AmiQuake new 68k Quake Port for AGA/RTG

[deling]

Novacoder ,could You make port for Settlers 2 ? yes I know there is Mac version and yes working ok but better will be original port under Amiga OS system

[trixster]

And convert Unreal too please

[Aladin]

settlers ii has always been the most anticipated game on amiga.

[utri007]

Originally Posted by deling

Novacoder ,could You make port for Settlers 2 ? yes I know there is Mac version and yes working ok but better will be original port under Amiga OS system

Port it from what? Do you know what porting means, or do you know something what we don't?

[deling]

Originally Posted by utri007

Port it from what? Do you know what porting means, or do you know something what we don't?

port from PC yes I know what porting mean
same like doom port , quake port and other

[Samurai_Crow]

Originally Posted by deling

port from PC yes I know what porting mean

same like doom port , quake port and other

Doom and Quake have source code available. Settlers 2? No source code, no port.

[deling]

Originally Posted by Samurai_Crow

Doom and Quake have source code available. Settlers 2? No source code, no port.

sorry didn't know about that

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by James

The thing that makes Quake really special are the thousands of mods, maps and demos that take it far beyond the original game.
I've spent a lot of time building a vast Quake collection (nearly 20GB and nowhere near finished) all launching from one executable via scripts linked to icons.
This is totally unusable with AmiQuake because shell support has been disabled.
If NovaCoder could overlook his shell hatred just this once and re-enable it, AmiQuake really could become the best AGA/RTG Amiga port.

A tiny part of the collection:

Hi James,

I'll look at enabling shell support if possible, is your collection hosted online?

It would good to include a link from the AmiQuake readme

[James]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Hi James,

I'll look at enabling shell support if possible, is your collection hosted online?

It would good to include a link from the AmiQuake readme

Thanks!
It's not online at the moment, but I could change that.
It needs a little tidying up - I have been testing some new stuff and it has got a bit messy. Shouldn't take too long...

[Dr_Procton]

Does Amiquake works with music play from quake CD-rom? Is not mentioned on the readme

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Dr_Procton

Does Amiquake works with music play from quake CD-rom? Is not mentioned on the readme

Nope, no music support unfortunately

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by James

Thanks!
It's not online at the moment, but I could change that.
It needs a little tidying up - I have been testing some new stuff and it has got a bit messy. Shouldn't take too long...

Okay I've updated it to support the Shell, seems to work okay. There is one thing that is a bit strange which is that it creates a new (default) config file in the mod's game directory but that appears to be how Quake was written.

You can specify the display type with a command line argument now. The Close WB command won't do anything if you have a Shell open (it prevents the WB from closing).

I've also included a special WinUAE build compiled for 030 + FPU which makes testing much easier

Let me know how you get on.

[James]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Okay I've updated it to support the Shell, seems to work okay.

Thanks!
Updating my scripts to work nicely with this. Getting a bit carried away with testing stuff, so going a bit slowly, but all good so far.

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by James

Thanks!
Updating my scripts to work nicely with this. Getting a bit carried away with testing stuff, so going a bit slowly, but all good so far.

No worries mate

After you've finished I can update the AmiQuake readme with a link to all the games and the icons if you like? Unfortunately they will be too big to include with the AmiNet release archive.

[Aladin]

Thanks
v1.26 working now with JIT on Amikit/WinUAE

[Weaselrama]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Okay I've updated it to support the Shell, seems to work okay. There is one thing that is a bit strange which is that it creates a new (default) config file in the mod's game directory but that appears to be how Quake was written.

Greetings and thanks again for another release. Knowing full well this was compliled for WinUAE, I wanted to compare it to the previous version I was running in FS-UAE, which specified JIT to be disabled. RTG 640x480 mode ran tolerably well.

If you're curious, in FS-UAE, it dies if JIT is enabled. With JIT disabled, I found the game play considerably slower in 640x480 mode than the previous version. To make sure I wasn't imagining things I compared the two a handful of times. In fact, when I first ran it, I was struck by how slow the demo runs prior to choosing a saved game. That demo is pretty speedy in the previous release.

Anyway - I'm very pleased with the previous version. I'll keep my eyes peeled for updates to this thread and Aminet. Thanks again for supporting the Amiga community!

[NovaCoder]

No worries

There are actually 2 builds in the archive, one for real 060 and one built for 030+FPU for winuae

[Weaselrama]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

No worries

There are actually 2 builds in the archive, one for real 060 and one built for 030+FPU for winuae

Yup, that was the first one I tried. It kept freezing at the Singleplayer load/save screen and I aborted it. I ran it again and just waited and it finally proceeded. However, game play is interrupted by screens such as these (a 640 x 480 and 1024 x 768 screen respectively). I realize this isn't compiled for a 68060 which I'm using in emulation.

I might try setting FS-UAE to 68040 since I have the libs. Just to see if it improves.

[Weaselrama]

Curiously, the main game freezes upon loading either new or saved running in 68040 mode but the Alien game fires right up and seems to play well.

[NovaCoder]

Have you tried using 68030 + FPU?