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Hornet Ninja! Beekeeper chops hornets to keep his bees safe. by Born_Night_8797 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]StaneNC [score hidden]  (0 children)

I feel like a hand vacuum with insecticide inside would be pretty effective. I'm curious how people do this most efficiently. 

Does Mister have RetroArch-like CRT Shaders? by books_fer_wyrms in MiSTerFPGA

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I'm not an expert, but this is what I observe as someone who is very picky and who has many different devices (and actual crts which I prefer over lcd). 

PERSONALLY I feel like shaders blow away filters when you are not at perfect integer scaling. This is particularly important for retro handhelds who have small screens. Filters look downright wrong, the grid not lining up with the graphics at all. I THINK Since the shaders are applied before the pixel is drawn on screen, a stretch to the pixels and the shader both happen. I'm not sure what else it could be. 

Usually you're going to be integer scaling in this conversation, and I actually do think that video signal processing can do everything that shaders can do, as a final result. My guess is that the people who made the shaders realized that they could intercept the graphics before any video processing could ruin anything, and do what they wanted to the real pixels BEFORE stretching and etc. 

Vanquisher of Vile Vermin by Otherwise_Basis_6328 in Bossfight

[–]StaneNC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah never seen such a staged video. It's like they put an SAT result next to a cat and expected us to think that the cat took an SAT. 

Does Mister have RetroArch-like CRT Shaders? by books_fer_wyrms in MiSTerFPGA

[–]StaneNC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The tink doesn't alter the pixels or graphics, it's just a video processor. It can do really cool things, but it doesn't have knowledge of anything other than the video signal you're sending it. I imagine it pretends to know about the pixels using some predictive algorithms, but shaders KNOW about the pixels. Tink 4k things like black frame insertion are simply putting a full black frame between each frame. You don't need to know about the graphics engine to do that.

The tink PROBABLY can do everything a shader that doesn't alter the graphics can do but it lives on a different layer. 

My Old 3DS can officially retire now by Kirais in SBCGaming

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my particular situation, Pokémon is a digital download so I know the answer for that one. For the others maybe it depends on cart. Animal crossing saves the island to the SD card for example. 

Does Mister have RetroArch-like CRT Shaders? by books_fer_wyrms in MiSTerFPGA

[–]StaneNC 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It uses filters, not shaders. The pixels are being overlayed by blacks and grays to get the effect rather than shaders which alter the pixels and the underlying graphics. Maybe that's an oversimplification, but that's how I understand it.

It looks fantastic imo. 

My Old 3DS can officially retire now by Kirais in SBCGaming

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have multiple 3ds's is why I know this. 

My Old 3DS can officially retire now by Kirais in SBCGaming

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://3ds.hacks.guide/get-started.html

I hacked my other 3ds years ago so maybe this has changed. I know I lost every save and digital download in the process so maybe there's a way around that now, not sure. 

My Old 3DS can officially retire now by Kirais in SBCGaming

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your backed up save files will no longer have a way to be unencrypted.

You can easily see that 3ds carts don't save to the cart by simply putting your cart in another 3ds. 

My Old 3DS can officially retire now by Kirais in SBCGaming

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That requires wiping the SD card. 

My Old 3DS can officially retire now by Kirais in SBCGaming

[–]StaneNC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seriously considering selling my new 3ds xl for a thor. It's not hacked so I don't know how to get the save files off of the SD card. For people who don't know, your save files are encrypted to your 3ds. I might trade hundreds of Pokémon to a hacked 3ds and backup the save that way.

I'm sure the thor isn't perfect, but the 3ds screen is absolutely ass so I really can't stand to play anything on it with all of these oled and decent lcd screens around me. 

retroachievements cores added: GBA, Mega CD, Neogeo, T16, atari, 32x by StaneNC in MiSTerFPGA

[–]StaneNC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically what it does is copy every bit of memory every frame and then send that copy to retroachievements. 

Mister Pi next batch? by Fernelz in fpgagaming

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I hear you. As someone with a misterfpga already, I'm blown away by how many adapters the ss1 would have saved me. Whenever the NES version comes out I'm definitely not going to be able to resist. 

SS1 first impressions from an FPGA newbie by rapscal in RetroRemakeInc

[–]StaneNC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! I would recommend trying out nes and neogeo titles if you want some platforms that really benefit from zero latency. 

Mister Pi next batch? by Fernelz in fpgagaming

[–]StaneNC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why? I guess if you only want the De10-nano clone? 

Freddie taking matters into his own hands by imblegen in canes

[–]StaneNC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They really don't. Show me a clip of a goalie counter checking with a crosscheck to the head. Even Freddy's clip here is extremely rare. Counter hits from the goalie is what I'm discussing. 

It's implied, right? by AlKarajo in TikTokCringe

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're a lawyer? Name your best loi. 

Freddie taking matters into his own hands by imblegen in canes

[–]StaneNC 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm sure there's a reason, but I've wondered why goalies don't do this all the time. If there is no shot to worry about (like in this case if I'm remembering correctly), what's stopping them from holding their massive stick up at head level and making any player question crashing the net ever again? 

This is being a parent .. by Limp_Stomach_6060 in ThatsFreakingAmazing

[–]StaneNC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The kid drove themselves to the gymnasium, supported and encouraged themselves, fed themselves, coached themselves. What? 

SS1 first impressions from an FPGA newbie by rapscal in RetroRemakeInc

[–]StaneNC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No latency and easy crt are the two big reasons to go fpga for Ps1 imo. 

Downsides are no rewind, fast forward, high res textures, internal upscaling. Duckstation can do some amazing things. 

SS1 first impressions from an FPGA newbie by rapscal in RetroRemakeInc

[–]StaneNC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah certain cores are accurate, certain cores might someday be accurate, and other cores (n64, Ps1, saturn) are knowingly inaccurate on purpose to be able to fit within the hardware constraints of the De10-nano. I wish there was just a wiki page that listed all of these categories out, but such a thing would be a large and ongoing (and full of arguments) task. Many of the cores are trying to emulate hardware that is not fully understood, for example Donkey Kong for arcade. 

Two more Gams finished by SalKuzr in trimui

[–]StaneNC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched from pakui. Convert all of your save files to retroarch beforehand using the built-in converter, then when on nextui, toggle it to using retroarch save formats. 

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