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Amiga.org specific forums => New User Introductions => Topic started by: ShawnBaxe on July 14, 2004, 08:29:40 PM
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Hi :)
Guess it's time for some introduction. Well...I'm a German, who has left the Amiga scene for a while. But now I'm back. My main interest on the AmigaOS is software development. I've bought StormC 4 for that purpose and it works well :)
There is one question I have...and I hope someone can give me the answer: I'm very impressed by the AmigaOS 4 design as seen on the latest screenshots. Is there any complete(!) AmigaOS 4 theme for VisualPrefs or any other tool? I want to have that AmigaOS 4 look on my AmigaOS 3.9 installation :)
Thanks
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Welcome back! You plan on doing software develpment? Double welcome back! :-)
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Thanks a lot :-)
I hope there are still enough users who need some software for AmigaOS 3.9 (mainly 68k, but maybe I'll try to port my software to PPC). I'd like to develop software for OS 4.0 as well, but I'm completely out of money now and can't buy an A1 with OS 4.0.
One thing I plan to do is to develop a more up-to-date HDBackup for WB 3.9 - one that uses ReAction and has CD-R/W-support. Don't know if this is needed. Well...what kind of software could be useful für 3.9?
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We need more GAMES !!!! :-D
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We need More Everything!
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Alright then...guess I'll take a look on what other OSes have and try to write some good software for OS 3.9. Since it's a long time ago since I was developing anything for AmigaOS, I'll develop some small stuff first and then I'll climb the ladder step by step :-)
Btw.: I've heard about some problems with ReActor. Unresolved symbols etc. if you compile ReActor-based apps via StormC...how to avoid that? Someone told me to use a special version of CatComp called CatCompRCT...but where to get it? Any idea?
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Remember to let us know what you are planning to do, once you figure it out yourself. Would be pretty stupid if it was already done :)
Oh, and welcome. Lots of these 'new user' threads popping up, which is great, especially when it's developers returning.
Sincerely,
-Kenneth Straarup.
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Dunno about other GUI editors, but I found it much easier to build reaction GUIs by hand instead of using Reactor. Reactor was driving me insane by always crashing... maybe it produces good code, but I'll never know cos the thing is too flaky for me.
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Alright...thanks :-) So...looks like it'll be better to do it the old style - fire up StormEd and type everything by hand...well...thanks god that Reaction is macro-driven through the includes :-D
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@Steady:
I like your avatar. Stinkor was my first Masters of the Universe figure of all. :-)
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Stinkor was my first Masters of the Universe figure of all. :-)
Stinkor?!? I might be getting old, but I hope my memory isn't getting THAT bad! I don't remember a Stinkor :huh: That from a second series or something? :huh:
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Stinkor...I had that figure, too...it had the same armor as Mechanek, right? As far as I remember Stinkor was created during the first years when motu became famous...but that's just fadin' memories...
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@redrumloa
by redrumloa on 2004/7/15 8:38:18
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Stinkor was my first Masters of the Universe figure of all.
Stinkor?!? I might be getting old, but I hope my memory isn't getting THAT bad! I don't remember a Stinkor That from a second series or something?
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Hahaha, Boy I am pretty sure I know every single He Man figure out there...................But I HAVE NEVER heard of Stinkor either hahahaha........so dont feel so bad redrumloa!
hahahaha, thats weird :lol:
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@redrumloa:
Yep, Stinkor was from the original series of toys. His special power is a terrible stench which he can produce where ever he appears, that causes the nearby enemies to instantly choke (he looks like a skunk, as you can see from the avatar). He almost got He-Man in the little comic book that came with the Stinkor figure, but luckily for He-Man, Moss-Man appeared and saved the day. Moss-Man is the exact opposite of Stinkor. Moss-Man can repel Stinkor's stench with the power of nature's smells, or something. The Moss-Man figure even had a nice, cologne like smell (seriously!), which was pretty cool. Moss-Man and Stinkor figures came with exactly the same comic books, btw. :-)
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@ShawnBaxe:
Yep, Stinkor's armor is the same as Mechanek's, except for the orange colour.
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Original series? No way.. The original series from the early 80's we are talking about here? We must be talking about some other series.. I actually used to collect them as a kid, i remember the original series pre-tv cartoon.
