Links and Guides to Custom Shaders for Pete's OpenGL2 plugin

[guest.r]

My shader pack changed a bit. Again.
Here is the new version.

(updated: 22.02.2007)

[Dynamo]

Good job
What was changed? the version notes look the same.

Edit: ahh just noticed "- New AA(bloom) shader 2.0"

[Bubbafat]

Ok quick question where can i get the petesopengl2 plugin i looked on the site and it only had 1.76. so if anyone can help i appreciate it.

EDIT: NVM i looked on first post found petes site sorry.

[yoshi314]

i have a dreaded "missing custom file problem" with opengl2 plugins.

before you point me to the faq...i use linux.the plugin has no file selection dialog.

i put slf/slv files into ~/.epsxe/plugins/shaders dir. i changed attributes so that files can be read/written (just in case).

when starting epsxe i got message about parsing errors.

ERROR: 0:13: 'pre-mature EOF' : syntax error parse error
ERROR: 1 compilation errors.  No code generated.

ERROR: 0:39: 'pre-mature EOF' : syntax error parse error
ERROR: 1 compilation errors.  No code generated.

okay, this means that the shaders are in a good place, right? i just converted them with dos2unix because of CR/LF problems. then i got this

 * Running ePSXe emulator version 1.6.0. 
 * Memory handlers init. 
 * ePSXe: PSX BIOS loaded [bios/scph1001.bin]. 
 * Loading ISO Format [BIN/IMG2352] (+subchannel) ok
 * Force NTSC cdrom detected. 
 * Init gpu[0][libgpuPeteXGL2.so.2.0.8] 
Shader effects: missing custom file!ATI Technologies Inc.
Radeon X1300 Series Generic
 * Open gpu[0] 
 * Init spu[0][libspuPeopsALSA.so.1.0.9] 
 * Open spu[0] 
(....)

what else could be the problem?

[Dynamo]

i put slf/slv files into ~/.epsxe/plugins/shaders dir.

I guess the first thing to ask would be; did you specify that location in the OpenGL2 plugin?

The default location is /epsxe/shaders/

[yoshi314]

there is no such setting in the linux plugin, here is a screenshot from 2.8 (or is it 2.0.8) plugin settings :



i think that if there are parsing errors, that means that the files are in a right place, right?

i'll try with ~/.epsxe/shaders now
edit: okay, i found it - i had to edit config files by hand. now i'm looking for some working shaders, since i'm getting even more parsing errors.

edit2: works. most shader files need to have a final empty line, no blank lines in the middle, and main(){ has to be changed into

main()
{

aside from converting line ending codes with dos2unix tool. weird.

[Dynamo]

[Firebot]

I made some videos testing out some of the customer shaders. The storybook and the cell shaders are the most fun ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HzqP8UJX6Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBqOrTo0a3c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b93H8wLsP84

I'd really like it if there is a shader out there which offers bigger contrast though, or for the storybook shader to stay consistent, rather then modifying itself depending on how light or dark the scene is. Eihander is a completly different game with the storybook II shader, and would be amazing with a modified shader.

[insinion]

Hey this is my first post here I just started using epsxe because i don't have a tv anymore and most of the console to vga solutions suck.

I wanted to play Final Fantasy VII again, and i did some comparing between the different shaders.

My system specs are:
AMD 64 3400+ Processor
2x 512MB PC3200 DDR
Ati Radeon 9800XT

Here are my Pete's OpenGL2 settings:


And here's the compare image i made:


Personally i think i'm going to use the AA v2.0 - Bloom shader. All the shaders had a 4 maximum setting. Hopefully it's usefull for you

Here's another image i made comparing the cartoon shader II with lower shader levels. Looks kinda nice!

[pepsi_max2k]

gpuPeteOGL2.fp.txt
gpuPeteOGL2.vp.txt

EDIT: linux compatible SimoneT's Bump Map Shader files attached. Remember to remove ".txt" from the endings.

Hey yoshi314, could you explain a bit more how you got the linux shader plugins working? I've tried to get SimoneT's Bump Map Shader working but so far no luck...

