FS-UAE Viewports

[Marskilla]

Hi there.

FS-UAE does a wonderful job with size and auto centering. But, sometimes with the amiga specific way of handling video it doesn't work.

Here comes the viewport directive. It can do a wonderful job !

I didn't find a topic for sharing viewports, which can be tricky (maybe I missed it).

For example here what I wrote for Venus - The flytrap

viewport = * * 724 464 => 74 36 640 512, * * 724 384 => 84 30 640 512, * * 724 512 => 74 36 640 512, * * * 384 => 74 36 640 512, * * * 510 => 106 36 616 500, * * * 500 => 104 36 620 500, 74 36 * * => 74 36 640 512, * * * * => 104 34 616 480

Roll or die, which is a game with very bad taste, is also impressive :

viewport =  * * 662 400 => 26 25 688 512, * * 662 384 => 31 12 714 526, * * 662 502 => 74 36 640 512, * * 640 400 => * * 640 400, * * 682 464 => 59 39 672 403, * * 662 440 => 74 74 641 415

Here are mines so far, they might not be perfect, but they are ok to me:

  A Prehistoric Tale
viewport = * * * * => 74 43 641 415

  Advanced Tactical Fighter II - (ATF II)
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 400

  Amishion Impossible (CD32)
viewport = * * * * => 137 42 577 505

  Arena
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 400

  Atomic Robo-kid
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 608 400

  Bad Cat
viewport = * * * * => 70 36 640 400

  Barbarian (Psygnosis)
viewport = * * * * => 73 35 640 400

  Barbarian Plus
viewport = * * * * => 74 32 640 512

  Battlebrush
viewport = * * 672 520 => 102 0 640 520,  * * 640 562 => 78 0 646 572

  Beverly Hills Cop
viewport = * * * * => 86 36 628 400

  Billiards II Simulator
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 400

  Black Dawn 2
viewport = * * * * => 72 0 642 558

  Black Dawn VI - Hellbound
viewport = * * * * => 72 0 642 558

  Black Magic
viewport = * * * * => 73 35 641 410

  Blues Brothers
viewport = * * * * => 74 60 640 385

  Bograts
viewport = * * 576 472 => 106 23 574 511

  Bone Cruncher
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 400

  Bride Of The Robot
viewport = * * * * => 61 24 646 403

  Cabal
viewport = * * * * => 73 36 640 400

  Chambers Of Shaolin (CD32)
viewport = * * * * => 72 40 644 420

  Champions of Dawn
viewport = * * * * => 74 65 640 493

  Cliffhanger
viewport = * * * * => 73 37 642 458

  Coco Banana V2
viewport = * * 672 458 => 42 4 672 446, * * * * => 74 32 640 512

  Cyber Assault
viewport = * * * * => 74 39 640 440

  Cybersphere Plus
viewport = * * * * => 41 11 704 464

  Dawn - A New Beginning Remix
viewport = * * * * => 72 0 642 558

  Deep Space
viewport = * * * * => 73 35 640 400

  Deliverance
viewport = * * * * => 50 36 686 508

  Dr. Who
viewport = 74 36 640 512 => 74 36 640 422

  Empire Soccer 94
viewport = * * 576 * => 106 44 576 416

  Eskimo Games
viewport = * * * * => 42 9 683 427

  Forgotten Worlds
viewport = * * 688 566 => 41 0 706 572

  Heimdall
viewport = * * * * => 74 35 640 410

  Hero Quest + Expansion
viewport = * * 640 448 => 74 76 640 400

  Jim Power
viewport = * * * * => 73 27 641 521

  Jimmy Willburne - A la Recherche du Peigne Perdu
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 428

