reflection lights SOQUEROEU TV Backgrounds 2.1

Followed the instructions, not sure what I'm doing wrong, I get a shader failed to apply error. The Mega Bezel shaders work fine, just not these. 

Also it didn't work on GL, the files don't even show, I had to change to Vulkan, which was fine (it used to crash my system so I never used it, now its not for some reason so i doesn't matter, but just letting you know, maybe that is just me or I was doing it wrong). 

Also do you know how to make it so the shaders load on start up? Start up delay was already at 0, but that doesn't work (this is for the mega Bezels, still can't get this pack to work yet) 

4 hours ago, Maul83 said:

Followed the instructions, not sure what I'm doing wrong, I get a shader failed to apply error. The Mega Bezel shaders work fine, just not these. 

Also it didn't work on GL, the files don't even show, I had to change to Vulkan, which was fine (it used to crash my system so I never used it, now its not for some reason so i doesn't matter, but just letting you know, maybe that is just me or I was doing it wrong). 

Never mind on both questions, I didn't follow your instructions properly. 

6 hours ago, Maul83 said:

Followed the instructions, not sure what I'm doing wrong, I get a shader failed to apply error. The Mega Bezel shaders work fine, just not these. 

Also it didn't work on GL, the files don't even show, I had to change to Vulkan, which was fine (it used to crash my system so I never used it, now its not for some reason so i doesn't matter, but just letting you know, maybe that is just me or I was doing it wrong). 

 

5 hours ago, Maul83 said:

Also do you know how to make it so the shaders load on start up? Start up delay was already at 0, but that doesn't work (this is for the mega Bezels, still can't get this pack to work yet) 

Looks like you've already solved the problems. Anyways, shade presets will only be listed when the appropriate driver is active. For slang shaders, you must have previously downloaded the default Slang shaders via Retroarch's update menu. In order to list these shaders, the driver must already be active, in this case, Vulkan.

You should not use the delay option when loading the shader for Mega Bezel, it can cause crashes.

Good luck and good gaming!

Also wondering if there is a way to zoom in? I tried upping the scale a bit but it wasn't working. 

On 8/3/2021 at 2:06 PM, Maul83 said:

Also wondering if there is a way to zoom in? I tried upping the scale a bit but it wasn't working. 

Using the Standard base preset, the Background layer can’t be scaled. Assuming you know how to do it, If you don’t use too many layers you could use the Decal layer for the background and the Top Layer for the Decals or Leds. They both have scaling modes (although in this pack I didn't use a decal layer). Obviously you would have to change the lines for pointed directories in the preset and modify some scale values in the shader parameters.

You have to:

• In shader preset, replace "BackgroundImage" with "DecalImage"

• Add this line to your preset: HSM_STANDARD_DECAL_SHOW_UNDER_FRAME = "1,000000"

• In shader parameters screen, scale the Decal layer for desired  value
• In shader parameters screen, increase No-Integer Scale to match the desired size.
• In shader parameters screen, adjust tube X and Y direction to correct alignment
  
  Note: this may not work well for night presets, unless you correctly scale the led layer. For this, you need to make one more modification, which consists of:
• In night shader preset, replace "LEDImage"  with  "TopLayerImage".
• In shader parameters screen adjust Top Extra Layer Blend Mode to 2.00 (ADD).
• It may be necessary to adjust frame width and height to align with the background.

After all, I have a zoomed version of NES Night:

 

 

Edited August 5, 2021 by soqueroeu

This is the kind of project thats even got developers going holy shit. We have finally reached production in shader tech!

On 8/3/2021 at 5:08 PM, soqueroeu said:

Using the Standard base preset, the Background layer can’t be scaled. Assuming you know how to do it, If you don’t use too many layers you could use the Decal layer for the background and the Top Layer for the Decals or Leds. They both have scaling modes (although in this pack I didn't use a decal layer). Obviously you would have to change the lines for pointed directories in the preset and modify some scale values in the shader parameters.

You have to:

• In shader preset, replace "BackgroundImage" with "DecalImage"

• Add this line to your preset: HSM_STANDARD_DECAL_SHOW_UNDER_FRAME = "1,000000"

• In shader parameters screen, scale the Decal layer for desired  value
• In shader parameters screen, increase No-Integer Scale to match the desired size.
• In shader parameters screen, adjust tube X and Y direction to correct alignment
  
  Note: this may not work well for night presets, unless you correctly scale the led layer. For this, you need to make one more modification, which consists of:
• In night shader preset, replace "LEDImage"  with  "TopLayerImage".
• In shader parameters screen adjust Top Extra Layer Blend Mode to 2.00 (ADD).
• It may be necessary to adjust frame width and height to align with the background.

After all, I have a zoomed version of NES Night:

 

 

I found an easier way. Just go into video > scaling and set a custom aspect ratio width and height to something really high. 

