software to enhance PC game graphics

[zAlbee]

DarthDazDC... you're retarded.

You're talking about image processing filters to smooth out the image, not smooth the framerate, if i understand you correctly. Super Eagle on Zsnes requires doubling the resolution from 320x240 to 640x480 for the filter to work. If your game is stuck on a low resolution, then there is really little that you can do; no matter what, you will be stuck with the blockiness that you get with a low-res. Even if you use something like Gaussian blur, it would still be a low-res, but blurred, image. Lastly, if the developers chose to create 3D models with a certain low number of polygons for 2000 hardware, then that's the polygon count you're going to have to live with. No amount of AA or blurring will give you more detailed polygons.

That being said, I don't know of any software that will intercept and alter the graphics (i.e. wrapper) before passing it to hardware, nor do I care. There is nothing wrong with playing the game as is....

And yes WhiteX, you guys ARE embarassing yourselves... I don't think you've ever seen this game... it's a funny game, not a serious one. I quote:

Min Requirements
200 MHz processor
32 MB RAM
Direct X
Win98/ME/2K/XP

With a recommended spec of 450 Mhz and 32 MB video.
Released: March 2000 on dreamcast, Sep 2000 on PC.

http://gr.bolt.com/download/pc/action/typing_of _the_dead.htm
http://www.sega.co.jp/pc/todus/

 

[zAlbee]

Goddamn people, quit being a bunch of fucktards.

He's referring to texture filtering, which is absent from the PC version. It can't be added by a simple program, though, so there's nothing you can do.

finally, some sanity in this thread.

 

[suanyuan]

There is a utility called D3DWindower written by a Japanese programmer, which can force most of D3D fullscreen games to runn under a window with different color depth. I think "Typing of The Dead" should look better if you run it with a 640x480 window on 1024x768x32 desktop.

 

[DarthDazDC]

alright. Fine. I've made a mistake! give me a fuckin medal for sayin sumthin thats not right!
zAlBee, no, im not a retard just cos of a petty graphics card, i've made a mistake, fine. Over.

 

[WhiteX]

zalbee, the thing is that if he want to increase his graphic quality, even if using post processing. it would still require more vid card then what he has to offer, i have the house of the dead 2 ( not the typing one) and i use filters and some of the smartshader features that his card have no acess, so to do what he wants to do he must have a new graphics card.
Now by explaining to him that he cannot do that in any way, more so with the hardware given, how are we embarassing ourselves?

 

[ScottJC]

The need for "Smoothness" implys jerkiness which implies the need for a new graphics card... pretty much a matter of interpretation.

 

[Noxious Ninja]

Goddamn people, quit being a bunch of fucktards.

He's referring to texture filtering, which is absent from the PC version. It can't be added by a simple program, though, so there's nothing you can do.

Oh, it's quite possible. You could write a Direct3D wrapper which would intercept all texture uploads and filter them.

I don't know if any such program exists, but it is possible

 

[DreamcastFan]

Oh, it's quite possible. You could write a Direct3D wrapper which would intercept all texture uploads and filter them.

I don't know if any such program exists, but it is possible

That's what I was thinking too, I know it's possible, I just can't find a program that does it.

 

[Chibi Nick]

The need for "Smoothness" implys jerkiness which implies the need for a new graphics card... pretty much a matter of interpretation.

Actually if you bothered to read and understand his first post he said "like smooth the whole gameplay or add scanlines and stuff. Why? Because I'm play The Typing of The Dead, and the graphics suck, so I want to smooth it out"

Well if he only said "smooth the gameplay" then you could have thought he implied jerkiness, but that's not all he said. He also said "or add scanlines" which changes the whole meaning of the sentence. He didn't want to get better fps. He wants a smooth image on the screen.

You guys really did embarrass yourselves. You should try to understand what the topic is about before you post in it.

 

[ScottJC]

Fair enough you interpreted it differently to me, thats why I said "pretty much a matter of interpretation."... sure I may have not paid much attention to the meaning of this thread but it wasn't exactly as well explained as you are making it out to be.

The first post of this thread was rather vague and easy to misunderstand. I don't see why I should feel embarressed because one person wasn't specific enough... plus I knew he was on about filters somewhat.

