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Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« on: April 15, 2011, 08:58:08 AM »
Hi

I'm not a real coder but
it seems that on aminet there is the complete source code of the game Alien breed 3d2
so...my questions are:
is theoretically  possible port this wonderful game to windows or another platform using the source code on aminet?

if the answer is positive...why nobody done it yet?...it will be a difficult task?

thanks
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 09:02:00 AM »
No its not possible, the source is tied to the Amiga hardware, plus its said that the sources are a horrible mess, wich is another reason no one has done anything with them on Amiga either. You would have to write the game from scratch, you could however re-use the gfx/music.

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 09:09:46 AM »
Quote from: LaserBack;631770
Hi

I'm not a real coder but
it seems that on aminet there is the complete source code of the game Alien breed 3d2
so...my questions are:
is theoretically  possible port this wonderful game to windows or another platform using the source code on aminet?

if the answer is positive...why nobody done it yet?...it will be a difficult task?

thanks


There's Unreal Engine 3 based Alien Breed series....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJL8uztqWo
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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 09:34:05 AM »
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No its not possible, the source is tied to the Amiga hardware, plus its said that the sources are a horrible mess, wich is another reason no one has done anything with them on Amiga either. You would have to write the game from scratch, you could however re-use the gfx/music.


thanks for the reply

what a pity that can't be ported cause this game is a real masterpiece
I though that this game could be ported and enhanced like doom-doomsday
btw,
even on the fastest amigas this game is really slow....9-10 fps on 040/40 and 060/50
the only way to play and enjoy this game at descent framerate is on winuae and a fast PC
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 09:36:26 AM »
If you have a gfx card you can try the RTG master patch which increases the speed quite a bit. The frame-rate limitation is quite tied to the Chip-RAM bus.
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 10:16:34 AM »
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If you have a gfx card you can try the RTG master patch which increases the speed quite a bit. The frame-rate limitation is quite tied to the Chip-RAM bus.


thx for the suggestion but
I tried that rtg patch on winuae and is faster but very buggy and is darkest
the status bar is corrupted..I can't see how many amunition left energy left I can't see anything
also it crash sometimes
The new whdload install done by PSygore do not help on speed...however...now it can save keys configuration
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 10:18:13 AM »
As 4play mentioned its not easy due to the sources being both a mess, and 68k asm. Probably easier to write in more or less from scratch, or adapt it to an existing engine. The gfx and sound are available, and the sources, despite not being portable are still useful for things like enemy intelligence/attack patterns and other game nuances.
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 10:24:55 AM »
If someone had images of the map layouts they could probably remake it in some of the free 3d game engines out there like the Unreal editor or 3drad
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 10:25:11 AM »
NOTE THIS :)

There is new wonderfull WHDLoad version of AB2-TKG and it is really fast. It is fully playable even with 030.
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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2011, 11:14:51 AM »
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If someone had images of the map layouts they could probably remake it in some of the free 3d game engines out there like the Unreal editor or 3drad


you are right I think
someone have done the first level of alien breed 3d using quake engine or unreal engine I do not remember very well...but only the first level
I downloaded and tried and worked and deleted it....but now I can't post a link sorry cause I do not remember where
so I think the images of the maps layouts are there
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2011, 11:59:16 AM »
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NOTE THIS :)

There is new wonderfull WHDLoad version of AB2-TKG and it is really fast. It is fully playable even with 030.


Really?

/Off to find and download it now! :D
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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2011, 12:06:08 PM »
Quote from: utri007;631786
NOTE THIS :)

There is new wonderfull WHDLoad version of AB2-TKG and it is really fast. It is fully playable even with 030.
The guy above posted this :

Quote from: LaserBack;631783
The new whdload install done by PSygore do not help on speed[in WinUAE]...however...now it can save keys configuration
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2011, 01:56:00 PM »
Quote from: utri007;631786
NOTE THIS :)

There is new wonderfull WHDLoad version of AB2-TKG and it is really fast. It is fully playable even with 030.

Says I need whdload 17+ to play.

Whdload.de only has 16.9 ??

never mind just seen it in the older/beta section
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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2011, 02:16:03 PM »
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If you have a gfx card you can try the RTG master patch which increases the speed quite a bit. The frame-rate limitation is quite tied to the Chip-RAM bus.

It should fly on ReplayArcade and Natami then...
 

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Re: Alien breed 3d II ported to another platform
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2011, 03:10:06 PM »
Actually, it runs pretty good on my 030/56. Probably because of better RAM than old cards.

However, it only runs like half the time, so eh. Buggy code