'Planet Hively' by IRIS and Up Rough Released!

spotUP · 10 March 2008, 19:12

The long awaited musicdisk featuring the music from the Hively Tracker
competition held a year ago is finally released!
Code, Graphics: Xeron / IRIS Concept, Graphics: Spot / Up Rough
This musicdisk is a multiplatform release, and our goal is to have it ported
to everything that has a screen. The initial ports are for AmigaOS 4.0,
Windows and Linux. Expect a LOT of ports during the next days.
Download a copy for your favourite OS here!
Show your appreciaten/hatred here!

adolescent · 10 March 2008, 22:14

My favorite OS isn't listed.

So I choose the Windows version and it breaks with a Floating Point Exception once it gets to the flowers.

spotUP · 10 March 2008, 22:38

what is your favourite os? aos3?
let's see what can be done about that floating thing...

adolescent · 10 March 2008, 22:48

Well, not necessarily my favorite, but on the short list of the OS's I have access to.

spotUP · 11 March 2008, 23:18

OSX universal binary build is up!

keropi · 11 March 2008, 23:29

wow, this is NICE!

coze · 12 March 2008, 02:43

Hively is a great tracker and so is this prod. Welldone guys !

kriz · 12 March 2008, 08:46

Morphos is favourite ofcourse :P Thanks for Mos relase guys

blade002 · 12 March 2008, 09:17

OS4 ??.. about 98% of on here run OS3.0/3.1 ( Amiga wise ) and about 2% run OS4 !! What were IRIS and UR thinking?? ... unless its multi compatible or maybe it wont run on an AGA Amiga at all !??.. So whats the story ???

blade002 · 12 March 2008, 09:19

Oh, i just answered my own question... had a look and it requires PPC/RTG .. hmmmm.. i am screwed then.

Update-: I just checked out the Windows version and i have no idea why this would need a PPC Cpu to run!?!?!.. an A1200 would shit it in?.. Am i missing something here and just plain stupid or am i right?

BTW - The tunes are brilliant !!

kriz · 12 March 2008, 09:37

if they want to make a os4 exe ? Why not.. Morpho is also supported...

14 March 2008, 15:32

blade002 - firstly, thanks for the kind words

The issue isn't with 68k/OS3.x's ability to handle the interface, but rather the HivelyTracker replayer. This is 16 channels of precision-stereo through AHI, so it's software mixed before being shoved through Paula, and each channel also has dual effects columns... So the replay routine currently needs at least 68060, and even my 060/60 struggles with HivelyTracker a little bit. Fair play, of course, since Hively was written specifically for OS4 and it's only thanks to Buzz^IRIS' sterling efforts (and my incessant nagging) that it was backported to 3.X anyway...so we have to live with the performance issues

There is one hope for a more usable 3.X replayer, and that's if Stingray^Scarab can find the time to write an optimised ASM replayer, which he thinks might allow Hively replay on 030. He's very busy, though, so it could be a while

Anyway, if an optimised replayer comes along, then it'll be worth Xeron's while porting to 68k 3.X...although since he's made the source available, I guess anyone could do it!

Syphus/Up Rough

blade002 · 16 March 2008, 03:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by syphus

blade002 - firstly, thanks for the kind words

The issue isn't with 68k/OS3.x's ability to handle the interface, but rather the HivelyTracker replayer. This is 16 channels of precision-stereo through AHI, so it's software mixed before being shoved through Paula, and each channel also has dual effects columns... So the replay routine currently needs at least 68060, and even my 060/60 struggles with HivelyTracker a little bit. Fair play, of course, since Hively was written specifically for OS4 and it's only thanks to Buzz^IRIS' sterling efforts (and my incessant nagging) that it was backported to 3.X anyway...so we have to live with the performance issues

Well then that DOES explain why this is the case, so forgive my ignorance in relation to this, i appreciate the input

Quote:

Originally Posted by syphus

There is one hope for a more usable 3.X replayer, and that's if Stingray^Scarab can find the time to write an optimised ASM replayer, which he thinks might allow Hively replay on 030. He's very busy, though, so it could be a while

Anyway, if an optimised replayer comes along, then it'll be worth Xeron's while porting to 68k 3.X...although since he's made the source available, I guess anyone could do it!

