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FrotzDC: Frotz : Flickering screen

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    • CommentAuthorAnonymous
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2003
     
    • Comments: 24
    • Joined: Jan 6th 2003

    Hi,
    When I start Frotz and alot of other games I get a flickering screen as If I am trying ntsc on pal or something like that.

    My dc is a European PAl one and my tv runs at both 50hz and 60hz.Any advice appreciated.

    • CommentAuthorAnonymous
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2003
     
    • Comments: 24
    • Joined: Jan 6th 2003

    The issue is this tv.It says it does both 60hz and 50hz but it appears to lie.when I tried soul calibur at 60hz the same thing.I'm using a normal tv antenna connector.would a scart cable make any difference.

    Is there a utility to "downgrade" the signal from frotz to 50hz ?

    • CommentAuthorAnonymous
    • CommentTimeApr 15th 2003
     
    • Comments: 24
    • Joined: Jan 6th 2003

    I may be talking to myself but :) I bought a scart cable and I can now view frotz.However the picutre is pushed slightly to the left making the first one or two characters appear off screen.Normally I wouldn't care but this sucks with adventure games.My tv also has not option for moving the picture left or right.Any suggestions ?

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      CommentAuthorc99koder
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2003
     
    • Comments: 241
    • Joined: Jan 6th 2003

    Sorry for the delay, I've been really busy with school lately :)

    Unfortuantily I'm not familiar with the PAL settings in KOS, as I live in the USA and we use NTSC. I was under the impression that it autodetected which cable was attached and selected the correct video mode based on that. I will look into this when I get some free time.

    In regards to fitting text on the screen, I was going to add another video mode for 75x25 instead of 80x25, giving room for a border on each side. 80x25 uses up the entire width of the screen, and it becomes difficult to read if I try shrinking it down.

    Another solution would be to get a VGA box, which would bypass all the region problems, and allow you to center your screen :)

    -Sam

    • CommentAuthorAnonymous
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2003
     
    • Comments: 24
    • Joined: Jan 6th 2003

    Thanks for the reply.I'd be most happy if you did include a 75x25 version.That would solve all the problems for people using PAL as the missing text problem would be solved.

    • CommentAuthorAnonymous
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2003
     
    • Comments: 24
    • Joined: Jan 6th 2003

    Thanks for the reply.I'd be most happy if you did include a 75x25 version.That would solve all the problems for people using PAL as the missing text problem would be solved.

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