Denise 2.0 released!

[PiCiJi]

Of course it's best when interlace visibility is set to 100%.

The interlace slider in Denise describes the phosphorus decay. When a CRT draws a field, the previously drawn image no longer has the same light intensity. Setting the slider to 100% would mean that the old field is completely black. A true CRT loses only part of its luminosity. I've set between 10 - 20% here. Maybe the UI should be reworked.
On my monitor with 50 Hz Vsync (VRR off) I get an evenly flickering interlacing without hiccups. if producing scrolling hicups, of course also produces interlace screen hiccups. There is the same principle behind it, except that the same lines are overwritten in one and offset in the other.
If you have frame pacing problems in general, it's no different with interlace.

Anyway I can't get perfect 1:1 integer scaling.

I've taken some screenshots with lace on/off, native scaling/ CRT aspect scaling and linear filtering. looks correct to me... (at end of posting)

Denise's VRR in DX9 exclusive fullscreen is as jerky as in window here.

Sorry, I don't have any more ideas now why it doesn't work for you.
It is important to note that when it comes to VRR and Vsync, the settings in the emulator are only half the battle. If there are problems with the graphics drivers or unfavorable settings, the emulator cannot compensate for this and one quickly assumes a bug in the emulator.
The classic example is to get smooth PAL scrolling on a standard monitor with hardware Vsync but not to know that the monitor has to be set to 50 Hz outside the emulator. To make this easier, there are monitor profiles in Denise. Here, when switching to fullscreen, the monitor can not only change the resolution, but also the refresh rate. This saves the manual change in the graphics driver.
The Emu switches back to the old resolution and refresh rate when switching back to the window.

Another example under Linux is the use of 2 monitors in the dual monitor setup if both monitors do not run the same refresh rate.
The hardware Vsync no longer works properly. The emulator can't solve this because hardware Vsync blocks the display outside the emulator.

What I could imagine is that the old D3D9 under Windows 11 actually doesn't get VRR.
I'm currently putting together another computer with Windows 11. I will be able to test it in a few weeks.
But there is no reason to use D3D9 for VRR. in the context of emulation, the added value of D3D9 to openGL is a more stable hardware Vsync.
But that doesn't matter at VRR. In addition, without using hardware Vsync, the input lag is reduced by 20 ms(PAL). This is another advantage of VRR.
To make sure that no error has crept in during the last changes, I tested VRR again under Windows 10 (Nvidia + G-Sync Compatible Monitor)

Note: Denise only uses hardware Vsync at the moment. software Vsync is planned.

Test results:
D3D9:
window and fullscreen mode: Hz isn't moving in OSD (fixed, no VRR)
exclusive fullscreen: Hz is moving a few Hz only (good frame pacing)

openGL
window + fullscreen: Hz is moving a few Hz only (good frame pacing)

Compared to RetroArch (VRR) the Hz display in the OSD jumps only very slightly.

In fact, I was wondering if there was some key combination to invoke a hard/soft reset like on WinUAE?

Menu -> Amiga Configuration -> Hotkeys ... you can set Hotkeys for Power/Reset

I am not asking to distribute kickstart, just to make current 'default' setting show as last option, something like fallback option, in the case user does not have KS.

You can create your own configs and specify that they are loaded at the next emu start or that the current settings are automatically saved when the emu is closed. This way, you don't have to set different settings every time.

[Seiya]

the best way to use your "Denise" even if not working as i would becuase script for denise are very complicated. However as it uses various personal config files it's ok to put games in frontend and use it easily.

[Seiya]

what really miss in Denise in integrated frontend like MAME. you load every C64 and Amiga games from a directory and run them with default config. I think that Denise could be the new MAME for C64 and Amiga.

[pixie]

Originally Posted by PiCiJi

I've taken some screenshots with lace on/off, native scaling/ CRT aspect scaling and linear filtering. looks correct to me... (at end of posting)

Do you mind sharing?

[Seiya]

some games that have 2 or more disk, i can mount in this way, but when i double click on disk 1, Denise close or crash

[Anubis]

Originally Posted by amilo3438

In what program you manage to paste? (can you describe in more detail)

I tryied to paste something taken from windows notepad into Amiga CLI and nothing happen!?

Originally Posted by Samurai_Crow

Notepad on Windows uses carriage returns and linefeeds as its line endings. Amiga CLI uses only linefeeds like Unix.

Originally Posted by amilo3438

Sure, but Denise should worry about that.

I don't know how Anubis managed it, but it won't work for me.


So I'm not sure if it really works on the Amiga!

