smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN) (06/05/90)
[] One problem I've been having with 2.0 is the allocation of the colors for the new interface look. The main background color which is supposed to be light, is color 0. Trouble is, color 0 is also used for the nether regions of the screen. Hence in Distant Suns, I have a nice black stellar display surrounded by a nice BRIGHT gray border. No good! It completely ruins the effect since the program is supposed to be viewed in a dark room. Is there a way to reassign the color used by the overscan regions to map the the NewLook BLACK, or is there a way to reassign the colors used by the new graphics so I can put the black back at color 0. mike, Guardian of the Spam
cunniff@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ross Cunniff) (06/06/90)
In article <51010@ames.arc.nasa.gov> smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN) writes: > Is there a way to reassign the color used by the overscan regions to map > the the NewLook BLACK, or is there a way to reassign the colors used > by the new graphics so I can put the black back at color 0. Well, you should know that notes is not the recommended way for reporting 2.0 bugs (I think that the correct address is cbmvax!bugs), but since you asked, I'll tell you what they told me: Beta 6 will have a tag item in the NewScreen taglist that will handle what you (and I) want. > mike, Guardian of the Spam Ross Cunniff
jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) (06/06/90)
In article <51010@ames.arc.nasa.gov> smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN) writes: >One problem I've been having with 2.0 is the allocation of the colors >for the new interface look. The main background color which is supposed >to be light, is color 0. Trouble is, color 0 is also used for the >nether regions of the screen. Hence in Distant Suns, I have a nice black >stellar display surrounded by a nice BRIGHT gray border. No good! It >completely ruins the effect since the program is supposed to be viewed >in a dark room. > >Is there a way to reassign the color used by the overscan regions to map >the the NewLook BLACK, or is there a way to reassign the colors used >by the new graphics so I can put the black back at color 0. Well, maybe peter or jimm have better ideas, but I'll give a try. I would suggest opening a screen of your own, where you can control the colors. If you want to keep a good-looking newlook, just specify in your tags the pens that are to be used for the newlook on your screen. (SA_something, check intuition/screens.h). -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"