Optimizing Wolf3D-style rendering

[britelite]

Originally Posted by Karlos

Back on topic, what's the latest with the raycaster?

If you're referring to my raycaster then not much progress there. I've made some improvements to the game itself, but it's mainly been fixing the audio, rendering and enemy movement (enemies don't walk through walls anymore ).

I still do have some ideas on how to improve the speed of the raycaster, but really don't know when I'll have the time and motivation to work on it.

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Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott

It was, obviously. What makes you think it wasn't?

Did you assume I wasn't aware of CD32's Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.60 (1993) changes?

Again, what's the performance of the Kickstart ROM 3.1's WriteChunkyPixels on stock A1200 again? Hint: WriteChunkyPixels is slow.

Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott

So it's good thing that didn't happen, right?

Your attempt to present Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts was the optimized game-ready is absurd.

Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott

Can't you read?

Your attempt to present Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts was the optimized game-ready is absurd.

Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts weren't fast enough.

I wasn't born yesterday and didn't notice Gloom's C2P-optimized alternatives. http://de.aminet.net/aminet/game/demo/GloomC2P10.readme

Your attempt to present Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts as optimized game-ready is absurd. Your argument is NOT reality when real-life 3rd party programmers are optimizing the C2P to its maximum extent.

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Originally Posted by Photon

I agree with all points by Bruce Abbott, except the last one - a chunky mode to spoil the fun would have been great with the improved DMA speeds of A1200. I even called up a Commodore-Amiga representative to tell him so back in the day - before AGA. Ah, the innocence of youth.

I also agree with Karlos, to get back on topic, which is: the Amiga didn't get a HW chunky mode. It's a fact. Now, how can the Amiga do even greater things?

Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels is slow.

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Originally Posted by rothers

Didn't Dread have a Wolfenstein demo? Runs full speed on the A500 I think. There is also:
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DreadStein3D running on stock A500 config.

PS; Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels API is too slow for the job.

[Bruce Abbott]

Originally Posted by hammer

Your attempt to present Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts was the optimized game-ready is absurd.

Stop trying to put words in my mouth. I didn't say that. I specifically said that they didn't provide a 'blitter optimized c2p'.

Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts weren't fast enough.

Not fast enough for what?

Your attempt to present Commodore's WriteChunkyPixels efforts as optimized game-ready is absurd.

Again, I didn't say that. Perhaps you need glasses, because you don't seem to be able to read the words I wrote.