Amazing 3D textured tunnel demo

Photon · 28 December 2004, 13:43

Hmpf. Just two weeks ago I downloaded a great demo with a 3D tunnel with blueish arrow and tile textures on it. It looked like a looping, raytraced animation, but the perspective changed slowly!

Sorry, don't remember if it was AGA or not, but it was lo-res and there wasn't gazillions of colors, so I guess it could have been OCS/ECS. Can't even remember the group name, shame on me

I seem to remember it was a single part demo loadable via CLI.

Anyone know this demo name and group? I wanted to watch it again but now I can't find it among my 400 demos

Gotta get organized...

Ironclaw · 28 December 2004, 16:07

I would be interested in seeing this demo too.

Photon · 08 February 2006, 22:03

AHHH! I found it, randomly. It's a non-AGA(!!!!!!!!!!!!) demo that runs in 512 Chip/512 Slow from 1993 which is called...

accession-cooldemo

Just saw it today and wrote down the name in my little black book (actually it's blue)

Still haven't picked up my jaw from the floor.

Trust the Finns to make this kind of truly amazing demonstrations. If some AGA 060 buffs think they've seen good demos, they need to watch this

I'm still stunned. HOW?

Photon · 08 February 2006, 22:14

Put it in the Zone, if someone thinks they know how they did it pray tell...

mr_a500 · 08 February 2006, 23:43

Thanks for uploading it.

The tunnel is impressive, but I wish they got rid of the damn text. That's one thing I've always hated about some demos - loads of mindless typing or scrolling text distracting from the actual demo.

Without the text, and with some interesting changes like palette change or curves in the tunnel and spins and it would have been awesome.

Photon · 09 February 2006, 01:19

You don't get it. To even do this is _impossible_! Only Amiga (and a genius) makes it possible

I'm gonna start a thread in Coder's Heaven to see if someone can figure out how it's done...

mr_a500 · 09 February 2006, 02:18

Yes, I see what you mean. I've seen many demos with tunnels, but none like this.

Just a note (useful or not), I decided to try this on my A1000 and it ran, but the colours were weird. The tunnel walls were red, then the whole thing went black&white for a few seconds, then red, then B&W again and so on.

Photon · 09 February 2006, 16:41

It's still a great demo, but not as amazing as I first thought. See this thread for more info:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=227886#post227886

bobbybearing · 09 February 2006, 18:28

like "My Room"/Fairlight ! great but pre-calc animation...

Frog · 09 February 2006, 20:15

if it's the demo i think the music is wonderful, a C64 remake if i remember.

The tunnel is AFAIR a kind of remake of Stardust tunnel part.

If you really like 3d tunnel you should check Artificial Paradise and Animatunes both by NGC
http://www.whdload.de/demos/NGC_Animatunes.html
http://www.whdload.de/demos/NGC_ArtificialParadise.html
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3026

mr_a500 · 10 February 2006, 06:34

Ah, hell and damnation. I downloaded over 1Mb (using dialup) before finding out that those demos are AGA. I wish websites listing demos or games would specify AGA.

Quote:

if it's the demo i think the music is wonderful, a C64 remake if i remember.

It must not be the demo you think because the music is extremely annoying.

Ray Norrish · 10 February 2006, 22:45

Still not as good as the tunnel code in "arte" by Sanity - check that one out if you haven't seen it.. damn fine demo that one.

Photon · 10 February 2006, 23:03

Well yeah, Arte is one of my favorite demos!, along with "Crash Test". That tunnel is not an animation though, but coded. (Vertical parts are (pre-)blitted and horisontal parts are modulo-tilted.

It all comes down to that the 10-frame animated tunnel in this demo together with the slow scrollreg movement created the illusion of the camera tilting (!)

Ray Norrish · 11 February 2006, 00:43

That`s what I mean.. it's coded, not rendered. How it's done is the reason why demos on static hardware are what they are - innovation and trickery to keep pushing the boundary. If the Accession demo was 32K, then I`d be impressed, as the frames would have been rendered in code, not looped images made in some other tool.

rbelk · 11 February 2006, 01:19

The demo reminded my of an AGA game called "Wild Flying" by Push Entertainment. The game is free on there web site http://www.push-entertainment.com/downloads/other.html.

