fixed a misbehavior in the clear code that causes depth clear problems in reference hardware (Intel as example).
add 6 parameters to optimize Safe Texture Cache:
SafeTextureCacheColorSamples, SafeTextureCacheIndexedSamples, SafeTextureCacheTlutSamples:
this 3 parameters gives the number of samples taken to calculate the final hash value, less samples = more speed, more samples = more accuracy
if 0 is specified the hash is calculated using all the data in the texture.
SafeTextureCacheColorMaxSize, SafeTextureCacheIndexedMaxSize, SafeTextureCacheTlutMaxSize:
this parameters limits the amount of data used for the hash calculation, it could appear as redundant but in some games is better to make a full hash of the first bytes instead of some samples of all the texture.
color, indexed, tlut : define the texture type, full color data, indexed, and the tlut memory.
the parameters are available in the config , no GUI at this time, if the test are OK will add it to the GUI.
if someone needs it will give more examples on how to configure the values for specific games.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5116 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
sorry to tell but this will bring a speed drop, so let you decide if this change stay or not.( used the fastest open source hash algorithm i know)
do not apply full hashing to other format because it kills the performance.
for popular request added 9x SSAA believe me will kill your graphic card even if is the best but the image quality is exceptional.
as always please test and let me know the results.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5034 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
there are only to SSAA modes 1.5x and 2x as they give the best result.
please test and let me know the results
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5017 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
improve speed a little in games that have large viewports.
please test and let me know the results
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5009 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
true antialiasing using supersampling:
3 modes implemented:
2x = is a one and a half samples supersampled buffer with a linear texture fetch, this produce a similar result of a 2x MSAA
4x = four samples with a aligned texture fetch in the center of the 4 samples, this produce a little best effect that the first mode.
8x = is a four samples with a rotated grid fetching producing a nicer (really nicer in some cases) antialiasing.
please test an let me know if you like this :)
i remember to everyone that supersampling is expensive so don't complain in speed drops :)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5006 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
chage the global format of the screenshots to bmp, is correctly supported by both plugins and is faster.
reverted the changes in safe texture cache, will try to make them more stable then commit them, this should fix compilation in linux and macand error introduced in MP games
corrected all the issues commented by ector, thanks for the comments alway is good that the code is revised by others to find missed spots.
please report any remaining issue to solve them.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5001 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
first fixed scaling when updating backbuffer to make it friendly with encoders, now frame dumping must work without errors in any codec.
clean screenshot and frame dumping code now is more correct, faster and stable.
improve safe texture cache, improving the distribution of the hash algorithm, including tlut hash in the final hash of the texture, and making use of a 64 bit hash to make it more accurate.
clean a lot of code and corrected some missused vertex formats when drawing full screen quads.
and biggest change last:
implemented pseudo antialiasing: a image post-process algorithm that mimics antialiazing and is fare more easier to implement in this scenario.
you can change the intensity of the effect changing the values of the antialiasing combo. the right value depends on the game.
for example mkwii looks awesome with 8x.
please try all the changes and let me know the results.
if something is broken, please let me know and will fix it asap.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@5000 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.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4994 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
rewrite frame dumping and screen shots to make them more stable and correct
enable viewport resizing for all cards, the emulation is more correct in this way
test this a lot please.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4971 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
in opengl correct an error introduced by mi in efb to ram alignment, it's seems to fix SMS but it missalign a lot of other games, so revert to the default. must solve truncated coins in NSMB.
revert alpha testing values to the values in rev 4812 as they fix some games.
in d3d dynamized the Render target size so it will change at runtime when viewport exceed it size, in the worse case it will cause a missing frame when resizing but in the games I tested is not noticeable at all
This must solve all the remaining viewports problems in nvidia cards, in ati this is not needed.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4888 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
in videocommon little fix for the alpha test values, return to the original values as they are more accurate.
in D3D:
huge change in state management, now all the state management is centralized and redundant state changes are eliminated.
Fixed the overlapped viewport error in non ati cards:
the error was caused by this: when a viewport is defined larger than the current rendertarget, an error is thrown and the last valid viewport is used, this is the reference behavior, in ati cards if a larger viewport is defined, no eror is returned, the rendering is valid and is rendered using the projection defined by the viewport but limited to the rendertarget are, exactly like opengl or the GC hardware.
to solve this in reference drivers defined a large rendertarget (2x the size of the original) and proceed to render in a centered quad insithe the larger rendertarget, in this way larger viewports always falls inside a valid rendertarget size, the drawback of this is the waste of resources. it can be dynamized, depending or games or changed at runtime when a oversized viewport is detected, but i live that to future commits.
please test this and let me know the results.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4841 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Now the frame limiter yields on CPU thread, not as before on GPU thread mistakenly
2. Fixed clear of VI interrupts
I guess VI interrupts are not used at all, because they were never cleared before
3. Made GPU thread 0% processor usage when paused whatever your active config is.
I tried the event approach but somehow the thread resume latency is excessively long (Who can tell me why?)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4790 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
changed the blending functions for the logic ops emulation, now the accuracy is the best possible with the functions available in D3D.
if someone is interested i'll post how i get this values :) please test and let me know the results.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4673 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
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
D3D: add the EFB Copy option to complete Rodolfo's commit plus add the Overlay FPS and the Disable Fog options
also change the config dialog's behaviour a bit
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4622 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Now efb to ram display correctly but still is misaligned by one pixel
please test and give me feedback
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4618 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Also reimplemented screen clearing as a color quad to support alpha blending when clearing as in the original hardware.
