icon.library 46.4 test versions

[mfilos]

To abandon iconlib of AfAOS (meaning you use RTG) you also need to use the modified PowerIcons by PeterK to have full icon render.

[Bamiga2002]

And AfA_OS - as great as it is as an idea - is buggy. In other words: I don't recommend using it.

[PeterK]

@retrofan

I've just copied it to libs like always and I don't see any speed improvement at all. Perhaps I am missing something.

The zlib compression is used only by the original PNG and OS4 icons, not by OS 3.5 icons or already converted icons. Of course, the loading of OS 3.5 icons will always be faster than the loading of zlib compressed icons, because the decompression is just an additional task that has to be done. Furthermore, I'm still at the beginning of the optimization and I don't know if I could improve the so called hotspots very much. We will see.

@altcomputing
It's not required to disable AfA_OS completely. It also has some other features introduced to OS 3.9, like the support of truetype fonts. You can simply move the AfA_OS icon_lib.exe from (AmiKit\Utilities\EXPANSION\AfA_OS\) AfA_OS_Libs into the "Disabled" subdir. As mfilos already said, you may also use the modified PowerIcons v0.08 from the C: drawer of my Aminet release if you are using the Workbench and not Magellan. In such a case just add a line above LoadWB in your startup-sequence like this:
Run >NIL: PowerIcons SCROLLSPEEDUP TEXTMODE=1

@mfilos
Thanks again for your tests and feedback!

[altcomputing]

Thanks PeterK and mfilos for info Going to try to disable icon_lib.exe only - i want AfA_OS because of it's delicious skinning and TrueType capabilities.

EDIT: Just tried, and skinning is gone together with icon shadows if i remove icon_lib.exe

[mfilos]

i will try some time tomorrow on my GREX 4000 that uses AfA OS atm... and report back.

[JohnFante]

I would be happy to do some testing on my setup (4000D, Mediator, Radeon 9250, OS3.9 BB3, AFA etc.). Where can I get the latest version of the library?

Edit: Found the link in the first post ....

[NovaCoder]

here -> link

[tolkien]

I have problems with the latest version. Icons appears as incompletes, as they draw a line and the other don´t and so on...If I refresh the screen it seems ok again. I´m finetunning my A1200 so perhaps its problem of other patch but only happends with the last revision.

I´ll try again this weekend and keep this so good job.

[JohnFante]

I am not sure if this is an error or me doing something wrong.

When I use the latest icon.library (version 280) the colouring on the icons is not very fluent.



When I use AFA (latest version) the icons look the same as in 4.1 classic.

[Bamiga2002]

Do you have also the icon.library -specific Powericons-patch installed?

[mfilos]

If you didn't use the newest icon.library then the icons wouldn't show at all (dot icons)!

The new icon.library makes possible showing the PNG icons up to native 256 colors that the AGA chipset has on WB.
You don't expect these icons to show as good as they'd show on RTG with more than 256 colors do you?
Only case you can make them show just fine as they should, is either using AfAOS which has embedded functionality or use the extra tool PowerIcons and you're set. Both of these options ONLY for RTG screens.

[JohnFante]

Aha. :-) now I understand.

Thank you. I am have reenabled AFA and everything looks nice again :-)

Btw. What is the fastest solution AFA or PowerIcons?

[Bamiga2002]

Icon.library with PowerIcons is faster. AfA_OS is buggier, I don't recommend it after intensive testing and use. It's a nice idea though.

[PeterK]

Originally Posted by tolkien

I have problems with the latest version. Icons appears as incompletes, as they draw a line and the other don´t and so on...If I refresh the screen it seems ok again. I´m finetunning my A1200 so perhaps its problem of other patch but only happends with the last revision....

Please check out the icon.library 46.4.279 for this strange behaviour on your system. It can't be a bug in 280. because the compressed images are unpacked completely and checked with a CRC-checksum before anything is blitted or drawn onto the screen. But maybe, it's a problem caused by removing a WaitBlit() call in one of the previous revisions.

[PeterK]

Originally Posted by JohnFante

I am not sure if this is an error or me doing something wrong.

When I use the latest icon.library (version 280) the colouring on the icons is not very fluent.



When I use AFA (latest version) the icons look the same as in 4.1 classic.

Did you set the icon quality to BEST in the Prefs/Workbench settings ?

Just repeating my comment....
you may also use the modified PowerIcons v0.08 from the C: drawer of my Aminet release if you are using the Workbench and not Magellan. In such a case just add a line above LoadWB in your startup-sequence like this:
Run >NIL: PowerIcons SCROLLSPEEDUP TEXTMODE=1

[tolkien]

I´ll try it in a moment but one question first. Can I use NewIcons with this library? And PowerIcons? Are they necessary or convenient?

Im using 279 version without problem.

[PeterK]

Yes, you can use ALL types of icons. There are no "PowerIcons", just a PowerIcons patch for the icon.library and the PNG icons, that's what you mean. Again, please try out the PowerIcons program v0.08 from the c drawer of my icon.library release on Aminet.

279 without a problem and 280 has bad colors without changing anything else ??

[tolkien]

Damn it! I have used 280 version and now it works perfectly. I guess I had samething wrong in that moment.
Thanks so much for all and keep the good work.

[PeterK]

You still didn't tell me if you are using PowerIcons v0.08 now or not. It's really a difference in quality.

Sorry tolkien, I've just realized that I mixed up your problem with that from JohnFante.

Anyway, thanks a lot for testing 280 again.

[tolkien]

I have not used powericons cos I read in the readme that it needs gfx-cards.Am I wrong?