Setting up Windows version: Difference between revisions

ZeroGS is a DirectX 9 plugin developed by '''ZeroFrog''' and is aimed for graphics cards supporting pixel shaders 2.0 or higher. If your card does not have pixel shaders 2.0 you will get a "Error opening gs plugin" message and PCSX2 will close.

*''Interlace Enable'': This option will try to resolve some undesired interlacing effects (like screen "shaking"). Those games do not have interlacing issues will look better with this option disabled. You can toggle it while in game by using ''F5'' key.

*''Bilinear Filtering'': This option will filter the textures when resizing them, smoothing out edges. Filtering may decrease your FPS dramatically unless you have a good graphics card. You can toggle it while in game by pressing ''Shift+F5''. ZeroGS supports two bilinear filtering modes: '''normal bf''' and '''forced bf'''. Some game will specifically ask for nearest-neighbor interpolation (no filtering mode) and ZeroGS will disable filtering for those games in ''normal bf'' mode. In ''forced bf'' mode, on the other hand, bilinear interpolation (filtering) will be forced in any game. It should be noted that ''forced bf'' mode can introduce unwanted artifacts at the edges of textures in some games, however, in most cases, it will produce smoother looking picture.

*''Anti-aliasing'': This option will select the level of anti-aliasing will be used for rendering. Anti-aliasing will edges look smoother but may introduce a performance hit. You can toggle this while in game by using ''F6'' key. There are four modes to select from:

**''None'': Will not use any level of anti-aliasing

*''Wireframe rendering'': This mode will only render lines between vertices of 3D objects making them look like wire-frame models. You can toggle it while in game by pressing ''F7''.

*''Capture avi'': This option will allow to capture video output in a file (see also ''Movie Capture'' for GSdx plugin). Press ''F12'' while in game and you will be asked to select a codec. At this time you can only select XviD as a codec (the plugin will crash with any other choice). To stop the capture press ''F12'' the second time. The video file named ''zerogs.avi'' will be saved in your PCSX2 folder.

*''Save snapshots as BMPs (default is JPG)'': ZeroGS captures screen and saves it as a file in ''snaps'' folder of your PCSX2 when you press ''F8'' in game. By default the screens will be saved in JPG format. This option allows you to change the format to BMP making the pictures lossless (they will require mode disk spaces though).

*''Fullscreen'': This option will instruct the plugin to perform the output in fullscreen mode instead of default windowed mode. You can use ''Alt-Enter'' combination to enter fullscreen mode while in game.

*''Default Window Size'': This will specify the default size of ZeroGS window. Choose the option that will suite you the most. The window size will not affect ZeroGS performance.

*If a particular set of options works very well for a particular game, then these options can saved in the game's patch file to apply them every time the game is loaded. This is useful when you want these options to be enabled only for that particular game and not to affect other games.

*Each set of options in ZeroGS has a unique ID-number. To find this number click on the Compute OR IDS button when in ZeroGS configuration dialog box. Insert the generated number into the game's corresponding [[Converting codes for PNACH use|pnach file]] (usually the ''game CRC''.pnach) in a form '''zerogs=xxxxxxxx''' (where '''x''''s are the mentioned generated number).