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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pridham, Paul" <ppridham@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <conductors@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:53 PM
Subject: [AD] WIP 3.9.34 ISSUES
> I hope this is pertinent stuff I'm posting, as I am unable to post to AL
for
> some reason. Anyway, here goes. I've been using Allegro 3.9.34 (with
mingw32
> and DJGPP) quite a lot since it's been released, and I have discovered the
> following issues:
>
> 1) set_volume(): Doesn't appear to work (doesn't change volume) for
digital
> samples, under Windows. It works just fine using DJGPP. MIDI volume is
also
> adjusted find under both DOS and Windows.
>
It didn't work in 3.9.33 either. Why?
> 2) GFX_DIRECTX_WIN: If I drag the window quickly, it leaves artifacts on
the
> screen or in the window's borders and title bar. With frantic dragging ;)
I
> have caused the application to apparently crash (apparently, because once
it
> happens I hear a Windows alert, and the desktop no longer updates... I can
> only hear the sounds of windows minimizing if I click on them in the task
> bar)... usually there is a line of coloured pixels going from the left
edge
> of the screen to somewhere in my window. Even if my program crashed
because
> of some extreme frame-rate drop (which it doesn't), I wouldn't expect it
to
> bail this badly. I saw in the AD list a patch posted that looked like it
was
> for this, but apparently 3.9.34 doesn't benefit from it.
>
> 3)Fullscreen (GFX_DIRECTX?): ALT-TABing out of my application will
sometimes
> cause artifacts to be left on my Windows desktop (miniature, badly
coloured
> versions of my mountain graphics in one case ;) ). I understand that
TABing
> back in can cause problems because of graphics memory not being properly
> restored, but I didn't think it went the other way.
>
> Hopefully I have found some original issues here, and not overlooked
> anything patched or updated recently since the release.
>
> Otherwise, slick work guys! :) Having fun playing my game in windowed mode
> (been using 3.12 up to this point).
>
> Thanks,
>
> P. Pridham
>