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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: NovaCoder on May 03, 2013, 02:27:48 AM

Title: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on May 03, 2013, 02:27:48 AM
Quick heads-up on my next AGA 68k project :)

Got it running for the first time on my Miggy the other night so I did a little video to celebrate.

It's taken about 3 months work to get it this far.

[youtube]hhRxSw6IMa8[/youtube]

Before anyone starts going on about how slow it is, yes BETA 1 == SLOW ;)

You can read all about this new port on the EAB project thread (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=885229#post885229)

And doesn't my WB look cool :)
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: TCMSLP on May 03, 2013, 09:48:39 AM
Wow - I wasn't even aware of Descent Rebirth.  However, your work is incredible!
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: lionstorm on May 03, 2013, 09:24:24 PM
I agree !
you also spend quite some times on amiquake and amiquake2, not to mention scummvm so a big thank you is well desserved !
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: AmigaClassicRule on May 03, 2013, 10:53:57 PM
Thank you NovaCoder! I do hope you solve the issue with broken sword in the future :D
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: utri007 on May 03, 2013, 11:08:23 PM
Nice addon to 68k amigas, it is very playable with 040 40mhz and better machines already. What new this version offer?
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on May 03, 2013, 11:24:18 PM
Quote from: utri007;733676
Nice addon to 68k amigas, it is very playable with 040 40mhz and better machines already. What new this version offer?

I haven't read all the blurb on their site but I can see that it supports 3rd party missions, texture packs and also has support for compressed audio (for music I think).

It's also been bug-fix and the code has been cleaned up, the original DOS code was a complete nightmare to work with!
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: utri007 on May 04, 2013, 12:11:29 AM
By the way and sorry off topic, but has you looked sources of Atari Falcon vesrion of Duke 3D? Looks very fast, they has cleaned code a lot, or at least they say so :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7Y0lM3fPw

http://mikro.naprvyraz.sk/download.htm
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on May 04, 2013, 12:16:03 AM
Quote from: utri007;733686
By the way and sorry off topic, but has you looked sources of Atari Falcon vesrion of Duke 3D? Looks very fast, they has cleaned code a lot, or at least they say so :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7Y0lM3fPw

http://mikro.naprvyraz.sk/download.htm


This would be a better bet for 68k AGA I think Chocolate Duke3D (https://github.com/fabiensanglard/chocolate_duke3D)

:)
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: AmigaClassicRule on May 04, 2013, 12:16:53 AM
Quote from: utri007;733686
By the way and sorry off topic, but has you looked sources of Atari Falcon vesrion of Duke 3D? Looks very fast, they has cleaned code a lot, or at least they say so :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7Y0lM3fPw

http://mikro.naprvyraz.sk/download.htm

Sweet!!! Heheh...NovaCoder can you port this for the Amiga 1200/4000 AGA please??!
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: utri007 on May 04, 2013, 12:26:48 AM
Is there a generic version of build engine? That would allow games like

Witchaven
Duke Nukem 3D
PowerSlave
Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
Blood
Shadow Warrior

Though even plain Duke 3D engine would allow some unseen games for Amiga, like

Extreme Paintbrawl
NAM
Redneck Deer Huntin'
Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage Rides Again
WWII GI

I have understand that port wich is already for 68k cpus would be easier than others? And Duke 3D source is complete mess, would require very patient über genius to make it work fast.
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: AmigaClassicRule on May 04, 2013, 12:33:18 AM
Quote from: utri007;733690
Is there a generic version of build engine? That would allow games like

Witchaven
Duke Nukem 3D
PowerSlave
Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
Blood
Shadow Warrior

Though even plain Duke 3D engine would allow some unseen games for Amiga, like

Extreme Paintbrawl
NAM
Redneck Deer Huntin'
Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage Rides Again
WWII GI

I have understand that port wich is already for 68k cpus would be easier than others? And Duke 3D source is complete mess, would require very patient über genius to make it work fast.


OMG
!! PowerSlavE!!! that is the name of the game that me and my brother we played all the time when we where little kids in PC in the mid 1990s!!!!! we loved that game so much and saw him play it! it was the best game for the pc ever and I could not remember it's name!! thank you so much!!!!:drink::drink::drink:
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: amiman99 on May 04, 2013, 12:38:59 AM
Quote from: AmigaClassicRule;733691

OMG
!! PowerSlavE!!!that is the name of the game that me and my brother we played all the time when we where little kids in PC in the mid 1990s!!!!! we loved that game so much and saw him play it! it was the best game for the pc ever and I could not remember it's name!! thank you so much!!!!:drink::drink::drink:
I got that game on Sega Saturn.
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: commodorejohn on May 04, 2013, 12:41:30 AM
Spiffy! Does it support external MIDI?
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on May 04, 2013, 12:52:20 AM
Quote from: commodorejohn;733694
Spiffy! Does it support external MIDI?

I'm not sure if the engine does?  I'm afraid it won't be very high on my priority list anyway, I'm after something fast and stable and then anything else on top of that will be only if I've got the time.

Check this link for more info on what the base engine supports -> http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ (http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/)

The first 2 times I tried to port this to AGA I couldn't get anything that was stable, I tried porting the base engine and also Hyperion's port but couldn't get anywhere so I switched to this port.
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on June 07, 2013, 03:32:38 AM
[youtube]S040ywaoau0[/youtube]


:)
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on June 12, 2013, 12:26:40 AM
I think this port is almost ready for release :)

It's not running as fast as I'd hoped after all the work I've done optimizing it, I've still got a little more assembler to add which may help.  It's always hard to get these ports running well on 68k when they are developed for much more powerful hardware (you wouldn't believe how many redundant screen updates are made by default).



If I can find the energy, I will also port Descent DXX-Rebirth 2 to AGA 68k (same basic code base).
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: royalcrown on June 12, 2013, 12:36:03 AM
I was ACTUALLY going to say that that girl's gun is kind of small....
referring to your wallpaper !
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: klx300r on June 12, 2013, 01:48:08 AM
Quote from: NovaCoder;737590
I think this port is almost ready for release :)

...If I can find the energy, I will also port Descent DXX-Rebirth 2 to AGA 68k (same basic code base).

YOU DA MAN NOVA :pint::knuddel::drink:
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on June 12, 2013, 04:14:42 AM
Thanks guys :)

Should be on AmiNet in the next week or so....
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on June 20, 2013, 01:31:30 PM
Ok, I've stuck it on AmiNet.  

The bad news is that I can't get it to run as quick as I'd have hoped for, the render-loop is not really that efficient and it's obviously aimed at higher-end systems.

It's playable on my setup but anything less won't be much fun.

[youtube]r5XaMJM0kOk[/youtube]


This is now the second application I've ported that uses the new AGA SDL, hopefully we'll see some more soon!
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: NovaCoder on November 05, 2013, 12:20:38 AM
I've had another go and making this beast run faster on AGA 68k.   I've also done a basic RTG release for you big-box boys.

[youtube]giSiAMGc3AI[/youtube]

I'll upload the latest version to AmiNet in the next few days...
Title: Re: DXX-Rebirth coming to AGA 68k
Post by: Iggy on November 05, 2013, 03:09:33 AM
Quote from: utri007;733676
Nice addon to 68k amigas, it is very playable with 040 40mhz and better machines already. What new this version offer?

And there's the rub, an '040 or an '060 as  the target base?