Requires OBSE (whichver works with OBGE version that you use) and OBGE v2 or later.

This HLSL shader for OBGE replaces the top most row and leftmost column with black so that it blends in with the screen and is less noticeable than the white line. I can't test it much on my machine since I don't get the problem.

Load in the usual way using shaderlist.txt, the support plugin doesn't support it right now but may in future versions allow loading of any shaders.

I guess it will work best when loading very last, though it probably won't hurt much elsewhere.

Thanks very much to RebelMax who requested this and tested it quickly and thoroughly. Here's what he said :

"I've used Testing Hall for... erm, testing Turned off Vsync and removed Oblivion Stutter Remover to remove FPS cap completely, and got in the corner to maximize FPS. No shaders were used except yours.

"Test 1" shader -> 195 FPS.
"Test 3" shader -> 195 FPS.
No shaders -> 222 FPS.

In normal conditions, I run Vsync with OSR capped at 30 FPS, so there's no chance one can notice such a tiny FPS hit. I think the same applies to those who use 60 FPS cap"


I tested in the same way on my Nvidia 9800GT :
No mods loaded, vysnc off, looking at the wall in a new game in the prison cell to maximize speed :
No shader : ~490 FPS
Shader aawr.fx : ~413 fps

I think you should mention that in order to get OGE working together with AA, one must change their bUseDepthBuffer=1 to bUseDepthBuffer=0 in OBGE.ini (Win7: C:\Users\\Documents\My Games\Oblivion. WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents). Of course this leaves you with only some of the OGE shaders that will work, because most of them use depth buffer to do their magic, but you can't make those shaders work together with AA anyway.

Do you know exactly which shaders DO work with bUseDepthBuffer=0? I know SSAO, NormaFilterAA, CelShader+EdgeAA, DoF and Godrays doesn't - but do all the others? Probably a question for the OBGE thread, but it's quite on topic here aswell.

Don't you just have to disable the depth buffer for the in game antialiasing setting, not when it is forced through the drivers?

Seems a shame that none of the really good shaders will work if you're forcing AA at the driver level. I just can't see how anyone tolerates playing with blockfest.

I suppose I should try out the OBGE version of AA. I've wanted to try out the godrays shader too but it's always been said that it won't work with AA, and the blockfest bugs me too much to give up AA. I suppose the irony in using the OBGE version of AA is that with the driver forced option off, the line problem would go away and I'd not need this nifty little shader

I suppose the irony in using the OBGE version of AA is that with the driver forced option off, the line problem would go away and I'd not need this nifty little shader

I just can't see how anyone tolerates playing with blockfest.

Out of curiosity would it be possible to sample neighboring pixels that aren't on the screen border and generate a smooth replacement instead of just using black?

It's possible to sample the nearest pixels in corresponding rows and columns and use those instead of black. I guess that would look okay too, but maybe you mean something else that I don't understand? The thing I describe is what Rebelmax suggested already but I hadn't programmed it yet.