Short: Rtgmaster User Archive Author: MagicSN@Birdland.es.bawue.de Uploader: MagicSN@Birdland.es.bawue.de Type: gfx/board This is part of the new rtgmaster release V41.0. rtgmaster is a library system to make GFX Board Compatible Game Coding easy. It supports : - Direct Access to the Video RAM - With some effort the code even runs on ECS/AGA (through c2p) - Supports nearly all WB Emulations (Does not support Retina WB Emulation...), including Support for CyberGraphX and Picasso96 - Alternatively to Direct Video RAM Access on a Screen (Fast) it also supports writing to a Workbench Window (Slower, though...) - PowerPC, using the WarpUP System from H&P. It also runs on plain 68k Systems, though (Fat Binary) - And much more This part of the archive is for the user. It contains Binaries and Demos. Note: If you use MCP, i recommend using at least Version MCP131B8. Earlier versions might use up too much ramlib stack. According to a user, this was fixed with Version MCP131B8. So i recommend at least this version. If problems still appear, i recommend installing MCPramlibpatch. This might also apply to MCP-Clones like MCX. The other rtgmaster archive is rtgmaster_dev.lha. The Developper Archive contains Autodocs and Includes for the library itself, this is the User Archive with only Binaries. V21 changes: - Important rtgCGX.library bugfix for 15/16/24 Bit Screens (there is not yet a program using rtgmaster in Truecolor mode, though, most games are these days still 8 Bit, if not to say all) - Workaround for CyberGraphX V41 R55 Bug concerning WaitBOVP. Doublebuffering will now work with the buggy CyberGraphX Version again. (Bugreport already sent). - Installer script finally fixed. V22 changes: - rtgCGX.library some minor updates New in second V22 version (sorry :) ) : - Problems with CopyRtgPixelArray call and Cybervision64 Board should now finally be fixed (so Tiny3D should now work on the CV64 also) V23 changes: - Problems with rtgmaster and MCP and similar tools finally solved (please delete libs:rtg/rtgPICA.library, for this sublibrary it is not yet solved... delete it even if you do not have a Picasso II... the rtgmaster installer now does not install rtgPICA.library automatically, you have to install it manually, if you still use the original Picasso II WB Emulation, and not CyberGraphX/P96 for Picasso II) - Some minor bugs in rtgAMI.library fixed - Speedup of Doublebuffering in rtgAMI.library of 2000% (only, if you use OS3.0/3.1) - Fixed Bug in Screenmoderequester (crash when a Screenmode was chosen using the Keyboard) - Default c2p directory now always is libs:rtgc2p - There probably will be a new version with faster/better ECS/AGA Support soon... V26 changes: - Fixed Buggy Init code that caused rtgmaster to crash on about 5% of Amigas (not on mine, because of that, the bug was unnoticed for a long time) - Added rtgP96.library which contains Doublebuffering for Picasso96. - Fixed "Double PAL Screenmode Bug" - Lots of internal stuff interesting for programmers only V27 changes: - Now runs again on AGA-only systems (sorry for this bug :( Fixed it) - Added info for people still having problems on AGA-only systems to the docs (some people have incorrect startup-sequences) - Added announcement for PPC rtgmaster version V32 changes: - Added PowerPC Support (optional) - Added Workbench Window + Public Screen Window Support - Added Softsprite Functions from Rady Marusa (thanks, Rady :) ) - Added MOUSEMOVE Support - This release runs on both PPC Systems and on Systems without PPC :) - Added new very fast c2p V34 changes: - Fixed PPCGetRtgMsg and PPCReplyRtgMsg V35 changes: - Workbench Window Mode: Added Support for programs that change their Palette while the game is running (up to now this only worked correctly on a Screen) - Workbench Window Mode: Optimized Color-Conversion function much, especially for PPC (thanks to Sam Jordan for the hint to use PPC ASM for this, and also thanks for the example sources he provided to me), but also for 68k. The Colors should also look more correct now - Some programs cannot run on a WB Window, as they change their colors TOO OFTEN for Color-Conversion to handle it. Rtgmaster contains now a special mode that enables the program to change the Workbench Palette (and reset it to the normal colors after Quit), if the "normal" method fails. Of course the normal method should be used if possible. That this "change of WB Colors" might be needed for some programs (Crystal3D...) is not the fault of rtgmaster, it is the fault of the Workbench Screen, that has a limit of how fast Colorchanges are allowed on the Workbench (Colorcycling for example will NOT work on Workbench Screen) - rtg_BusSystem now also recognizes AteoBus (Pixel64) and PCI (Inferno) - CV/3D is now correctly reognized as "Zorro 3" (was recognized as "Zorro 2" before), if present in a Zorro 3 System - Some small fixes and stuff V37 changes: - mainly bugfixes - to people who have still problems with ramlib i recommend using the MCPramlibPatch (a utility for your startup-sequence which raises the ramlib stack to 8 KB). can't check, if it helps, as no ramlib stack