Using MUI in WinUAE

[Alen]

A while ago I installed Workbench 3.1 on WinUAE 3.4 and asked what to do to get higher resolutions:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=86537

After that I followed the instructions how to install MUI:
http://guide.abime.net/wb3.1/chap6.htm

So my workbench looks now like this:


My resolution is 1024x768 (32bit):


This is the MUI Folder (after installation of MUI):


And here a screenshot of the MUI Preferences:


Questions:

1.)
Why I don't see the "Magic WB" Icons?

2.)
Why are the Icons for example for "Ram Disk" and "System" only "half height"?

3.)
Why only the Icon "Programs" seems to have the correct height?

4.)
Why some Icons have that strange "violet/blue" color?

Do I have to configure something else to get the Magic Workbench Icons/Look?

(Just want to figure this out first time for myself, as back in the early 90's my A2000 had only Kick 2.1 with WB2, so I never tryed out the MUI/MagicWB... - so curious now to see how it works)

[honx]

you need magicwb additionally to mui, if you want to have magicwb icons. this will also fix your colour problem.
if you don't want to install magicwb, you can also fix these icon colours using fullpalette tool. see this thread.

[Alen]

Ah - thanks for the link Honx! Let me try that...

[Alen]

Ah, stupid... It was already explained here:
http://guide.abime.net/wb3.1/chap8m1.htm
(with a link to "magicwb2.1p.lha")

Ok, this is how it looks like now:


2 Questions:

1.)
Is it possible to change (or remove) the background in the unregistered version of MagicWB?

2.)
In the above tutorial in point 10 (would you like to have the "Dock Images" registered) I clicked on "N" (as it stands in the tutorial).
Lets say now I want to see anyway how they look like - can I just run the installer again and in Point 10 choose "y" or is there a better way?

[Alen]

Found the answer to question 1 myself:
PREFS - WBPATTERN, change Type "Picture" to "Pattern" and SAVE.

Looks like this now:


Problems with the unregistered Version:

a.)
Splashscreen everytime you boot the virtual Amiga Workbench:


b.)
See the Icon for "WBPattern" in my first screenshot - each icon displays that "Unregistered MagicWB register!" when clicked


Well I see that registering the MagicWB is not possible anymore:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=86148

I saw something about free replacements:
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21415
(but seems there "no replacements for the icon set").

Hm... that means we have to get used to the unregistered version or is there any workaround?

[honx]

the one i have linked (2.0r) was the latest registered version. 2.1p is incomplete and not registered.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by Alen

2.)
Why are the Icons for example for "Ram Disk" and "System" only "half height"?

3.)
Why only the Icon "Programs" seems to have the correct height?

Because they were stored in that location, on AmigaOS every single icon can be saved in the desired position.
I like to keep them down on the right

[Alen]

Originally Posted by honx

the one i have linked (2.0r) was the latest registered version. 2.1p is incomplete and not registered.

Oh Man, awesome - thanks!
Is it maybe possible to reinstall the 2.0r over the 2.1p?

(otherwise not a big deal, I have a copy of the harddiskfile before I installed 2.1p...)

[honx]

i'm not sure. never had this situation before. to be sure i recommend using backup of hdf.

[Alen]

Originally Posted by honx

i'm not sure. never had this situation before. to be sure i recommend using backup of hdf.

Thanks for everything honx!
(I'll first try for fun what happens with an Installation of 2.0R over 2.1p and if it doesnt work, will do it on the backuped hdf...)

[Alen]

Just in case somebody else is interested later on:
When installing 2.0R, you get this info during the installation:


So I guess its NOT a good idea to install 2.0R over 2.1p
(I cancelled the installation and used the backup of my hdf where it wasn't installed yet, so I could do a proper fresh installation of 2.0R)

[McTrinsic]

MagicWB really only is
- a set of icons
- a program to set the palette
- a script to initially exchange the original icons.

Once the icons are replaced you may use other programs to set or fix the palette.
MagicWB is not much of a program that keeps running.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

MagicWB it can also work well on a modern RTG screen, i am created a Themes for Workbench

[McTrinsic]

Why would an icon have any advantage over another on an RTG???

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by McTrinsic

Why would an icon have any advantage over another on an RTG???

Nobody advantage just a different theme