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Hi guys. I am trying to decrease the fishbowl effect HLSL is giving me but don't know which value it pertains to. I copied John IV's ini settings and then proceeded to change pincushion and curvature to 0.0, but the bowl effect still remains. I like the results from John's settings and I want to keep them, except I'd like to decrease the bowl shape and make it flatter. My HLSL ini section settings are as follows:

#
# DIRECT3D POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS
#
hlsl_enable 1
hlsl_ini_read 1
hlsl_ini_write 1
hlslini %g
hlslpath ../hlsl
shadow_mask_alpha 0.03
shadow_mask_texture aperture.png
shadow_mask_x_count 512
shadow_mask_y_count 384
shadow_mask_usize 0.125
shadow_mask_vsize 0.125
oversample_x 1.0
oversample_y 1.0
curvature 0.0
screen_scale_top 1.0
screen_scale_bottom 1.0
pincushion 0.0
scanline_alpha 0.1
scanline_size 1.0
scanline_bright_scale .65
scanline_bright_offset 0.6
scanline_jitter 0.10
defocus_x .02
defocus_y .02
red_converge_x -0.4
red_converge_y -0.7
green_converge_x 0.0
green_converge_y 0.0
blue_converge_x 0.0
blue_converge_y 0.0
red_radial_converge_x 0.0
red_radial_converge_y 0.0
green_radial_converge_x 0.0
green_radial_converge_y 0.0
blue_radial_converge_x 0.0
blue_radial_converge_y 0.0
red_from_r 1.0
red_from_g 0.0
red_from_b 0.0
green_from_r 0.0
green_from_g 1.0
green_from_b 0.0
blue_from_r 0.0
blue_from_g 0.0
blue_from_b 1.0
saturation 1.0
red_offset 0.0
green_offset 0.0
blue_offset 0.0
red_scale 1.1
green_scale 1.1
blue_scale 1.1
red_power 2.2
green_power 2.2
blue_power 2.2
red_floor 0.05
green_floor 0.05
blue_floor 0.05
red_phosphor_life 0.45
green_phosphor_life 0.45
blue_phosphor_life 0.45
yiq_enable 0
yiq_w 4.1887902047863909846168578443727
yiq_a 0.5
yiq_b 0.5
yiq_fsc 1.5
yiq_fsc_scale 0.5
yiq_phase_count 2

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Any help would be appreciated.

Are you using latest mame 0.143u9? It's best to use the latest version because HLSL is much more stable now.
Feel free to try these out.

It's pincushion that curves the screen.

http://pastebin.com/bBvLJkFw

Yes I'm using the latest version of mess and mame. I already had pincushion and curvature set to off, but I'm still getting the fish bowl effect. Why is that?

Multiple .ini files would be my guess. You must have either a mame.ini or setname.ini file somewhere with such options turned on. Make sure you are completely clear of .ini files in HLSL folder. For a time, they were automatically made so you might have one there you never intended to keep.

It appears you may have been correct. MAMEHUB creates two HLSL files....one for each console in mess I play, and one *main* MESS ini file. Seems MESS only acknowledges changes I make in the console-specific ini file(snes.ini for example), which is contained in a HLSL folder.

I would like to experiment with these files some more. Anywhere I can go to test other people's HLSL settings?

John IV started a thread on MW long ago, but not many people have participated in posting what settings they use.

It can be looked at here, but keep in mind it's probably outdated as it was created when HLSL was first introduced.

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthread...&fpart=1&vc=1&new=1307880545

JClampy has a blog with a lot of information as well.

http://gamingnos.blogspot.com/2011/10/jclampys-new-hlsl-rendered-snapshots.html