Raw pixels vs. shaders/filters, which is better?
Raw pixels vs. shaders/filters, which is better?
Bentley Hughes
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Hudson Stewart
Should have named tyhe Squirtle Chuck instead my bnro! LOL!
Kayden Carter
soul
Wyatt Butler
Playing pokemon red/blue under the covers with a shitty plastic light attached to the gameboy
Alexander Smith
I cannot play without my artificial soul
Caleb Green
For GBA I just go with muting the colors a little.
David Perry
How do you even know which filter is the best one? I look them up and there is like 50 of the things on Retroarch.
Ian Wright
There is a couple I choose between, because some look better with certain games/systems. Some will look too dark, will cause artifacting, don't work on higher res games, etc.
You can also just use grid filter which looks good on almost everything but requires 1:1 PAR and there are some games that are clearly not meant to be 1:1 PAR (like Capcom Arcade games)
The ones I use are
crt drvenom - just very basic scanline shader that works with most games and isn't too harsh
crt-caligari - good compatibility with games where most shaders have issues
crt-torridgristle - good no flicker shader
crt-easymode - general shader for 3D games
crt-lottes-multipass - this one has a slight fisheye effect like an old CRT
crt-royale-intel - especially good for 4k
crt-royale-xm29plus - more gentle crt royale
crt-royale - default crtroyale especially good for 4k
mame_hlsl - works good for some higher res arcade games that have issues with other shaders
advanced-aa - one of my two AA shaders, I just choose whichever looks better for the game
aa-shader-4.0 - one of my two AA shaders, I just choose whichever looks better for the game
retro-v2+image-adjustment - simple grid shader, you can also just use grid3x filter
xsoft+scalefx-level2aa - this is a controversial look but is good for a change. Gives a very soft, water-color style look
Brandon Thompson
Shaders are better. These old games were not made to be displayed on large modern displays raw. That said your filter is too agressive, I prefer something softer and more pleasing to the eye.
Bentley Roberts
If you want to be authentic, then turn that god awful filter off and play at native res. Because this is not what I remember the game looking like, I remember it looking like pic related.
Isaiah Cruz
It's the same filter. The image is just smaller. Besides, that actually pretty similar to what the GBA screen looked like.
Oliver Lee
As long as you aren't doing pic related shit, you are probably fine by me
Logan Robinson
The filter is still there you stupid fuck and you fucked with the scaling so now it looks even worse.
And no, I'm not going to make the game take up 2% of my monitor and act like that looks better you stupid fuck
Owen Butler
Then don't bother using filters you tard. It's not what the game looked like.
Zachary Allen
That is literally what GB and GBA games looked like you stupid fuck. It wasn't CRT, it was an LCD screen that has a grid-like pattern, similar to as seen in the OP.
However, it's going to look off unless viewed with square pixels and integer scaling, so downscaling the image like you did looks like shit because the grid is uneven.
Carson Brown
No it wasn't. You could not see the pixels that clearly. Your image looks like a mosaic.
Nicholas Martinez
Don't worry user, I think your screenshot looks better. It's like looking at a somewhat large AGB-101 screen, with the only weak point being that the filter banding not being able to capture the curves of a tilted screen.
Ian Harris
Holy shit you are actually fucking retarded.
THE GBA RESOLUTION IS 240 X 160 YOU BRAINDEAD FUCKING TARD
John Perry
Yes and running the game upscaled like that with such a filter looks terrible and not like the original at all. If you want an authentic experience, at least reduce the size somewhat and turn the horrible filter off or replace it with one that gives you a way smaller grid.
Noah Ortiz
>DUDE IF YOU WANT THE ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE HAVE IT BE 2% OF YOUR MONITOR WITH 98% OF YOUR MONITOR BEING A MASSIVE BLACK BORDER!!!
neck yourself you fucking autistic retard
Aaron Wood
I can't either 2bh. Raw pixels are hideous.
Jacob Martin
If you don't want to emulate the original experience then why even use filters at all? Your OP image looks horrible.
Lucas Green
>upscaled pre-rendered backgrounds
Jayden Hill
>posts an image that doesn't even look like shit in real resolution but great in the thumbnail
Good job BTFO'ing yourself.
Parker Bennett
Nolan Jones
It's quite literally the exact same size grid you fucking braindead shit eating retard
Adrian Ramirez
>little redditor faggot sperging out the moment he's exposed as a brainlet
you love to see it
Luis Nguyen
Integer scaling is not upscaled you retard zoomer
Austin Wilson
>DUDE THAT'S NOT WHAT LE GAME LOOKS LIKE
>literally posts an up-close screenshot of a GBC showing the grid is nearly 1:1 size
So you're just bitching about an image integer scaled up so I'm not playing something the size of my pinky finger on my monitor. you're so fucking retarded holy shit lmao
Eli Williams
Raw pixels for games intentionally made as pixel art.
Filters for games intended to take advantage of CRT blur.
Though in reality it doesn't actually matter, and it's whatever you prefer.
Jose Howard
>being this scared of a black bar
Oliver James
I'm not even the same guy spergy boy, also
>dude holy shit lmao
just slit your veins and end it, it's the only way you'll stop embarrassing yourself since you clearly don't have enough self-awareness to realize how mentaly handicapped you are and stop posting
Xavier Nelson
Tyler Hill
ma nigga
James Cook
>thinks GB and GBA were CRT
>doesn't even know what integer scaling is
kill yourself zoomie
Jack Moore
Yep, time to game.
Jack Collins
yes.jpg
Angel Powell
Looks decently authentic.
Benjamin Roberts
Ethan Gutierrez
Elijah Gray
How do i do shaders on retroarch?
Evan Hernandez
Captcha: PR4YW
Ryan Robinson
Ryder Cruz
Joseph Bennett
Jose Powell
Thomas Gray
William Jenkins
Do you even know what integer scaling is retard?
Oh wait you thought GBA was CRT, yep that explains it lmao
Cooper Roberts
Dominic Long
Gavin Morales
Caleb Russell
shader name?
Nicholas King
Dude literally just NTSC filter or horizontal blur + any shader looks like that
Parker Cooper
My eyesight is shitty enough as it is, I don't need to make these games look like blurry shit. I don't play 2D games in fullscreen anyway.
Carson Hall
>everything is green
what kind of shitty ass CRT did the creator of this filter reference?
Easton Lewis
Online Updater > Slang shaders, then load the game > Shaders > Find the slang folder and pick something
Michael Bailey
I will try and go through these, thanks user
Ian Edwards
Mason Nguyen
Almost no 2D games released after the SNES and Genesis were made with dithering in mind.
Cameron Stewart
PS1 had dithering out the ass even in 3D games
Gabriel Phillips
>filters
Formerly soul
Dominic Cooper
But user he's been consistently right and you've been consistently wrong, why should I believe that you're smarter than him when you have to rely on acting like a chimp to seem like you're not the braindead one?