WinUAE 4.9.1 beta series

[a/b]

OK, new try: modified wb3.1 disk. I've marked the startup-sequence changes with a/b, and my prefs files are in prefs/env-archive/sys/ and prefs/presets/.
Attached screenshots: 1. boot, 2. workbench.
Just in case: host is windoze7 64-bit.

[mcbpete]

Originally Posted by mcbpete

Has anyone else got tinylauncher (https://aminet.net/package/util/misc/TinyLauncher) that can also confirm this?

In 4.4.0 the animation of the Space Invaders title screen/logo seems quite smooth when the screen scrolls up (and then back down when you go into a menu option). However in 4.9.0 (and this 4.9.1 beta), using the same config, it seems to judder a bit both going up and down.

Back from visiting family and had a chance to check each config change from the Quickstarts until I got a 'juddery' Space Invaders logo. The setting that did it was: Host/Display -> Centering -> Centering (Vertical)

Unticked the vertical scroller is fine and as per version WinUAE 4.4 and earlier, ticked it'll stutter a little bit. Guess the code in Tinylauncher's animation probably does something 'hacky' to create that animation/motion and WinUAE has issues with trying to keep the vertical screen size central. Have now just left it unticked and so judder free

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by a/b

OK, new try: modified wb3.1 disk. I've marked the startup-sequence changes with a/b, and my prefs files are in prefs/env-archive/sys/ and prefs/presets/.
Attached screenshots: 1. boot, 2. workbench.
Just in case: host is windoze7 64-bit.

Should be really fixed now. winuae.7z updated.

Originally Posted by mcbpete

Back from visiting family and had a chance to check each config change from the Quickstarts until I got a 'juddery' Space Invaders logo. The setting that did it was: Host/Display -> Centering -> Centering (Vertical)

Unticked the vertical scroller is fine and as per version WinUAE 4.4 and earlier, ticked it'll stutter a little bit. Guess the code in Tinylauncher's animation probably does something 'hacky' to create that animation/motion and WinUAE has issues with trying to keep the vertical screen size central. Have now just left it unticked and so judder free

4.4 also jumps few times (at least my usual windowed config). I re-adjusted vertical centering redetection to allow larger change. Now it looks more or less same as 4.4.

[a/b]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Should be really fixed now. winuae.7z updated.

Confirmed .

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by a/b

Confirmed .

Could you also check other screen modes. Perhaps there is some other unexpected mode remaining..

[a/b]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Could you also check other screen modes. Perhaps there is some other unexpected mode remaining..

A2024 modes don't work (blank screen), the rest was fine : euro36, euro72, multiscan, super72, ntsc, dblntsc.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by a/b

A2024 modes don't work (blank screen), the rest was fine : euro36, euro72, multiscan, super72, ntsc, dblntsc.

Great

A2024 works here (if A2024 is also set as display port monitor). Note that it has very large resolution and is centered, you might only see blank WB background.

[Toni Wilen]

https://download.abime.net/winuae/fi...nuae_4910b3.7z
https://download.abime.net/winuae/fi...ae64_4910b3.7z

Beta 3:

This should fix remaining known 4.9.0 bugs.

- "Manual" BPL1DAT write disabling border timing updated. Also OCS Denise limit was not checked, OCS Denise ignores BPL1DAT writes until hblank end. (OCS Denise: border is forced to enabled state during hblank start to hblank end, ECS Denise/AGA: border is enabled when hblank starts).
- "Manual" BPL1DAT write between hblank start and hsync start: border didn't open. Now it does. ECS Denise/AGA only.
- If Remove interlace artifacts is enabled, last border lines now have correct color (border color or black). 4.9.0 had temporary hack that always used black.
- OCS Denise topmost line (Line that is mostly black, except tiny part of border color in right border) had off by one line bug.
- Reset blitter before loading state file. 4.9 new blitter emulation didn't reset all registers fully, loading state file on the fly might have caused corruption due to blitter not being fully reset.
- Programmed mode display size calculation modified. 4.4 and earlier used both horizontal sync and horizontal blank to calculate internal width and horizonta position. 4.9.0 used only more accurate way but only used horizontal sync. This caused some modes to be too wide internally (wrong aspect ratio) and/or have horizontal offset. Horizontal blank and sync is again used to calculate width and position if normal overscan mode. Higher overscan modes use only hsync (allows glitch-free emulation of hblank "effects", if something someday does it.. Hblank can be moved without causing display resync.)
- 4.9.0b40 blitter final D update was incomplete, final D is not skipped immediately when BLTSIZE is written to but when apparently blitter when sequencer starts.
- Hardfile images less than 4M are now mounted correctly as hardfiles when drag and dropped if file has common HDF extension (HDF/HDZ/VHD).
- Removed "PAL" filter preset. It has been unsupported since long time ago..
- Epson printer emulation does not anymore print each page as a separate document.
- Added IDE scsi.device disable hack. Removes ROM scsi.device from exec ResModules list, does not modify ROM. UAE boot ROM must be enabled. Config file only scsidevice_disable=true. Disabling is not done if any IDE device is added to A600/A1200/A4000 IDE or indirect ROM mode is enabled. Makes booting noticeably quicker on OS39 and newer KS versions if mainboard IDE is not needed.

