Native Amiga Video and TV Cards

[Framiga]

Hi patrik.

yes LW Picasso2 mode uses vilintuisup.library directly.

Here with LW3.5 and NewMode, i've set LW but its about a nightmare.

You have to set IIRC 4 different promotion (and in the right order).

More easy to do it that explain :-(


EDIT- IIRC the Picasso2 its only for the Preview screen.

[Framiga]

Patrik

yes i could but ATM i'm on CGX.

Anyway the problem is the exact order you will promote the 4 screens.

Its a job of USE for one SAVE for another and so on.

With NewMode (don't know with ModePro) you can promote an app with:

Its TASK name > LIGHTWAVE.FP

or with its SCREEN name

or with its resolution data (don't know in english).

Actually the screens are 3 for LW and 1 for the Modeler that MUST have the same resolution-depth.

ie 800x600 8bit for both. (the Modeler configured with its own cfg also)

The worst problem is the Preview screen that if bad configured, crash the system.

Tomorrow, i'll take a look to my old P96 backup.

[Framiga]

so try this (NewMode 3.9):

1-LIGHTWAVE.FP> promote=NO options=ScreenName (LW Render Feedback) CHECKED

2-LIGHTWAVE.FP> promote=YES options=ScreenName (LW Render status<<) 640x480 8bit

3-LIGHTWAVE.FP> promote=YES options=Program Name (LIGHTWAVE.FP) 800x600 depth: same of modeler

4- Modeler> 800x600 depth= same of Layout

Prepare yourself, to a loooong series of crashes :-)

PS- Layout Render Display = 8 bit HAM

[Framiga]

Try this

NewMode.config (Shift+click)

Don't care about resolution, change it for your GFX board.. Take it only for reference.

The only problem is when you change from the grey render display to the HAM8.

If the screen become black, click on it and do an AmigaL+M until the HAM8 screen shows up.

Good luck :-)

[Framiga]

Hi

"The rendering progress screen, which is normally in HAM8 greyscale I believe, also contains a thin (18 pixel deep) 2-color overlay with text. This is a separate screen I think, because the curser moves 'behind' it. This strip is located at the bottom of the render preview screen. However, using NewMode's screen positioning gadget doesn't seem to make things work. My Voodoo screen is switched off and it all goes to the native modes on the 15KHz monitor."

and its this that is complicated to manage.

But i've managed to use it anyway . . .the Render in progres crap thing, its a 640x18 separated screen theat you could promote to some resolution about 640x480 and see it using the depth AmigaL+M.

Its not the best but . .  .better than nothing :-)

BTW . . yes i'm using the CGX plugin too
 
EDIT- "When rendering is complete, it usually switches to the 24-bit Picasso screen, which I don't think can be promoted as such(? ? ?)."

?!? this is strange IMHO

when the CGX rendering screen is completed, you have to click on it and hit on ESC to exit.

At this point if you are on a black screen click again on it and the on ESC.

At this point, you should be on the Layout screen.

As already said, this is a little bit annoying but . .

[Framiga]

take a look to this new NewMode.config

The only screen NOT promotable is the grey Render in progress one.

NewMode.config (shift+click)

Have you set the CyberGFX renderer with its own CyberGFXRendererPrefs?

[Framiga]

Patrik

the Render display, is already on a CGX screen (thanks to a CGX renderer Plugin).

My previous NewMode.config, was targeted to LW 3.5 with the HAM8 renderer screen.

What is about impossible to promote, is the "Rendering in Progress" screen (in grey shades).

On the native AGA screens, the "Rendering in progress" and the display with the rendering data (640*18), are showed (overlapped) on the same screen.

NewMode instead, sees it as 2 separated screens . . . not displayable at the same time.