MiSTer FPGA Forum

Hi Gibs ! Thanks for the reply !!
Are your custom shadows mask appropriate for small scaling factors, like 3x ?
(yep, I must be the only one, but I enjoy having a small picture as I used to on my 36 cm TV, it looks so fine !

Hi Gibs !
Am definitely gonna give it a try.
Do you have some favorite scanlines + shadow masks combinations for the Amiga core, at 3x/4x/5x scaling factors ?
(as you can compare with a genuine Commodore monitor
Take care

Hm, I found a 4x vadjust.dat, don't know if that's optimal but...
With this, it seems I can combine the HQ2X scandoubler effect (picture gets too small if using a non cropped image) + scanlines + shadow masks.
Interesting...

Hi ! My S:SetVAdjust (on the MegaAGS version I could get hold of) contains a PAL5 switch but not a PAL4 one. I'm not looking for an image of MegaAGS but would love it if someone could share just the latest SetVAdjust command (and the files required) to generate a PAL4 vadjust file. Thank you

Yep it's broken since a kernel change mid-2021 if I recall properly. I miss it a lot too.
It was especially good as not mixed in the audio IMHO.

Hi !
I'm looking for a global 4X vadjust file, could anyone share one with me please ?
Cheers

> vscale_border is still working fine here. I use it to get horizontal integer scaling in the vertical arcade cores. Does it work with the vscale_mode=1 from the mister.ini or with the integer scaling from the OSD ? Or do you set a precise vscale_border value without the integer scaling option ? (which is acceptable for some cores but doesn't play ...

> Why don't use vscale_border in the Mister.ini?

I thought it was broken ? At least it is not working anymore along with the global integer scaling option which apparently should not be used anymore (?) since the more complete scaling options were introduced in the osd... Hmmm...

Okay, it's basically not supported then. Thanks for the reply !

Thank you !!

Hi ! What would be the equivalent of the first shadow mask of the Jotego cores ?
I'm really lost in this huge list

You're right, I remember encountering graphical glitches in Jim Power on my real A1200 and not under UAE...
So, let us know when you figure this out

Oh man, there is NO graphical glitch under UAE / 020 / AGA (so same config), with the very same hardfiles as on the MiSTer.

Could you file a bug here instead then ? https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Minimig ... Ter/issues

Hi !
Thanks for your further investigation on the subject )
Do you think it will be eventually possible to use this soft 68k and still maintain the USB stack as responsive as it is for low-latency gaming purposes ?
Or this would be something we only enable for demos & apps...
Cheers

BTW, I've noticed that forgetting to delete the DEVS:Monitors/Native monitor from the Picasso96 distribution would create instability (regardless of whether the PAL or MiSTer is used)

Would love to play Alien Breed 3D with the CDDA audio tracks.
The soundtrack alone is worth listening to, it's pretty brilliant, it was composed by Bjorn Dr Awesome Lynne when he was at the peak of his creativity. (92 : Hobbits & Spaceships ; 94 : Montage ; 95 : Dreamstate, Alien Breed 3D ; 97 : The Void ; 98 : Wizard of the Winds).

Once checked, if the whdload slave is indeed the culprit, could you please file a bug here : http://mantis.whdload.de/main_page.php ?

If you cannot test, let me know, I'll do it.

There are many games that have graphical glithces when started with WHDLOAD on a machine from the one expected by the game. But many got fixed throughout the years... And this one is 20+ years old !

So I'm pretty confident at this stage 99+% of the time, those issues are not due to the Minimig core (provided you disable the D-CACHE option).

Yep same here. Did you check under UAE ?
It is a very old whdload slave (2000 !).

Hi !

Just realized there was a new Picasso 96 3 update lately (3.2.1).
Is it any useful (& compatible with the MiSTer RTG implementation) to upgrade from Picasso 2 to Picasso 3 ? (in terms of performance / reliability)

Cheers

Also, I'm looking for an easy way to disconnect / reconnect (and automate that when using Whdload games). Roadie is not an option as it overwrites the config files !

OK, just using IconX and CTRL-C before starting a game is OK... I just start the stack for imp & amirc anyway

Just wanted to finish the offtopic by adding one more offtopic question : as others stated here, apart from the OK performance of the Minimig core (and the fast D-CACHE must be disabled to retain max compatibility), I feel the core is very solid / reliable. The only strange issues I have are : - sometimes, after RTG modes changed, I get a corrupted...

Hi, followed your tutorial and got RoadShow to work with my 3.2.1 installation, great ! However, sometimes, it seems to break (?!) the AmigaShell autocompletion and freeze the shell. Any idea ? Does it make any sense ? I have a pretty clean installation and before attempting RoadShow, no crash / instability. (apart from some cases when RTG modes ch...

Just want to emphasize the *excellent* after-sales service

Yep, would love to fund someone to specifically work on the Amiga core (any kind of improvement although it's already very reliable & satisfying IMHO)
In addition to Sorge of course.

HI ! Sorry for being trivial -- but which version of his package is more appropriate for the MiSTer / more complete, and how am I supposed to get in touch with him ? PM via the atariage forum I guess ?

@ siskavard : did you try the regular version of Doom and not just Fast Doom ? (I have no sound on Fast Doom but no problem with the regular version)

- Disposable Hero (Amiga)

Yay, great news Thanks for considering this

Hi ! I didn't try that but.... I noticed hotplug worked when ejecting the ISO from the MiSTer OSD (by hitting backspace). So I guess it's not properly ejected indeed... But, by whom ?