diff --git a/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml b/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml
index ca190a5a6b..ec84e2b12a 100644
--- a/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml
+++ b/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml
@@ -3448,6 +3448,7 @@ SCES-51635:
halfPixelOffset: 2 # Fixes lighting/shadows.
preloadFrameData: 1 # Fixes sun flickering.
autoFlush: 1 # Fixes sun through objects.
+ bilinearUpscale: 1 # Smooths out sun glare textures like native.
SCES-51648:
name: "Everquest - Online Adventures"
region: "PAL-E-I"
@@ -46538,6 +46539,7 @@ SLUS-21127:
halfPixelOffset: 2 # Fixes lighting/shadows.
preloadFrameData: 1 # Fixes sun flickering.
autoFlush: 1 # Fixes sun through objects.
+ bilinearUpscale: 1 # Smooths out sun glare textures like native.
SLUS-21128:
name: "Blitz - The League"
region: "NTSC-U"
diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp
index 7d2ac7d488..9419c51f25 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ GraphicsSettingsWidget::GraphicsSettingsWidget(SettingsDialog* dialog, QWidget*
SettingWidgetBinder::BindWidgetToBoolSetting(sif, m_ui.alignSprite, "EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_align_sprite_X", false);
SettingWidgetBinder::BindWidgetToBoolSetting(sif, m_ui.mergeSprite, "EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_merge_pp_sprite", false);
SettingWidgetBinder::BindWidgetToBoolSetting(sif, m_ui.wildHack, "EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_WildHack", false);
-
+ SettingWidgetBinder::BindWidgetToBoolSetting(sif, m_ui.bilinearHack, "EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_BilinearHack", false);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Texture Replacements
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ GraphicsSettingsWidget::GraphicsSettingsWidget(SettingsDialog* dialog, QWidget*
dialog->registerWidgetHelp(m_ui.wildHack, tr("Wild Arms Hack"), tr("Unchecked"),
tr("Lowers the GS precision to avoid gaps between pixels when upscaling. Fixes the text on Wild Arms games."));
+ dialog->registerWidgetHelp(m_ui.bilinearHack, tr("Bilinear Upscale"), tr("Unchecked"),
+ tr("Can smooth out textures due to be bilinear filtered when upscaling. E.g. Brave sun glare."));
+
dialog->registerWidgetHelp(m_ui.mergeSprite, tr("Merge Sprite"), tr("Unchecked"),
tr("Replaces post-processing multiple paving sprites by a single fat sprite. It reduces various upscaling lines."));
}
@@ -1075,6 +1078,7 @@ void GraphicsSettingsWidget::resetManualHardwareFixes()
check_bool("EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_align_sprite_X", false);
check_bool("EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_merge_pp_sprite", false);
check_bool("EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_WildHack", false);
+ check_bool("EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_BilinearHack", false);
}
if (changed)
diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.ui b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.ui
index 4ab9863c49..a26b95fc91 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.ui
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
0
0
720
- 466
+ 476
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
-
- 0
+ 4
true
@@ -1222,6 +1222,13 @@
+ -
+
+
+ Bilinear Dirty Upscale
+
+
+
diff --git a/pcsx2/Config.h b/pcsx2/Config.h
index 25981bf5dc..1d0ebb8445 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Config.h
+++ b/pcsx2/Config.h
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ struct Pcsx2Config
UserHacks_DisableSafeFeatures : 1,
UserHacks_MergePPSprite : 1,
UserHacks_WildHack : 1,
+ UserHacks_BilinearHack : 1,
UserHacks_TargetPartialInvalidation : 1,
UserHacks_EstimateTextureRegion : 1,
FXAA : 1,
diff --git a/pcsx2/Docs/GameIndex.md b/pcsx2/Docs/GameIndex.md
index 1946eaa7c2..c889675bae 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Docs/GameIndex.md
+++ b/pcsx2/Docs/GameIndex.md
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ The clamp modes are also numerically based.
