Favorite shader

captainvelvet

Hi, I would like to know what is your favorite shader for every system if you use any. I'm running retropie on a 40" HD tv and I can't make up my mind on witch shader to use.
Thanks!

enderandrew

xBRZ when it is available.

http://filthypants.blogspot.com/2014/06/true-hq2x-shader-comparison-with-xbr.html

captainvelvet

Is it avaiable in retropie or do I have to install it?

enderandrew

I haven't done my RetroPi build yet (I'm still researching parts and such) but I know a handful of emulators support it. I'd love to see RetroPi add support for it as a global shader.

captainvelvet

Well, hope you will soon enjoy your pi with such a good piece of software like retropie. question is, it is posible to add shadders to retroarch? thanks

enderandrew

I think you just need to add shader files.

And it looks like libretro may have xBR shaders already, so RetroPie probably has them.

https://github.com/libretro/common-shaders/tree/master/xbr

dankcushions

i favour the crt-pi shaders :) you can have a look at them in action in this new wiki page: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Shaders-and-Smoothing

enderandrew

There are two very different approaches with classic games and shaders.

One approach is to add curvature to the screen, CRT scan lines, etc. to try and replicate how the game would have looked on an older CRT TV.

The other approach is to remove "jaggies" and try to make the game look better today than it did before. I like this approach personally, but to each their own.

Rion

@dankcushions said in Favorite shader:

i favour the crt-pi shaders :) you can have a look at them in action in this new wiki page: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Shaders-and-Smoothing

Same here but I'm only using the curvate versions. Feels more like the real thing.

Brings back memories from the 80`s

captainvelvet

I've been trying crt-pi and it looks awsome in metal slug, just had to adjust screen brightness a little bit. Is there a way to add more shadders to try?

davej

@enderandrew said in Favorite shader:

I think you just need to add shader files.

And it looks like libretro may have xBR shaders already, so RetroPie probably has them.

https://github.com/libretro/common-shaders/tree/master/xbr

If you're planning on using GLSL versions of those shaders on a Raspberry Pi I wouldn't get your hopes up. I had a quick look at a few of them and even the simplest look like they are doing too much processing for the Pi's GPU to handle at high frame rates.