UFO (XCOM) suddenly works on VGA monitor!?

[runequester]

So I am somewhat confused

I had installed FBlit and to my recollection, thats the only thing Ive messed with.

When starting UFO, it gave me a garbled screen. I pruned away the extra things in the Monitors drawer and this gave me the image back, but it was too large to fit the screen.

On a whim, I unplugged the external scan doubler thing I use, and plugged the VGA monitor straight into the adapter I have in the amiga's monitor port and voila... UFO displayed a crisp nice image, straight to my LCD monitor, with no scan doubling.

Exiting to workbench, and the "input not supported" message came back until I connected the scan doubler again.

What gives ?

[Cammy]

I guess UFO is one of the few games that supports Mode Promotion, and it saw one of your VGA compatible modes as being ideal.

[Matt_H]

And you probably have Mode Promotion enabled in IControl prefs.

[marcfrick2112]

Aww, Cammy and Matt_H beat me to it.... And, what the heck, Cammy posted 2 hours from now?! !##$#?! time zones......

But, somewhat on-topic, we should try to compile a list of games that can be promoted....

[Cammy]

But, somewhat on-topic, we should try to compile a list of games that can be promoted....

Good idea! I'd love to have a list of games that are playable while the OS is still running too.