Widescreen in WinUAE - would it be possible?

twenty90seven · 23 April 2019, 14:54

A new GBA emulator has been released which captures the screen as you move around a room, so that it can draw widescreen (remembering the areas you travelled in). Which got me thinking, would this be a possible feature in WinUAE?

Link below to the GBA article https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-game...screen.536837/

turrican3 · 23 April 2019, 15:22

It could be really great, +1
info :WideGB is very similar to WideNES. It basically records the screen as it moves, and keeps the parts of the screen previously drawn in place.
When starting a game for the first time, or when reaching a new area of the game, WideGB doesn’t know yet about any parts of the screen. But as soon as you move, it starts recording the area graphics, and you can see the places you’ve been to appearing gradually.
When the player moves to a new location (such as entering inside a house), WideGB detects that the picture changed suddenly: it saves the previous scene, and starts a new one. It even looks for previously encountered locations, so that if a scene was already visited, it can be restored automatically.
Additionally, WideGB attempts to draw the HUD of the game (with timers, lifes count, etc.) with a translucency effect, so that the part of the game under the HUD are still visible

Toni Wilen · 24 April 2019, 16:49

Not really. As usual, border isn't always actually a border. Also I am not interested in complex hacks that can only work <5% of programs.

Foebane · 25 April 2019, 09:43

The Amiga was never a widescreen computer, it was designed for 4:3 TVs and monitors.

Do people really hate black bars down the sides THAT much??

Retro-Nerd · 25 April 2019, 16:47

Read again. It has nothing do to with the 4:3 aspect. It's about more image shown left/right in 16:9, no stretch or crop. Works mostly pretty good for fixed resolutions, like old console games. But i guess it doesn't make too much sense for the Amiga with all the programmed (viewable) resolution stuff.

turrican3 · 31 May 2019, 19:38

bsnes is trying to do it, i tested it, the result is interesting.
But it's far to be perfect.
source code here :

https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd/releases

23 April 2019, 14:54	#1
twenty90seven twenty90seven Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 196	Widescreen in WinUAE - would it be possible? A new GBA emulator has been released which captures the screen as you move around a room, so that it can draw widescreen (remembering the areas you travelled in). Which got me thinking, would this be a possible feature in WinUAE? Link below to the GBA article https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-game...screen.536837/

23 April 2019, 15:22	#2
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	It could be really great, +1 info :WideGB is very similar to WideNES. It basically records the screen as it moves, and keeps the parts of the screen previously drawn in place. When starting a game for the first time, or when reaching a new area of the game, WideGB doesn’t know yet about any parts of the screen. But as soon as you move, it starts recording the area graphics, and you can see the places you’ve been to appearing gradually. When the player moves to a new location (such as entering inside a house), WideGB detects that the picture changed suddenly: it saves the previous scene, and starts a new one. It even looks for previously encountered locations, so that if a scene was already visited, it can be restored automatically. Additionally, WideGB attempts to draw the HUD of the game (with timers, lifes count, etc.) with a translucency effect, so that the part of the game under the HUD are still visible Last edited by turrican3; 23 April 2019 at 15:29.

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24 April 2019, 16:49	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	Not really. As usual, border isn't always actually a border. Also I am not interested in complex hacks that can only work <5% of programs.

25 April 2019, 09:43	#4
Foebane Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 51 Posts: 2,871	The Amiga was never a widescreen computer, it was designed for 4:3 TVs and monitors. Do people really hate black bars down the sides THAT much??

25 April 2019, 16:47	#5
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	Read again. It has nothing do to with the 4:3 aspect. It's about more image shown left/right in 16:9, no stretch or crop. Works mostly pretty good for fixed resolutions, like old console games. But i guess it doesn't make too much sense for the Amiga with all the programmed (viewable) resolution stuff.

31 May 2019, 19:38	#6
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	bsnes is trying to do it, i tested it, the result is interesting. But it's far to be perfect. source code here : https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd/releases

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