  Killer Bees
viewport = * * * * => 73 34 642 478

  Killing Machine
viewport = * * * * => 74 * 638 *

  King's Valley
viewport = * * 640 496 => 74 36 640 464

  Leander
viewport = * * 640 390 => 71 71 645 389; * * * * => 74 58 640 400

  Legions Of Dawn
viewport = * * * * => 72 0 642 558

  Lords Of War
viewport = * * * * => 74 10 644 446

  Lost In Mine
viewport = * * * * => 74 28 640 522

  Manic Miner
viewport = * * 724 444 => 111 42 558 440 , * * 680 494 => 40 30 680 491, * * 720 440 => 129 51 529 364, * * 724 440 => 129 51 529 364

  Max Knight
viewport = * * 640 532 => 74 36 576 432

  MegaBlast
viewport = * * * * => 57 21 671 541

  Monty Python's Flying Circus
viewport = * * * * => 102 72 576 404

  Morton Strikes Back
viewport = * * 640 384 => 74 28 640 462

  Neuronics
viewport = * * * * => 74 32 640 512

  Never Mind
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 639 400

  New York Warriors
viewport = * * * * => 98 14 575 449

  Ninja Warriors
viewport = * * * * => 74 86 640 400

  Obsession Pinball
viewport = * * * * => 57 29 673 527

  Omni-Play Horse Racing (+Data Disks)
viewport =  * * 694 440 => 42 16 704 442, * * 684 448 => 60 16 666 440, * * 662 448 => 42 16 704 438, * * 664 448 => 62 16 664 440, * * 694 448 => 42 16 704 438

  Overlander
viewport = * * * * => 42 17 694 518

  Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe
viewport = * * * * => 72 42 641 403

  Pinball Hazard
viewport = * * * * => 74 22 640 526

  Pirates!
viewport = * * * * => 74 76 640 400

  Planet Of Lust
viewport = * * * * => 61 24 646 403

  Plexu - The Time Travellers
viewport = * * * * => 74 30 640 512

  Police Quest 2
viewport = * * * * => 72 34 643 403

  Police Quest 3
viewport =  * * * * => 53 29 646 380

  R3 - The Art Of Rocketry
viewport = * * * * => 72 24 680 440

  Renegades Deluxe
viewport = * * * * => 72 30 643 516

  Renegades
viewport = * * * * => 73 31 624 514

  Roll or Die
viewport =  * * 662 400 => 26 25 688 512, * * 662 384 => 31 12 714 526, * * 662 502 => 74 36 640 512, * * 640 400 => * * 640 400, * * 682 464 => 59 39 672 403, * * 662 440 => 74 74 641 415

  Rygar
viewport = * * * * => 136 24 498 468

  Santa and Rudolph Do Christmas
viewport = * * * * => 74 28 640 512

  Sex Vixens From Space
viewport = * * * * => 61 33 643 403

  Shizophrenia
viewport = * * * * => 74 32 640 508

  Skweek
viewport = * * * * => 43 2 698 541

  SpeedBall
viewport = * * 640 566 => 74 2 640 570

  Speris Legacy
viewport = * * * * => * 18 * 536

  Sport Of Kings
viewport =  * * 694 440 => 42 15 704 442, * * 684 448 => 60 16 666 440, * * 662 448 => 42 16 704 438, * * 664 448 => 62 16 664 440, * * 694 448 => 42 16 704 438