End of the day I'm not going to be embarressed over a forum thread, i've got better things to do and so does everyone else. Besides what WhiteX last posted is very relevant to this "embarressment" issue. Those Smartshader things can filter your gaming but those aren't available for low end cards - so it isn't "ALL" bad to say someone needs a new graphics card in this instance.

 

[DreamcastFan]

a lot of people go into others' threads acting like they know everything, and then try to sound all confident about it, so confident that they admit to being a hardcore geek, even though they don't understand what the topic was about to begin with. I think this thread proves this

 

[WhiteX]

You want to increase "picture" smoothness by adding a post processing software aka "filter" to your gaming, fot this to be true you will need a software that is capable of such stunt (does not exist).
In the case of the existance of the aforementioned program you should need a graphics card capable of displaying the filter (you do not have one) and horsepower needed to not only run the game but also to post process the entire screen at once, each frame.
It is not that we think that we know everything but we got the experience of having this same card, this same amount of RAM and so on.
I am not trying to let you down or diminish you in any way but to let you know that for an example, you could find a program to add the "motion blur" effect to your gaming, you card do not support it, i know it because i had to exchange it by the time NFS Underground was out and i wanted to see the "Nitro" and the "speed" effect.
The answer to your first post is no, there is not a software that can smooth out your gaming experience in the same way a filter do it at emulators, what we did was only expand the answer to include that even if that miraculous program should exist, you would not be able to run or enjoy it due to hardware limitations.

 

[DreamcastFan]

nah yur only speaking for yurself. There's no "we" since one of you already admitted that he made a mistake, and another one already said that he misinterpret it.
It doesn't seem like you understand even now. Even if I get a new graphics card, it's not going to add scanlines to my games. I'm sure there are some features that makes the graphics smoother, but I doubt it's the kind I'm talking about. How would you know my card can't support such thing? You said yurself there's no software that does it. If there's no software that does it then how would you know my card won't be able to support it?
Yes I know my card can't do "smart filtering(pixel shader)" like the new cards, but I'm not talking about that anyway. So a software doesn't exist that can create scanlines and smooth the picture, that doesn't mean that it's my card's fault, and it especially does not mean that my card can't handle it. Sure you've had this card before, but even if that's true, how would you know that my card can't handle a wrapper when one doesn't even exist? now stop embarrassing yourself

 

[WhiteX]

Dude, you are all about flaming... It was answered already, NO, dammit, there is no such thing as directX wrapper.
Ask a mod to close this since all you do is flame ppl who was kind enough to answer you with manners that you never used back.
You felt insulted for having a crappy vid card, well, boo-hoo, get over it.
I am out of here.

 

[DreamcastFan]

Dude, you are all about flaming... It was answered already, NO, dammit, there is no such thing as directX wrapper.
Ask a mod to close this since all you do is flame ppl who was kind enough to answer you with manners that you never used back.
You felt insulted for having a crappy vid card, well, boo-hoo, get over it.
I am out of here.

it's not about being insulted for having a crappy vid card. I already admitted my card is crappy a few posts back. So how can I be insulted if I admit it myself? you don't make any sense. It's more like I'm ANNOYED, by people who don't know what they're talking about and keep talkin like they know everything, which I've already proved in this thread. And then there's the FACT, that one of yur friends flamed the fuck out of my thread, you know how annoying that is? No, yur not tryin to help me, all yur doin is saying my card sucks, that's not helping, then if I get a new card, I still see no difference, then what? And sure I'll ask for a mod to close the thread, since no one seems to know the solution anyway. Or that they think they know the solution, but they really don't.

And I already told you, I KNOW that there is no wrapper. I'm just saying, how do you know my card can't support such thing, when it doesn't even exist?

 

[ScottJC]

Now this thread is just completely and utterly pointless.

 

[DuDe]

Yes I know my card can't do "smart filtering(pixel shader)" like the new cards, but I'm not talking about that anyway. So a software doesn't exist that can create scanlines and smooth the picture, that doesn't mean that it's my card's fault, and it especially does not mean that my card can't handle it. Sure you've had this card before, but even if that's true, how would you know that my card can't handle a wrapper when one doesn't even exist?

:huh:
Seriously, I lost about 10 IQ points after reading that. This thread is a trainwreck.