* alignSprite [`0` or `1`] {Off or On} Default: Off (`0`)
* mergeSprite [`0` or `1`] {Off or On} Default: Off (`0`)
* wildArmsHack [`0` or `1`] {Off or On} Default: Off (`0`)
+* bilinearUpscale [`0` or `1`] {Off or On} Default: Off (`0`)
* skipDrawStart [Value between `0` to `10000`] {0-10000} Default: Off (`0`)
* skipDrawEnd [Value between `0` to `10000`] {0-10000} Default: Off (`0`)
* halfPixelOffset [`0` or `1` or `2` or `3`] {Off, Normal Vertex, Special Texture or Special Texture Aggressive} Default: Off (`0`)
diff --git a/pcsx2/Docs/gamedb-schema.json b/pcsx2/Docs/gamedb-schema.json
index 763b02e19a..8e153bb9e5 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Docs/gamedb-schema.json
+++ b/pcsx2/Docs/gamedb-schema.json
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
},
+ "bilinearUpscale": {
+ "type": "integer",
+ "minimum": 0,
+ "maximum": 1
+ },
"estimateTextureRegion": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
diff --git a/pcsx2/Frontend/FullscreenUI.cpp b/pcsx2/Frontend/FullscreenUI.cpp
index aacfbaffe1..f01bbd0e91 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Frontend/FullscreenUI.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/Frontend/FullscreenUI.cpp
@@ -3234,6 +3234,9 @@ void FullscreenUI::DrawGraphicsSettingsPage()
DrawToggleSetting(bsi, "Wild Arms Hack",
"Lowers the GS precision to avoid gaps between pixels when upscaling. Fixes the text on Wild Arms games.", "EmuCore/GS",
"UserHacks_WildHack", false, manual_hw_fixes);
+ DrawToggleSetting(bsi, "Bilinear Upscale",
+ "Can smooth out textures due to be bilinear filtered when upscaling. E.g. Brave sun glare.", "EmuCore/GS",
+ "UserHacks_BilinearHack", false, manual_hw_fixes);
}
}
diff --git a/pcsx2/Frontend/ImGuiOverlays.cpp b/pcsx2/Frontend/ImGuiOverlays.cpp
index 58763b379f..323a960ebb 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Frontend/ImGuiOverlays.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/Frontend/ImGuiOverlays.cpp
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ void ImGuiManager::DrawSettingsOverlay()
APPEND("TexRT={} ", static_cast(GSConfig.UserHacks_TextureInsideRt));
if (GSConfig.UserHacks_WildHack)
APPEND("WA ");
+ if (GSConfig.UserHacks_BilinearHack)
+ APPEND("BLU ");
if (GSConfig.UserHacks_MergePPSprite)
APPEND("MS ");
if (GSConfig.UserHacks_AlignSpriteX)
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
index 765e4aee4d..6aca6c542f 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
@@ -1426,14 +1426,14 @@ GSTextureCache::Target* GSTextureCache::LookupTarget(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, con
GL_INS("Preloading the RT DATA");
eerect = eerect.rintersect(newrect);
dst->UpdateValidity(newrect);
- AddDirtyRectTarget(dst, eerect, TEX0.PSM, TEX0.TBW, rgba/*, GSLocalMemory::m_psm[TEX0.PSM].trbpp >= 16*/);
+ AddDirtyRectTarget(dst, eerect, TEX0.PSM, TEX0.TBW, rgba, GSLocalMemory::m_psm[TEX0.PSM].trbpp >= 16);
}
}
else
{
GL_INS("Preloading the RT DATA");
dst->UpdateValidity(newrect);
- AddDirtyRectTarget(dst, newrect, TEX0.PSM, TEX0.TBW, rgba/*, GSLocalMemory::m_psm[TEX0.PSM].trbpp >= 16*/);
+ AddDirtyRectTarget(dst, newrect, TEX0.PSM, TEX0.TBW, rgba, GSLocalMemory::m_psm[TEX0.PSM].trbpp >= 16);
}
}
dst->m_is_frame = is_frame;
@@ -4313,6 +4313,7 @@ void GSTextureCache::Target::Update(bool reset_age)
// Bilinear filtering this is probably not a good thing, at least in native, but upscaling Nearest can be gross and messy.
// It's needed for depth, though.. filtering depth doesn't make much sense, but SMT3 needs it..
const bool upscaled = (m_scale != 1.0f);
+ const bool override_linear = upscaled && GSConfig.UserHacks_BilinearHack;
const bool linear = (m_type == RenderTarget && upscaled);
GSDevice::MultiStretchRect* drects = static_cast(
@@ -4344,7 +4345,8 @@ void GSTextureCache::Target::Update(bool reset_age)
drect.src = t;
drect.src_rect = GSVector4(r - t_offset) / t_sizef;
drect.dst_rect = GSVector4(r) * GSVector4(m_scale);
- drect.linear = linear && m_dirty[i].req_linear;
+ drect.linear = linear && (m_dirty[i].req_linear || override_linear);
+
// Copy the new GS memory content into the destination texture.
