Payback ported to Linux & Windows

[olegil]

1) The Linux version is for x86. I'll look into doing versions for other CPUs, but I can't promise this.

Ok, as long as you look into it. Hopefully it won't be that big a project ;-)

2) There will be at least one more update for the Amiga version, although I can't promise that all the features from the PC version will be included. (For example, the 16-bit renderer wouldn't work on AGA.)

Who the feck cares what works on AGA anyway?
I'll be playing things on my A1 under AOS4 WELL before you get that updated version out, and allready I am using a Voodoo3 in my A1200. Why even mention AGA anymore? ;-)

Anyway, good luck to you, I'm considering whether Payback would look good on my office computer running Linux, but I'm pretty certain it would. :-P

[MAD]

Hoya!

@olegil

WHO cares about AGA anymore? Well, people like me who ain't got enough
dough to upgrade...
NOT everyone out there got a PPC card+Voodoowhatever, sorry.
So some time ago, I downloaded the demo and, of course, I found it
very slow. The game seems to be fun anyway (but the time limit of 5
minutes is just too short...).

When there was a nice offer from Clickboom some months ago, I bought
Quake and it's the same problem...
There are some nice NIN tracks on the CD though :-)

So, sorry for being a bit outdated but AGA is STILL a reality for many
Amigans.

Anyway, be funky

M A D

[jahc]

@mad

If you cant afford modern upgrades (or a modern computer) then you cant expect to be able to run the latest and greatest stuff.

[x303]

When you say Linux, do you mean Linux-i386?

It shouldn't matter. Linux = Linux !!!

[color=FF0000]x303[/color] :-D  :-D  :-D

[redrumloa]

Hmmm...the only reason why I didn't buy the game was because the Demo was far away from running smoothly on my 060/Voodoo3 System. Is the full version any different in speed?

Huh? I had a A3k 060/66 w/Voodoo3 and at either 320x240 or 400x300 in software render there was NO slowdown, silky smooth! If you turned on Warp3D support it became a bit jerky in any resolution. Although with the latest patch, and sound turned off it was quite playable @ 1024x768x16bit. Not bad for a game on a computer from 1990;-)

[System]

Is it just me or does it seem like Payback it's losing it's amiga focus ??

All games start life on one platform or another. Just because Payback started on the Amiga doesn't mean it can't be released for other platforms as well.

It's all good and dandy that it's being ported to other platforms but WTF is all this - special features for non-amiga platforms.
It's almost as if they're implying that the AMiGA platform can't handle it!!!!

If you look at all the updates I've released for the Amiga version you'll notice that I can't help adding new features all the time. The guy doing the port to Windows/Linux is also adding new features whilst porting the code - and why not?

Besides, it's quite possible that at least some of these features will make it back to the Amiga version anyway.