  Super OsWALD
viewport = * * * * => 74 35 640 512

  Super Skweek
viewport = * * * * => 49 20 686 454

  Switchblade II
viewport = * * * * => 73 35 641 515

  Terrorpods
viewport = * * * * => 73 35 640 400

  The Art Of Chess
viewport = * * * * => 73 59 643 427

  The Clue! (CD32)
viewport = * * * * => 70 28 640 522

  The Godfather
viewport = * * * * => 89 36 609 397

  The Gold of The Aztecs
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 400

  The Unusual Case of Doctor Strange
viewport = * * * * => 74 34 640 498

  The Wall
viewport = * * * * => 73 55 640 400

  Tiny Skweeks
viewport = * * * * => 74 28 640 414

  Titan
viewport = * * * 384 => 74 54 650 458

  Toki
viewport= * * * * => 74 36 638 465

  Tubular Worlds
viewport = * * * * => 74 23 638 404

  Turbo Cup
viewport = * * * * => 70 80 640 400

  Uwol - Quest For Money
viewport = * * * * => 145 50 494 400

  Vegetables Deluxe
viewport = * * * 408 => 74 36 640 400

  Venus - The Flytrap
viewport = * * 724 464 => 74 36 640 512, * * 724 384 => 84 30 640 512, * * 724 512 => 74 36 640 512, * * * 384 => 74 36 640 512, * * * 510 => 106 36 616 500, * * * 500 => 104 36 620 500, 74 36 * * => 74 36 640 512, * * * * => 104 34 616 480

  Watchtower
viewport = * * * * => 41 0 705 572

  Wilcza Buda (demo)
viewport = * * * * => 74 50 640 512

  Wild West World
viewport = * * * * => 70 42 643 385

  Willy's Weirdy Nightmare
viewport = * * * * => 74 50 640 400

  Woody's World
viewport = * * 576 438 => 106 17 576 440, * * * * => 72 32 640 440

  Xorron 2001
viewport = * * * * => 46 35 694 396

  [Demo] AmigAtari (Oxygene)
viewport = * * * * => 74 12 640 544

  [Demo] Ascii Attack (Latex)
viewport = * * * * => 74 35 640 400

  [Demo] Ascii Attack II (Latex)
viewport = * * * * => 74 51 640 416

  [Demo] Aspartame (Silicon)
viewport = * * * * => 42 0 684 572

  [Demo] Beast Sonix (Scoopex)
viewport = * * * * => 74 42 640 514

  [Demo] EON (The Black Lotus)
viewport = * * * * => 70 109 647 365

  [Demo] February (Insane)
viewport = * * * * => 40 26 715 530

  [Demo] Generation 500 (Insane)
viewport = * * 688 544 => 46 24 704 544; * * 672 546 => 56 28 676 544

  [Demo] Global Trash (The Silents)
viewport = * * * * => 46 2 700 564

  [Demo] Lemmings 2 teaser (DMA Design)
viewport = * * * * => 74 91 640 400

  [Demo] Lemonade (Lemon)
viewport = * * * * => 42 20 704 541

  [Demo] Psyko Killer (Spaceballs)
viewport = * * 640 512 => 74 66 640 480

[ztronzo]

Great suggestion! Nice to see some contribution to this (not so popular) feature.
So far I was just updating and giving info on the Discord server/channel AmigaLive/bug-reports.. its nice to confirm that I have been using similar viewports as you are :-)
Here are my finds:

Achtung die Kurve
viewport = 74 36 640 456 => * * * 512

Alien Breed - Special Edition 1992
viewport = * * 586 * => 100 34 * 516

Alien Breed
viewport = * * 586 * => 100 34 * 516

Alien Breed II - The Horror Continues (AGA)
viewport = * * 640 * => 74 36 640 512

Archer MacLeans Billard Americain (WHD)
viewport = 74 52 640 400 => 74 50 640 398

Archer MacLeans Pool
viewport = 74 52 640 400 => 74 50 640 398

Atomic Robo-Kid
viewport = 10 36 704 400 => 36 * * *, * * * * => 74 36 608 400

Blast Squad
viewport = * 36 * * => 74 * 640 512, 74 42 640 422 => 74 44 640 422, * 48 * * = 56 46 640 448

Brain Blasters
viewport = 74 36 640 512 => * * * *, * * * * => 74 36 640 400

Bubble Bobble
viewport = * * * * => 74 52 640 400

Burnout (AGA)
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 512

Byte Man
viewport = * * * * => 74 26 640 420

Chaos Engine 2 (AGA)
viewport = * * 640 530 => * * 640 534

CyberSphere
viewport= * * * * => 42 12 694 462

Dynablaster
viewport = 74 36 640 512 => * * * *, 136 20 512 420 => 138 20 510 432, 136 20 512 432 => 138 20 510 432, 74 36 640 480 => 136 20 640 432, * 44 * 384 => 136 * 512 *, * * * * => 136 4 512 464

