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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 02 February 2022, 11:37
Replies: 7
Views: 1,785
Posted By dodke
BTW, Are you using the 64 bit fetch mode for your...

BTW, Are you using the 64 bit fetch mode for your PAL screen?
Forum: support.Hardware 10 January 2022, 17:40
Replies: 19
Views: 1,594
Posted By dodke
I recently got myself a CD32 too... I'm not aware...

I recently got myself a CD32 too... I'm not aware if the laser has been replaced or anything but I did have one single old CD-R audio disc around which did not work so it definitely doesn't read ALL...
Forum: support.AmigaOS 14 December 2021, 10:06
Replies: 6
Views: 1,830
Posted By dodke
With an a1200 or a600 the easiest way to transfer...

With an a1200 or a600 the easiest way to transfer files is using a PCMCIA CF card reader. I've used one that cost maybe £3. There might also be SD card readers around but they're less common.
Forum: Amiga scene 30 November 2021, 13:55
Replies: 41
Views: 16,903
Posted By dodke
Rise of the Robots (:P) ECS version requires 1MB...

Rise of the Robots (:P) ECS version requires 1MB chip and on the packaging it specifically says Amiga 500+/600/1500/2000/3000. The floppy disks are labeled for "Amiga 600".
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 31 October 2021, 17:14
Replies: 4
Views: 1,338
Posted By dodke
You can switch the number of bitplanes or...

You can switch the number of bitplanes or anything really in between scanlines. In my platform game engine I use the 5th bitplane for a parallax horizon layer but it's only enabled for a 64 pixels...
Forum: support.Hardware 07 September 2021, 11:17
Replies: 24
Views: 2,957
Posted By dodke
I have a red Furia too from possibly around the...

I have a red Furia too from possibly around the same time and it has always had some issues. I did need to swap my old CF card with an SD adapter. I feel like it might be a hardware issue. Kind of...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 22 April 2021, 10:00
Replies: 25
Views: 2,857
Posted By dodke
a few things come to mind, a) scrolling can be...

a few things come to mind,
a) scrolling can be done using hardware and you generally only need to update the pointers every 16 pixels on OCS. The pointers and scroll registers in the copperlist can...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 22 April 2021, 08:41
Replies: 25
Views: 2,857
Posted By dodke
Usually you use all the different interrupts....

Usually you use all the different interrupts. What kind of interference are you worried about?
If something needs to happen at a very specific time then you would do it using the copperlist. I don't...
Forum: support.Demos 20 February 2021, 07:45
Replies: 61
Views: 26,679
Posted By dodke
It does run perfectly fine on Furia from a floppy...

It does run perfectly fine on Furia from a floppy disk.
Forum: support.Games 15 February 2021, 19:45
Replies: 44
Views: 4,832
Posted By dodke
Trolls seems to basically have just an extra 16...

Trolls seems to basically have just an extra 16 colour background playfield on AGA. Obviously that doesn't work on OCS but why not simply play the OCS version?
Forum: Coders. System 13 February 2021, 00:33
Replies: 10
Views: 3,195
Posted By dodke
On my a600 without the Furia I did notice that...

On my a600 without the Furia I did notice that some effects didn't run in one frame anymore if I had a CF adapter plugged in the PCMCIA. So that definitely seems to eat a fairly constant amount of...
Forum: Amiga scene 12 February 2021, 16:56
Replies: 130
Views: 17,543
Posted By dodke
If you pack the frames with LZ4 and the...

If you pack the frames with LZ4 and the animations only play at max half the screen update frame rate you could only unpack one at a time, alternating between the characters.
Forum: Coders. General 12 February 2021, 12:17
Replies: 20
Views: 3,073
Posted By dodke
For an actual CD32 disc with a logo you can...

For an actual CD32 disc with a logo you can simply use the CD32.TM trademark file and I also copied the FreeAnim tool from the Worms CD32 version. There's some doc about having this library call in...
Forum: Coders. General 12 February 2021, 11:10
Replies: 20
Views: 3,073
Posted By dodke
There do seem to be many threads about creating...

There do seem to be many threads about creating CD32 CDs, compilation CDs etc.
I tried this and did get a CDTV image to at least boot in FS-UAE using both the CDTV and the CD32 configurations. I...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 11 February 2021, 12:28
Replies: 45
Views: 5,419
Posted By dodke
Nice one! I've thought about writing something...

Nice one! I've thought about writing something like this for a while but now I don't need to. :) Also I just have some idea that I want to try and this seems clean and easy to modify for experiments...
Forum: Amiga scene 09 February 2021, 21:40
Replies: 21
Views: 2,154
Posted By dodke
Darts? That would be a perfect title for CDTV!...

Darts? That would be a perfect title for CDTV! Just kidding... or am I?)
Looks great :)
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 01 February 2021, 10:34
Replies: 20
Views: 3,204
Posted By dodke
I use grafx2 too (on macOS) for pixel graphics. I...

I use grafx2 too (on macOS) for pixel graphics. I can't really think of a feature it doesn't have. (It supports animation)
Forum: News 21 January 2021, 16:06
Replies: 128
Views: 41,265
Posted By dodke
Any chance these might make a comeback this...

Any chance these might make a comeback this year?) No rush really but I'd love one some day.
Forum: support.Other 20 January 2021, 22:12
Replies: 15
Views: 5,807
Posted By dodke
There's a tool for converting an executable +...

There's a tool for converting an executable + data files into an ADF. It's kind of designed originally for packaging demos or intros easily but obviously can be used for anything....
Forum: Hardware mods 20 January 2021, 16:38
Replies: 29
Views: 9,733
Posted By dodke
This one looks great. Nice work.

This one looks great. Nice work.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 17 January 2021, 19:50
Replies: 3
Views: 886
Posted By dodke
The C2P outputs only 5 bitplanes (instead of 6...

