Mouse Pointer resolution problem

rsn8887 · 13 December 2015, 10:04

At some point in WinUAE a long time ago, a weird behaviour was introduced that mangles my mouse pointer resolution.

I am booting the hdf created from my old 1996 A1200 hd, and my real Amiga never showed this problem. The funny thing is that if I click away my boot picture (an interlace picture that is displayed during boot up) the mouse pointer looks normal. But if I leave the picture display until WB comes up, the mouse pointer is mangled. The problem is that I am running so many tools (MCP) etc. that debugging this is a nightmare.

I just wanted to mention it in case someone has had similar experiences.

I am attaching a screenshots of the mangled and normal pointer.

Samurai_Crow · 13 December 2015, 10:31

Pointer prefs may be trying to display a high resolution pointer on a low resolution screen.

The 1.3 style prefs are loaded before IPrefs runs in the startup sequence.

Toni Wilen · 13 December 2015, 10:50

Yeah, looks like pointer is converted to hires by dropping every other pixel instead of using actual hires mode sprites (that AGA chipset supports).

AMIGASYSTEM · 13 December 2015, 18:26

Initially the system starts, before the Startup-sequence runs "Iprefs" if load the "pointer.prefs", the system uses the setting pointer saved in the file "System-Configuration" normally found in Devs. If you try to rename files "System-Configuration", the system will before IPrefs, show the pointer "hardware" default and probably you will not see the malformation.

13 December 2015, 10:04	#1
rsn8887 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,063	Mouse Pointer resolution problem At some point in WinUAE a long time ago, a weird behaviour was introduced that mangles my mouse pointer resolution. I am booting the hdf created from my old 1996 A1200 hd, and my real Amiga never showed this problem. The funny thing is that if I click away my boot picture (an interlace picture that is displayed during boot up) the mouse pointer looks normal. But if I leave the picture display until WB comes up, the mouse pointer is mangled. The problem is that I am running so many tools (MCP) etc. that debugging this is a nightmare. I just wanted to mention it in case someone has had similar experiences. I am attaching a screenshots of the mangled and normal pointer. Attached Thumbnails

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13 December 2015, 10:31	#2
Samurai_Crow Total Chaos forever! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Waterville, MN, USA Age: 49 Posts: 2,190	Pointer prefs may be trying to display a high resolution pointer on a low resolution screen. The 1.3 style prefs are loaded before IPrefs runs in the startup sequence.

13 December 2015, 10:50	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,546	Yeah, looks like pointer is converted to hires by dropping every other pixel instead of using actual hires mode sprites (that AGA chipset supports).

13 December 2015, 18:26	#4
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,260	Initially the system starts, before the Startup-sequence runs "Iprefs" if load the "pointer.prefs", the system uses the setting pointer saved in the file "System-Configuration" normally found in Devs. If you try to rename files "System-Configuration", the system will before IPrefs, show the pointer "hardware" default and probably you will not see the malformation.

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