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Re: 1.99f problems
>>>>> "kurtg" == Kurt R Glaesemann <kurtg@iastate.edu> writes:
kurtg> With installing 1.99f/DOS (deleted all previous files) I
kurtg> discovered that my gateway 2000 496 monitor would no longer
kurtg> do 256 colors.
Interesting. We completely revamped our graphics support for 1.99f to
throw away a third party graphics library we were using and talk
directly to the VESA driver (which seems to be noticeably faster). If
you don't have a VESA driver, Executor allows you to use <= 16 colors
in standard VGA modes. Our old graphics library wouldn't allow you to
use some non-VESA boards at all, even in 16 color VGA mode.
Please bear with us as we try to battle through the nightmare that is
PC video board drivers. That's one of the reasons we are shipping
experimental releases. What sort of graphics board do you have? Does
it claim to be VESA?
I don't recall if we've mentioned it, but with 1.99f under DOS you can
try "executor -bpp 4 -size 1024x768", "executor -bpp 8 -size 924x615",
etc. It tries hard to support whatever screen sizes you throw at it,
although your setup will of course look best if you choose a screen
size exactly matching one your video board supports (otherwise
Executor will center the Mac screen in the SVGA screen).
I'll look into the 2 bpp problems you mentioned; they should only crop
up with non-VESA boards.
Thanks for the bug reports; these are how Executor gets better.
-Mat
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