figuring out which is horizontal lol....

So if i do it thru retroarch, and make the horizontal one default.. the roms with .cfg files will override default setting right?

And Rion's thread with the .cfg files those configs are only for vertical right?? or did he make everygame use vertical?

edmaul69

@red2blue they are only configs for vertical games. For say fba, for horizontal games, you would add a configuration to /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg. Then every single horizontal game will use that config. Now all of the vertical ones have their own config from his download. It will still use settings from the retroarch.cfg but they have their own overlay and shader setting so it overrides the one in the retroarch.cfg.

red2blue

@edmaul69 can you give me the exact line i would use?

edmaul69

@red2blue if you look at the configs in the download they should be identical for horizontal games minus the word vertical and a dash. Dont add the word horizontal.

edmaul69

@rion i cant really find overlays searching google. do you know if there is a horizontal and vertical curved bezel for 4:3? the curve just looks bad without one

Rion

@edmaul69 No I'm sorry. These are all made by John Merrit over at Libretro and they are all 16:9.

But what you could do is to edit the original Bezels and format them to 4:3 with some of the side art cut out but still preserving the arcade monitor.

edmaul69

@rion i thought about that but i couldnt find the horizontal bezel. I will try to search based on the name you mentioned.

red2blue

@edmaul69 it was Arcade_Generic_4x3.cfg btw

OR you can use this version opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/arcade-bezel-overlays/Final_Arcade_Generic_4x3.cfg

edmaul69

@rion i need to bulk edit all of these files to add my bezels and stuff. How can i bulk edit all of these files?

Rion

@edmaul69 said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-fbalpha 029739 (formerly lr-fba-next):

@rion i need to bulk edit all of these files to add my bezels and stuff. How can i bulk edit all of these files?

I think the screen area is the same for almost all of the generic overlays but I'm not sure.

edmaul69

@rion yeah problem is , i need to tell them to use my bezel and also point them to my fba config for other config settings.

Rion

@edmaul69 said in crt-pi shader users - automatic usage of crt-pi-vertical in vertical games in lr-fbalpha 029739 (formerly lr-fba-next):

@rion yeah problem is , i need to tell them to use my bezel and also point them to my fba config for other config settings.

If you are talking about editing the cfg files that's easy enough using notepad++ for example. But if you are talking about the png files then I don't know.

edmaul69

@rion i use notepad++. I know how to replace one line with one line in bulk. But i couldnt figure out how to bulk add lines.