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Title: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: KaZudra on August 20, 2013, 09:05:41 PM
Since Mirror of Fate is getting the HD treatment, I'd figure what would DXC look like with the home console look?

I used the new PSP emulator PPSSPP with a 100% savefile (it has problems, like a few infinite load-screens)

Rendered at hi-res
16x Anisotropic Filtering
5x Upscaled Textures (Hybrid + Bicubic)
Anti-Aliasing (Doesn't say, but I read somewhere 2x SMAA)

WARNING: these images are like 4mb a piece
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Ahasverus on August 20, 2013, 09:07:49 PM
I envy you and the night.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: DarkPrinceAlucard on August 20, 2013, 09:20:29 PM
man I would buy a HD version of Castlevania Dracula x Chronicles in a heartbeat.

Same for HD Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Lelygax on August 20, 2013, 09:54:04 PM
You can play it in a TV if you get a PSP and a TV adapter. It will not be in HD, but even so its cool.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Dremn on August 20, 2013, 10:04:35 PM
I would love to play this game on something that isn't a PSP for once.

Shame we never got that Dracula's Curse remake.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on August 20, 2013, 11:41:45 PM
Wow! It's so pretty.  :o

Quote from: OSM on August 20, 2013, 10:04:35 PM
Shame we never got that Dracula's Curse remake.

Yup.  :'(
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Pfil on August 21, 2013, 02:34:01 AM
It looks awesome!

By the way, I have a doubt about this game.
I recently installed the .pkg file in my PS3, and since the PS3 emulates it by hardware, I was very surprised by how slow the "Stage" letters appear. Here it's mentioned that the game has loading problems.
In case anyone knows...
Why is this? And how can I correct this error in the PS3?
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Abnormal Freak on August 21, 2013, 03:12:09 AM
Quote from: Lelygax on August 20, 2013, 09:54:04 PM
You can play it in a TV if you get a PSP and a TV adapter. It will not be in HD, but even so its cool.

Unfortunately it leaves about a third of the TV unused. Had it actually filled the screen (and been a longer cord), I'd be OK.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Lelygax on August 21, 2013, 02:59:39 PM
Quote from: Abnormal Freak on August 21, 2013, 03:12:09 AM
Unfortunately it leaves about a third of the TV unused. Had it actually filled the screen (and been a longer cord), I'd be OK.

If you get the right adapter it will fill your TV, alternative ones can do that. I know because I've searched a lot of things about a PSP a year ago, you can find about that quite easily. It involves a adapter, a homebrew and thats all IIRC.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Pfil on August 21, 2013, 05:04:55 PM
You can play it in a PS3 if you want to see it in full screen.
Download the PSP to PS3 .pkg file and install it just as every PSN title.
But it takes a minute every time a stage starts, since there's a problem with the letters of each level (they appear terribly slow and nothing moves until they disappear).
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: PFG9000 on August 21, 2013, 06:24:35 PM
Quote from: Pfil on August 21, 2013, 05:04:55 PM
You can play it in a PS3 if you want to see it in full screen.
Without hacking your PS3?
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: DoctaMario on August 21, 2013, 06:32:10 PM
Does PPSSPP finally play the game without having to use the save exploits? I played through the first stage and it doesn't ever load up the 1st boss fight. I'd LOVE to be able to play DXC in HD on my PC.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Pfil on August 21, 2013, 07:02:48 PM
Quote from: PFG9000 on August 21, 2013, 06:24:35 PM
Without hacking your PS3?
Installing Rogero, which allows you to play downloaded PS3 and PSN games, as well as modified ISO's from PSX, PS2 and PSP, that can be installed as .pkg files and are emulated by hardware.
This doesn't prevent you from keep on playing original games, but it's a good way of playing games otherwise would be impossible to get (like GalGun for PS3 or Valkyria Chronicles 3 for PSP).
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Lelygax on August 21, 2013, 07:09:59 PM
Why Galgun and Valkyria Chronicles are impossible to get? :o
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: KaZudra on August 21, 2013, 07:22:34 PM
Quote from: DoctaMario on August 21, 2013, 06:32:10 PM
Does PPSSPP finally play the game without having to use the save exploits? I played through the first stage and it doesn't ever load up the 1st boss fight. I'd LOVE to be able to play DXC in HD on my PC.

