Problems with Windows 8.1 (also a request)

[JorgeHawkins]

I've testing the newest build of this NESTopia reboot, and working excellently thus far... until you switch between a ROM and another or between fullscreen and windowed mode. I applied most compatibilty settings to the emulator to no avail. It keeps freezing every once on a while.

Which API are you using for this? Is still DirectDraw/Direct3D? Because if you're using them, maybe that's the main problem, as DDraw has been fully deprecated in W8. You should check this.

And I have a request, maybe you can help me.

• When you switch between the sides of a FDS rom, a message in red appears in the bottom left of the screen. Even when disabling the option in the Preferences menu, this message keeps appearing and it's driving me nuts. I want to disable ALL MESSAGES ON SCREEN, that makes emulation feel better.

[rdanbrook]

On Windows it uses Direct2D. I'm no expert on that subject.

I'll see about disabling the FDS messages, but the long-term goal here is to have a cross-platform build that is easier to maintain rather than keeping this really old legacy Windows-only code alive.

[JorgeHawkins]

You can use a DDraw wrapper on it and it works almost flawlessly, even in 8. (In 7 there's no need.) If you could add the removal of FDS as an option on a future revision, it would automatically transform this into my absolute favorite emulator!