SMARTEN UP!

[iamaboringperson]

to all you game coders out there
i really find it frustrating after downloading some new game of aminet, being described as, for example: 'The best Tetris for WB!' and unarchiveing it, double clicking on a rather nice 3.5/3.9 style icon....
i then see the current window deactivate...
and i start to hear music!!!
ya know what? even when AOS4/amigaone(and clones, ie pegasos/morphos) is about to be released!
even in the year 2003!!!! people still cant write RTG compliant games!!!!
it really frustrates me!  :-x
i wish, at minimum it would open a wb screen clone...
please programers! take advantage of the ASL requester, open a screen based on the users prefered screenmode, or just the monitor...
make sure your programs will be able to work on future amigas, if not existing ones! i dont have a monitor connected to my amiga graphics port! and nor should i have to these days! RTG has been around for at least a decade!
if you cant write fully system compliant games now, that take advantage of new OS features etc... youd better not even bother buying an AMIGAONE!

i dont care for AGA emulation, and, im sure you will find a lot of people in the same boat!

-take advantage of the ASL screen requestor
-dont bang the hardware!
-do lookinto modern(i.e. 3.1/3.5/3.9), programming interfaces/techniques!
-avoid using sprites/vsprites!!!!!
-do test your code on a range of configurations to make sure it dont crash!!!


arrrrggghhh!

 :ranting:

[KennyR]

As the old saying goes, never look a gift horse in the mouth.

[Ami603]

Just managed to do some coding on OpenGL stuff on my miggy succesfully.
and it is fully Hardware independent!!
Hope to get it working on My (near to have)AmigaOne G4.
Hope this bit of code can turn easily into a nice game.
:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D

[Mr_Capehill]

Ok, what could you say about AmiBlocks, also available on Aminet? It uses Reaction and source codes are free.

I just hope that it works for everyone, it was tested with OS3.9 (Voodoo 3) and OS 3.0 (AGA).
 :-)

[iamaboringperson]

Mr_Capehill wrote:
Ok, what could you say about AmiBlocks, also available on Aminet? It uses Reaction and source codes are free.

I just hope that it works for everyone, it was tested with OS3.9 (Voodoo 3) and OS 3.0 (AGA).
 :-)

I LIKE IT!  :-D

ok, it works and that, but ill need some time to work out how to play it
i downloaded it  a while ago, but couldnt work it out, perhaps another day.... :-)