Screen promotion software

[matthey]

@utri007

First of all, only programs that use intuition.library functions to open a screen can be promoted in ModePro. For the programs that can be promoted...

You need to create screen resolutions (modes) for the gfx card that match the resolution of the screen you want to promote from in ModePro. For example, If the native Amiga screen is 640x256 then create a 640x256 mode for your gfx card. Then promote to this screen mode. This works 90% of the time in P96 (cgfx should be similar). If it still doesn't work then try setting planar bitmaps in ModePro. This will fix another 5% of the programs but is slower so don't use on all programs. For the last 5% of the programs, good luck .

[matthey]

@wawrzon

You can promote most AGA modes (not HAM8) with ECS, a graphics board, P96 or CGX, and ModePro if intuition.library, graphics library, and layers.library functions are used. Any program that touches the hardware (e.g. the copper or blitter) will likely fail. Programs that write directly into their screen gfx/bitmap memory may work with planar bitmaps activated in ModePro. Most games hit the hardware and fail but a lot of Apps can have their AGA modes promoted.

[matthey]

Try ModePro with force planar option - no idea if it helps but with SysInfo it did...

Yes, that's the option I was talking about when I said use planar bitmaps. It orients the bitmaps on the gfx card much like they were with ECS/AGA.