If BPL1DAT write disables border and active sprite was hidden behind the border:
- OCS Denise: sprite is visible 1 lores pixel (2 hires) earlier than bitplane first pixel.
- ECS Denise: sprite is visible 2 lores pixels (4 hires) earlier than bitplane first pixel.
- AGA: sprite is visible 1.5 lores pixels (3 hires) earlier than bitplane first pixel. (This requires subpixel mode, without subpixel it becomes 1 lores pixel)

[BippyM]

Batman - The Caped Crusader (1988)(Ocean)[0050].sps


Winuae 4.4.0 works perfectly. In the latest beta there is corruption. I am using quickstart a500 in both scenarios.


Screenshot attached,with bootlog.

[Zarnal]

Originally Posted by BippyM

Batman - The Caped Crusader (1988)(Ocean)[0050].sps


Winuae 4.4.0 works perfectly. In the latest beta there is corruption. I am using quickstart a500 in both scenarios.


Screenshot attached,with bootlog.

Confirmed.


Edit : also in official 4.9.

Edit 2 : WhdLoad version is also affected.

[BippyM]

Originally Posted by Zarnal

Confirmed.


Edit : also in official 4.9.

Edit 2 : WhdLoad version is also affected.

changing "wait blitter" to "immediate blitter" fixes the issue

[hexaae]

BUG: random crashes keeping b3 in background (WB in idle with RTG P96...), for some hours with error "JIT serious error: Could not allocate block pool!"
Error dump: https://gofile.io/d/4jsYOM. My cfg in signature as always.

[amilo3438]

@BippyM & Zarnal

Its broken from winuae_4900b34 !!! (last fine in b33)

EDIT: I found in the latest winuae_4910b3 if the game is reset during the problem with LCtrl+LWin+LAlt+RWin keys that it will work fine!? (sometimes need to reset several times until works ok)

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by hexaae

BUG: random crashes keeping b3 in background (WB in idle with RTG P96...), for some hours with error "JIT serious error: Could not allocate block pool!"
Error dump: https://gofile.io/d/4jsYOM. My cfg in signature as always.

It probably means there is a memory leak. Probably best to keep this in your separate problem thread and try to find out which version introduced this.

[Toni Wilen]

Batman seems to be broken and same probably can happen on real HW if tested few dozen times.

It does blitter clear and then it does music player init, before blitter has finished.

Music player init code writes to same addresses that blitter is still clearing. It is practically +-1 cycle difference between working and non-working state. It working or not working basically depends on which horizontal position code is called (refresh slot positions)

Of course it waits for blitter after init has been done..

Fortunately it is mostly harmless, it only breaks music player (it wastes lots of cpu time), delaying next vertical blank interrupt that sets up bitplane pointers. Result is broken music and broken screen.

[hexaae]

http://www.whdload.de/games/Batman.html no mention of this issue... I think I'll report it to WHDLoad team

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by hexaae

http://www.whdload.de/games/Batman.html no mention of this issue... I think I'll report it to WHDLoad team

It does not seem to be patched. It probably accidentally works because most accelerators have slightly slower chipram access speed.

Clear blit starts here:

00070554 3d7c 0360 0056           move.w #$0360,(a6,$0056) == $00dff058

EDIT: It also writes something to printer port.

[hexaae]

I added a ticket in WHDLoad Mantis.

[Zarnal]

Originally Posted by amilo3438

@BippyM & Zarnal

EDIT: I found in the latest winuae_4910b3 if the game is reset during the problem with LCtrl+LWin+LAlt+RWin keys that it will work fine!? (sometimes need to reset several times until works ok)

I have tried and it is really very random.

[amilo3438]

Seems the instability starts from winuae_4900b21 !!!

In winuae_4900b20 can not provoke the problem even with several hard resets! (LCtrl+LWin+LAlt+RWin keys)

Ps. Using quickstart A500 1.3 ECS 512+512 configuration.