[BUG]: Silent Hill 2 Black Ribbon demo: Improper FMV brightness/ broken preload frame data behaviour.

[ghost]

Describe the Bug

In the video demo "Silent Hill 2 Black Ribbon", the FMVs are not displayed properly. They are too dark in hardware. Software does display them just fine.

Note: Preload frame data is the only hack to do something about this, and it makes the FMV more broken that it originally is.

Reproduction Steps

Load the demo disc, and see the FMV.

Expected Behavior

The FMV should be displayed like in software mode.

PCSX2 Revision

v1.7.0-dev-1957-gb63f6e807c

Operating System

Windows 10 (64bit)

If Linux - Specify Distro

No response

CPU

I9 9900k

GPU

RTX 3070

GS Settings

Native resolution, preload frame data.

Emulation Settings

No response

GS Window Screenshots

The bug in action:

Software rendering:

Hardware rendering:

Hardware + preload frame data:

Logs & Dumps

GSdump: SH2 Video demo brightness problem.zip

[prafullpcsx2]

I think you uploaded the wrong gsdump. Can you check and upload right one?

[ghost]

Sorry for the delay, here is one more dump: SH2 video demo hardware problems.zip

[prafullpcsx2]

Can you upload a block dump too?

[refractionpcsx2]

it's probably the scale point thing we do internally because it looked terrible on FMV's.. I'm pretty sure FFX-2 is the same where it looks darker in HW mode than SW, I'm not sure why though, not sure what the preload frame thing changes.

[ghost]

Here is the blockdump: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18mInnnx7MFXJAA3RvhknLkDKkJTTVFlR/view?usp=sharing

[Mrlinkwii]

how is this on latest nightly?

[StillPlay2]

Broken & glitchy on latest 1.7.4857 Silent Hill 2 (Black Ribbon) [Video Trial]_SLPM-61011_20230801155626.zip

[StillPlay2]

Software Mode:

[StillPlay2]

Notice the screenshots in my post; when you scroll up & down, they invert colours.

[refractionpcsx2]

I think that's just a visual effect because it's only rendering every other line.

The garbage is MAD not handling that missing every other frame very well at all.

[StillPlay2]

It gets more & more glitchier as you go along.

[refractionpcsx2]

probably, yes, but the issue hasn't changed :P

[StillPlay2]

The glitchyness has been fixed but the darkness remains on 1.7.5592. This also requires blending accuracy to be set to Full.

[Mrlinkwii]

@StillPlay2 can i get an updated gs dump if thats ok :)

[StillPlay2]

GSDump from 1.7.5616: Silent Hill 2 (Black Ribbon) [Video Trial]_SLPM-61011_20240315143232.gs.zip