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Dimitris Panokostas edited this page Mar 18, 2026 · 3 revisions

Display Panel

PanelDisplay

This panel configures how the emulated Amiga screen is rendered on your host display, including window mode, resolution, refresh rate, and color adjustments.

Display Selection

Display

  • Selects which physical host display the native chipset output appears on. Only shown when two or more displays are connected.
  • The emulator window will be centered on the selected display when starting or switching modes.
  • This setting is independent of the RTG display selector in the RTG Board panel — you can assign native and RTG output to different physical displays.
  • When Native/RTG autoswitch is enabled, the window automatically moves between the native and RTG displays as modes change.
  • Saved as gfx_display in the configuration file.

Screen Settings

Windowed Size

  • Sets the width and height of the emulator window in pixels when running in windowed mode
  • Window resize: Allow resizing the emulator window by dragging the window edges
  • Borderless: Remove window decorations (title bar and borders) while in windowed mode. Only available when Native mode is set to Windowed

Native

  • Controls the display mode for the native Amiga chipset output
  • Windowed: Runs in a resizable window
  • Fullscreen: Switches to exclusive fullscreen mode
  • Full-window: Borderless fullscreen using the current desktop resolution (recommended)

Native VSync

  • Controls vertical sync for the native chipset display
  • -: VSync disabled
  • Lagless: Minimizes input lag while syncing to the display
  • Lagless 50/60Hz: Lagless mode with enforced 50 or 60 Hz refresh rate
  • Standard: Waits for vertical blank before presenting the frame
  • Standard 50/60Hz: Standard VSync with enforced 50 or 60 Hz refresh rate

RTG

  • Controls the display mode for RTG (Picasso96 graphics card) output. Only available when an RTG board is configured
  • Windowed, Fullscreen, Full-window: Same options as Native above

RTG VSync

  • Controls vertical sync for the RTG display
  • -: VSync disabled
  • Lagless: Lagless VSync for RTG modes

Blacker than black

  • Enable proper black levels for displays that support it

Remove interlace artifacts

  • Apply scanline doubling to reduce flickering from interlaced video modes

Monochrome video out

  • Render the display in grayscale, simulating a monochrome monitor

Filtered low resolution

  • Apply filtering to low resolution modes for a smoother appearance

VGA mode res. autoswitch

  • Automatically switch to VGA resolution when VGA modes are detected. Requires HighRes resolution and Double line mode to be active

Display resync blanking

  • Blank the screen briefly when the display mode changes to prevent visual artifacts during mode switches

Resolution

  • Sets the horizontal rendering resolution. Disabled when Resolution autoswitch is active
  • LowRes: 320 pixels wide
  • HighRes (normal): 640 pixels wide
  • SuperHighRes: 1280 pixels wide

Overscan

  • Controls how much of the display border area is shown
  • TV Narrow through Ultra CSync: Progressively wider visible areas, from a narrow TV crop up to extreme overscan including composite sync borders

Resolution autoswitch

  • Automatically switch resolution based on the Amiga display mode in use
  • Disabled: Fixed resolution, no automatic switching
  • Always On: Always follow the Amiga's current display mode
  • 10% / 33% / 66%: Switch only when the percentage of lines using a different resolution exceeds the threshold

Refresh

  • Frame skip rate: 1 = every frame (no skip), 2 = every other frame, and so on. Disabled in cycle-exact CPU mode

Video standard

  • PAL: 50 Hz, used in Europe and most of the world
  • NTSC: 60 Hz, used in North America and Japan

FPS adj.

  • Fine-tune the frame rate adjustment value. The slider and numeric field are only active when the lock checkbox is enabled. When unlocked, automatic adjustment is used

Display attribute selector

  • Select which color attribute to adjust using the slider and numeric input below
  • Brightness: Overall luminance adjustment
  • Contrast: Difference between light and dark areas
  • Gamma: Gamma curve adjustment
  • Gamma [R] / [G] / [B]: Per-channel gamma correction for red, green, and blue
  • Dark palette fix: Corrects very dark palette entries (0–3 range)

Centering

Horizontal

  • Automatically center the display horizontally on screen. Only available when Overscan is set to Overscan or lower

Vertical

  • Automatically center the display vertically on screen. Only available when Overscan is set to Overscan or lower

Aspect ratio

Auto integer scaling

  • Automatically select an integer scaling factor based on resolution, line mode, and doublescan settings to maintain the correct pixel aspect ratio

Line Mode

Controls how Amiga scanlines are rendered vertically. Disabled when Resolution autoswitch is active.

Single

  • Display one line per scanline (200 lines for NTSC, 256 for PAL)

Double

  • Display each line twice for better visibility (400 or 512 lines)

Scanlines

  • Simulate CRT scanlines by inserting black lines between display lines

Double, fields

  • Interlaced field rendering: alternates between even and odd lines each frame

Double, fields+

  • Enhanced interlaced field rendering with improved blending between fields

Interlaced line mode

Controls rendering for interlaced screen modes. Options depend on the current Line Mode selection.

Single

  • Single line mode for interlaced screens. Only available when Line Mode is set to Single

Double, frames

  • Double frames mode for interlaced screens. Only available when Line Mode is set to Double

Double, fields

  • Interlaced field rendering for double line mode

Double, fields+

  • Enhanced interlaced field rendering with improved blending for double line mode

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