Just wanted to drop a quick thank you for these, I've been all over hyperspace madness's posts and duimon's stuff, it's all amazing.  I was thinking of asking for some specific tv models from when I was a kid, but your pack looks to have some of the old Sony type models that are exactly what I was looking for.  Awesome stuff man, keep up the good work!

Awesome shader set. Just thought I'd let you know that for some reason the Atari2600 shader preset changes the screen to vertical and the background image is just gray diagonal lines. How can this be fixed?

EDIT: Ok so I found out that it's the "Rotate CRT tube" option. If I switch it to 0 this shows:  and if I change it to 1 this shows: All the other shaders display correctly except atari2600.

Edited December 6, 2021 by Azgorath

2 hours ago, Azgorath said:

Awesome shader set. Just thought I'd let you know that for some reason the Atari2600 shader preset changes the screen to vertical and the background image is just gray diagonal lines. How can this be fixed?

EDIT: Ok so I found out that it's the "Rotate CRT tube" option. If I switch it to 0 this shows:  and if I change it to 1 this shows: All the other shaders display correctly except atari2600

@Azgorath , thanks for reporting this!
The Atari 2600 system is one of the few that fluctuates during shader execution. This can happen because the shader tries to scale the resolution automatically. Normally this is fixed when we set the screen format to 4x3 by shader parameters, instead of keeping it on auto. But it's still not a definitive solution.

The shader creator is working on improved versions of the package. I encourage you to appreciate the work of HSM.
Meanwhile, I'm working on fixes and at some point I might release an update, ok?

Thanks again!

Can someone help me out with this?  I downloaded everything exactly to the instructions and everything fails to load.  No issues loading other vulkin-based shaders, not sure what I am doing wrong here.  I downloaded the recent zip file and moved it to the appropriate location with no luck.  I even tried opening one of the shader config files and seeing what it references and everything it uses is in place.  

Edit - Looks like I am missing MBZ__2__STD.slangp, not sure where to get this since it isn't in the HSM pack.

Edit 2 - For those that find this in 2022, the existing tv pack has to be updated because of the update to the Mega Bezel package.

Edited January 7, 2022 by rancid

13 hours ago, rancid said:

Edit 2 - For those that find this in 2022, the existing tv pack has to be updated because of the update to the Mega Bezel package.

Exactly @rancid!

Thanks for informing!

With Mega Bezel Shader updates, the Soqueroeu pack may not work as expected. That's because the names and structure of the presets changed. I plan to update this preset pack to be compatible with new versions of HSM Shader Pack. I'm also finalizing version 2.0 of the package, with all the backgrounds reworked.

1 hour ago, soqueroeu said:

Exactly @rancid!

Thanks for informing!

With Mega Bezel Shader updates, the Soqueroeu pack may not work as expected. That's because the names and structure of the presets changed. I plan to update this preset pack to be compatible with new versions of HSM Shader Pack. I'm also finalizing version 2.0 of the package, with all the backgrounds reworked.

Very excited to hear this, love your work and can't wait for the update!

 

I donloaded ver 2.0, but some assets are missing in the img folder (all sega consoles i noticed)

14 hours ago, housello said:

donloaded ver 2.0, but some assets are missing in the img folder (all sega consoles i noticed)

Hey @housello , sorry about that! You were absolutely right. 😊
Thanks for letting me know. I just updated the pack. Download again.

Looks like Mega Bezel was updated again on Apr 23 and it might have caused the shaders to now work. I am unable to apply any of them.

6 hours ago, Soundtrackgeek said:

Looks like Mega Bezel was updated again on Apr 23 and it might have caused the shaders to now work. I am unable to apply any of them.

Yeah, the last update is from 2022-04-23.
Do you have problems running this Soqueroeu TV pack?

I can't run the current pack, it would appear things were changed on July 15th.

Edited July 28, 2022 by Haelstrom

On 8/3/2021 at 2:06 PM, Maul83 said:

Also wondering if there is a way to zoom in? I tried upping the scale a bit but it wasn't working. 

Yes, in the newest versions of Mega Bezel, it's possible!
For those who want to increase the viewing area in my presets+backgrounds, it is possible with just one adjustment, in this parameter:


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Additionally, you may want to adjust the height, as I did in the image below. See now the edges of the TV reach the end above and below:

If you're going to do bezels, I think this is the way to do it! Only comment would be to improve the wooden plank that the TVs are sitting on to make it look more realistic. 

I followed the instructions and it doesn't work at all. I just get failed to apply shader preset.

I'm in the same boat.  I'm using the most recent Mega Bezel, but this pack is not working.

I was able to fix the issue by looking at the .slangp file I wanted to use and verifying the directory structure at the top.

Edited April 13, 2023 by Coptimus

you have to change the path in the .slangp files to

'#reference "../../../shaders_slang/....'

(only 3 times '../' instead of 4)