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WinUAE 2.4.1 beta series
2.4.1 beta series. Traditional quick update after x.x.0 releases.
Mainly bug fixes and some updates. Quick rules: Allowed posts in this thread: - bug reports but make sure bug is NOT in previous offical version. (Old bug -> separate thread) - comments and suggestion about new features in betas or changed feature in beta. (missing feature or old feature which has not been changed in latest beta series -> separate thread) Everything else will be deleted, no questions asked. (includes offtopic posts, discussion about pros and cons of public beta testing etc..) Misc notes: - "not working" is not a bug report -> instadelete - always include name of the program. "Everything" or "most games" fail is not a bug report! - always use quickstart settings. Non-QS setting reports will be ignored unless there is reason why quickstart isn't good idea but still test using quickstart just to confirm! (unless it needs some HD highend config) - always check logs (both winuaebootlog.txt and winuaelog.txt, don't forget to enable logging in misc-panel) for possible error or warning messages. - remember to include PC specs + Windows version (if asked) - graphics error -> include screenshot. - disk based program -> include CRC32 (mouse over disk history arrow down button will show CRC32) of the image(s) (or SPS ID or full tosec name if from latest set). Plain name of the game is NOT generally enough! (usually there are different cracks, trainers etc..) As usual, betas may destroy your PC and your sanity This thread is for general discussion (bad/good/stupid idea/whatever, no trolling or flaming) about public beta testing. Beta test related PMs or emails will be generally ignored. |
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http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2410b1.zip
Beta 1: - Input custom event autofire support. - Automatically switch to another monitor if current monitor does not support selected RTG mode. (RTG mode list always lists all monitors' modes) - CDFS ACTION_EXAMINE_ALL crash. (It seems this was 2.4's most stupid bug) - Fastest possible CPU mode (including JIT) CPU speed throttle option. - Non fastest possible CPU mode CPU speed adjustment option. Currently GUI allows from -90% to 500%. - Removed Adjustable CPU/Chipset speed option, above option should be much better. - Switch from 16bit to 32bit (or vice versa) on startup if selected color depth does not exist. (Beta Windows 8 + NVidia don't seem to have any 16bit modes) - Experimental sound sync update. Should increase stability of sound sync in non-fastest modes. (Side-effects possible) |
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http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2410b2.zip
Beta 2: - Filter system partial rewrite again. Do not use static display buffer. Always dynamically reallocate internal buffer if display mode changes (double scan modes, A2024 etc..). Fixes slowdown introduced in 2.4, also fixes shader filters that expect texture size = output size. Very tall (>1024 line) programmed modes are also now fully visible. Most likely some more updates needed.. - Always cancel custom event autofire if any release event arrives. |
01 April 2012, 22:16 | #4 |
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Insta-crash every time I choose filter [none]
Worked in 2.4.0 and previous beta, crash dump attached. |
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02 April 2012, 10:38 | #6 |
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Looks like it only happens in DD mode, I noticed then all of the options in the filters sections are blank:
And with D3D mode it works fine, and the filter section looks like this: Config attached. |
03 April 2012, 16:40 | #7 |
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http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2410b3.zip
Beta 3: - On screen led status line was drawn using both D3D sprite and directly to bitmap methods in D3D no-filter mode (b2). - Removed PAL/NTSC vertical scaling hack which is not needed anymore. - PAL/NTSC vertical scaling added to Fullscreen (TV)/(Max) filter modes. - Fullscreen (TV)/(Max) also handles programmed modes like real monitor would, positioning and scaling using sync parameters. - Fake 60Hz (VPOSW poking) did nothing. (2.4) - DirectDraw + null filter crash fixed when display height was smaller than emulated display height. (b2) - D3D overlay mask scaling artifact in some resolutions (2.4) - CDFS CD drive statefile support. - Ignore duplicate HID button IDs. - Reduced flicker when refresh rate changes (PAL<>NTSC or other mode changes) |
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04 April 2012, 16:19 | #9 |
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Hey Toni and thanks for these constant updates!
