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Title: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: Ral-Clan on March 16, 2012, 04:56:09 AM
Hi,

WinUAE runs almost everything I throw at it - including TVPaint.  However, when using the arc and circle tools I get some graphic corruption onscreen.  It's just a bunch of whitish pixels around the arc.  The corruption also happens when I use a particular drawing brush - the pencil brush.

I seem to be the only one that gets this as I don't find anyone else online who has this problem.
I've changed many things in UAE trying to get rid of this graphic garbage.
I've tried changing Picasso96 settings.

When I save the actual image from TVpaint, the corruption is not part of the saved image.  The garbage also disappears if I do anything to refresh the TVPaint screen (i.e. if I flip the screen horizontally then back, or drag a window over the garbage then move it away).  This is a workaround, but I'd like a permanent fix.  Lots of people online say they can run TVPaint under UAE very well.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can prevent this?  (it uses RTG screenmodes).

Absolutely no other software gives me this problem under UAE (and I use a lot of other paint programs under UAE).

Thanks.
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: HotRod on March 16, 2012, 06:56:57 AM
I don't have a clue but doesn't WinUAE come with a special version of picasso96.library? Have you replaced it? Just a suggestion.
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: Ral-Clan on March 16, 2012, 02:08:18 PM
Hi,

Yes I am using the special replacement Picasso96 library provided by WinUAE.
It's really needed in order to make Picasso96 RTG screens fast enough to be useable.

But as an experiment I wonder what would happen if I substituted it for the original "real hardware amiga" Picasso96 library.  Maybe there is a bug in the UAE Picasso96 library.

It's just funny that no other software I'm running on the same WinUAE configuration shows similar corruption (and here's what I've tried: DPaint, ImageFX, Brilliance, Personal Paint, Perfect Paint, Art Effect, Alladin4d, Lightwave, Cinema4d, PageStream, etc. etc. etc.)

Interesting problem...

I'd like to hear from anyone who has successfully run TVPaint under WinUAE.
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: yorgle on March 16, 2012, 05:14:15 PM
What kickstart are you using with it? I might be mistaken, but I recall TVPaint being in the 1.x era... it might require older kickstart to function properly, perhaps?
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: Ral-Clan on March 16, 2012, 05:19:44 PM
Quote from: yorgle;684029
What kickstart are you using with it? I might be mistaken, but I recall TVPaint being in the 1.x era... it might require older kickstart to function properly, perhaps?


I'll try it with an older kickstart, but I recall using it with my OS3.9 based Amiga 2000 when I was using real Amiga hardware and it didn't give me the problem it is in WinUAE.

I might have to post this as a possible bug on English Amiga Board.
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: HotRod on March 16, 2012, 05:46:37 PM
Quote from: ral-clan;684030
I'll try it with an older kickstart, but I recall using it with my OS3.9 based Amiga 2000 when I was using real Amiga hardware and it didn't give me the problem it is in WinUAE.

I might have to post this as a possible bug on English Amiga Board.


TV Paint even works under AOS 4 (saying even since compatibility is usually higher with WinUAE) so it seems strange. I haven't tested TV Paint all that much though. Are you using the latest version of TV Paint?
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: bbond007 on March 16, 2012, 06:19:05 PM
I had the same type of issues with TVpaint artifacts under WinUAE a while back.At the time I searched around and I did not see anyone with the same issue. I'll have to try it again.
Title: Re: TVPaint under UAE
Post by: bbond007 on March 16, 2012, 06:25:48 PM
Quote from: yorgle;684029
What kickstart are you using with it? I might be mistaken, but I recall TVPaint being in the 1.x era... it might require older kickstart to function properly, perhaps?

TVPaint requires a GFX board with 15bit video or better, so I seriously doubt it was made in the 1.x era when they had no such thing - unless it was way ahead of its time.