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@ShawnBaxe
Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back!!!!
We need more people like you, and I am glad your back.
My ideas:
How about instead of creating New Stuff...........fixing old stuff and enhancing them?
there is awesome software out there that is just no longer supported or abandoned. Software that still kicks butt today but just needs an update.
#1 Video Toaster (now free source code!)
I'm hoping someone can create the ability on the switcher screen, to assign ChromaFX to every single key on the keyboard, including with SHIFT pressed, and enable them to be pressed very quickly and appear very quickly...............so that you can have Special effects on the tip of your fingers!
See, right now the Toaster can only have 4 ChromaFX at a time, and each one has to be loaded seperately, wich stinks. I want to be able to load them all into memory, and access them in realtime immediately ans as fast as I can press many keys, like playing a piano. THE PURPOSE? to do live shows.especially Raves, with projector screens, ..................I will be doing all the visuals in realtime. Then I can throw away My Amiga LIVE! board in the trash :-) (just kidding)
#2 SCALA !!!!!
Scala is the single best application in the world for the Amiga. But it's been abondoned. It needs more EX's to control the new hardware and software out there. It needs more wipes. A new collection of backgrounds and animations is needed, as well as brushes and sound effects and music. Sample script too :-)
#3 software for Video capture devices is needed that will allow us to use our frameGrabbers as WebCams..............For instance, I would like to use my VideoMaster (from Microdeal) to chat online with a video camera, so that the person who is talking with me, can see me, and I see him. VideoMaster can capture 30 frames per second, so not a problem. Also you can support the VLab Motion, The LIVE!, ProGrab 24RT?, and other devies, and stream this video through the web!
Just imagine, an A500 online with Video Conferencing!
#4 VideoTracker is a great peice of software.but needs to be enhanced. It needs to be easier to use...maybe needs a new GUI, kinda like Video Creator for the CD32 (great Program!)
#5 We need a WinAMP Visualization program for the Amiga.............there were many out in the past, but now seem dated. I want one that works great with an A500 or A600, and works even better on AGA machines. I have a MindEYE, and I have Cycadelic, as well as VideoTracker AGA and other similar stuff.
Hope this is some food for thought :-)
Amiga Makes it Posiible!
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@redrumloa:
I've had the figure as a kid. I believe I got it around 1985 or 86. My mom bought it from Italy, together with Skeletor. I used to live in Europe, so perhaps Stinkor may have been something like a Euro only release? :-?
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leirbag28 wrote:
#2 SCALA !!!!!
Scala is the single best application in the world for the Amiga. But it's been abondoned. It needs more EX's to control the new hardware and software out there. It needs more wipes. A new collection of backgrounds and animations is needed, as well as brushes and sound effects and music. Sample script too :-)
Have you heard of Hollywood? It has an extension for importing old SCALA scripts and supports 24bit video. (Maybe a little more than that hot-rod A600 of yours can handle :lol: )
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Yes i also had stinkor in the 80`s and yes it did actually have a little smell to the figure lol..
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@x56h34
Aaah I was out of it by then. I collected from about 1981-1983.
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by SamuraiCrow on 2004/7/15 10:35:51
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leirbag28 wrote:
#2 SCALA !!!!!
Scala is the single best application in the world for the Amiga. But it's been abondoned. It needs more EX's to control the new hardware and software out there. It needs more wipes. A new collection of backgrounds and animations is needed, as well as brushes and sound effects and music. Sample script too
Have you heard of Hollywood? It has an extension for importing old SCALA scripts and supports 24bit video. (Maybe a little more than that hot-rod A600 of yours can handle )
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Hollywood may be able to play Scala scripts, but the interface is nowhere near as good!
Although I am looking foward to more programs of this type and will probably purchase Hollywood indeed, Nothing can beat Scala's interface. Scala is to Hollywood and PowerPoint, what Workbench is to Windows. You can't beat it when it's done right. Yes Workbecnch needs to be updated, and Yes Scala needs to be updated (as I suggested to the fellow) But once updated.it's unbeatable.
