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#1 General » xBRZ for Sprites » 2017-09-19 08:34:41

papermanzero
Replies: 1

I wanted to kindly ask the desmume devs, if you are currently working on xBRZ for sprites.
The implementation for textures are really really great. Bravo for that!
I am just curious if this is possible for sprites in desmume as well. I really don't want to say, please do it.
It is just interesting to read what the obstacles are and what you tried so far?

I also like to read the progress report from dolphin, pcsx2, rpcs3 etc.
It is just curiosity. smile

#2 Re: General » Metroid Prime Hunters - LUA script » 2017-09-19 08:31:20

Is it possible to map the screen to controller buttons?
Means instead of key.M to use button.1 (directinput).

#3 Re: General » Filters and resolution » 2016-09-05 11:53:03

Sounds great. I already cannot wait to see the results. ^^

I hope you don't get me wrong. I am really appreciating all your hard work and improvements.
But I am currently thinking how to improve the image quality of the first 3D consoles and the first 3D Handhelds.
PSX, Saturn and even N64 have the issues of very pixelated graphics. Nowadays you can hardly play the games from those consoles.
You really need a) higher resolution with improvements of the GPU (e.g. GTE accuracy) and b) texture filtering.
The same applies for the DS and the PSP.

The issue I am always seeing with xBRZ is posterisation.
PSP with Monster Hunter is always the best example: http://forums.ppsspp.org/attachment.php?aid=4416
Even Bilinear Filtering is giving a better result: http://forums.ppsspp.org/attachment.php?aid=4415

The question is how to get the sharp  structures of xBRZ but also the nice transitions of Bilinear.
PPSSPP has a great approach with the Hybrid+Bicubic and Deposterisation effect (currently my favorite)
Here is a very interesting blog entry about the approach: http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=textures

But the libretro team with the different shader combiniations can also give astonishing results.
So I am looking to the best filter/scaler combinations.
Currently I think Super XBR or XBRZ  / Bicubic / Hybrid / Hybrid + Bicubic with the Deposterisation Option are the best features for scaling/fiterling.
But the biliteral filter removes the pixels also extremely well (here the c++ source: http://www.riken.jp/brict/Yoshizawa/Res … lter.html)

I would really like to test a little bit around which combinations are the best result, but unfortunately I don't have the time for that. :-(

#4 Re: General » Filters and resolution » 2016-08-24 09:41:03

I am currently playing around with Super xBR and the bilateral filter, which has amazing results.
Super xBR is much more advanced than xBRZ.
Super xBR has the benefit of less posterization effects, together with bilateral the effect is almost gone.

Examples:
Super xBR:
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Super xBR with fast Bilateral
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Super xBR:
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Super xBR with fast Bilateral
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Super xBR:
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Super xBR with fast Bilateral
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Super xBR
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Super xBR with fast Bilateral
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The DS has the same issues like the PSX concerning filtering.
Together with the RGB888 change, it would be a great a addition to enhance the DS image quality.

Here is the C++ Code for Super xBR:
http://pastebin.com/raw/cbH8ZQQT

#5 Re: Support » Hotel dusk - background issue » 2016-08-10 08:29:09

You are absolutely right. It is a Recompiler issue.
Turning of Dynamic Recompiler or setting the block size to 20 solves the issue.

#6 Support » Hotel dusk - background issue » 2016-08-06 18:41:33

papermanzero
Replies: 2

This is a bug with the opengl renderer.
If you are playing hotel dusk sometimes a character erase the overlay.
Means you have a black and white picture and if the character moves, the movement deletes the black and white picture and the previous image (for example a coloured background) becomes visible again.
It is easily reproducible. Only watch the start sequence.

#7 Re: General » Improvement Idea - Touchscreen Coordinates Mapping » 2016-05-26 19:37:47

I know I could use Autohotkey. I could also use AutoIT.
And if I am very ambitious I could also C and C++.

