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| ZeroPoint:
These are instructions for making vertical games look bigger and better on horizontal lcd monitors. This new version allows fine tuning for every vertical game: - You can keep the game original flat (with or without pincushion). - You can tilt "the monitor" back with adjustable angle and pincushion. - You can still play horizontal games, but requires scaling them to 66%. - Setting are saved in hlsl folder. (No more manual editing). Note! This is a mod of the post.fx file and is not a part of mame development. ------------------------------- Why I made this: - I am using a 24" FullHD (1920 x 1080 - 120Hz) monitor (any horizontal monitor should do). - Vertical games look small, flat and boring on horizontal monitors. - I like the old curved monitor look. - Many of the best arcade games are vertical. - Stretching the game beyond 3:4 is NOT an option. ------------------------------- Step by step: 1. Extract the attached lcd.rar and copy post.fx to the HLSL folder. 2. Enable HLSL in mame.ini and do the following changes: - hlsl_ini_read 1 // reads hlsl game settings in the hlsl folder - hlsl_ini_write 1 // writes hlsl game settings in the hlsl folder - curvature 0.5 // IMPORTANT starting value used for the mod - pincushion 0.1 // minimum starting value for mod to work (Other HLSL settings like scanlines, defocus etc. are optional.) 3. Start any vertical game in fullscreen (or alt - enter from windowed.) 4. Adjust the following settings in TAB - Slider Controls for each game: Screen Curvature (experiment with this - 0.5 is center) Image Pincushion (experiment with this 0.1 - 1.0) Screen Horiz Position (vertical position) Screen Horiz Stretch (vertical size) Screen Vert Stretch (same value or up to 10% more then "Screen Horiz Stretch") Tip! Temporarily adjust "Screen Brightness" to 1.2 makes it easier to adjust. ------------------------------- Example "Slider Control" settings for BombJack: Screen Curvature 0.7 Image Pincushion 0.5 Screen Horiz Position -0.130 Screen Horiz Stretch 1.1 Screen Vert Stretch 1.2 ------------------------------- Only five lines are changed and one added in post.fx. Just open post.fx in notepad and search for "ORIGINAL" to see for your self. ------------------------------- ENJOY ! :) ------------------------------- |
| wildclay:
Nice. Thanks for sharing! I was actually just playing around with vertical monitor settings on Donkey Kong earlier today. I have to give this a try. |
| Hunk_4TH:
A little late on this. But thanks for continuing to work on this! Though I'm not sure I follow you here --- Quote ---Screen Horiz Stretch 1.1 Screen Vert Stretch 1.2 --- End quote --- |
| RetroBorg:
Looks interesting. |
| Hunk_4TH:
I tried the settings but it doesn't seem to work :( Can you post your settings file? |
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