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From: James Chow <james@chowfam.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: What am I doing wrong? (or not doing right?)
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 21:14:22 +0100
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I'm stuck, and yes I'm a newbie. But I have tried
(nearly) everything but it's still not right,

The code.

#include <libps.h>

#define OTLENGTH    (1)
#define SCNX        (320)
#define SCNY        (256)

GsOT     ot[2];
GsOT_TAG ottags[2][1<<OTLENGTH];

main()
{
  int buf;
  int i;

  SetVideoMode(MODE_PAL);
  GsInitGraph(SCNX,SCNY,GsOFSGPU,0,0);
  GsDefDispBuff(0,0,0,SCNY);
  for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
    ot[i].length = OTLENGTH;
    ot[i].org = ottags[i];
  }
  FntLoad(SCNX,0);
  FntOpen(0,0,SCNX,SCNY,0,512);
  while (1) {
    buf = GsGetActiveBuff();
    GsClearOt(0,0,&ot[buf]);
    FntPrint("hello");
    FntFlush(-1);
    DrawSync(0);
    VSync(0);
    GsSwapDispBuff();
    GsSortClear(0,60,60,&ot[buf]);
    GsDrawOt(&ot[buf]);
  }
}

The problem.
I'm trying to write a minimal program just for debugging by
printing to screen. And so I've written this little thing.
This is in PAL mode, but I just keep getting borders the size
of NTSC mode. When in PAL mode, I've noticed that using the
full screen (320 x 256), the width of the borders top and
bottom are the same size as the borders left and right.
But when I make and run this code the borders are not.
Anyone any ideas?

One other thing, is there any redundant code here?
I've been looking through the docs and some tutorials,
but all of them seem to be drawing graphics to screen,
and therefore require extra code. I deleted the code
for packets and eveything still seems to be working.
Still need packets? Or is that just for graphics?

My config.
Codewarrior v2.1 (updated it but the thing still says
v2.0.3).
PsComUtil
PAL only TV. I'm using a crappy TV card, that doesn't
support NTSC at all (get black and white and display
is corrupted, yuck!). However in testing the problem,
I downloaded some progs and they worked in full PAL
display.

Thanks in advance.
--
jc