Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/08/29/15:18:41
Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>Sheraz Mahmood (games1 AT sprynet DOT com) writes:
>> I just got allegro WIP. I tired the test.exe file and tried to use the
>> autodetect with 640x480 res, and 32 bit color, it says that i my
>> computer does not support this res. I have a ATI 3D Xpression with PC2TV
>> and 4mags of vram. what is the problem?
>> sheraz
Try to manually set driver to VESA1 or (you'll probably need univbe (sdd))
VESA2 Banked or VESA2 Linear (this is usually the fastest). Some cards also
don't support 32bit color and some 24bit. But modern ones (like your ATI I
guess) do.
>WIP is "work in progress". Only half finished. As near as I can recall, it
>has added truecolor support for memory bitmaps and sprites, but not for
>actually displaying on the screen, yet. :-)
That's not true, the WIP, even the older ones, supports displaying in
15/16/32bit truecolor and newly also 24bit. I think that true color is more
than half finished, the only things which aren't are translucency, lighting
and texture mapping. Of course there are probably some bugs, one I know of
is that if you try to set 640x480x24bit on Cirrus (and I think also on
other 1meg cards) it doesn't set screen correctly.
I know one awfull solution to this problem, if someone is interested I can
share it otherwise Shawn will probably solve it soon.
Michal 'MiMe' Mertl
e-mail:XMERM05 AT vse DOT cz
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