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ModePro's (almost never) Frequently Asked Questions AND Problems...
Problem: DPaintV guru's
Solution: Turn off the Interleave option. DPaintV despite being RTG
compliant, doesn't like Interleaved Amiga bitmaps.
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Q: Since version 4.46, promoting using the "Force Planar" and "Interleaved"
options makes a program act weird or crash.
A: Since version 4.46 the "Force Planar" no longer ignores the "Interleaved"
option. Some programs (like DPaint 5) will not work with interleaved
bitmaps.
Q: Why does the palette requester not work correctly on true color
screens (15, 16 or 24 bit), the palette won't change?
A: Actually you are changing the palette. However, the palette of
a true color screen doesn't work the same as an 8 bit screen for
example. The palette of a true color screen cannot update graphics
that were previously drawn, it will ony affect new rendering.
Q: The backdrop color requester won't open.
A: Either your system is out of memory, or more likely, the screen
ModeProPres is opened on is out of free pens for rendering, if so
either set Workbench to use a screen with more colors, or free pens
on the Workbench screen by turning of backdrops, or open ModeProPrefs
on a public screen with more free pens.
Q: What's a "free" pen
A: A "free" pen is a color register (or index, or pen) that is not
being used by other programs.
Q: Why can't ModePro promote this game/program?
A: ModePro can only promote programs that use the OS to open their
screens, most games and some applications do not use the OS at
all.
Q: Why does program X crash?
A: I don't know why! Unfortunately I don't have access to many Amiga
programs, so I can't explain why some programs fail to work.
Chances are, the program is very old, and very dependant on the Amiga
custom chips.
Q: Why does the WB act strange/crash/lockup with the WBPROMOTABLE
option set?
A: Again, I don't know why! the Workbench hates being tampered with.
Hence the reason for the warning in the docs.
Q: The "Force Planar" option doesn't do anything, why?
A: Recent versions of CyberGfx seem to have made this option ineffective.
I am considering a kludge to get around this problem, however, it may
likely create a large load on the CPU, and likely will be unusable.