#1 Fancy textures dont show

[Paul Wratt]

The is a bug in the default AFROS 8.12 where XaAES says "unknown pixel depth" for any colors greater than 256

There are currently 2 workarounds for this.
1)
change the ARAnyM video settings to 256 colors, and
change FVDI.SYS on the line that sets the video, if yours is set to 1024x768 change it to the following
01r aranym.sys mode 1024x768x8@72 assumenf irq accelerate xxxxxxx
2)
change your MiNT/XaAES version from 1-17-cur, to the one found in Pack_3D 16-04-2007
this is more complex than it should be, although a quick guide follows, which is why alternative setups are to be part of AFROS-update
scripts have been written to simplify changing the supplied MiNT distributions, the ones that come with AFROS-update

Change MiNT Quick Guide:
the quickest way to change MiNT is to rename the MINT folder (mint-1-17), then copy the MINT folder from Pack_3D to AFROS C: drive (C:\mint)
then copy the MINT.CNF file from your backup (C:\mint-1-17\1-17-cur\mint.cnf) to the new MINT folder (C:\mint\mint.cnf)
then change the following program execution lines in MINT.CNF
exec = c:\mint-1-17\gluestik.prg <= this allows the MiNT networking to work
init = c:\mint\xaaes\xaloader.prg <= MiNT 1.16-3 has a slightly different layout
then delete KEYBOARD.TBL (C:\mint\keyboard.tbl), which is a french keyboard layout
then reboot ARAnyM

Paul

[Paul Wratt]

This does not affect the display for widgets, desktop icons, or programs that can use a palette greater than 256 colors, just XaAES and the display of the textures (skins) in colors > 256