xBRZ Files

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|HqMAME|
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A modified version of recent MAME with support for xBRZ and HQx high quality image scaling filters and usability tweaks:

- high quality image scalers: xBRZ and HQx
- takes advantage of multi-core CPUs
- Scale from 2-6x using xBRZ and GDI or DirectDraw
- Scale from 2-4x using HQx and GDI or DirectDraw
- lean implementation on top of standard MAME
- improvements to MAME:
    -> Excludes BIOS entries from selection screen
    -> Sorts games in selection screen by ROM name
    -> Removes limit of showing 15 games only in selection screen
    -> "skip_gameinfo" active by default
    -> "multithreading" active by default

	
Usage:
	Just start HqMame.exe. 
	
	5xBRZ scaling filter and video mode "ddraw" are active by default which give the best visual respresentation.	
	For a more conservative setting start with: HqMAME.exe -video gdi -scaler 4xbrz

New command line option:

	hqmame -scaler <name>
	
name:
	2xbrz = Scale by Rules, Zenju mod, factor 2
	3xbrz = Scale by Rules, Zenju mod, factor 3
	4xbrz = Scale by Rules, Zenju mod, factor 4 
	5xbrz = Scale by Rules, Zenju mod, factor 5 (default)
	6xbrz = Scale by Rules, Zenju mod, factor 6
	
	hq2x = High quality scaler, factor 2
	hq3x = High quality scaler, factor 3
	hq4x = High quality scaler, factor 4
	
	none = no scaling

Note: if the stretched resolution is higher than your display resolution you may see graphics artifacts for
	video mode "gdi". To avoid this use video mode "ddraw",	e.g. HqMAME.exe -video ddraw -scaler 5xbrz		


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|Changelog|
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HqMAME 2.31 (MAME 0.170)
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Fixed graphics output for "-video ddraw -scaler none"
Fixed memory management diagnostics error message
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.30 (MAME 0.169)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.29 (MAME 0.168)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.28 (MAME 0.167)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.27 (MAME 0.166)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.26 (MAME 0.165)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.25 (MAME 0.164)
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Added 6xBRZ scaler
Changed task scheduler to PPL
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.24 (MAME 0.163)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3 Update 6
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.23 (MAME 0.162)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.22 (MAME 0.161)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3 Update 5
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.21 (MAME 0.160)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3 Update 4
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.20 (MAME 0.159)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3 Update 3
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.19 (MAME 0.158)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.18 (MAME 0.157)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3 Update 2
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.17 (MAME 0.156)
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Improved xBRZ scaler performance by over 30%
Updated xBRZ scaler to version 1.2
Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3 Update 1
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.16 (MAME 0.155)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.3
Updated compiler to GCC 4.9.1
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.15 (MAME 0.154)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.2 Update 5
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.14 (MAME 0.153)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.2 Update 3
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.13 (MAME 0.152)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.2 Update 2
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.12 (MAME 0.151)
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5xBRZ and video mode "ddraw" new default
Updated Intel TBB to version 4.2 Update 1
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.11 (MAME 0.150)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.2
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.10 (MAME 0.149u1)
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Updated Intel TBB to version 4.1 Update 4
Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.9 (MAME 0.149)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.8 (MAME 0.148u5)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.7 (MAME 0.148u4)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.6 (MAME 0.148u3)
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Updated MAME to most recent version
Updated Intel TBB to version 4.1 Update 3


HqMAME 2.5 (MAME 0.148u2)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.4 (MAME 0.148u1)
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Updated MAME to most recent version
Fixed xBRZ scaler compiler issues for GCC


HqMAME 2.3 (MAME 0.148)
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Updated MAME to most recent version


HqMAME 2.2 (MAME 0.147u3)
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Added 5xBRZ scaler
Optimized xBRZ scaler performance by factor 3
Further improved image quality of xBRZ scaler
Updated MAME to most recent version
Parallelized ddraw upscaling step


HqMAME 2.1 (MAME 0.147)
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Remove limit of showing 15 games only in selection screen
Sort games in selection screen by ROM name
Exclude BIOS entries from selection screen


HqMAME 2.0 (MAME 0.147)
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Added support for xBRZ scalers
4xBRZ new default scaler
Take advantage of multi-core CPUs for both emulation and scaling
Set "multithreading" active by default


HqMAME 1.0 (MAME 0.147)
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Initial release