I don't think the Bilinear Filtering is the effect that was initially
spoken about. I've seen various effects that simulate scanlines and
phosphor fade, among other things. These are the effects that really
give you the appearance of an arcade monitor (or any CRT monitor, for
that matter). Bilinear Filtering is just nice when you are running a
game full-screen in a resolution not directly supported by your
monitor. This is especially true on LCD panels, although some of my
LCD panels do bilinear filtering on their own, so this isn't always an
issue.
..Al
On May 17, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Rob wrote:
On Monday 17 May 2004 12:21, cybergoth@xxxxxxxx wrote:
With "bilinear filtering":
http://glmame.linuxgames.com/gaunt1.gif
Without "bilinear filtering":
http://glmame.linuxgames.com/gaunt2.gif
Look carefully at the font for example. A major improvement!
I saw your subsequent post of the full screenshots. It looks
like the second one is being zoomed by a non-integer factor,
which will always look awful without any kind of filtering. I
wouldn't say the filtered version looks more like an arcade
monitor though. It's easier on the eyes but the pixels are far
less distinct than they'd be on an arcade monitor or, indeed, a
MAME screen that's been zoomed Nx where N is a positive integer.
Rob
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