I did C/P only on C64 core, as suggested. I don't think that was implemented in Amiga core and while menu is there, it should at least be grayed out if not taken off the screen if you are in Amiga core. (until implemented)

[amilo3438]

No prob., I misunderstood because we talking about Amiga only here.
(but on C64 part paste function works fine, as was mentioned = tested! ... hmm, not sure how copy works? is there need to select something? it seems to copy every text from the C64 screen)

[pixie]

I cannot get cannon fodder to load the second disk. It does seem like it is reading, but the game never starts

[_ThEcRoW]

Any clue about what is happening when using a1000 configuration?. I use the proper kickstart rom and the external(cloanto roms), but there is always a black screen. I tried on another a1000 roms, but none of these seem to work in either pal or ntsc.
Thanks in advance!!!

[Anubis]

Don't cloanto roms have a key that needs to go with encrypted rom? (not all, just some of them)

[_ThEcRoW]

Yeah, that rom is the one that supposedly goes to the second box in the firmware tab of the emulator. I have tried also other roms(non cloanto), but got the same resutl, a black screen.

[PiCiJi]

Originally Posted by pixie

Originally Posted by PiCiJi View Post
I've taken some screenshots with lace on/off, native scaling/ CRT aspect scaling and linear filtering. looks correct to me... (at end of posting)
Do you mind sharing?

It's attached at the previous post.

Originally Posted by Seiya

some games that have 2 or more disk, i can mount in this way, but when i double click on disk 1, Denise close or crash

can't replicate it. What OS and version are you using?

Originally Posted by Anubis

I did C/P only on C64 core, as suggested. I don't think that was implemented in Amiga core and while menu is there, it should at least be grayed out if not taken off the screen if you are in Amiga core. (until implemented)

That's right, it's confusing.

Originally Posted by pixie

I cannot get cannon fodder to load the second disk. It does seem like it is reading, but the game never starts

I work through all the problems from time to time. I'll put the results of this in the other thread under support.other

Originally Posted by Anubis

Don't cloanto roms have a key that needs to go with encrypted rom?

I have no idea about encrypted roms. Is this something I can/should emulate?
For A1000 the 8k boot rom is needed to load the KS disk into the WOM memory.

[pixie]

Sorry, I meant the settings, not the pictures

[Seiya]

Originally Posted by PiCiJ

can't replicate it. What OS and version are you using?

OS do you intend AmigaOS? I use A500 config with kickstart 1.3
Denise run on Win10 Pro 22H2 64 bit

[PiCiJi]

Originally Posted by pixie

Sorry, I meant the settings, not the pictures

Menu: Amiga -> presentation -> linear interpolation
Menu: Amiga -> geometry -> scaling: CRT Ratio, Native scaling, integer scaling

Originally Posted by Seiya

Denise run on Win10 Pro 22H2 64 bit

a dbl click on zipped files crashes the whole emulator ? with latest nightly ?
could you try to open a ZIP in a differnt way, like drag'n'drop on viewport.

[Seiya]

i updated to latest build a now it works the drag and drop of a single file zip including two or more disk. However if i launch the zip file from front-end Denise close itself

[PiCiJi]

Originally Posted by Seiya

i updated to latest build a now it works the drag and drop of a single file zip including two or more disk. However if i launch the zip file from front-end Denise close itself

please attach an example ZIP file, which is not working for you.

[Seiya]

using Denise standlone it working now with drag & Drop zip files including various adf files. Not working some games if i launch from a front-end, but i think it depends for relationship between Emulator and front-end.

i was thinking why launching emulator from a front-end there are some compatibility problem with some games that run good with drag and drop or using "load software".

here a video that show this strange thing:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xfy...usp=share_link

[PiCiJi]

Originally Posted by Seiya

using Denise standlone it working now with drag & Drop zip files including various adf files. Not working some games if i launch from a front-end, but i think it depends for relationship between Emulator and front-end.

i was thinking why launching emulator from a front-end there are some compatibility problem with some games that run good with drag and drop or using "load software".

confirmed, a ZIP file from frontend or command line makes problems. will fix it

[amilo3438]

Originally Posted by pixie

I cannot get cannon fodder to load the second disk. It does seem like it is reading, but the game never starts

Which version did you use?

I checked with:

Cannon Fodder (1993)(Virgin)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr CSL] ... won't load the 2nd disk even on WinUAE! (or the 2nd disk is bad!?)

Cannon Fodder (1993)(Virgin)[cr FLT](Disk 1 of 3) ... no prob. with this one!

(used config: A500 1.3 ECS 512 + 512)