if (m_type == RenderTarget)
{
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
index 7eb71e47a8..3b98da9a0d 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public:
void Read(Source* t, const GSVector4i& r);
void RemoveAll();
void ReadbackAll();
- void AddDirtyRectTarget(Target* target, GSVector4i rect, u32 psm, u32 bw, RGBAMask rgba, bool req_linear = true);
+ void AddDirtyRectTarget(Target* target, GSVector4i rect, u32 psm, u32 bw, RGBAMask rgba, bool req_linear = false);
bool CanTranslate(u32 bp, u32 bw, u32 spsm, GSVector4i r, u32 dbp, u32 dpsm, u32 dbw);
GSVector4i TranslateAlignedRectByPage(u32 sbp, u32 spsm, u32 sbw, GSVector4i src_r, u32 dbp, u32 dpsm, u32 bw, bool is_invalidation = false);
void DirtyRectByPage(u32 sbp, u32 spsm, u32 sbw, Target* t, GSVector4i src_r, u32 dbp, u32 dpsm, u32 bw);
diff --git a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp
index 1d561eb40b..7f22aeaf0d 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ static const char* s_gs_hw_fix_names[] = {
"alignSprite",
"mergeSprite",
"wildArmsHack",
+ "bilinearUpscale",
"estimateTextureRegion",
"PCRTCOffsets",
"PCRTCOverscan",
@@ -588,6 +589,9 @@ bool GameDatabaseSchema::GameEntry::configMatchesHWFix(const Pcsx2Config::GSOpti
case GSHWFixId::WildArmsHack:
return (config.UpscaleMultiplier <= 1.0f || static_cast(config.UserHacks_WildHack) == value);
+ case GSHWFixId::BilinearUpscale:
+ return (config.UpscaleMultiplier <= 1.0f || static_cast(config.UserHacks_BilinearHack) == value);
+
case GSHWFixId::EstimateTextureRegion:
return (static_cast(config.UserHacks_EstimateTextureRegion) == value);
@@ -727,6 +731,10 @@ u32 GameDatabaseSchema::GameEntry::applyGSHardwareFixes(Pcsx2Config::GSOptions&
config.UserHacks_WildHack = (value > 0);
break;
+ case GSHWFixId::BilinearUpscale:
+ config.UserHacks_BilinearHack = (value > 0);
+ break;
+
case GSHWFixId::EstimateTextureRegion:
config.UserHacks_EstimateTextureRegion = (value > 0);
break;
diff --git a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h
index 59874fe805..fb15cfc984 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ namespace GameDatabaseSchema
AlignSprite,
MergeSprite,
WildArmsHack,
+ BilinearUpscale,
EstimateTextureRegion,
PCRTCOffsets,
PCRTCOverscan,
diff --git a/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp b/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp
index 02c74cc688..56b081daf6 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ Pcsx2Config::GSOptions::GSOptions()
UserHacks_DisableSafeFeatures = false;
UserHacks_MergePPSprite = false;
UserHacks_WildHack = false;
+ UserHacks_BilinearHack = false;
DumpReplaceableTextures = false;
DumpReplaceableMipmaps = false;
@@ -656,6 +657,7 @@ void Pcsx2Config::GSOptions::LoadSave(SettingsWrapper& wrap)
GSSettingBoolEx(UserHacks_DisableSafeFeatures, "UserHacks_Disable_Safe_Features");
GSSettingBoolEx(UserHacks_MergePPSprite, "UserHacks_merge_pp_sprite");
GSSettingBoolEx(UserHacks_WildHack, "UserHacks_WildHack");
+ GSSettingBoolEx(UserHacks_BilinearHack, "UserHacks_BilinearHack");
GSSettingIntEnumEx(UserHacks_TextureInsideRt, "UserHacks_TextureInsideRt");
GSSettingBoolEx(UserHacks_TargetPartialInvalidation, "UserHacks_TargetPartialInvalidation");
GSSettingBoolEx(UserHacks_EstimateTextureRegion, "UserHacks_EstimateTextureRegion");
@@ -773,6 +775,7 @@ void Pcsx2Config::GSOptions::MaskUserHacks()
UserHacks_AlignSpriteX = false;
UserHacks_MergePPSprite = false;
UserHacks_WildHack = false;
+ UserHacks_BilinearHack = false;
UserHacks_DisableSafeFeatures = false;
UserHacks_HalfBottomOverride = -1;
UserHacks_HalfPixelOffset = 0;
@@ -803,6 +806,7 @@ void Pcsx2Config::GSOptions::MaskUpscalingHacks()
UserHacks_AlignSpriteX = false;
UserHacks_MergePPSprite = false;
UserHacks_WildHack = false;
+ UserHacks_BilinearHack = false;
UserHacks_HalfPixelOffset = 0;
UserHacks_RoundSprite = 0;
UserHacks_TCOffsetX = 0;