WinUAE debug border

Quagliarulo · 14 January 2022, 19:36

Hello, is it possible to enable the display of the whole border area? I'm trying to visualise the rastertime used by a routine by changing the background color, but it ends somewhere in the portion that is not displayed.
VICE has a "debug border" option but I can't find anything similar in WinUAE.
Thank you.

Toni Wilen · 15 January 2022, 11:56

Do you mean even lines that can are always blanked (including vertical retrace period), at least if normal PAL or NTSC mode) are also drawn

There is "extreme" overscan mode introduced in 4.9.0 but it won't show all blanked lines and because lines are supposed to be blanked, COLOR0 changes are not visible anyway.

ross · 15 January 2022, 12:37

It is true that "Extreme" displays parts that are not normally visible, but in any case it requires adequate programming on the Amiga side.
Considering how complicated it is to properly fully manage the BLANK in emulation, it is a conflicting but interesting request

EDIT:
the edit is no longer needed, removed
"Extreme +" (see below) would do the job perfectly

Toni Wilen · 15 January 2022, 12:54

Showing full vertical and disabling blanking would be easy. Horizontal is more complex.

"Extreme+" would work I guess, with some debugger option that disables blanking.

Toni Wilen · 20 February 2022, 18:43

This is in development version. (but it probably takes at least 2-3 months before official betas start)

14 January 2022, 19:36	#1
Quagliarulo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Napoli, Italia Posts: 68	WinUAE debug border Hello, is it possible to enable the display of the whole border area? I'm trying to visualise the rastertime used by a routine by changing the background color, but it ends somewhere in the portion that is not displayed. VICE has a "debug border" option but I can't find anything similar in WinUAE. Thank you.

15 January 2022, 12:37	#3
ross Defendit numerus Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Crossing the Rubicon Age: 51 Posts: 3,690	It is true that "Extreme" displays parts that are not normally visible, but in any case it requires adequate programming on the Amiga side. Considering how complicated it is to properly fully manage the BLANK in emulation, it is a conflicting but interesting request EDIT: the edit is no longer needed, removed "Extreme +" (see below) would do the job perfectly Last edited by ross; 15 January 2022 at 13:13. Reason: removed edit

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15 January 2022, 11:56	#2
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 47 Posts: 25,372	Do you mean even lines that can are always blanked (including vertical retrace period), at least if normal PAL or NTSC mode) are also drawn There is "extreme" overscan mode introduced in 4.9.0 but it won't show all blanked lines and because lines are supposed to be blanked, COLOR0 changes are not visible anyway.

15 January 2022, 12:54	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 47 Posts: 25,372	Showing full vertical and disabling blanking would be easy. Horizontal is more complex. "Extreme+" would work I guess, with some debugger option that disables blanking.

20 February 2022, 18:43	#5
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 47 Posts: 25,372	This is in development version. (but it probably takes at least 2-3 months before official betas start)

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