06465: defocus value in mame.ini or any other preset ini file not being read

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
06465	Graphics	Minor	Always	Jan 1, 2017, 14:54	Jan 6, 2017, 07:10

Tester	dadabhai	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Unable to reproduce	OS	Windows 10 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	0.181	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	06465: defocus value in mame.ini or any other preset ini file not being read
Description	I am using BGFX - hlsl as the graphical effect to reproduce CRT monitor effect, and wanted to set the defocus value to 1.3 by editing the value in mame.ini and raster.ini (as I am playing raster games like mk2, sf2 etc). However, in game the value is always starting off at 0.5 for both X and Y. There are two workarounds 1) use the in-game sliders to set defocus to 1.3 2) edit the hlsl.json file to alter the default defocus from 0.5 to 1.3
Steps To Reproduce	1) Set graphics mode to bgfx 2) Use hlsl as the bgfx effect 3) edit the mame.ini file and raster.ini file to change defocus value to anything non default 4) Load up a raster game and notice that defocus is still at 0.5 when viewing its value with the in game sliders
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No.13524 B2K24 Senior Tester Jan 1, 2017, 21:38 edited on: Jan 2, 2017, 00:28	It looks like you're mixing up using HLSL with -video d3d as opposed to using BGFX with the HLSL shader chain. In some ways these two different methods are similar but yet different as well. Settings in mame.ini and the raster.ini or anything in "MAME\ini\presets" only applies to -video d3d and enabling hlsl and does not apply to BGFX. If using bgfx video and hlsl.json as your chain, you simply need to open hlsl.json with Notepad ++ and locate line # 87 - set as listed below. { "type": "vec2", "name": "defocus", "text": "Defocus, ", "default": [ 1.3, 1.3 ], "max": [ 2.0, 2.0 ], "min": [ 0.0, 0.0 ], "step": 0.1, "format": "%1.1f", "screen": "crt" }, After saving the change you will get desired result of 1.3, 1.3 when loading any set.
No.13526 B2K24 Senior Tester Jan 6, 2017, 03:13	Closing as unable to reproduce.

No.13524

B2K24

Senior Tester

Jan 1, 2017, 21:38

edited on: Jan 2, 2017, 00:28

It looks like you're mixing up using HLSL with -video d3d as opposed to using BGFX with the HLSL shader chain. In some ways these two different methods are similar but yet different as well.
Settings in mame.ini and the raster.ini or anything in "MAME\ini\presets" only applies to -video d3d and enabling hlsl and does not apply to BGFX.

If using bgfx video and hlsl.json as your chain, you simply need to open hlsl.json with Notepad ++ and locate line # 87 - set as listed below.

{ "type": "vec2", "name": "defocus", "text": "Defocus, ", "default": [ 1.3, 1.3 ], "max": [ 2.0, 2.0 ], "min": [ 0.0, 0.0 ], "step": 0.1, "format": "%1.1f", "screen": "crt" },

After saving the change you will get desired result of 1.3, 1.3 when loading any set.

No.13526

B2K24

Senior Tester

Jan 6, 2017, 03:13

Closing as unable to reproduce.