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Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:22 pm
by daniel_baum
tofro wrote:daniel_baum wrote:Hello,
Running this version on my Q68, I get squashed graphics on the left of the screen. Anyone have a fix for this?
D.
What DISP_MODE are you using?
Hi,
Mostly Mode 6, but I also tried Modes 2 and 3. All gave the same results. It DOES work in Mode 0, so it would seem that the problem is with the 16-bit colour modes.
D.
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:41 pm
by daniel_baum
Hello,
It works very nicely on QPC2. Thanks again for a great job!
D.
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:26 pm
by tofro
I'm currently collecting error reports for a "final fix" mid January, that will also make the interlaced mode work on more platforms and a slightly improved colour threshold between pages (I have a version here that shamelessly steals the IPC comms code from SMSQ/E to make the keyboard work (by bypassing the ROM) on Minnie ROMs.
So, please: Keep them going!
Tobias
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 7:22 pm
by tofro
I finally came around to
- Publish the source code on Github
- Fix some nasty bugs
- Implement proper on-the-fly Floyd-Steinberg dithering for MODE 8 graphics - looks much nicer now on a real QL. (activate with "-f")
(I'm pretty sure I meant "mid January 2022" in my previous post. Thus, I'm only 4 months late...)
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 9:10 am
by mk79
Wow, that looks pretty cool for QL standards, well done
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 9:28 am
by pjw
Spectacular! Any chance of you sharing your "proper on-the-fly Floyd-Steinberg dithering for MODE 8 graphics"?
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 10:29 am
by dilwyn
pjw wrote:Spectacular! Any chance of you sharing your "proper on-the-fly Floyd-Steinberg dithering for MODE 8 graphics"?
Agree, Per. Looks like some excellent work went on here!
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 10:31 am
by ppe
Downloaded and tried it on QPC II yesterday evening. Never played The Pawn before, thank you very much for this excellent contribution to the QL community!
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 10:36 am
by mk79
pjw wrote:Spectacular! Any chance of you sharing your "proper on-the-fly Floyd-Steinberg dithering for MODE 8 graphics"?
You mean, like in source code shared on GitHub or something like that?
It's in ql_c function RGB8ToQLiFS
Re: Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter - Christmas Edition
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 11:41 am
by Peter
tofro wrote:(I'm pretty sure I meant "mid January 2022" in my previous post. Thus, I'm only 4 months late...)
Amazing work! Unfortunately I'm poor in actually playing, but it is very impressive!