WinUAE 1.5.0 beta series

[Little_Sharky]

Hello

I just loaded the 4 disks of Alien Breed 2 Tower Assault ,and get into the main screen where you choose your options and finally start the game.I got some sluggish performance from the start of the game , something weird for winuae in my pc.So i had plugged my joypad in but configuration had plugged it in Port 0.When i tried to set the option from "USB Joystick" to "Mouse *" at port 0 it just crashed.

I have included the Winuae crashlog.

[Little_Sharky]

Sorry but i forgot to mention that i was using the default A500 model with extra 4 Mb of Fast Ram,and drive speed 400%.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Little_Sharky

Hello

I just loaded the 4 disks of Alien Breed 2 Tower Assault ,and get into the main screen where you choose your options and finally start the game.I got some sluggish performance from the start of the game , something weird for winuae in my pc.So i had plugged my joypad in but configuration had plugged it in Port 0.When i tried to set the option from "USB Joystick" to "Mouse *" at port 0 it just crashed.

I have included the Winuae crashlog.

Can you duplicate the crash without booting any game? (boot to WB "hand" screen and try to duplicate it)

Does it only happen if you connect joypad when emulation is running?

[Little_Sharky]

i dublicated the crash. Winuae started with joypad inserted in usb port. Before pressing the start button ,i removed the joypad.Winuae crashed instantly .

Also when i start Winuae without the joypad in the usb port,and before pressing the start button i insert the joypad in the usb port.Instant Crash Also.

[Little_Sharky]

I duplicated the crash again and debuged Winuae a little , i include my notes about the crash in DEBUG_LOG.txt.

[turrican3]

bug with jim power, firstly appeared with beta 18. black line on the right and it stay in game. tested with quickstart best compatibility option too. Still buggy
picture :

[Little_Sharky]

Originally Posted by turrican3

bug with jim power, firstly appeared with beta 18. black line on the right and it stay in game. tested with quickstart best compatibility option too. Still buggy
picture :

I guess you are using a wrong profile,i tested this game with the standard A500 Profile,here is the screenshot i took in the same screen , no line this time !

[Toni Wilen]

jim power

It only happens in lores mode. It is tiny bug in sprite update.

[Toni Wilen]

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_1500b20.zip

Beta 20:

- only reset sound when changing configuration if sound mode, sound card, frequency, channels, or buffer size is changed
- 5.1 sound settings now also send mixed sound to center and LFE channel (mixing volume may need adjusting, please test)
- superhires sprites in doublescan mode had halved horizontal resolution
- power led fade support (very crappy)
- possible fix to random joystick/mouse switch crash
- programmed resolutions (doublescan) are now horizontally centered
- right side max sprite clipping position was incorrect
- D3D/OGL filters do not crash anymore but still do not work as expected..
- added Amiga-side uae.resource, safe method to find "uae rom" base and other information. Version of resource is UAEVERSION.UAEREVISION NOTE: in compatible modes resource may not be available. Check sources for more information.

[turrican3]

5.1 works very well for me
Jim power in lores too
Thank you again toni great and fast work
What do you want to say by : (mixing volume may need adjusting, please test) ? which should be the difference ? Sorry if it's a stupid question and i think so
ps: thank you again Toni to keep the spirit of the amiga alive

[Little_Sharky]

Joypad removal crash winuae when it happens in the main options window.Logs attached.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Little_Sharky

Joypad removal crash winuae when it happens in the main options window.Logs attached.

List exactly what you need to do to duplicate this, thanks (step by step)
Just removing USB stick won't trigger it (at least not here)

- Does pad need to be selected in port 1 or 2?
- Does it happen if you insert and then remove it while winuae is running?
- Does emulation need to be running?
- Input compatibility or input-panel mode only?

I can see the reason in the dump but it "should be impossible". (This is different crash than previous)

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by turrican3

What do you want to say by : (mixing volume may need adjusting, please test) ? which should be the difference ? Sorry if it's a stupid question and i think so

Center channel volume level may not be same as other channels. Apparently it is good enough

[Thom87]

Hi Toni, All

I have found something stupid but possible to setup.
The problem only exist if the desktop is 16bit depth and WinUAE in windowed mode.
We can change Picasso screen to 32bit with no warning (like was not in 1.4.6) and then screen gets black, only You can see is mouse cursor.
There is no affects on native mode, it can be setup in winuae as 32 bit and it works.
Maybe is possible to block higher color modes that desktop when windowed mode?

btw mouse cursor in dblpal etc work fine, great work Toni, thanks

Thomas

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Thom87

The problem only exist if the desktop is 16bit depth and WinUAE in windowed mode.
We can change Picasso screen to 32bit with no warning (like was not in 1.4.6) and then screen gets black, only You can see is mouse cursor.
There is no affects on native mode, it can be setup in winuae as 32 bit and it works.

This is a bug, conversion table was empty... "Standard" 32-bit mode has color space conversion support to 16-bit.

[Little_Sharky]

If i run WinUae and then press the start button and then press F12 , restart WinUae and get back to the main screen remove or insert the joypad ,the crash wont happen .

Crash only happens if before i press the start button in the main screen if i insert or remove the joypad .

I dont do anything else ..

[Little_Sharky]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

List exactly what you need to do to duplicate this, thanks (step by step)
Just removing USB stick won't trigger it (at least not here)

- Does pad need to be selected in port 1 or 2?
- Does it happen if you insert and then remove it while winuae is running?
- Does emulation need to be running?
- Input compatibility or input-panel mode only?

I can see the reason in the dump but it "should be impossible". (This is different crash than previous)

- pad doesn't need to be selected.
- No it doesnt happen while winuae is running.
- no ,emulation is not need to be running.
- Input compatibility.

[TCD]

Hi Toni,

just tested the joystick insert/remove bug here and have reproduced it with WinUAE 1.4.6.
Started WinUAE, clicked nothing, insert or remove USB joystick -> WinUAE closes.

[Shoonay]

checked this in the newest version and the one before.
when i run a game (tested with a few games on a standard a500 config) with floppy drive sound emulation on, and turn 5.1 sound on, there's an annoying sound generated in the middle speaker and the floppy drive sound is played with a higher tone.
stereo or 4 channels work great.

[Fingerlickin_B]

I have what may seem a rather silly question.

Will WinUAE run properly on a machine with either Windows 98 or 2000 operating system installed, not XP?

PZ.