Picasso96Setting file on PiStorm32-Lite

[AndyFC]

Hi Brad, how did you download 3.2 update 1 (to get to 3.2.1)? Similarly it requires the serial no to download.

Have you run Snoopdos during installation of P96 to see if it logs any errors? Does the P96 install actually error or does it appear to finish successfully?

Have you followed the setup instructions from https://michalsc.github.io/Emu68/tutorials/P96_Setup.html?

I've installed P96 on 3.2.2 and didn't get any errors.

[AndyFC]

I've just some tests and renamed my Picasso96settings file in Devs, then re-ran Picasso96mode in the Prefs folder, and it created a brand new settings file, verifying Thomas' comment.

In the P96 installation, which graphics card did you choose to install? Is there a matching file in Devs/monitors? (Third screenshot in the GitHub instructions)

What happens when you try to open Picasso96mode? Any error messages?

Snoopdos is very simple to install and run. In its default setup it displays an output window of file reads and writes, with success and fail next to each, which is very useful to track down files that the OS can't find.

[AndyFC]

Try it. A quick Google shows the driver got renamed. What appears in that drop down doesn't have to match a file name.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/back-to-74831555

Sounds like you are nearly there!

One last idea (but never personally experienced) is to make sure an HDMI cable is attached when you turn on. I read somewhere about this being necessary for the HDMI to be activated by Emu68 at boot.

[AndyFC]

Great news that you have sorted the main RTG issue. The first time I saw my real A1200 output workbench in fullHD was a special moment. I'm impressed by how smooth the UI looks.

For your VGA / HDMI issue, do you mean you are using a scandoubler or something so the Amiga native video is connected to your monitor via VGA? If so I have a similar experience but my screen goes back to the SCART input on my TV.

Can you name a couple of Apps that take you back? Maybe they don't support RTG screen modes, or they open up their own window and the resolution needs to be set separately.

WinUAE is a bit different, and so even though you have Workbench set up with RTG, the different apps may be using different screen modes but the switch between them is so fast, and in the same emulated window as to be practically non existent so you don't see that the output has changed because it's still in the same window, it's just switched between screen modes.

[AndyFC]

Thanks Brad, I'm afraid I don't use adPro or DiskMaster2 so can't test them on my setup, maybe someone else can.

Unless a program (whether an application or game etc) opens on a window in Workbench, automatically open in the same resolution as Workbench, or has its own prefs where you can choose the resolution, it will default back to using the native RBG output. It can't be forced to open via RTG. This is a limitation of the program, not of the video driver or PiStorm.

I've seen things on twitter etc about a video passthru from RGB into Pistorm which is in development, but I think this involves hardware too. I'm not sure.