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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: ZeroPoint on March 24, 2012, 09:25:16 pm
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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ENJOY ! :)
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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.
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A little late on this. But thanks for continuing to work on this! Though I'm not sure I follow you here
Screen Horiz Stretch 1.1
Screen Vert Stretch 1.2
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Looks interesting.
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I tried the settings but it doesn't seem to work :( Can you post your settings file?
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I guess no one is using this anymore? :(