The C2P outputs only 5 bitplanes (instead of 6 available in HAM8) so you need to show them on the upper bitplanes. The least significant bitplane you can leave 0, 1, noise or whatever :)
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 13 January 2021, 18:19
Replies: 264
Views: 34,982
Posted By dodke
@roondar Super Stardust has the ship in hires...

@roondar
Super Stardust has the ship in hires and in general makes good use of the hardware. Also the CD32 version is one of the more polished releases for the console.
Forum: Amiga scene 30 December 2020, 15:16
Replies: 9
Views: 1,710
Posted By dodke
I suppose it's possible there are different...

I suppose it's possible there are different firmware versions or something but the BenQ BL702A I have does remember display settings. It does forget them if you shuffle through too many different...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 29 December 2020, 18:12
Replies: 264
Views: 34,982
Posted By dodke
I haven't looked into it but is Flink perhaps...

I haven't looked into it but is Flink perhaps running in 2 frames simply because it couldn't do 1 frame constantly? Maybe in places where there are less sprites etc it would be possible to have it...
Forum: support.Games 08 September 2020, 11:04
Replies: 4
Views: 1,367
Posted By dodke
Same on Blizzard PPC 060. ChipNoCache tooltype...

Same on Blizzard PPC 060. ChipNoCache tooltype helps with quite a few games but still isn't perfect. As far as I know the issue is that some accelerators (040/060 at least) work extremely slowly if...
Forum: Amiga scene 19 August 2020, 12:40
Replies: 11
Views: 1,720
Posted By dodke
If you have fast memory I'd imagine quite a few...

If you have fast memory I'd imagine quite a few demos for 030 50Mhz would run but slowly. I think most users upgraded their 1200s pretty quickly so there aren't that many for stock machines.
You...
Forum: Coders. General 14 August 2020, 18:54
Replies: 27
Views: 3,983
Posted By dodke
I used to live there at the time! :spin

I used to live there at the time! :spin
Forum: Coders. General 12 August 2020, 19:51
Replies: 11
Views: 2,179
Posted By dodke
But often if you use blitter only to clear it can...

But often if you use blitter only to clear it can be a great time to do some other calculations you probably need to do anyway using the CPU :)
Forum: Coders. Language 08 June 2020, 16:22
Replies: 15
Views: 11,049
Posted By dodke
It's easier to do higher level optimisations in C...

It's easier to do higher level optimisations in C than if you write assembly. If you're aiming for 68000 you should use tables for most calculations. If you do the calculations normally first you...
Forum: Looking for a game name ? 13 May 2020, 09:29
Replies: 19
Views: 5,619
Posted By dodke
If it might have also been a PC game, Lost in...

If it might have also been a PC game, Lost in Time from Coktel Vision fits the description.
Forum: Amiga scene 05 May 2020, 17:08
Replies: 48
Views: 8,573
Posted By dodke
I agree. Having a massive black bar at the bottom...

I agree. Having a massive black bar at the bottom is quite annoying and simply having matching letterboxing isn't as bad. There is a technical reason for this too for games that use complicated...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 May 2020, 16:42
Replies: 17
Views: 3,442
Posted By dodke
Almost every Amiga shop now sells a A1200 8 MB...

Almost every Amiga shop now sells a A1200 8 MB Fast RAM expansion for around £70 so I'd say budget accelerators are definitely a thing.
Surely all these cheap fast memory boards popping up are...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 May 2020, 16:25
Replies: 48
Views: 8,573
Posted By dodke
The same graphic will simply be smaller when...

The same graphic will simply be smaller when viewed at higher resolution. The PAL has more lines so some of them will end up being black. The video signal transmits line by line, left to right, so...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 May 2020, 13:41
Replies: 48
Views: 8,573
Posted By dodke
That being said, in a perfect world a lot of...

That being said, in a perfect world a lot of Amiga games with issues with viewport size could have still been done a lot better with more effort.

Personally I think the lack of both some...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 May 2020, 13:29
Replies: 48
Views: 8,573
Posted By dodke
Most monitors had some vertical size adjustment...

Most monitors had some vertical size adjustment dial in the back though. So you could make 320x200 games fill a bit more of the screen.

For a lot of games you can kind of guess what the reasons...
Forum: support.Other 28 April 2020, 13:42
Replies: 6
Views: 1,720
Posted By dodke
I also use Tiled. It is indeed very generic so I...

I also use Tiled. It is indeed very generic so I don't see how it would really influence game design. You can use separate layers for placing collectables, enemies and other game logic items using a...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 22 April 2020, 18:53
Replies: 28
Views: 4,312
Posted By dodke
Sega Master System gamepads are great and fairly...

Sega Master System gamepads are great and fairly common / affordable. They also support 2 buttons in some games.
Forum: support.Hardware 14 April 2020, 14:18
Replies: 15
Views: 3,431
Posted By dodke
It obviously won't help with the VGA output but...

It obviously won't help with the VGA output but with the Arananet RGB 'amplifier' adapter you can get rid of almost all of the jailbars with the regular RGB port when used with a 15khz capable...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 14 April 2020, 09:57
Replies: 55
Views: 13,171
Posted By dodke
I'd say, if you have an optimised tile engine...

I'd say, if you have an optimised tile engine (raster split, corkscrew etc) with interleaved bitplanes drawing only one or two tiles per frame, you should have plenty of time to use bobs for 'enough'...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 18 November 2019, 18:07
Replies: 28
Views: 4,488
Posted By dodke
I think it might also be safest to reset the long...

I think it might also be safest to reset the long frame bit and set the primary and secondary copperlists in the vblank to make sure the bit is not toggled before your copperlist starts. Also...
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