Mame HLSL ver 2 1.0.1

Updated with a new download, the raster.ini is still the same but I added my vector.ini for vector games like Asteroids and Star Wars. I found the defaults to be very annoying, the bloom was way over done and the "smearing" effect was obnoxious, real vector line monitors do not look like that at all.

Of course nothing can replicate a vector monitor but I feel these do a good job of making things look very good on a modern display and not look like a pile of puke that the defaults are.

there is no mame/ini/presets path in my mame folder and creating one didnt do anything. do you know what im doing wrong 

 

No idea, I have never seen a Mame install not have those folders.

Are you using a newer build or an old one ?

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damn it showed my failed attempt as well lol. anyway that is whats in my mame folder

Have you run Mame to generate files ? Run the Mame executable with the command line parameter -cc

mame64.exe -cc

 

I ran mame but not with a command line.

I can run games just fine. If i turn hlsl on it crashes when i try to launch a game.

I went into the options and changed it to point to the raster and hlsl files but that didnt stop it from crashing.

I'm unsure of how to run it with that command.

If it's crashing then it's most likely a video driver issue, possibly your video card or chipset doesn't support it.

well i have an i5 3770k and a gtx 1080ti with up to date driver so i think this apparently incomplete install is most likely the issue.

I just dont know why it didnt create all the proper folders.

Just now, defiance187 said:

I just dont know why it didnt create all the proper folders.

It looks like you have a specific no nag version, try the official version of the emulator instead.

Yeah try an official build and see if that works for you, your system should be compatible with it. I thought maybe you were using some sort of onboard graphics chip or something that might have issues.

I figured I'd reply here with my solution for anyone in the future who sometimes forgets the details.(Like yours truly) I needed to install the official then overwrite with the no nag. Just had a brain fart and installed the no nag by itself.

Edited September 29, 2018 by defiance187

Just an FYI..the zip I downloaded from here does not include the vector.ini file. Was it removed after your last update?

 

Nevermind..it is in the other 1.01 July update update file. 

Edited September 14, 2020 by CitznFish

Thanks for posting these settings.  I had such a hard time getting my head around HLSL.  These look really good and I didn't have to mess with anything.

Glad you like them.

Was looking to find some good vector settings and came across this, but the download seems to be missing the vector.ini - any chance you could up?

 

20 minutes ago, vaderag said:

Was looking to find some good vector settings and came across this, but the download seems to be missing the vector.ini - any chance you could up?

 

I just re-downloaded it and the vector.ini is there. 

9 minutes ago, Headrush69 said:

I just re-downloaded it and the vector.ini is there. 

Oh wierd - must have clicked the wrong download link...

Pls, upload more examples screenshots of gameplays.

Can I use this with the new Mame version 0,256  ?

Very interesting settings Thank you. 
I have a question about the settings, I don't know what to call it: glow, aka smudge, I would like to eliminate it to make the image smoother without this glow (this is most visible when jumping, e.g. in Ghost and Goblin) ?

Edited June 12 by KRI$85