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Scalelines?
scoddie007:
Does anyone use scalelines here? I read somewhere not sure where that using scalelines made the graphics look better on a monitor so I did and it does improve games like streetfighter II but some of the oldergames look better without it. BTW i was using 75% scalelines. I'm using a LCD monitor as my cabinet monitor right now and what to get the best out of it. Any suggestions?
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: scoddie007 on February 02, 2007, 08:35:15 pm ---Does anyone use scalelines here? I read somewhere not sure where that using scalelines made the graphics look better on a monitor so I did and it does improve games like streetfighter II but some of the oldergames look better without it. BTW i was using 75% scalelines. I'm using a LCD monitor as my cabinet monitor right now and what to get the best out of it. Any suggestions?
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"Scanlines" is only there to try and simulate the look of a low res arcade monitor on a PC monitor. It's not very sucessful at doing it and to be honest only degrades the image. You'll find hardly anybody here uses it.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
hbm*rais:
I use scanlines and I think it does a great job in improving the image. Specially if you're using AdvanceMAME on a CRT computer monitor. It knocks off some of the sharp edges of the pixels, without the excessive blur of pure hardware stretch.
I'm not claiming it successfully simulates the look of an arcade monitor. I'm just saying it makes the image more pleasant (to me, at least).
The reason I mentioned AdvanceMAME is that it can double the original game resolution and use every other line as a scanline. On a CRT monitor, that's probably the nearest you can get to an arcade experience.
The problem with LCD monitors is that they have a fix resolution and a different aspect ratio, so it's impossible to get the exact double resolution on most of the games. You usually end up with a kind of wave effect vertically. However, I do use scanlines on my LCD, I just raise it up to 90% so that the effect is more subtle.
At the end of the day, the best filter is the one that works for you. Just experiment with all the possibilities. That's not an exact science ;) .
RayB:
It's only useful if you use a PC monitor set to a resolution at least 1024x768.
hbm*rais:
--- Quote from: RayB on February 04, 2007, 11:39:05 pm ---It's only useful if you use a PC monitor set to a resolution at least 1024x768.
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Well, if you're using a LCD monitor, yes, the higher the resolution the better. But if you're using a CRT, a nice round multiple of the original resolution works better. 640x448 would look much better then 1024x768 for a 320x224 game.
Of course, if you cannot do those non-standard resolutions (via AdvanceMAME, ArcadeVGA or whatever), then the higher the better.
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