Formula One Masters
viewport = 74 26 640 518 => 74 32 640 512

FourMaze
viewport = * * * * => 60 22 648 508

From Lights to Flag
viewport = * * * * => 74 48 640 480

Gauntlet II
viewport= 74 26 640 522 => * * * *, 74 36 640 384 => 72 34 644 404, 74 36 640 400 => 72 34 644 404

Germz
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 640 512

Marathon
viewport = 74 88 640 484 => * 34 * 516

Mayhem
viewport= * * * * => 74 36 632 488

Mayhem II
viewport= * * * * => 74 32 640 512

MegaBlast
Viewport = * * * * => 62 24 674 536

MegaTron
viewport = * * * * => 74 22 640 518

Micro Machines
viewport = 6 * 724 * => * 5 * 448, 106 36 576 * => * * * *

Minskies Furballs
viewport = 80 52 628 500 => 80 52 628 480, 80 52 628 496 => 80 52 628 480, 72 36 580 512 => 72 36 644 512 

Pang (WHD)
viewport = 74 40 640 394 => * * * *, * * * * => 74 34 640 484

Pinball Dreams
viewport = * * * * => 74 26 640 528

Pinball Fantasies (AGA)
viewport = * * * * => 74 26 640 526

Pinball Fantasies
viewport = * * * * => 74 28 640 524

Pinball Illusions (AGA)
viewport = * * * * => 72 28 678 524

Rick Dangerous
viewport = * * * * => 138 82 512 404

Rick Dangerous 2.5
viewport = * * * * => 138 82 512 404

Rick Dangerous II
viewport = * * * * => 138 82 512 404

Roadkill (AGA)
viewport= 74 28 640 520 => 74 28 640 512,  * 52 * 450 => 74 52 640 450

Rygar (AGA)
Viewport = * * * 512 => * * * *, * * * * => 122 24 542 468 

Santa Run 2020
viewport = 74 36 662 480 => 96 * * *

Sensible Soccer, Sensible Soccer v1.2 International Edition
viewport = * * 694 446 => * * * *, * * * * => * * 672 544

Sensible World of Soccer
viewport = 74 36 640 480 => * * * *, 6 20 724 544 => * * * *, * * * * => 42 20 672 544

Skeleton Krew (AGA)
viewport = * * * * => 70 32 645 514

Slam Tilt (AGA)
viewport = * * * * => 74 36 644 512

Space Taxi 3
viewport = * * * * => 74 30 640 514

Spatial Hyperdrive
viewport=* * * * => 42 14 690 554

Stunt Car Racer TNT
viewport=74 36 640 400 => * * * *, * * * * => 74 68 640 400

SuperBallz
viewport = 74 * 640 * => 74 18 640 534, * * * * => 42 * 672 *

SuperDodge
viewport = * * * * => 74 32 640 512

Swiateczna Awaria
viewport = 74 32 640 512 => * * * *, * * * * => 74 30 640 528

System-4 Mister Tengus Adventure
viewport = * * * * => 74 40 640 400

The Strangers (AGA)
viewport = 88 * 606 * => * 54 * 400, * * * * => 60 24 640 512

Tiny Bobble
viewport = 6 36 724 512 => * * * *, 74 36 640 512 => * * * *, 138 36 512 448 => 138 34 512 452

Toki
viewport= 6 36 724 512 => 74 36 640 512, 74 28 640 464 => 74 92 640 400, 137 93 512 384 => 170 110 446 344, 42 36 694 422 => 72 34 642 384, 42 68 694 400 => 168 68 452 402, 106 68 512 400 => 168 68 452 402

Turbo Trax (Arcane)
viewport = * * 640 520 => * * 640 512

Turtleminator
viewport = 74 38 640 434 => * * * *, * 28 * 444 => 74 * 640 *, 74 * 640 * => * 28 * 402

WheelSpin (AGA)
viewport =  58 54 678 460 => 40 * 704 *, 58 78 678 * => 58 78 704 504, 74 26 640 528 => * * * *, * * * * => 58 10 678 562

Wings of Fury
viewport=* * * * => 74 36 640 480

World Cup 90
viewport = * * * * => 42 36 704 512

Wormsigns
Viewport= * * * * => 74 32 640 512

List updated - 22 April 2021

[ztronzo]

P.S. copying these details to the FS-UAE Discord :-)

[Marskilla]

Originally Posted by ztronzo

(...)Here are my finds...)

