SweetFX & DX11

[Gabbyjay]

Hey ho,

Im trying to get SweetFX working with Dolphin;
so far it only works in DX9; DX11 crashes at the start.

Has anyone got it working?

It worked for me exactly ONE time and i never was able to recreate it.

[oliverfrancisco]

What is the function of that program, exactly?

[Gabbyjay]

It lets you inject and customize SMAA, FXAA, bloom, HDR, cartoon shading, tone maps and several other functions.

With a bit of tuning, it can make a game look really great.

[oliverfrancisco]

First of all, keep in mind that not all the backends use the same AA method.

As of the latest build, AA methods are:

1-DX9: SSAA.

2-DX11: (maybe here´s your error) DX11 doesn´t use methods, it simply uses AA samples with quality levels. The highest is 8 samples with quality level set to 16.

3-O-GL: Both samples only and Q-CSAA, CSAA and SSAA.

Apart from those, (if I´m not wrong) you can also inject MSAA.

[xemnas]

The OP probably already knows that but he wants to use SweetFX with D3D11.

[Gabbyjay]

yes Oliver its nice that you try to help, but that got nothing to do with SweetFX, which is a post processing injector. You can use it on top of Dolphins regular AA.

Unfortunately, it crashes in connection with DX11 for me.

So i wonder if anyone got this running.

[oliverfrancisco]

(09-15-2013, 07:10 AM)Gabbyjay Wrote: yes Oliver its nice that you try to help, but that got nothing to do with SweetFX, which is a post processing injector. You can use it on top of Dolphins regular AA.

Unfortunately, it crashes in connection with DX11 for me.

So i wonder if anyone got this running.

Can you tell me where to get the program? I could give it a try and then tell you the results...

[Gabbyjay]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/55w1kcn99k4nths/Swfx_Injector_20130601.zip
Copy the content of the file in your Dolphin Main Dir.

I only tried it with 64-bit-Version of Dolphin so far.
For that to work, you also have to copy the two files in the sweetfx64-subfolder in the main dolphin dir and choose replace.

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Heres a nice settings file for Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and many other Comic-Style Games as well:

http://www48.zippyshare.com/v/41771894/file.html

Copy and replace in main Dolphin Directory.

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Update:
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The problem seems to be related to a certain "swapchain"-issue.

Does that word ring a bell for anyone?

[Gabbyjay]

Update:

Oh well, doing a lot of research, i was able to solve it myself now.


The problem was that i had FRAPS running, which in connection with SweetFX causes the crashing.

When i turn fraps off, it works.


The reason i had fraps running is that i use downsampling for better Anti-Aliasing;
and using this, the numbers of Dolphin's internal fps-counter are too small to read.
Their font size cannot be set in Dolphin so far, unfortunately.

[NaturalViolence]

oliverfrancisco Wrote:First of all, keep in mind that not all the backends use the same AA method.

As of the latest build, AA methods are:

1-DX9: SSAA.

2-DX11: (maybe here´s your error) DX11 doesn´t use methods, it simply uses AA samples with quality levels. The highest is 8 samples with quality level set to 16.

3-O-GL: Both samples only and Q-CSAA, CSAA and SSAA.

That has nothing to do with any of this. If you don't know what the OP is talking about you shouldn't be trying to help him/her.

SweetFX is an injector that allows you to run HLSL shaders in nearly any application.

@Gabbyjay

Any program capable of an overlay will likely break sweetfx. Just keep that in mind in the future.