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http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=87588

Copy pasted from EAB, originally posted by lantus360

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Hi there!

i've ported OpenBOR Engine to 68K Amigas. If you aren't familiar with OpenBOR it is the ultimate 2D side scrolling engine. OpenBOR is the open source continuation of Beats of Rage, a Streets of Rage tribute game originally developed by Senile Team

You will need at least an Amiga with a fast 68040 AGA or RTG to play this.

I uploaded it the Zone and to Aminet tonight but link still may need a few hours to appear - http://aminet.net/game/actio/OpenBOR.lha

Complete instructions available in the Readme.

Screen shots below are captured on my Amiga A600 with Vampire 2







Source Code available at - https://github.com/lantus/openbor

Video showing performance  on real Amiga hardware (A4000, A1200, Vampire 2) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXvK8f3HnGM

I also livestreamed  how I ported this over to the Amiga on my youtube channel over the past 2 weekends - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUbw0IXAmW2oq07GdYR7RXBJD6kqQQYTF if people were interested in that :)

Let me know how you like the port. I have fun working on this. Right then - off to play some Final Fight in OpenBOR :great
 

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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2017, 12:52:09 PM »
@Niding

Sweet!! Just trying this out now!! 060 power! Shame I have to rely on a old Zip Disk 250MB to transfer the files though! It's struggling :-(
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2017, 02:02:35 PM »
Another port draged along thanks to the Vampire accelerator. 060 and 040 users can enjoy it too. A very nice port opening new games never seen before on Amiga. Congratulations to the author for his effort.
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2017, 02:51:21 PM »
Guess I'm officially in the market for an accelerator for my A4000D now :D
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2017, 03:45:25 PM »
@Niding

It seems fiddly to get running. I keep getting a 'Mixer' Error when it initially tries to load and then most games complain about missing files/fonts etc :-(
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2017, 04:39:44 PM »
great news! :hammer:
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2017, 05:17:22 PM »
Wow, this looks pretty sweet.  I'll definitely be trying it out this weekend.
 

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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2017, 05:56:07 PM »
While I do appreciate the effort, I just dont see the point in porting a 2D engine that uses CPU power for "smooth scrolling" when the Amiga chipset can do it for free.

No wonder it needs a powerful CPU.
 

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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2017, 06:09:26 PM »
@UberFreak

The Amiga's custom chips weren't utilised in the Amiga version of Final Fight as far as I can see so this is the next best thing.
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2017, 06:15:52 PM »
@Lantus360 or whoever coded the extraction tools

I don't think this PAXPLODE tool for Windows is unpacking all the files! It's not going to work if there are files missing!

What is "MixerThread" and why does it keep failing when I try and run this?
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2017, 06:16:32 PM »
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It seems fiddly to get running. I keep getting a 'Mixer' Error when it initially tries to load and then most games complain about missing files/fonts etc :-(



I am the author of this port. Did you provide a .PAK file ?
 

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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2017, 06:18:30 PM »
@Thread

Ok, got to the menu screen of Beats of Rage but then a black screen! No sound!
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2017, 06:20:53 PM »
Yes, BOR, He-man, Final Fight X, SFFGold and FF Alpha are all under test ;-)

BOH gets the furthest but I still have to Suspend "MixerThread" to progress to the menu screen!
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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2017, 06:23:09 PM »
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Yes, BOR, He-man, Final Fight X, SFFGold and FF Alpha are all under test ;-)

BOH gets the furthest but I still have to Suspend "MixerThread" to progress to the menu screen!



can you provide more information on

- what Amiga you are running. all specs please
- did you extract the .PAK files ?
- what command line arguments you are using to launch the games
 

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Re: OpenBOR - The 2D Side Scrolling Engine Ported to Classic Amiga !
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2017, 06:29:13 PM »
Yes, I extracted the .PAK files on Windows as you guided.

All games launch with ...
Games:Beat_Em_Ups/BOR OpenBOR PAKS/HEMAN

... for example. But they fail with errors about missing Fonts in the case of He-Man. And they ALL have issues with MixerThread failing and needing suspending.

I have a A4000T 060/50 with a Picasso IV with 104MB of Fast Ram and I've even tried the -cgx extention to utilise RTG modes on HE-MAN! Oh yeah, Boing Bags 1 & 2 on OS 3.9 ;-)

F10 does still quit to Workbench despite the screen going black for BOR after the menu. Up and down seem unresponsive on the menu both the arrow keys and joystick!
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