Screenmoode promoter

[paul1981]

ModePro has a couple of issues. It patches into the graphics library display info database, but sometimes not appropriately, so not all programs work as expected.

Hmmm....maybe I've been lucky, but as of years of happily using ModePro you have now thrown a spanner in the works! What mode promotion program would you most recommend for OS3.0/3.1?

[paul1981]

Unfortunately, I cannot really make any good recommendation. I played with ModePro for a while, and then got anoyed by its incompatibilities.

I found more or less that the programs I use fall into three categories: Those that can be configured to run on an RTG screen anyhow, so I don't need modePro, those that cannot be promoted because they go straight to the hardware (games, mostly) or don't work on RTG screens (DPaint), and those that can be promoted. The last class was, in my daily work, really the minority. (Actually, the only program that I used often enough in this class is Sonix. Yes, really, this old junk.)

In my use case, native screens do work on my monitor due to the presence of a A2320 flicker fixer, so mode promotion is only a "nice to have" - if it would work reliably. Since it didn't...

Maybe I've had no issues because I don't have RTG? Or perhaps it prefers AGA? I can honestly say it's aways been rock-solid for me on my A1200 (3.1 softkicked). I'll stick with it...If it ain't broke don't fix it!