01 June 2013, 17:36 | #1 |
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WHDload games not playing with Radeon video card on my A1200T
Hi guys,
I recently started a 1200T project and got myself a Blizzard PPC, a Mediator, Soundblaster and Radeon video card. All's set up and graphics and music are really great. However when I start a game on my WHDLoad it doesn't show on the screen that is connected to the Radeon card, but it goes instead through the RGB out on the 1200 motherboard. Is there a way of playing everything through the graphics card? Thanks a lot in advance. |
01 June 2013, 17:46 | #2 |
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That's correct, Classic Games & Application that use native outputs for the most part cannot be displayed though the Graphics Card.
There is a cool tool you can use to promote some native screen modes called NewMode: http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/NewMode_V39.lha Only some Amiga CD titles and later Games/Emulators support RTG, you can read about that in the games manuals normally or readme files. For WHDLoad Games you need a solution such as a Scan Doubler connected to a Monitor Switch box. Personally I have an LCD TV with VGA & Scart inputs, and for anything that can't display through VGA I change the channel from PC to AV Not the best solution, but works for me. |
01 June 2013, 17:46 | #3 |
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Very few games will support the graphics card, so they will need to run through AGA on your 1200. The common way to combine the two is to get a flickerfixer, like the Indivision and then combine the two outputs through an automatic switch.
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01 June 2013, 18:20 | #4 |
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I see... thanks!
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01 June 2013, 18:37 | #5 |
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A cheap but nasty method is to add a cheap pci tv card and route aga output through it. Then you can have tv software fire up when you launch a whd game and have it fullscreen or in a window to play through your gfx card.
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ive tried this and i couldnt get it to work.(because the tv card opens in a rtg screen in a window) |
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01 June 2013, 19:34 | #7 |
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The best would to get a scandoubler, but since no passthrough on that gfx card you need an external switch box or if your monitor got two vga inputs just switch on the monitor ..
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02 June 2013, 17:05 | #8 | |
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EDIT: I remember sometimes it wouldn't go fullscreen like it should on first run, maybe because there wasn't enough time to load the exe and send the arexx command the first time around. but quitting game and relaunching usually worked as supertv was already in memory I guess. Last edited by Mad-Matt; 02 June 2013 at 17:17. |
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