bgfx_backend
Option Category #
# BGFX POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS
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Description This option sets the screen rendering system used by the BGFX renderer. These are the options...
  • d3d9 - Direct3D 9.0 Renderer (Requires Windows XP or higher)
  • d3d11– Direct3D 11.0 Renderer (Requires Windows Vista with D3D11 update or Windows 7 or higher)
  • d3d12– Direct3D 12.0 Renderer (Requires Windows 10)
  • opengl– OpenGL Renderer (Requires OpenGL drivers, may work better on some poorly designed video cards, supported on Linux/Mac OS X)
  • metal– Metal Apple Graphics API (Requires OS X 10.11 El Capitan or newer)
  • vulkan– Vulkan Renderer
Full Command -bgfx_backend <custom>
Alt. Command none
Reverse Command none
Example mame64 pacman -video bgfx -bgfx_backend opengl
mame.ini Command bgfx_backend
Command Default auto
Argument Format <custom>