I've put gpuPeteOGL2.fp and gpuPeteOGL2.vp in /usr/local/games/epsxe152lin/shaders and edited the GPU plugin config file so it looks like this:

[filters]
ScreenFilter     = 1      # bilinear fullscreen filter (0/1, def=0)
FullscreenShader = 3      # pixel shader effects (0-5, def=0)
FSShaderLevel    = 3      # strength of pixel shader effect (0-3, def=0)
BlackBorder      = 0      # a black border around the screen to avoid flickering with FS effects
ShaderDir        = /usr/local/games/epsxe152lin/shaders/     # you can specify a directory for custom shader files here

That's shader effects @ 3 (ARB for vp/fp) and level at 3.

I've also tried quotes around the directory, leaving off the trailing /, screen filter off and shader at various levels but the image continues looking the same whatever. I also can't see anything obvious in the shader files (like main ()...) that could be edited. I'm guessing it's something simple like the directory format but I obviously can't figure it out on my own, so if anyone'd care to help..


Only possibly relevant stuff on command line is:

 * Init gpu[0][libgpuPeteXGL2.so.2.0.8]
Error in vertex program at offset 485.init.
 * ePSXe: PSX BIOS loaded [/home/christopher/Documents/Sources/epsxe152lin/bios/
                                      Error Message:
                                                    >Error on line 13: unrecognised statement (hint: 'EN')<ATI Technologies Inc.
                                                RADEON 9600 Generic
                                                                    * Open gpu[0]

fwiw, it's working fine in windows.


EDIT: ok forget it, working now. here's how:

I followed yours and others advice and deleted all the blank lines and spaces from the .vp and .fp file, and made sure there was a blank line at the end, and voila: "Error in vertex program at offset 485.init." dissapears and everything looks spiffily bumped again. other stuff i did on the way there that may have had an effect but then again may not have:

added quote marks around the directory in the GPU plugin settings, it now looks like:

[filters]
ScreenFilter     = 1      # bilinear fullscreen filter (0/1, def=0)
FullscreenShader = 3      # pixel shader effects (0-5, def=0)
FSShaderLevel    = 3      # strength of pixel shader effect (0-3, def=0)
BlackBorder      = 0      # a black border around the screen to avoid flickering with FS effects
ShaderDir        = "/usr/local/games/epsxe152lin/shaders/"     # you can specify a directory for custom shader files here

i ran the following command to chown all files under my epsxe directory to the user i'm running as:

chown -R christopher /usr/local/games/epsxe152lin

made sure the .vp and .fp files were executable. that's it i think...

For the hell of it, I'm attaching the two linux compatible versions of the bump map shader files to this, just to save anyone else the bother of deleting lines and stuff... Just remove the ".txt" endings and stick in ~/epsxe/plugins/

gpuPeteOGL2.fp.txt
gpuPeteOGL2.vp.txt

[fear13]

does anyone here have a working link to the bump mapping shader?

[Hard core Rikki]

Probably here, then

[ViperXtreme]

wah, sorry about that i didnt notice some of the links arent working, fixed them now

[pepsi_max2k]

oops forgot all about this. tried to attach the files a few times, failed, figured i'd come back later... well they're there now. linux fans can rest easy now.

[aolforbroadband]

Can anyone upload Shad X's modded shader? I clicked all the download links and they don't work.

I really want that one, it looks totally sweet.

[ViperXtreme]

eh? thats odd, it works fine in my case (and in other browsers and PC's)

[aolforbroadband]

Some download, but 7-zip is telling me it's an unsupported archive?

[hushypushy]

This? I opened it with the default windows zip opener. Winrar opens it too.

[Disconnected]

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place for my retarded question, but like Captain ISO on p.1 in this thread, I keep getting "missing file" errors when I try using shaders.
Updating my drivers didn't help.

I'm using a P4 2.8HT cpu & a nVidia 5700FX 256MB gfx card.

Help would be greatly appreciated, but please keep in mind I'm new to this emulation stuff & a computer illiterate :o

EDIT: Nevermind. I missed the difference between ARB & all that. Works fine now. Thanks for this great resource people

[SimoneT]

If someone could test it and give me a feedback... only ARBfp/vp.
Ciao