By the Way, I have an A4000 68040 with a Toaster, an A1200 with a 68030 33mhz 32 megs, A CD32/SX32 68030 @50Mhz and of course my little Hot Rod A600 :-) I just love the little sucker...............so basically I am trying to say an A600 is not all I have, my A4000 can handle Hollywood with a Gfx card. I merely enphasising that Scala was done right for the Amiga. I don't think people know everything that Scala can do.........Not even the creator themseleves know. It has tons of hidden secrets. This application brings out the best in Amiga. Hollywood is kind of a Power Point clone................I despise PowerPoint and it's interface.......one of the worst I've seen for this type of application. hollywood is similar........but hopefully achieves great results.
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Yeah, Stinkor is from the original series.
I happened to catch the new cartoon a couple of weeks ago and it was all about Stinkor. I wondered if the smell was still there, so I went and found the figure in the garage and lo-and-behold... it still smells (from 1984! Unbelievable!).
He was always my favourite :-D
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@leirbag28
Thanks a lot :-)
Improving older software and/or enhance it is definately worth a thought. So, I'll take a look and - if possible - I'll try everyting I can to do it :-) And if I can't get the sourcecode, I'll start from scratch and work as hard as possible to produce some great stuff - perhaps I can manage to develop a software title which could become a well-known name in the Amiga-community. I'm also thinkin' of making it open source with a modified version of the GPL. This would make it possible for other developers to improve my work and to get the best out of free Amiga software (and I think FREE high-quality software is and has always been an important thing on the Amiga). If this idea has become reality, there is one thing developers will need: StormC 4 - cuz I think it's GCC port is great and StormC itself has become a standard (well, it was when I left the Amiga some years ago). SAS/C etc. are too old I think. Uuuh...long text...*drinkin'somejuice*
What's your opinion? May this concept help the Amiga (well...I can only develop for classic OS [3.5/3.9]) to survive and to rise up again? My dream is a Microtrash-free world and the Amiga is the only computer system I'd marry ;-)
.oO(hope my English is not too bad...)
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leirbag28 wrote:
Nothing can beat Scala's interface.
That's true, but the rest of the program is completely tied to the original custom chips.
Not much point in upgrading it - it's still an excellent tool if your target medium is a TV screen, but that's about it.
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cgutjahr wrote:
That's true, but the rest of the program is completely tied to the original custom chips.
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Thats True.........But thats what makes it one of the programs that take full advantagee of the Amiga.........Plus I believe in Custom Chips............The most successfull computers in the world are the ones with Custom Chips: Classic Amigas, The Commodore 64 (top selling omputer of all time) Playstation, Playstation 2, X-Box, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis.)
Now you might be thinking these are just consoles..........if thats True............then Why has Microsoft.the biggest Software company in the world, invested Millions into the X-Box? :-)
Answer......there is a Big Future in custom chips :-) although only Sony has got it right and as future proof as possible eg. PSOne, PS2, and the coming PS3 will all be compatible. This is how I prefer Future Amigas, just way more powerful.
cgutjahr wrote:
Not much point in upgrading it - it's still an excellent tool if your target medium is a TV screen, but that's about it.
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Yes my Target is TV screen, but I use SCALA for everything...............I use it in place of RainBoot, by creating my own Intros with SCALA and then executing the script before Workbench loads..............I use it as a Kiosk to allow people to play Music Videos through the selection screen I designed................it can be used as a Music Jukbox with MP3 or other formats such as 8svx, Mods, Sids..etc........... I create Music Videos with it in time with the music...................I create Boot Splash screens for programs when you execute them from Workbench.........and its all done through SCALA. For example.....when you load Personal Paint7.1, it basically just loads and pops up.......but my way, I have Done a SCALA script that Loads the Logo for PPaint and some example Art with music..and then executes PPaint to load...so basically when you try to load PPAint..your actually loading SCALA which after doing its splash screens, goes directly to PPaint....................you can even use it for WHDLoad!!! to show Nice Screen Grabs and aniations of the Game before it gets into it! way coool. restore some missing intros!
SCala can do so much..all you have to do is invent it in your mind!
I once had a startup menu that lets you select to boot a game rather than fully load WB! and I had Various Games in the boot menu.and you can put as many as you want by adding more pages. So I use to play SlamTilt from my HD without having to click any icons or Load WB!
Believe me, SCALA has tons of uses.............you just got to put it to use! :-) :-) :-)
Did I mention that I love SCALA?