Nice !

I'll sure test a lot of them (the toki one seems a lot of work).

[Marskilla]

I just tried your "Pang WHD" and, as expected, it works real nice on the IPF version.

[ztronzo]

Dynablaster
viewport = 74 36 640 512 => * * * *, 136 20 512 420 => 138 20 510 432, 136 20 512 432 => 138 20 510 432, 74 36 640 480 => 136 20 640 432, * 44 * 384 => 136 * 512 *, * * * * => 136 4 512 464


This one had a lot of transitions and took me a while to correct/find them all. * * * * => 136 4 512 464 being the most important (in-game battle mode)
(74 36 640 512 => * * * * corrects the Workbench WHDload splash Screen and can be removed)

[ztronzo]

Bubble Bobble
viewport = * * * * => 74 52 640 400

Normally the auto zoom would have been OK, but I found that the explosion that causes a screen treble messes everything up so the viewport adjustment is required to gain the screen back to normal.

[ztronzo]

Marathon
viewport = 74 88 640 484 => * 34 * 516

The game is unplayable without the viewport adjustment

[Marskilla]

I tried many of your viewports and some are just great : Dynablaster, Rygar, Alien Breed, Chaos Engine 2...

Im so glad you shared them. Thanks !

But I wonder why certain title have viewports : for example Rick(s) Dangerous, Tiny Bubble, Wings Of Fury and Micromachines are fine with zoom=auto, aren't they ?
Do you remember why you did them ?

[ztronzo]

Rick Dangerous series and Wings of Fury had too much blackness around the screen and since I need them to look neat when streaming I tend to fix them to be better with getting as much of the playfield as I can without any black areas around (if I assume its not necessary).. not sure about the other games, but some screen transitions or explosions tend to get the screen out of wack or look bad.

[ztronzo]

Dynablaster - Corrected the "Loading" screen viewport which was off by using 74 20 640 432 => 154 20 512 432

so the full viewport adjustment string is now the following:
viewport = 74 36 640 512 => * * * *, 74 20 640 432 => 154 20 512 432, 136 20 512 420 => 138 20 510 432, 136 20 512 432 => 138 20 510 432, 74 36 640 480 => 136 20 640 432, * 44 * 384 => 136 * 512 *, * * * * => 136 4 512 464

I think its best to share a spread-sheet file and with our combined forces we can be able to modify and correct stuff with details. what do you think?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

[Marskilla]

Originally Posted by ztronzo

(...)I think its best to share a spread-sheet file and with our combined forces we can be able to modify and correct stuff with details. what do you think?(...)

Why not ?

The link could also be shared with read-only (to abvoid griefing) on Frohde Solheim's FS-UAE Website...

I think viewport is a not well known and great feature of FS-UAE. Maybe it requires too much investment ? So the more it's shared... the better for FS-UAE users !

Sometimes, though, I only use the zoom parameter to avoid screen quick changes (it's easier than viewport). If you want, I may also share my zoom settings.

[ztronzo]

its currently read-only up to a certain row. let me know if you want to have full access, I think there is a button or something to request full permissions
or send me your e-mail in private and I will add you as an editor

[hoderer]

Just found this thread. Sorry for my noob question, but I'm totally new to this. Is it possible to add viewports on a "per game basis" via command line for each game affected in FS-UAE? And what else is necessary? Do I have to change a specific option first to get it working? THANKS for your help!