WinUAE 1.6.0 beta series (was 1.5.4)

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by flunky

Found an issue with sound output in Winuae. I discovered it any time before but it cames
up again with the Xcopy X-Mas ´93(2008) from Mr. Vincent. If you start start the demo "Necromantic Clouds" from the adf the demo plays with sound and scrolltext.But if you stopped it, the demo will be closed and after a few seconds of silence the audio plays again for a second or so,stops for a few seconds and then it plays again. And so on and so on.
I´ve tested it with the standard A500 configuration.
The sound only be can stopped with leaving the emulation and starts again.

But is this really emulation problem? Much weirder things have happened when tested on real Amigas..

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by marco pedrana

just 2 quick questions about the new input things: is the input devices configuration still be saved in the config file and not in a host .UAE file yet, right?

Not changed yet but it will.. maybe..

"Drawing tablet support": in what cases do you need to set this option?

If you have absolute pointing device (drawing tablet, some kind of tablet pc device etc..) and/or want virtual pc/vmware-style transparent mouse emulation. (this also needs "magic mouse" ticked)

[flunky]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

But is this really emulation problem? Much weirder things have happened when tested on real Amigas..

I think so, i can´t test it on an real amiga but i tried it just with minimig and there the sound stops with closing the demo.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by hrmes

Just a small request Toni :
Can you add an option to be able to use the right Control key for the right Amiga key ?
I have a logitech keyboard that doesn't have a right Windows key or a Menu key and to get right Amiga key functionality I have to press the FN key + Print Scrn key to get the Menu key, so I have to press 2 keys for right Amiga + whatever key is needed with right Amiga.

First answer: Wrong thread.
Second answer: Use input panel.

[andreas]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

- useless correct aspect setting is gone (use null filter instead)

FINALLY!
For me, already this is a Christmas present for me!
As it appeared to me the most confusing (and "misused") option for newbies, ever since.
Thanks a lot!

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

But is this really emulation problem? Much weirder things have happened when tested on real Amigas..

I agree with you that this MUST be tested first on real thing before fiddling with the emulator and "fixing" it.

However, this "sound runs amok and auto-plays unattendedly" issue sounds similar to the old (and annoying) Mission Elevator problem. The sound had repeated forever, but also the samples played at insane samplerate ("mickey mouse" pitch tone)

[hrmes]

Sorry for the off-topic and thanks. I never tried before to configure the keyboard with input panel.

[Ratte]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

You need to find easier way to reproduce it

(does it only happen if both modes are highgfx? "standard" laced does not cause issues?)

Also tried with PAL, same result.

Workbench 1280x512 (PAL SuperHires Interlaced)
ASM-Pro Screen 1280x256 (PAL SuperHires)

Switching screens with Amiga+M ... => stripes on the WB

[Ratte]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

- added "Blacker than black" display configuration parameter. Ticked = borderblank is full black, color register RGB range is 0F0F0F to FFFFFF (instead of 000000 to FFFFFF) "Fixes" missing "widescreen effect" in Nexus 7 galaxy effect. (blanked border is "blacker than black" on real hardware, at least on TV-style display devices)

kickin out 16 colors for ONE effect ?!
so there are only 240 colors left for 256 aga colors ...
hmmm .. not good
(its a parameter .. i´ll never use it)

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Ratte

kickin out 16 colors for ONE effect ?!
so there are only 240 colors left for 256 aga colors ...
hmmm .. not good
(its a parameter .. i´ll never use it)

Do you expect some answer from me? Not sure. I guess not..
(originally it was meant to be non-gui parameter but aspect ratio checkbox was gone..)

[thomas]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

You need to find easier way to reproduce it

(does it only happen if both modes are highgfx? "standard" laced does not cause issues?)

Start OS 3.9 in PAL:HighRes, run Prefs/Screenmode, select PAL:HighRes Interlaced and click on Test. If it doesn't happen at once, close the test screen and click on Test again.

[Ratte]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Do you expect some answer from me? Not sure. I guess not..
(originally it was meant to be non-gui parameter but aspect ratio checkbox was gone..)

Only some kind of german ironic humor ...
(but i will never use this "trick")

you are doing a great job

[thomas]

Originally Posted by Ratte

Only some kind of german ironic humor ...

I don't see the joke, either. Perhaps it would have been funny if you had at least calculated correctly. Actually you are kicking out 15 shades (0 - E) per gun. So you are losing 3,375 out of 16,777,216 possible color combinations. Doesn't have anything to do with AGA or the 256 palette entries.

[Ratte]

@thomas:
your calculation is correct, but you lose some aga colors, thats the fact.
ham8 or some greyscaling pictures could be affected.
or magicwb aga copper backgrounds

btw. i used smilies ( ), i thought they are "international" for humor ...
i am sorry, if someone misunderstood my comment

[Shoonay]

@Ratte: Can I interest you sir in the good old humor-tester in the Off-Topic section of the board?

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by thomas

Start OS 3.9 in PAL:HighRes, run Prefs/Screenmode, select PAL:HighRes Interlaced and click on Test..

Thanks, this was quick and easy enough test

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Ratte

using latest beta4 ..
1280x1024 superhires with hor+ver center

switching from interlace to dblscanline (1024 -> 256) with Amiga+M causes this old (i thought allready fixed) problem.

br
andre

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[flunky]

Originally Posted by flunky

Found an issue with sound output in Winuae. I discovered it any time before but it cames
up again with the Xcopy X-Mas ´93(2008) from Mr. Vincent. If you start start the demo "Necromantic Clouds" from the adf the demo plays with sound and scrolltext.But if you stopped it, the demo will be closed and after a few seconds of silence the audio plays again for a second or so,stops for a few seconds and then it plays again. And so on and so on.
I´ve tested it with the standard A500 configuration.
The sound only be can stopped with leaving the emulation and start Winuae again.

Just tried with my Amiga 500, 1MB RAM Kick 1.2 WB 1.2, it works without the described issue.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by flunky

Found an issue with sound output in Winuae. I discovered it any time before but it cames
up again with the Xcopy X-Mas ´93(2008) from Mr. Vincent. If you start start the demo "Necromantic Clouds" from the adf the demo plays with sound and scrolltext.But if you stopped it, the demo will be closed and after a few seconds of silence the audio plays again for a second or so,stops for a few seconds and then it plays again. And so on and so on.
I´ve tested it with the standard A500 configuration.
The sound only be can stopped with leaving the emulation and start Winuae again.

I can't duplicate (and I am 99.9999% sure this has nothing to do with 1.5.4 betas..)

[Mad-Matt]

I may have found an issue (hopefully not just me ) . for some reason with thelatest beta, the filter settings dont seem to save properly and blacker then black tickbox might be wrong way round.

when black is enabled I get the usual grey type black, and dissabled, black is black .

Filter setting is forcing itself to null filter. I set to none, save , reload all is ok. If I restart machine and load settings then null filter is enabled again . Autoscale seems to force it self on too even when saved as dissabled.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Mad-Matt

I may have found an issue (hopefully not just me ) . for some reason with thelatest beta, the filter settings dont seem to save properly and blacker then black tickbox might be wrong way round.

when black is enabled I get the usual grey type black, and dissabled, black is black .

This is correct. "Blacker than black" enabled = borderblank is "blacker than black" = "blacker than 'normal' black" = 'normal' black is not black anymore

Filter setting is forcing itself to null filter. I set to none, save , reload all is ok. If I restart machine and load settings then null filter is enabled again . Autoscale seems to force it self on too even when saved as dissabled.

If no filter enabled and any autoscale set = enable null filter. Remember that you can't disable autoscale yet..