tmills April 11, 2015 Share April 11, 2015 hi everyone i am looking for a good set of shaders for retro arch and i also don't know which shaders work for which system? any info on this would be great as i have just switched my hyperspin setup to use retro arch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badflame March 24, 2016 Share March 24, 2016 I only know about MAME shaders, but read this thread: http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1069&s=266b814ea243c5ea7b2d659a927333df Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talbin March 24, 2016 Share March 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, badflame said: I only know about MAME shaders, but read this thread: http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1069&s=266b814ea243c5ea7b2d659a927333df If you go up just one level in this thread there are tons of posts for many systems and many different shaders too. My favorite is the original gameboy shader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette4evr May 4, 2016 Share May 4, 2016 That Gameboy shader is amazing! I've never heard of anything like it. I can't wait to try it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroNutz July 1, 2016 Share July 1, 2016 Lottes crt shaders are great. Very authentic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odricar November 13, 2016 Share November 13, 2016 The gameboy shader looks awesome but it sacrifices way too much screen imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmonkus December 3, 2016 Share December 3, 2016 Shaders are such big and subjective topic. There are a lot of different shaders to choose from and what one you use will depend on what kind of look you want, your display type and system specs. Any shader will technically work with any core but depending on the type of game it will look better or worse. A shader that looks great with a 2D sprite based 16-bit game will probably look awful with a 3D polygonal 32-bit game. A high end CRT shader such as Royale or the Kurozumi edit of Royale looks really nice on TVs and monitors greater than 1080p but on 1080 or less it may not look the way it was intended due to lower pixel density. Another CRT shader such as Easymode-Halation looks really nice on a TN panel but on an IPS panel it may look really bloomed out. You also may not like the CRT scanline look and maybe you want the smoothed out modern look that XBR shaders provide but those types of shaders look best on "cartoonish" and "stylized" games like a Mario or Zelda game. But games with a more "realistic" and "detailed" look such as Final Fantasy III those smoothing shaders don't look so good. Then there is performance hit, while emulators are CPU driven shaders are GPU driven and a heavy shader such as Royale or Kurozumi you will need a decent GPU. An on board Intel video chip will not be able to handle those shaders at all and you will need to look for a lighter shader such as CRT-Pi or Hylian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjwoosta December 3, 2016 Share December 3, 2016 I was trying to formulate a good response to this yesterday but gave up, you sumed up my thoughts perfectly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJohn0X December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 I use the default hylian shader in retroarch for snes and i love it. Hard to get the perfect crt look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglc316 March 29, 2017 Share March 29, 2017 wow I really gotta try that gameboy shader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f8lbyte April 11, 2017 Share April 11, 2017 I just started with RetroArch, wow these shaders look really promising! (time to sink more time into tinkering :P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrglocke June 7, 2017 Share June 7, 2017 Do all shaders have the curvature thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enverex June 10, 2017 Share June 10, 2017 I personally use the xbr-lvl4-multipass for everything except Gameboy, which I have set to use the amazing "virtual gameboy" style image shown above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmonkus June 22, 2017 Share June 22, 2017 On 6/7/2017 at 3:45 AM, herrglocke said: Do all shaders have the curvature thing? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeper July 7, 2017 Share July 7, 2017 On 6/22/2017 at 6:38 AM, lordmonkus said: No Which do? I like the curved CRT look, but havent found any shaders that do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmonkus July 8, 2017 Share July 8, 2017 off the top of my head, CRT-Geom and CRT-Lottes do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocta February 1, 2018 Share February 1, 2018 @lordmonkus Hi, what do you recommend for VA panels at 1080p? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmonkus February 13, 2018 Share February 13, 2018 I have zero experience using VA panels but I would just say like I always say to everyone, play around with what is available and see which one you prefer and looks best on a specific display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morize April 23, 2018 Share April 23, 2018 Can shaders also add lag, provided that the CPU/GPU wouldn't be the bottleneck? For me the combination of LCD, emulator and shaders doesn't seem to do well in games where timing is important. Playing something like Super Mario World feels completely different on the original hardware with a CRT compared to with an emulator on Windows or even the SNES mini. I guess it's mostly the LCD, NSMBU plays almost exactly the same on CEMU as it does on the Wii U (never hooked that one up to a CRT though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBergamelli July 21, 2018 Share July 21, 2018 Shaders are possibly one of the best features with Retroarch ? As others have said, there are lots to read about this on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterg74 August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 I can't seem to get a good combo that doesn't look like ass... I know it doesn't help that I have been testing this on a 4K TV, but still there has to be a way to get it done in reduced size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2K24 August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 Don't forget to check this link. It has a lot of choices ? https://forums.libretro.com/t/analog-shader-pack-version-3-is-here/5493/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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