Just tested the new 2.4.1b3 version and it's the first one that Ratte's SuperPlus driver works just fine (at least vertically)! I just used these settings: and this is how my A600 clone environment looks under the new beta: Vertically it's 100% perfect. Horizontally it needed to be some pixels to the right. I tried both Centering options (Horizontal and Vertical) but it didn't made any difference. I also checked HighGFX and Vertially is 99% perfect as well. Horizontally though it's worse than SuperPlus as it needs A LOT more pixels to the right. |
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04 April 2012, 16:45 | #11 |
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Automatic Center when enabled toggles between the following 2 states looking like flicker to the naked eye (flashes very quickly)
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04 April 2012, 16:48 | #12 |
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Ah, it only happens in ECS mode. AGA is perfectly centered.
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04 April 2012, 17:25 | #13 |
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Maybe this could be fixed with "PatchOverscan" in the startup-sequence.
Usually, the settings are like this: C:PatchOverscan ID=monitorid O=M 0 0 799 599 So, you could try out to shift it: C:PatchOverscan ID=monitorid O=M -2 0 797 599 either to the left or to the right: C:PatchOverscan ID=monitorid O=M 2 0 801 599 O=N for normal overscan and O=M for max overscan Update: The SuperPlus monitor seems to have fixed values, sorry, Overscan Prefs can't be used. But there are tools like MonSpecsMUI to edit the monitor settings. ONLY for experts, like Ratte, who really know what they are doing. Real monitors don't like experiments with random values !! Last edited by PeterK; 04 April 2012 at 19:11. |
04 April 2012, 17:36 | #14 |
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Autoscale/center/resize didn't like displays that start at first possible horizontal start position. This will be fixed in next beta.
Part of left side is still missing, it seems this mode starts slightly earlier than hardware should allow.. Probably some corner case which only affects really weird programmed modes, not sure if it is worth the trouble to fix this. |
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http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2410b4.zip
Beta 4: - 68020 CE mode statefile CPUTRACE (CPU state can be saved even in mid instruction) support was not complete, should fix "CPU trace: blah" errors when restoring statefiles. It can't fix already created broken statefiles. - Fix built-in CDFS lowercase conversion. Only convert to lower case if plain ISO-9660 (without RockRidge or Joliet) also convert from second character to match CacheCDFS default behavior. Fixes AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 CD file names. - Automatic scale/center/resize didn't like screen mode that has horizontal start as early as possible (SuperPlus + ECS) - Automatic resize kept resizing forever in interlaced modes. (2.4) - Do not emulate ECS Agnus internal 1M address space if JIT enabled and 0.5M Chip RAM because JIT ignores memory bank masks causing OS to misdetect full 1M Chip. |
04 April 2012, 20:53 | #16 |
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It seems better but not 100% perfect like AGA...
Here is AGA using Auto Center filter And here is ECS using Auto Center filter It's centered alright, but it cuts some pixels from left side and leaves black borders left and right for the missing pixels. |
05 April 2012, 12:02 | #17 |
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See few posts above. It is very special case, fixing it would requires lots of changes and it is too easy to break lots of other things.. Perhaps someday.
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05 April 2012, 14:48 | #18 |
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Never mind, I think I managed to fix above problem without messing up (at least too much) normal mode positioning..
http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip |
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I hope this is beta related, since I didn't see this issue before.
Testing 2.4.1 beta 4. Using AmigaOS 3.1, PAL ECS Agnus, PAL interlaced 640x560 Workbench. Windowed display, size 768x595 (which gives a small black border around the Amiga image). No scaling, no filter, graphics API Direct3D. In some cases, the bottom-most scanline flickers between colour 0 and black. it seems each frame it is different. The flickering isn't present when I boot to Workbench, but sometimes appears when I use a program which opens a non-laced screen then put that screen to the back revealing Workbench. So it's probably related to non-laced ⟶ laced switching. The effect only shows up occasionally and I haven't figured out a way to reliably reproduce it yet. |
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