AmiWolf - new 68k Wolfenstein 3D port

[arti040]

Hi, @NovaCoder
I do not write much here, just one question to you - i'm trying now to run your ECS port of Wolf3D on my 3000 Migga with Blizzard 4030/50Mhz card with no coprocessor and ClassicWB 3.9 on drive. Also, i got HSMath libs installed. I'm clicking on AmiWolf and nothing happens. SnoopDos doesn't say nothing useful (i mean, no any errors occur). What can be wrong?

The same wolf files with AGA port work well on my A4k with CS PPC - the same sys and HSMath libs installed too.

PS: send me your Paypal address please You deserve!

[jack-3d]

I agree with Arti, you deserve some motivation, what about opening Donation account?

I dont feel comfortable you spend days, weeks, months hardworking on porting games for us and we just download it. It is not fair and I bet many of us would like to reward to you ;o)

[arti040]

Ok, before a moment i tried some newer version i believe and Wolf starts but i see a one big mess on the screen and game crashes (red guru). So... we have a progress here

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by arti040

Ok, before a moment i tried some newer version i believe and Wolf starts but i see a one big mess on the screen and game crashes (red guru). So... we have a progress here

The ECS version does seem to be very touchy but it's very hard for me to debug without my own ECS machine

I've tested it on my A1200 (with an ECS screen mode) and on WinUAE and it seems fine

Some A600 users have got it working so it must at least be possible.

If AmiWolf fails to start you should always check for an ERROR.txt file in the install folder, also check the log file.

If it hangs with a red guru then it probably won't write to the ERROR.txt.

Thanks for the offers of donations but no need, the main reason I do these ports is because I want to be able to play these great games on my own A1200

[Bamiga2002]

Great attitude you have there Nova
Gotta test Spears in a short time!

[fitzsteve]

Hey Nova, I tested the new ECS bersion you put in the Zone sadly still no luck on the A600, I tried booting from a Workbench Disk as suggested by amiman99, I was surprised to find my floppy drive does actually work

However, still no luck

Maybe it's something to with me having the 64mb version of the ACA630?

@amiman99, do you have an A604 or different Chip Ram board?

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Hey Nova, I tested the new ECS bersion you put in the Zone sadly still no luck on the A600, I tried booting from a Workbench Disk as suggested by amiman99, I was surprised to find my floppy drive does actually work

Very strange

Try version 1.08/1.09 in the Zone.

[OlafSch]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Thanks for the kind words guys

Spear of Destiny rocks, a really good sequel to Wolfy.

I hope to get both [ Show youtube player ] and [ Show youtube player ] running well on AGA before I stop coding.

Novacoder and stop programming? Hard to imagine

[fitzsteve]

\o/

If I remove my A604 & Indi ECS it works just fine

[ Show youtube player ]

[NovaCoder]

Nice video

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Nice video

Thanks! I love how rapid a stock Workbench 3.1 boots lol

[arti040]

@NovaCoder
What if, before running the game for the first time, to take all textures and remap them to 64col? We would save CPU power a little, i think. Is it possible?

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by arti040

@NovaCoder
What if, before running the game for the first time, to take all textures and remap them to 64col? We would save CPU power a little, i think. Is it possible?

Yep it's possible but a huge amount of work.



There was a strange bug with the game saving/loading reported, I think it's fixed now. Basically it was 'forgetting' where objects were when you loaded up a save game. You'll have to delete your old saved games as they won't be compatible with the new builds.

If these work ok for people, I'll upload them to AmiNet next week.

I've also re-done the mouse movement so it should be a bit smoother now.

This was also nice to see [ Show youtube player ]

[Jacques]

Is there a chance for any kind of optimization? I'm running it on Blizzard 1230-IV (50 MHz + FPU) and AmiWolf is working quite poorly considering CPU.
While ADoom and DoomAttack are working really great full screen (low-details) and also quite good on high-details.

Anyway, thanks for the port, still good to have alternative to emulated Mac :-)

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Jacques

Is there a chance for any kind of optimization? I'm running it on Blizzard 1230-IV (50 MHz + FPU) and AmiWolf is working quite poorly considering CPU.
While ADoom and DoomAttack are working really great full screen (low-details) and also quite good on high-details.

Most 030 seems happy enough with the performance, maybe there is something wrong with your set up?

It's very hard for me to optimise specifically for an 030, I only have an 060 these days.

[Retrofan]

I always have the doubt: does the ECS version run faster for an 030 on an A1200?

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Retrofan

I always have the doubt: does the ECS version runs faster for a 030 on an A1200?

That's a good question, the answer is.....I don't know

Try it and find out

[Jacques]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Most 030 seems happy enough with the performance, maybe there is something wrong with your set up?

It's very hard for me to optimise specifically for an 030, I only have an 060 these days.

Absolutely nothing wrong with my setup, Doom is flying (in comparison to AmiWolf) and system is well-configured with Blizkick and all the necessary patches.
It's just that AmiWolf is running just a bit too slow for a 030@50 MHz CPU.

I don't think it requires any special 030 optimization, though, maybe general optimization. On 060 you may just not see the need for it But it's working I'd say at 50% speed comparing to Amiga Doom ports and Doom is much more complicated game.

Just an opinion and maybe a bit of motivation, your work is greatly appreciated

[NovaCoder]

Can someone test this on a real 030 and compare it with the last version, thanks

Now on AmiNet

[Jacques]

I will, but not earlier than in few hours time, thank You