Author Topic: A new Napalm speedup hack, help needed (Read 5343 times)

Varthall · « **on:** March 29, 2005, 12:42:44 PM »

Hi,

I'm reposting this request from an italian Amiga newsgroup. A coder has patched the Suzy c2p library from the rtgmaster library, so that only the parts of the screen that are changed are refreshed. This way, Napalm becomes much faster and playable on a basic A4000.

The problem lies with the distribution of this patch. The library quotes "By Kalms, Adapted by Rady/Ablaze.", and there is apparently no licence mentioned for the c2p and rtgmaster. He has tried to contact Rady Marusa from Ablaze, but the only email address we've found is not active anymore. He could release it as a patch file, to be patched on the original library, although it would be nicer to directly release the patched library.

Can anyone get in touch with Kalms or Marusa, or does anyone know the licence status of the library? The coder would like to be 100% sure that he has the right to release it, before doing so.

Thanks
Varthall

Varthall · « **Reply #1 on:** March 29, 2005, 01:23:09 PM »

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Crusher wrote:
I´ll try and get in touch with Kalms, my cousin knows him. :-)

Thanks, let me know if you have any news

Varthall

Varthall · « **Reply #2 on:** March 29, 2005, 05:21:11 PM »

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Elwood wrote:
And tell him it would be nice if he could update Napalm. :-)

Hmm, I don't think Kalms is the author, he should be only the author of the c2p routines used in rtgmaster, and hence in Napalm.

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I bought it but never played it because I had problems on my 1200 (but can't remember what) and then I switched to OS4.
When I tried it on OS4 (a long time ago) he didn't work. I'll have to test again...

Toaks on aw.net have reported that it runs on his A1, using NallePuh...

Varthall

Varthall · « **Reply #3 on:** March 29, 2005, 05:27:31 PM »

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mendark wrote:
WOW :-o

This really blows my socks off. I'm really curious how the patch works. So therefor I really hope the righful owner will be traced so the patch can be released widely!

I'm sure the patch will speed up a lot of games!!

I haven't seen it in action, anyway it should work similar to some ECS/AGA video drivers for Shapeshifter. It would speed up only those games where there isn't a lot of animation on screen. For example, the scrolling speed in Napalm remains unaffected, only the animated items are faster.

Varthall

Varthall · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2005, 01:30:03 PM »

Thanks Kalms, Skeleton and Crusher for the help! I've only now noticed your replies while searching for my older posts, better late than never I guess

I'll send right now your response to the coder, the idea of a new c2p package sounds good btw, I hope he'll agree too.

Varthall