Flycast Libretro core - Order Independent Transparency! Space Channel 5 With/Without OIT

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LibRetro

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Published on June 9, 2018 5:50:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmZ5sTYD2q8

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Space Channel 5 (1999)

Duration: 8:09

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See here the massive difference Order Independent Transparency makes to the graphics accuracy of your average Dreamcast game. In this case, we compare Space Channel 5 Part 2 with the OIT GL4.5 renderer vs. the old GLES2-compatible renderer.


Flycast OIT will be a new core coming soon that will require a GPU that supports OpenGL 4.5. It will have higher system and GPU requirements but in return, you will get a massive increase in rendering accuracy as seen here.

This is the first near-feature complete renderer for the Dreamcast's GPU so far that is open-source. All previous efforts (Demul/Redream) have all been closed source. This wonderful effort is brought to you by flyinghead, I merely backported it to libretro (although this was quite some ordeal as well) and he was patient enough to guide me through most of the teething issues during the process.

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