The game works rather well stage 2 and beyond, original games still cannot be accessed.... those were issues promised to be fixed with the new version but oh well I guess...
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Pfil on August 21, 2013, 07:25:38 PM
Quote from: Lelygax on August 21, 2013, 07:09:59 PM
Why Galgun and Valkyria Chronicles are impossible to get? :o
At least to me, they are impossible to get, because I don't have a way of buying japanese games without paying a small fortune.
So, I just download them and play them in modified consoles.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Lelygax on August 21, 2013, 09:09:07 PM
Oh, so thats it. You should play Umineko no Naku Koro ni, they did a remastered version for PS3 :P

KaZ, coluld you please share your complete save in the Save Request Thread?
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Foffy on August 21, 2013, 11:00:08 PM
Quote from: KaZ on August 21, 2013, 07:22:34 PM
The game works rather well stage 2 and beyond, original games still cannot be accessed.... those were issues promised to be fixed with the new version but oh well I guess...

SotN is still unplayable? I heard that if you were to rip it and run it on its own that it works. I have absolutely no idea on how you could possibly do that, and I've only heard of it working on the JP version (NTSC/EU were not tested). Call me spoiled, but I like the PSP version the most for the retranslation, and it seems of all PSP games, it's still the one to have hurdles in both PPSSPP and JCPSP.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: PFG9000 on August 24, 2013, 04:51:37 AM
Quote from: Pfil on August 21, 2013, 07:02:48 PM
Installing Rogero, which allows you to play downloaded PS3 and PSN games, as well as modified ISO's from PSX, PS2 and PSP, that can be installed as .pkg files and are emulated by hardware.
This doesn't prevent you from keep on playing original games, but it's a good way of playing games otherwise would be impossible to get (like GalGun for PS3 or Valkyria Chronicles 3 for PSP).
Does that prevent you from going online with other games (like Harmony of Despair)?
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: Pfil on August 24, 2013, 05:23:50 AM
Quote from: PFG9000 on August 24, 2013, 04:51:37 AM
Does that prevent you from going online with other games (like Harmony of Despair)?
I'm afraid of trying it, I've been told it's OK to do it, but I'm afraid of doing it.
Title: Re: Dracula X Chronicles HD (PPSSPP)
Post by: KaZudra on August 24, 2013, 01:13:09 PM
I changed the Thread Title, with my recent Playthrough of LoI, I discovered Widescreen patches and whatnot, so I wanna share the HiDef with my fellow dungeonites...

Lament of Innocence
PCSX2
6x Texture Scale
2x MSAA
Widescreen Patch

Went to high quality Jpeg, so no 2mb a pic
(click to show/hide)

Note: I'm not Pirating these games, I do own a physical Copy of the game, in fact I ripped the ISOs from my own PS2 games, so I'll resolve that before it comes up.
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Pfil on August 24, 2013, 10:03:55 PM
South Park , Somalian Pirates We (With Lyrics FULL) HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_NpLKnWLU#)

 :P
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: KaZudra on August 29, 2013, 02:07:45 AM
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg703.imageshack.us%2Fimg703%2F9122%2F7asf.jpg&hash=02d62b4dae5460635c7f77dde6a63f4fa3c145fb) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/7asf.jpg/)
Curse of Darkness 4K
6x Texture Scale
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Chernabogue on August 29, 2013, 07:28:49 AM
Look Konami, someone made a HD version of DXC! and of the PS2 games!
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Lelygax on August 29, 2013, 12:25:22 PM
How about sharing your PC specs and emu configs KaZ?
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Ahasverus on August 29, 2013, 12:59:25 PM
Wow CoD was definitively a downgrade from LoI.
I love the Walter model
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: KaZudra on August 29, 2013, 02:53:32 PM
Specs are this...
AMD FX-8350 4.00 (8-core)
16 GB DDR3 RAM 2200mhz
2 TB HDD 7200rpm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

I use Down-scaling to achieve 1440p and 4k resolutions, but the detail is very noticeable.
Unfortunately, This is the only method to remove Jaggies from LoS PC until someone can force something higher than FXAA on nvidia inspector
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: GuyStarwind on August 29, 2013, 03:30:55 PM
Looks pretty cool!

btw MoF is getting an HD version? I've been out of the loop for a bit
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Pfil on August 29, 2013, 08:34:43 PM
Quote from: Chernabogue on August 29, 2013, 07:28:49 AM
Look Konami, someone made a HD version of DXC! and of the PS2 games!
Konami doesn't care about us, or about Castlevania for that matter :(
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Lelygax on August 30, 2013, 02:41:47 AM
Quote from: GuyStarwind on August 29, 2013, 03:30:55 PM
Looks pretty cool!