problems whatsoever appear on my system. ramlib stack problems also disappear on a PPC System, if WarpUP V14 is installed... it also does something that you have more ramlib stack available. V38 changes: - bugfixes (rtgCGX.library Bugfix and RtgSetFont Bugfix) - added vbcc-WarpOS Support to developper package V40 changes: - added RtgScreenToFront function for handling several RtgScreens at the same time - added RtgConvert function to convert RGB 24 Bit input to any 15-24 Bit format (both 68k and PPC) - Bugfix: CopyRtgPixelArray in rtgP96.library (the "Abuse problem") - Bugfix: Mousemove problem for rtgCGX.library V41 changes: - bugfixes - added MCPramlibpatch to archive (if you get ramlib crashes, include it to your startup-sequence... some people seem to have too much ramlib-consuming on their system installed. MCPramlibpatch raises the ramlib stack to fix this). - added info to the docs for people who have problems with the new FlashROM of PPC Boards or the CV/PPC Basically: For both: Install the WarpOS 3.1 archive which is available at: ftp://ftp.haage-partner.com/WarpUP Then: echo >env:powerpc/TERMINATOR "2" echo >envarc:powerpc/TERMINATOR "2" This removes some unclean OS-Patches that are included in the latest version of the FlashROM. If you have a CV/PPC or BV/PPC you should also: echo >env:powerpc/force "1" echo >envarc:powerpc/force "1" echo >env:powerpc/gfxaddr "$e0000000" echo >envarc:powerpc/gfxaddr "$e0000000" This is needed as the CV/PPC is no Zorro-Board. You need only to do it once. Future versions of WarpUP will do it automatically with the Installer. Avoid starting ppc.library programs in your startup-sequence. Some of them (for example RC5-PPC) make rtgmaster not running anymore. Any complaints about this behaviour should go to Phase 5, not to me (if they remove the LoadSeg-Patch from the FlashROM again, those problems would disappear). ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 30476 13039 57.2% 13-Aug-98 10:37:38 +mandelppc 928 456 50.8% 14-Mar-97 12:29:34 +a.pal.info 4222 1643 61.0% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a0.pcx 6566 1773 72.9% 14-Mar-97 12:29:30 +a0.pcx.info 3089 1343 56.5% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a1.pcx 3571 1127 68.4% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a10.pcx 3593 1313 63.4% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a8.pcx 3571 1127 68.4% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a9.pcx 162 64 60.4% 14-Mar-97 12:29:34 +gfx.lis 3297 881 73.2% 14-Mar-97 12:29:34 +statback.pcx 8256 428 94.8% 14-Mar-97 12:28:42 +world.map 14040 8158 41.8% 13-Feb-98 23:41:58 +flame 3076 1303 57.6% 29-Jun-98 22:17:40 +flamme 18132 11046 39.0% 13-Jan-98 15:33:02 +mandel 126188 54839 56.5% 13-Jan-98 15:32:56 +mywolf 3076 268 91.2% 14-Mar-97 12:39:00 +a.pal 4869 2504 48.5% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a2.pcx 4730 2326 50.8% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a3.pcx 3284 545 83.4% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a4.pcx 4705 1936 58.8% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a5.pcx 4222 1643 61.0% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a6.pcx 3700 986 73.3% 14-Mar-97 12:29:40 +a7.pcx 25444 19469 23.4% 14-Mar-97 12:28:42 +tables.dat 813 445 45.2% 15-Jan-98 20:06:32 +Readme.Old.Stuff 11452 4899 57.2% 17-Oct-97 20:09:34 +rtgEGS.library.v27 5480 2859 47.8% 18-Feb-97 20:01:16 +rtggadtools.library 50996 24208 52.5% 17-Oct-97 20:14:32 +rtgmaster.library.v27 12880 5265 59.1% 17-Oct-97 20:09:38 +rtgP96.library.v27 4848 2624 45.8% 03-Feb-97 07:30:16 +rtgPICA.library.v1 8784 4994 43.1% 17-Oct-97 20:08:24 +rtgAMI.library.v27 12372 5154 58.3% 17-Oct-97 20:08:56 +rtgCGX.library.v27 624 253 59.4% 22-Nov-95 11:37:48 +RTG.info 23468 11282 51.9% 10-Aug-98 18:03:54 +rtgAMI.library 29272 11930 59.2% 10-Aug-98 18:04:10 +rtgCGX.library 16444 6868 58.2% 13-Feb-98 23:27:02 +rtgEGS.library 31276 12553 59.8% 10-Aug-98 18:04:26 +rtgP96.library 624 251 59.7% 24-Mar-97 14:23:10 +rtgc2p.info 114292 40101 64.9% 29-Jun-98 22:16:54 +rtgmaster.library 1840 834 54.6% 19-Sep-97 13:02:00 +040 820 576 29.7% 14-Oct-96 14:33:52 +chunky4 2024 1062 47.5% 13-Feb-98 23:40:32 +cpu040 1576 855 45.7% 11-Jan-98 21:40:06 +ecs 1344 736 45.2% 19-Sep-97 13:02:04 +gd 1640 862 47.4% 11-Jan-98 21:36:16 +leony 860 456 46.9% 08-Jan-98 11:55:42 +Suzy 4328 2518 41.8% 02-Jun-98 00:08:54 +rtgextra.library 36902 5229 85.8% 24-Mar-97 11:45:12 +flame.iff 23414 13711 41.4% 24-Mar-97 13:51:28 +mywolf.iff 94720 60139 36.5% 13-Feb-98 23:45:14 +zhadoom.iff 624 248 60.2% 24-Mar-97 14:25:36 demos.info 1352 715 47.1% 26-Jun-97 19:46:52 Goodies.info 5181 1522 70.6% 12-May-98 18:00:56 install_rtgmaster 1238 458 63.0% 24-Mar-97 14:25:26 Install_RTGMaster.info 624 252 59.6% 24-Mar-97 14:22:44 libs.info 296 270 8.7% 13-Aug-98 11:00:46 mcpramlibpatch 624 250 59.9% 24-Mar-97 14:22:48 pics.info 23708 2931 87.6% 24-Mar-97 11:43:08 +flamme.iff 9766 3152 67.7% 24-Mar-97 11:46:56 +mandel.iff 51003 17650 65.3% 13-Aug-98 10:58:26 rtgmaster_user.guide -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 870706 376329 56.7% 20-Aug-98 22:24:52 59 files