> Not to stir things up too much, I'm of the opinion that HLSL as a stand alone Direct
> X9.0c construct will not be around too much longer. Shackling the project to an
> old/outdated DirectX verison when a much more compatible BGFX shader chain for HLSL
> is available will likely be the near term future for it all and allowing many OS's
> access to such features - not just Windows. The less we have unique to any particular
> OS in the end means more coherent function and execution for everyone. This is
> information as I understand it and AFAIK there has been no discussion to speak
> against it.
>
> Personally, I don't have much interest either way for HLSL. I care much, much more
> for accurate emulation of the game itself, not added effects.
I wish i could agree with you regarding bgfx, but bgfx is no comparison vs. hlsl (the old one, before anikom15 changes) when it comes to vector games. It is slower (if artwork is involved) and it still misses many parameters that hlsl has. I also would agree with you, that accurate emulation is more important, but there was not much of a change in decades when it comes to vector games and vector games have a "special" look, that you can not create without "effects", no matter how accurate the emulation is, but accuration can help to make that effects look even better.
I would not bother with MAME, if there would not be CRT simulation, to be honest. In fact, it is the only reason, why i play c64, amiga, etc. on MAME and not on maybe better alternatives.
Personally, i just want to know, when that anikom15 changes touched hlsl the first time, so that i can make a .diff.
Edited by uman (05/06/19 02:55 AM)
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