What does your REAL Amiga WB look like? - Page 2

jmmijo · 18 January 2002, 01:50

@Marz,
I'm thinking from Final Fantasy, possibly X ?!? Looks like a Squaresoft image, and I bet I'm one of the few that really liked the movie

RetroMan · 18 January 2002, 01:59

You´re not alone

I liked the movie too

RCK · 18 January 2002, 09:58

Quote:

Originally posted by MarzAttakz
Try to guess who the girl in the pic is, and you might just win a prize.

Rikku from Final Fantasy X, (15 year old).

MethodGit · 18 January 2002, 10:29

Correctamundo, RCK!

I guess you know your Final Fantasy stuff very well. You play all the games?

Although I have to give kudos to jmmijo as well for correctly guessing the pic was FFX-related.

18 January 2002, 12:15

Hi All,

My old WB was always run under 8 colours using the magicwb gradient background tool ... can't remember the name of that tool.

But now that I have installed UAE (After finding this newsgroup), and run it at 16m colours I can't seem to get the WB to accept a 256 or higher backdrop image. It just says unable to read your file ....x/x/x.iff etc.

Is there something I should do with the image first ?

If I run AIAB I can change the backdrop at my lesiure, but I tried installing a clean WB3.1 install to a hard drive image and re-creating my own WB again

I installed the UAE Picasso drivers, but can't get WB to recognise hi-colour depth images.

As I say, this is the first time I've actually been able to use more than 8 colours and I'm off into undiscovered teritory.

Thanks,

Dave

RCK · 18 January 2002, 12:40

Quote:

Originally posted by MarzAttakz
I guess you know your Final Fantasy stuff very well. You play all the games?

I have the (stupid) principle to not play Square games under Sony consoles, since they have betraied Nintendo.
I'm waiting for their GBA & NGC release

Paul · 18 January 2002, 12:40

@DM

The only way I know how to use hi-colour depth background images is to install scalos from http://scalos.striatum.org/

Scalos is a WB replacement.

18 January 2002, 14:06

Thanks a lot, Paul.

It was just never a problem I had with my original 6 colour wb

Cheers.

Dave

18 January 2002, 17:18

Most of the time an 256 color image is enough if it's nicely dithered. Wouldn't a 16 or 24 bit image slow you down?

RetroMan · 18 January 2002, 17:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Burseg
Most of the time an 256 color image is enough if it's nicely dithered. Wouldn't a 16 or 24 bit image slow you down?

It does on a real Amiga, but it doesn´t have such great slow-downs on the emulator ....

MethodGit · 18 January 2002, 17:25

AIAB (AmigaInABox) uses Scalos for a lot of the features it offers.

Amiga1992 · 19 January 2002, 00:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Bloodwych
Am I the the only one that still has a WB that resembles the original 3.1 on a real Amiga?

I use one that looks very similar to the standard WB. Wait and see

Quote:

Akira, is that an A600 WB you have back at home or WinUAE? If you can't give us the pic, give us the specs/details!

BAck at home in my A600, no WinUAE (I dont emulate)... The specs are:

A600HD w/20MB Western Digital HD, 2MB Chip RAM, and that's all folks

Drake1009 · 19 January 2002, 20:39

Well here's my workbench setup. I know it's taken directly from WinUAE, but everything is copied directly from my A1200 setup wise. Color scheme and bg pattern that is as well as the icons left out and the names of drives.

BTW Marz. Where'd you get the background? Is there any way I could get my hands on that? It looks good.

MethodGit · 19 January 2002, 22:10

Well, it's part of a big collection of FFX wallpapers, and some of these wallpapers can be found on various FFX-related sites (not sure about the official one though, haven't tried yet) on the net. I found that Rikku wallpaper from a Rikku Fan Site.

Try searching for them on Google, unless you want me to provide you with a link to a site containing wallpapers or possibly even upload that Rikku wallpaper to the Zone?

Drake1009 · 19 January 2002, 22:15

Thanks Marz

I found it.

MethodGit · 19 January 2002, 23:22

Quote:

Originally posted by RCK
I have the (stupid) principle to not play Square games under Sony consoles, since they have betraied Nintendo.
I'm waiting for their GBA & NGC release

Why not play the Square PSX games under a PSX emulator? You won't be necessarily playing it under a Sony console, then.

@Drake: no worries.

Amiga1992 · 19 February 2002, 19:00

As promised, here goes my A600 Wb... A600 with 2MB chip, 8 colors WB. That's all you got, running MagicMenu (not shown) and no icon patch. All icons done or reworked for 8 colors by me, it took me months I remember!

I have another WB setup in the other partition,. but it's only for showing off. It's in 16 colors and mighty slow

(note: I added the scanlines effect, this is not an emulation screenshot!)

[edit: I forgot to add, I hav two more patches loaded, one that adds that Amiga logo at the Workbench bar, and another one that removes icons' borders]

Amiga1992 · 19 February 2002, 19:05

And since now I have an A120, here's the Workbench I'm looking at, after its initial configuration. Keep in mind this is my first attempt, specially at running extras like MCP and MUI... As soon as I make a new one I will post it.

