November 2006 - Fractdev - mailman.xmission.com

Athlon woes
by Tim Wegner 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

I built a computer last year using an Athlon with a Gigabyte motherboard. I had troubles with Fractint - with any SVGA mode the computer would hang after the completion of the image. I always assumed this was an Windows XP issue. Today I tried Fractint with freedos on the same computer, with the same results. So apparently it's an incompatability bgetween fractint and my compuiter. Truecolor, 320x200, diskvideo, and even tweaked modes work. SCGA modes fail, and only after the image completes. This behavior appears to have nothing to do with recent versions. Has anyone else had trouble with Athlon? Hmm, maybe I need to look at bios settings. Tim

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Summary of changes on the rt-refactor-device branch
by Richard 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

- driver abstraction code merged in from my old xfractint sources - VS.NET 2003 project and solution files added - Win32 compiles and links without errors - Symbols renamed to avoid system header conflicts: DELETE => FIK_DELETE (conflicts with Win32 DELETE #define) virtual => virtual_screens (C++ keyword) overwrite => fract_overwrite (conflicts with curses) - added casts to eliminate compiler warnings; mostly this is because strlen() returns size_t (which is unsigned) and its used in a signed expression. - 30 compiler warnings remain in the code, all cast issues - XFRACT compiles on linux, but fails with unresolved link externals to the new driver layer. TODO: - Stub implementations need to be provided for a bunch of basic routines relating to timers, directories, and key I/O. - Examine the WinFract code to see how much of it can be stolen for a basic Win32 implementation. - Get the X11 version linking with a refactored XFRACT implementation. - Get a Win32 disk video mode going -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

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WinFract compiling?
by Richard 03 Dec '06

03 Dec '06

Is the WinFract code from the fractint module supposed to compile anymore? :-) -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

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The Big Picture
by Richard 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Hey, I was scrounging around for a good cross reference tool and found one with a 15 day free trial that let me generate some HTML reports. So while this report is static and won't be updated as the fractint code is updated, its current for right now and will still be useful for some time into the future. Check it out. <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fractint-xref/> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

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Its Alive!! (blog post on FractInt for Windows)
by Richard 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

<http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/2006/11/28/its-alive-fractint-for-window…> If I've stepped on any toes or misstated anything, please let me know and I'll correct it. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

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merge started...
by Richard 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

I've found a snapshot of my old code on my laptop and merged it into the existing fractint code (in the 'fractint' module). I've created a branch called 'rt-refactor-device' and I'm making commits on that branch. When I've got the branch compiling on Win32, I'd like someone to try compiling the branch for DOS and tell me how much stuff I broke :-). Originally I was targetting making the X11 version functional again before working on a Win32 version, but I think its going to be easier to go straight for a Win32 version working and then get the DOS code working again. I was actually nicely surprised how well most of the changes I'd made so long ago just 'merged' into the existing source base without any problems. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

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getting ready for Thanksgiving
by Richard 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

OK, it looks like I'll have some time on Thanksgiving and Christmas to do that re-refactoring I talked about earlier. So let's get things setup so that I can access the source in CVS and do commits on a branch. So what do I need in order to access the CVS repository? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html>

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ap math zooming in WinFract
by Jonathan Osuch 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

Tim, To add to the frustration of fixing the ap math zooming in WinFract, it actually works for the manzpower type. Jonathan

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