The finding was that 99% of the time, textures are static in memory. However, Dolphin would pessimistically continue to decode and copy the same texture every time. The optimisation is to check if the texture matches what is in the cache, and if it does, Dolphin should early exit.
The result is the speed in New Super Mario Bros Wii increased 35% with spinning coins. Still not as fast as EFB copy to texture though.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@6352 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Renamed EFB Scale to Internal Resolution.
Removed Auto Scale option (it is now always on).
Added on-the-fly changing of the Internal Resolution in the OpenGL and Direct3D9 plug-ins.
Further consolidated the code in the video plug-ins.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@6240 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
First step to bring a level of consistency between the video plug-ins - variable names, spacing, function names, function order, comments, file names. This will help us identify common code for VideoMerge.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@6235 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
use plain vertex arrays instead of VBOs to render in Opengl plugin as the nature of the data make VBOs slower. This must bring, depending on the implementation, a good speedup in opengl.
in my system now opengl and d3d9 have a difference of 1 to 5 fps depending of the game.
some cleanup and a little work pointing to future improvements in the way of rendering.
please test and check for any errors.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@6139 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Of course, this doesn't do much good without another shader compiler..
WIP of OS X application bundle building.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5961 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
- Eliminate the useless check for cpu modifications option from efb to ram as it must be enabled always
- use constant names in dx11 for buffer length calculation instead to simplify code reading
- implemented scaled efb copy in opengl, still bugy in some games, the option is not in the gui but will add it when it works perfect
- Change the depth calculation behavior:
if the game use z textures is exactly the same as before.
if the game do not use z texture calculate z values in the vertex shader. the advantage id this approach is that early z culling is applied,
improving fill rate. this mus speed up things, even with ssaa and msaa enabled.
please test for regression and enjoy.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5896 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
implemented new efb to ram in opengl
modified TextureConversionShader preparing the implementation of new efb to ram in dx11
please test for regressions
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5874 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
in general cleanup and bugfix disable pierre patch for the moment as it causes problem in some games and hopefully fix the remaining missing textures for nvidia users in opengl.
make the code in pixelshadergen looks nice and readable.
D3D: this is a ultra experimental commit please check for regressions or error.
make the efb Scale / super sampling level customizable to improve the output quality and let the user configure quality according to his hardware.
is everyone likes this change will translate it to opengl
please test
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5612 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
implemented fixed efb scale to improve alignment and discard some error caused by incorrect scale.
make both plugins work similar. this must improve opengl image quality a lot.
also implemented dynamic resizing in opengl, this way the resolution math the windows resolution on resize.
this is highly experimental so please test a lot.
implemented shader dumping on error thinking in future experiments with shaders.
enjoy :)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5458 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Basic usage: "sudo scons install=global install"
Hopefully this doesn't break builds on Macs. I have tested this on linux and windows.
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in D3D and Opengl:
fixed one nasty bug in texture loading where if a dynamic texture keeps his format but the tlut format is changed, the try or reloading the texture in the same texture could cause a hang if the size of the resulting texture is different than the original (size in bytes)
Applied a ugly temporal hack to the texture conversor to solve efb to ram misalignments and effect distortions.
in D3D:
Pseudo implementation of logic ops using basic blending: the first 8 operations are "good approximations", the remaining 8 are bullshit :) if someone have a better approximation to emulate this logic please let me know.
please test if i don't break anything in the process and test Mario kart wee you will get a nice surprise.:)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4656 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
opengl: a little code cleanup and possible speedup in texture recreation.
d3d and opengl :plugins corrected the efb alignment when efb to ram is used.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4637 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
One of the fixes in
Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp (for an uninitialized
variable) looks like it could actually have real-world effects; someone
familiar with the code should check that the fix is correct.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3669 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Also, render target code is cleaned up. Post-processing shaders now work with multisampling and Real-XFB mode.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3545 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
- Render targets should not have an alpha channel
- Use correct source rectangle for render-to-texture effects
- Use "GL_INTENSITY8" instead of just "GL_INTENSITY" (makes no difference)
The background of the "Stage Clear" screen in SSBM is now fixed!
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3502 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Automatic texture invalidation when using copy efb to ram (fixes weird flickery scanner in metroid 2).
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2617 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
This changes fixes the bloom effect in Beyond Good and Evil.
It also makes the AutoScale feature almost mandatory since it looks silly without :)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2475 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Not really anything interesting, just some better comments, some slightly more portable/cleaner code in places.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2459 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
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