28 December 2004, 13:43	#1
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,629	Amazing 3D textured tunnel demo Hmpf. Just two weeks ago I downloaded a great demo with a 3D tunnel with blueish arrow and tile textures on it. It looked like a looping, raytraced animation, but the perspective changed slowly! Sorry, don't remember if it was AGA or not, but it was lo-res and there wasn't gazillions of colors, so I guess it could have been OCS/ECS. Can't even remember the group name, shame on me I seem to remember it was a single part demo loadable via CLI. Anyone know this demo name and group? I wanted to watch it again but now I can't find it among my 400 demos Gotta get organized...

09 February 2006, 20:15	#10
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	if it's the demo i think the music is wonderful, a C64 remake if i remember. The tunnel is AFAIR a kind of remake of Stardust tunnel part. If you really like 3d tunnel you should check Artificial Paradise and Animatunes both by NGC http://www.whdload.de/demos/NGC_Animatunes.html http://www.whdload.de/demos/NGC_ArtificialParadise.html http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3026 Last edited by Frog; 09 February 2006 at 20:30.

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28 December 2004, 16:07	#2
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 45 Posts: 3,313	I would be interested in seeing this demo too.

08 February 2006, 22:03	#3
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,629	AHHH! I found it, randomly. It's a non-AGA(!!!!!!!!!!!!) demo that runs in 512 Chip/512 Slow from 1993 which is called... accession-cooldemo Just saw it today and wrote down the name in my little black book (actually it's blue) Still haven't picked up my jaw from the floor. Trust the Finns to make this kind of truly amazing demonstrations. If some AGA 060 buffs think they've seen good demos, they need to watch this I'm still stunned. HOW?

08 February 2006, 22:14	#4
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,629	Put it in the Zone, if someone thinks they know how they did it pray tell...

08 February 2006, 23:43	#5
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Thanks for uploading it. The tunnel is impressive, but I wish they got rid of the damn text. That's one thing I've always hated about some demos - loads of mindless typing or scrolling text distracting from the actual demo. Without the text, and with some interesting changes like palette change or curves in the tunnel and spins and it would have been awesome.

09 February 2006, 01:19	#6
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,629	You don't get it. To even do this is _impossible_! Only Amiga (and a genius) makes it possible I'm gonna start a thread in Coder's Heaven to see if someone can figure out how it's done...

09 February 2006, 02:18	#7
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Yes, I see what you mean. I've seen many demos with tunnels, but none like this. Just a note (useful or not), I decided to try this on my A1000 and it ran, but the colours were weird. The tunnel walls were red, then the whole thing went black&white for a few seconds, then red, then B&W again and so on.

09 February 2006, 16:41	#8
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,629	It's still a great demo, but not as amazing as I first thought. See this thread for more info: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=227886#post227886

09 February 2006, 18:28	#9
bobbybearing Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: France Age: 51 Posts: 161	like "My Room"/Fairlight ! great but pre-calc animation...

10 February 2006, 22:45	#12
Ray Norrish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 322	Still not as good as the tunnel code in "arte" by Sanity - check that one out if you haven't seen it.. damn fine demo that one.

10 February 2006, 23:03	#13
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,629	Well yeah, Arte is one of my favorite demos!, along with "Crash Test". That tunnel is not an animation though, but coded. (Vertical parts are (pre-)blitted and horisontal parts are modulo-tilted. It all comes down to that the 10-frame animated tunnel in this demo together with the slow scrollreg movement created the illusion of the camera tilting (!)

11 February 2006, 00:43	#14
Ray Norrish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 322	That`s what I mean.. it's coded, not rendered. How it's done is the reason why demos on static hardware are what they are - innovation and trickery to keep pushing the boundary. If the Accession demo was 32K, then I`d be impressed, as the frames would have been rendered in code, not looped images made in some other tool.

11 February 2006, 01:19	#15
rbelk an old bsd'er Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Rylos Age: 64 Posts: 58	The demo reminded my of an AGA game called "Wild Flying" by Push Entertainment. The game is free on there web site http://www.push-entertainment.com/downloads/other.html.

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