MagicEngine

Macaw · Visitor Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

I'v got legend of xanadu and cadash but unless I put it in the tiny window by pressing f11 it looks slightly blurred...can someone please help me?

Kaminari · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:24 pm Post subject:

Hi,

It mostly depends on your graphic card and drivers. But you can try deactivating bilinear filtering in your INI file (ME 0.99b5):

Macaw · Visitor Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

I tried, still no luck...
Ive also tried changing the video mode to software/hardware, no luck...

Does anyone else have this problem??
Please some help me because magic engine is the only good pc engine emulator but I cant really play and enjoy games in zoom 2x2 because of the slight blurring.

If it is about video card and drivers, than can someone tell me where to get drivers that will fix the problem? By the way, I am using a geforce 4 mx460.

Thanks

Kaminari · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:58 pm Post subject:

You can have a go at the latest Detonator drivers (nvidia.com) but I doubt it will resolve your problem. Most GeForce models have bilinear filtering activated in hardware by default, and the only way to get rid of it would be to use a tweaking tool like RivaTuner (guru3d.com).

Note that my GeForce 2 Titanium luckily doesn't have this problem and, as such, I never had to try RivaTuner. It's a potentially dangerous tool for your card and you use it at your own risk.

dd · Visitor Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 2

Kaminari · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject:

For a more genuine PC Engine experience, I'd personally recommend the following resolutions (note that the last two options don't work as of now):

res_256=512,448
res_320=672,448
res_352=672,448
res_512=512,448
res_gui=512,448

Jabberwok · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 12:34 am Post subject:

It may be just me, but maybe Magic Engine's video output is OS dependent? I remember with the exact same PC I use now, and using the exact same PCE.INI file, under Windows ME fullscreen was filtered. After I switched to Windows XP, didn't change anything and fullscreen was normal ( read : sharp ).

Or maybe I was just lucky? David?
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dmichel · Admin Joined: 04 Apr 2002 Posts: 1166 Location: France

It is OS dependent but MagicEngine has no control over it, the bilinear filtering is probably controlled by either the OS, Direct-X or the video driver, or all three, but programs have no control over it. Sad

Another way to disable the blur is to use the TV mode with interpolation and scanlines off :

tv_mode=y
interpolation=n
scanlines=4
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jammaniaclord · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:34 am Post subject:

maybe there's dust on yer screen?

kiddin. Dancing

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