A1200, 030@50, 2MB Chip + 32MB Fast, 1GB HD, running WB3.0 with MCP and MUI @ Productivity mode @ 32 colors

Paul · 19 February 2002, 19:06

Now my A600 HD is working again, I can at last include a screenshot of my workbench. It doesn't look very exciting compared to Scalos on WinUAE. But at least it's the real thing!

Amiga1992 · 19 February 2002, 19:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Frog
Running under Scalos + various patch, all under AGA in 64 colors only !

Aye, your workbench is the best one Ive seen, its amazing! how can the icons look so colourful with only 64 colors? Are you using any special patches? Clue me in, Im an Amiga newbie. Look at my feeble effort above!

Id like some Icon patching utility.. Are you using NewIcons? Can I use iit without a CGX?

18 January 2002, 12:15	#25
DM Posts: n/a	Workbench colour query Hi All, My old WB was always run under 8 colours using the magicwb gradient background tool ... can't remember the name of that tool. But now that I have installed UAE (After finding this newsgroup), and run it at 16m colours I can't seem to get the WB to accept a 256 or higher backdrop image. It just says unable to read your file ....x/x/x.iff etc. Is there something I should do with the image first ? If I run AIAB I can change the backdrop at my lesiure, but I tried installing a clean WB3.1 install to a hard drive image and re-creating my own WB again I installed the UAE Picasso drivers, but can't get WB to recognise hi-colour depth images. As I say, this is the first time I've actually been able to use more than 8 colours and I'm off into undiscovered teritory. Thanks, Dave

19 January 2002, 20:39	#33
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Well here's my workbench setup. I know it's taken directly from WinUAE, but everything is copied directly from my A1200 setup wise. Color scheme and bg pattern that is as well as the icons left out and the names of drives. BTW Marz. Where'd you get the background? Is there any way I could get my hands on that? It looks good. Attached Thumbnails

19 February 2002, 19:00	#37
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	:D As promised, here goes my A600 Wb... A600 with 2MB chip, 8 colors WB. That's all you got, running MagicMenu (not shown) and no icon patch. All icons done or reworked for 8 colors by me, it took me months I remember! I have another WB setup in the other partition,. but it's only for showing off. It's in 16 colors and mighty slow (note: I added the scanlines effect, this is not an emulation screenshot!) [edit: I forgot to add, I hav two more patches loaded, one that adds that Amiga logo at the Workbench bar, and another one that removes icons' borders] Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Amiga1992; 19 February 2002 at 19:21.

19 February 2002, 19:05	#38
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	And since now I have an A120, here's the Workbench I'm looking at, after its initial configuration. Keep in mind this is my first attempt, specially at running extras like MCP and MUI... As soon as I make a new one I will post it. A1200, 030@50, 2MB Chip + 32MB Fast, 1GB HD, running WB3.0 with MCP and MUI @ Productivity mode @ 32 colors Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Amiga1992; 19 February 2002 at 19:21.

19 February 2002, 19:06	#39
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	Now my A600 HD is working again, I can at last include a screenshot of my workbench. It doesn't look very exciting compared to Scalos on WinUAE. But at least it's the real thing! Attached Thumbnails

18 January 2002, 01:50	#21
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	@Marz, I'm thinking from Final Fantasy, possibly X ?!? Looks like a Squaresoft image, and I bet I'm one of the few that really liked the movie

18 January 2002, 01:59	#22
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	You´re not alone I liked the movie too

18 January 2002, 10:29	#24
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Correctamundo, RCK! I guess you know your Final Fantasy stuff very well. You play all the games? Although I have to give kudos to jmmijo as well for correctly guessing the pic was FFX-related.

18 January 2002, 12:40	#27
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	@DM The only way I know how to use hi-colour depth background images is to install scalos from http://scalos.striatum.org/ Scalos is a WB replacement.

18 January 2002, 14:06	#28
DM Posts: n/a	Thanks a lot, Paul. It was just never a problem I had with my original 6 colour wb Cheers. Dave

18 January 2002, 17:18	#29
oldpx Posts: n/a	Most of the time an 256 color image is enough if it's nicely dithered. Wouldn't a 16 or 24 bit image slow you down?

18 January 2002, 17:25	#31
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	AIAB (AmigaInABox) uses Scalos for a lot of the features it offers.

19 January 2002, 22:10	#34
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Well, it's part of a big collection of FFX wallpapers, and some of these wallpapers can be found on various FFX-related sites (not sure about the official one though, haven't tried yet) on the net. I found that Rikku wallpaper from a Rikku Fan Site. Try searching for them on Google, unless you want me to provide you with a link to a site containing wallpapers or possibly even upload that Rikku wallpaper to the Zone?

19 January 2002, 22:15	#35
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Thanks Marz I found it.

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