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- Mon May 06, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
Actually, both QDOS and Minerva have stipple patterns 2 and 3 reversed compared to the figures shown in the QL Manual (and QPC Concepts guide) under 'colour'. In stipples 1 and 2, the white pixels are background colour and grey pixels are contrast colour. But in stipples 2 and 3 they are reversed. ...
- Sun May 05, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
They did an amazing job with SMSQE.Derek_Stewart wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 3:39 pm Hi,
The SMSQ/E writers seem to just change and us poor users have figure out what they have done.
The stipple issue is a minor bug that affects almost no one, and that is why it took so long to surface.
- Sun May 05, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
Could be. But in the end SMSQE should maintain compatibility with QDOS, not the other way round.Derek_Stewart wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 2:08 pm Hi,
Could the problem be with QDOS having th Stipples in the wrong order and GD2 corrected the problem.
- Sun May 05, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
The issue is much easier to spot when using stipple=2 (vertical bars)
- Sun May 05, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
Have you tried older versions of smsq/e as it is astounding that this has not been spotted before, the GD2 colour drivers have been around for at least 20 years and smsq/e itself longer? Cheers No, I have not tried older versions. I have installed SMSQE on my SGC QL only last year - and I use v3.39...
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
Re: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
Do you see the same swapped colour effect in other stipple patterns? Maybe SMSQ/E just uses a different 'chequerboard' stipple pattern, which would not effect the colour seen by the eye. Yes, I see the swapped colour effect in all stipple patterns. I played with all stipple patterns in QEmulator, Q...
- Sat May 04, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: QSTAR 1
- Replies: 21
- Views: 940
Re: QSTAR 1
Hi Andrew, I am running Q68 FPGA v1.05, SMSQ/E v3.39 in DISP_MODE 1: 512x256 Mode 4/8 See photos, on 23" monitor: IMG_20240504_132350519.jpg IMG_20240504_132356875.jpg IMG_20240504_132402780.jpg The game does not work in the Q68 Hi Colour modes. But I only use DISP_MODE 6: 512x384 Mode 33 Than...
- Sat May 04, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: QL Emulation
- Topic: sQLux v1.0 (The Xmas Turkey)
- Replies: 259
- Views: 85854
Re: sQLux v1.0 (The Xmas Turkey)
I see the same issue when I run QSTAR on a real QL, in QDOS vs SMSQ/E - see above image
- Sat May 04, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: SMSQ/E Colour issue!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 388
SMSQ/E Colour issue!
It seems that SMSQ/E is not defining the colour correctly. The color is defined as colour, contrast, stipple - in this example (see attached image) the background colour is defined as PAPER 5,4,3 It seems that SMSQ/E is reversing the colour and contrast, so on SMSQ/E systems the paper is actually 4,...
- Sat May 04, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: Software & Programming
- Topic: QSTAR 1
- Replies: 21
- Views: 940
Re: QSTAR 1
Hi Derek - you can also slow down the animation using F1 command, while in game.
As you have a Q68 - please check if, while in game, the title (QSTAR) is aligned with the background .
It seems that there is a SMSQ/E bug in defining the colour