the funny thing is how is implemented peeking, as locking depth textures is not supported, implemented peeking copying the values form the depth texture to a r32f render target and then reading back the data.
please a lot of testing to this commit.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4599 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
first part if fixing, fixed, i thing, the flickering that everyone has reported, at least in my case i only have flickering in the one texture in one game and now is fixed. The other fix is not for an reported issue, is more a correctness fix, running dolphin with pix to review debug errors, result in a ton of warnings and error, now with this commit, at least for ati, there no more error or warnings, this means, correct management and state change, no accurate emulation, for this still a lot of work to do.
for this part of the commit please give me feedback and let me know of remaining issues
Te second part is the partial implementation of efb to ram copy in d3d, this won't brake anything because is commented but i commit this to ask for help from ector and donko in some errors remaining in the implementation related to differences between opengl an d3d.
if you want to test this you have to uncomment line 150 to 155 of bpstruct.cpp
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4594 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
corrected a little depth textures still broken but now at least i discover the reason, the ultra bad news for d3d lover is, the only correct way to implement depth textures will be do a firs depth only pass disabling blending.
This is because blending is affecting the values stored in the depth texture, so to store the true values, blending mus be deactivated.
this will degrade performance but is the only "Correct" way in d3d 9. the other possibility is dx10 but that's a complete different story ;)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4526 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Implemented all the correct format conversions in efb to texture copy.
replaced all the stretcrect calls with quad draws this must improve speed a bit.
A BIGGGGGGGGGG cleanup in the code and reorganization.
reimplemented zpeek using a secondary render target ( this still is buggy so many issues left)
please a lot off feedback.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4520 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
in direct3d this is different, the only valid values are between 0.0 an 1.0 so fix this and let the shader handle the rest.
please test all this and let me know the results.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4494 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
This is a test, clamp the values to see if this fix the problem, please test a lot don't know if this breaks something else
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4491 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
* clear and flicker problem in d3d, backbuffer clearing was commented out, (if this was on right let me know and I'll revert).
* alpha problem introduced by my modifications to the tev, must been sleeping when i wrote that code, should be fixed now.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4471 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
please test specially in paper mario and Killer 7 that where games where supposedly this was used.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4470 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
thanks a lot to chaoscode he make possible to test this on nvidia. please test this a lot and give me feedback :)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4468 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
d3d: remove the depth texture path it will not work so for now only lockable textures were available. i thing the only way will be a use a secondary render target and do a depth pass to mimic depth textures.
opengl: minor cleanup here and there and a possible fix to issue 1509, but not tested because in my system the errors remarked in the issue don't show.
commond: code reorganization an optimization in the pixel shader generator, trying to understand the tev stages, make some changes to make the generator faster (not much only started for the alpha test and fog).
this changes try start solving the diferences bethen the hardware plugins and the soft plugin.
i hope with i don't brake nothing but please test this a lot.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4465 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
they are extremely hard/driver Dependant so your test is needed.
there plugin will automatically select the path thats work for your hard, need that everyone post the messages that the video init throw (yes all will hate me for the messages) but is the only way to see what is the optimal path. in the next commit will clean the unused paths.
i'm afraid thath the second path is Vista dependant (you need to include vista sdk to make it work).
the third path use lockable depth buffer so there is no change in that.
now peek color is fully working and is fast because the you never lock the the real color texture only the offscreen surface.
please if someone knows a game that use peek color please test it.
also fixed blending so SMS underwater must be fixed.
this work with d3d teach me that i love opengl :)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4393 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
implemented buffer format fall back to allow hardware that don't support lockable formats to run the games with Z peeking disabled, applied as well the patch suggested in issue 1494 please give heavy test to this commit
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4365 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Opengl:
Reorder the rendering path to make it more generic, and a little bit faster i think.
Reduce the index Buffer size to make it more Friendly to older video hardware.
get rid of the remaining annoying sps (I hope).
D3D:
Implement the same path as opengl to make the plugins more similar and maintainable.
Fixed Peek_Z this means, Pushing stars in SMG Now Works.
Please give heavy testing to this changes and compare the performance with the old path.
Thanks to hrydgard for let me participate :).
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4353 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
fixes issue 1421.
D3D: fullscreen use 640x480 if ini setting is invalid
Externals/Memcard Manager: fix build since change to lib files for wx
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4290 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Debugger panel is displayed only if Dolphin is started with /d option.
Dump features are not implemented.
Pause/Resume buttons works, only if the plugin is built in DEBUG or DEBUGFAST configuration, not in RELEASE. These features are really only for devs, not for regular gamers.
You will be able to pause frame by frame, or by n frames, or by n primitive flushes. Other pausing options are not implemented yet.
When other pausing and dumping features are implemented, debugging will be much easier.
I have changed the DX9 project setting to use unicode character set in order to use wxWidge tools. If this causes Dolphin building problems for you, check your project setting.txt
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4154 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
- Added plugin interface function Video_AddMessage to both plugins and to the plugin specs.
- Added handling of the Video_AddMessage interface export from the core side.
- Added a print on Core::Init for testing purposes (might not be the best place).
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@176 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Rodolfo Osvaldo Bogado