btw MoF is getting an HD version? I've been out of the loop for a bit

Mr. Bison: YES!!! HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWizDna1XO4#ws)

Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Lelygax on September 04, 2013, 02:09:11 AM
Sorry, but I really needed to ask this for someone else that understands about this. Its common to have graphics like that if you set epsxe to max in every video option or this "edited shader" really is that good?

ePSXe 1.7.0 Pete's OpenGL2 PSX Version 2.9 + Edited Shader Test! EXTREMLY EPIC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBUh03uhCw#ws)

I mean, its almost (if not already is) at PS2 level.
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Pfil on September 04, 2013, 03:17:15 AM
Yes, it is common. And the same happens when you emulate PS2 and Wii, you won't believe what you are seeing the first times you see them after playing them in the consoles for years.
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: DoctaMario on September 04, 2013, 03:20:52 AM
Quote from: Pfil on September 04, 2013, 03:17:15 AM
Yes, it is common. And the same happens when you emulate PS2 and Wii, you won't believe what you are seeing the first times you see them after playing them in the consoles for years.

Hmmm...I'm inspired to mess with the specs on my emus now.
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Pfil on September 04, 2013, 03:41:33 AM
And I highly encourage you to do that.
If you may, let me recommend you a game for starting. It's the best looking game on Wii when emulated: Super Mario Galaxy 2. You need a powerful computer, though.
And if you just want to drool, go play Sentai Clean Keeper, you won't regret it  ;)
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Lelygax on September 04, 2013, 02:54:29 PM
Quote from: Pfil on September 04, 2013, 03:41:33 AM
And I highly encourage you to do that.
If you may, let me recommend you a game for starting. It's the best looking game on Wii when emulated: Super Mario Galaxy 2. You need a powerful computer, though.
And if you just want to drool, go play Sentai Clean Keeper, you won't regret it  ;)

Mario Galaxy games are really beautiful in a real Wii, so I expect to Mario come out of my monitor, pat my back and say "Hello, Letsu play!" if I play it on Dolphin LOL

I searched for PSX HD emulation because I plan to replay Megaman Legends (all this hype because Mighty No. 9 re-awakened my inner flame (inb4 flames as in fire, not flame as in dungeonite)).
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: Pfil on September 05, 2013, 07:00:44 PM
Personally, I find Galaxy games to be beautiful in a real Wii if you play them in a 20'' flat screen TV, but not in a HDTV.
To enjoy them in HDTV you need a computer and emulation, at least to me.
I just can't play 3D games that pixelate. With 2D everything's fine, but with polygons I just can't. If a game is made on 480p, it will look pixelated in 720p or 1080p.
However, with emulation, both Galaxy games are the best looking and most gorgeous Wii games.
Both Zelda games are amazing, too!
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: KaZudra on November 21, 2013, 06:46:55 PM
Update!!!

PPSSPP has updated making many PSP games fully playable, including DXC
Although you still cannot play the Original Games, DXC is Fully playable and more better graphics options!
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: VladCT on November 21, 2013, 09:45:01 PM
By the original games, you mean RoB and SotN?
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: KaZudra on November 23, 2013, 04:31:34 AM
Quote from: VladCT on November 21, 2013, 09:45:01 PM
By the original games, you mean RoB and SotN?
Yes, even the cutscenes work this time around, hell, I'm playing God Eater Burst on both PSP and Emulator in a pseudo cross play.
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: DoctaMario on November 23, 2013, 06:34:36 PM
DXC is fully playable if you have a save file that's complete. I just took the save file from my PSP stick and put it on my computer and the game works like magic! It's still gorgeous. Man I love 2.5d CV!  ;D

Kaz, what video settings did you modify under the emulator? There are a bunch of things that I have no idea what they do. What are your settings in ppsspp?
Title: Re: Castlevania HiDef (through Emulation)
Post by: KaZudra on November 24, 2013, 08:46:06 PM
Quote from: DoctaMario on November 23, 2013, 06:34:36 PM
DXC is fully playable if you have a save file that's complete. I just took the save file from my PSP stick and put it on my computer and the game works like magic! It's still gorgeous. Man I love 2.5d CV!  ;D

Kaz, what video settings did you modify under the emulator? There are a bunch of things that I have no idea what they do. What are your settings in ppsspp?

for once the Default is best, I just use my Nvidia control panel to force Vsync on and occasionally use a post-processing effect