Syphus/Up Rough

Well all i run is a Blizzard 030 over here so that would be REAL NICE if that was able to come about!. Keep us posted on it

And along with TBL, you guys are scene legends! Thanks for all the great work over the years

16 March 2008, 06:30

Yeah, I'll be seeing Stingray next week at Breakpoint, so I'll bribe him with beers and see if I can get him to make a start

I'll make sure any new info sees its way to EAB...

10 March 2008, 19:12	#1
spotUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	'Planet Hively' by IRIS and Up Rough Released! The long awaited musicdisk featuring the music from the Hively Tracker competition held a year ago is finally released! Code, Graphics: Xeron / IRIS Concept, Graphics: Spot / Up Rough This musicdisk is a multiplatform release, and our goal is to have it ported to everything that has a screen. The initial ports are for AmigaOS 4.0, Windows and Linux. Expect a LOT of ports during the next days. Download a copy for your favourite OS here! Show your appreciaten/hatred here!

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10 March 2008, 22:14	#2
adolescent Powered by Motorola Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Age: 52 Posts: 1,065	My favorite OS isn't listed. So I choose the Windows version and it breaks with a Floating Point Exception once it gets to the flowers.

10 March 2008, 22:38	#3
spotUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	what is your favourite os? aos3? let's see what can be done about that floating thing...

10 March 2008, 22:48	#4
adolescent Powered by Motorola Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Age: 52 Posts: 1,065	Well, not necessarily my favorite, but on the short list of the OS's I have access to.

11 March 2008, 23:18	#5
spotUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	OSX universal binary build is up!

11 March 2008, 23:29	#6
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	wow, this is NICE!

12 March 2008, 02:43	#7
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	Hively is a great tracker and so is this prod. Welldone guys !

12 March 2008, 08:46	#8
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,228	Morphos is favourite ofcourse :P Thanks for Mos relase guys

12 March 2008, 09:17	#9
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	OS4 ??.. about 98% of on here run OS3.0/3.1 ( Amiga wise ) and about 2% run OS4 !! What were IRIS and UR thinking?? ... unless its multi compatible or maybe it wont run on an AGA Amiga at all !??.. So whats the story ???

12 March 2008, 09:19	#10
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	Oh, i just answered my own question... had a look and it requires PPC/RTG .. hmmmm.. i am screwed then. Update-: I just checked out the Windows version and i have no idea why this would need a PPC Cpu to run!?!?!.. an A1200 would shit it in?.. Am i missing something here and just plain stupid or am i right? BTW - The tunes are brilliant !!

12 March 2008, 09:37	#11
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,228	if they want to make a os4 exe ? Why not.. Morpho is also supported...

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14 March 2008, 15:32	#12
syphus Posts: n/a	blade002 - firstly, thanks for the kind words The issue isn't with 68k/OS3.x's ability to handle the interface, but rather the HivelyTracker replayer. This is 16 channels of precision-stereo through AHI, so it's software mixed before being shoved through Paula, and each channel also has dual effects columns... So the replay routine currently needs at least 68060, and even my 060/60 struggles with HivelyTracker a little bit. Fair play, of course, since Hively was written specifically for OS4 and it's only thanks to Buzz^IRIS' sterling efforts (and my incessant nagging) that it was backported to 3.X anyway...so we have to live with the performance issues There is one hope for a more usable 3.X replayer, and that's if Stingray^Scarab can find the time to write an optimised ASM replayer, which he thinks might allow Hively replay on 030. He's very busy, though, so it could be a while Anyway, if an optimised replayer comes along, then it'll be worth Xeron's while porting to 68k 3.X...although since he's made the source available, I guess anyone could do it! Syphus/Up Rough

16 March 2008, 06:30	#14
syphus Posts: n/a	Yeah, I'll be seeing Stingray next week at Breakpoint, so I'll bribe him with beers and see if I can get him to make a start I'll make sure any new info sees its way to EAB...