But this is not my question. I see more benefits to integrate it directly in the emulator instead of an external application.
I already saw some thread about past proposals which are the same.
It seems you implemented that feature already for MacOSX.

I am really lazy to search through sourceforge (I am more a fan of github), but I am interested about the obstacle concerning a windows port of the feature.

#8 General » Improvement Idea - Touchscreen Coordinates Mapping » 2016-05-26 14:22:06

papermanzero
Replies: 3

Hi everyone,

I had an idea and want to ask about the opinion of the developers.
In general the current implementation of desmume has only a mouse input for the touchscreen.
However many games use the touchscreen as button replacement. The idea is to map the touchscreen buttons via coordinates to the keyboard or to a controller.
For example New Super Mario Bros
NSMB

To use the mushroom the player has to press the mushroom button on the touschreen. However after a while it can be annoying to use the mouse or a pointing device to select this button.
I tried with GlovePie to simulate several fake mouses to click on fix coordinates with the buttons on a controller. It was working pretty well. However if I move the window of desmume or if I switch to fullscreen the solution from GlovePie is gone. Furthermore GlovePie is a dead app and the development ended years ago. It was more or less only a feasibility.

But the idea is to use the same approach from GlovePie, however integrated in desmume. Means, the user defines a button which shall be used as a click event on touchscreen coordinates. Instead of using a mouse to click on the touchscreen, the user can press a button on the controller (for instance the dpad on the Xbox 360 controller) to click on pre-defined touchscreen coordinates. The resolution of the screen (256 × 192) and the coordination system are known. Hence, the benefit would be that the defined coordinates stay the same, if the window from desmume is for example moved. So the mapping of a button to a touchscreen coordinate, would always lead to the same result.
Especially games like New Super Mario Bros, Super Pricess Peach and other games would become more playable.

However I am not so familier with the code base of desmume and the efforts to implement the idea.

#9 Re: General » Filters and resolution » 2016-03-26 09:30:13

I hope the devs won't kill me, but I am curious about some pixelated graphics. :-)
Some Textures are nicely scaled but others are unaffected. My screenshots show this effect in some games like Mario Kart.
I would like to know why. Are these graphics different compared to textures (maybe sprites?).
Is it also possible to scale/filter these graphics as well?

#10 Re: General » Filters and resolution » 2016-03-19 21:48:31

Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed answer. smile
This explains a lot, especially concerning performance.

As said, I highly appreciate your work.
It's incredible what you achieved.
You are doing such a great job.

#11 Re: General » Filters and resolution » 2016-03-19 19:15:47

I created some pictures from Dragon Quest IX.
More can be found in the gallery: http://imgtrex.com/g/x6th1ic3


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I have just a small request. I know everything is still in development, and I highly appreciate the work you did with high resolution and texture scaling (as you can see in my images). But can you add in the future the texture scaling features from ppsspp?
Means beside "xBRZ", can you add following filters:
"Hybrid" (I guess it is linear scaling with xBRZ),
"Bicubic"
"Hybrid + Bicubic"?

In some games the xBRZ filter is just to comic like and doesn't fit to the style of the game. Therefore the Bicubic filter is much more efficient to keep the original style of the game.
PPSSPP Forum:
http://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?tid=1757&page=4
PPSSPP Source:
https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/blob … erCommon.h
https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/blob … Common.cpp

#12 Re: General » Filters and resolution » 2016-03-18 11:21:24

I tested the new filtering feature. Together with the High-Resolution upscaling it is amazing.

Animal Crossing:
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Big Bang Mini:
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FFCC - Ring of Fates:
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Final Fantasy Fables:
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Golden Sun DS:
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Mario Kart DS:
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Metroid Prime Hunters:
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Okami Den:
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Starfox Command:
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Super Mario 64 DS:
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The Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass
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The Legend of Zelda - Spirit Tracks
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Viewtiful Joe - Double Trouble:
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