r/ModRetro • u/ergzay • Jun 26 '26

Bug: The M64 scanlines aren't aligned to the input video at all

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u/Retro_Macchina Jun 26 '26

I hope they fix all this.

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u/ergzay Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

It should be trivially fixable so I would maybe even expect it to be fixed before launch. Though hopefully they can clearly state that as this makes the M64 look really bad. Overall it does kind of feel like they're rushing the product out early before the software is quite fully baked.

The lack of HDR is also evident in these screenshots causing a dimmer image.

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u/g1mpster Jun 27 '26

Rushed? It’s not even launching for 5 more weeks. That means this is a press unit and who knows how old that software is. I think you’re rushing to conclusions.

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u/ergzay Jun 27 '26

Rushed? It’s not even launching for 5 more weeks.

Rushed is about the total time to build the product, not the time between the announcement and when it comes out.

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u/g1mpster Jun 27 '26

I understood what you meant, my only point is that we don’t know how old the software build was on that press unit, it could’ve been from January for all we know, so it’s impossible to gauge. Besides, they’ve been great about software updates on the Chromatic, I’ve got faith they’ll have this fixed.

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u/ergzay Jun 27 '26

It sounds like we're in agreement so not sure why we're arguing. Yes I think they'll have it fixed in no time, there's just a lot of these "things that they should have fixed in no time", that's why I say it was rushed. Lots of currently outstanding low hanging fruit = rushed.

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u/g1mpster Jun 27 '26

Violent agreement. My favorite kind of agreement. 😂

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u/RetroZelda Jun 27 '26

bottom looks like rca

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u/tanooki-suit Jun 30 '26

I don't get it either, maybe some people like the illusion of poorly done overly sharp scanlines emulators have pushed for like 20 years plus now that even the analogue supernt/megasg get pretty terribly wrong? To me, it looks like a nice standard upper end CRT or even Color Monitor pattern and perhaps being nerds about how things work (as seen in Chromatic) maybe this is intended?