Amiga 1942 conversion - Page 13

jotd · 27 July 2021, 21:33

WinUAE alone is a good reason to use windows

Radertified · 29 July 2021, 03:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

WinUAE alone is a good reason to use windows

To be fair, WinUAE (and even CAPSImg.dll) work fine using Wine on Linux.

agermose · 29 July 2021, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

WinUAE alone is a good reason to use windows

True. The debugger, including DMA debugger is so very cool.

agermose · 17 September 2021, 15:59

New alpha build finally out today.
Mainly bug fixes, and additions of missing functionality, such as medium plane firing at the player. The alpha build has options to change start stage and make the player invincible, to ease the tester's job.

Completing the full 32 stages has proven to be the biggest time consumer on the project.
Stages 32 through 15 and 1 are completed, leaving 13 still to go.

d4rk3lf · 17 September 2021, 17:07

Thanks for your persistence.

kriz · 17 September 2021, 18:01

Indeed, great work and getting close to release now it seems !!

Frog · 18 September 2021, 01:17

thank you for words.
Nice to read that your project is near the end !

Nightshft · 13 October 2021, 13:47

Hey guys,
we want to share an update regarding the 1942 project.

Creating level data for all the 32 stages was a bigger task than we initially thought. Besides working on other tasks in parallel (Agermose extended the code and fixed a ton of bugs), this kept us busy for some months. But now we created the last stage, so all of them completed, which means we reached a milestone. Time to cheer!

There is still quite some work left, but we are making good progress. Creating the still missing bits which is everything around the game engine and of course also testing, bugfixing and finetuning. The target system still is OCS.

DJMetune is working on the game soundtrack. It is work in progress, but I can tell you that it features more than a snare and a whistle and I'm sure you will like what you hear.

dlfrsilver · 13 October 2021, 13:55

Superb !

kriz · 13 October 2021, 14:02

Cool !!

skyzoo73 · 13 October 2021, 14:52

nikosidis · 13 October 2021, 15:09

Love it!!
Great that you put so much effort into it so it will be a perfect port.
DJMetune know what he is doing so I'm sure the music will be great

roondar · 13 October 2021, 15:09

Very good news

jotd · 13 October 2021, 15:47

this is one ambitious project lead to near completion. Excellent

apex · 13 October 2021, 17:17

I will love it :-)

Frog · 16 October 2021, 21:29

bravo for your determination and for having been (soon) at the end of this superb project.
An arcade game that captivated me when I was a child

malko · 16 October 2021, 23:30

Big and huge KUDOS guys !!!

Can't wait to put my hands on it and play !

agermose · 24 October 2021, 21:52

Turns out in the arcade, there can be several POW's on-screen at the same time. My old code could only handle one. Spent some time rewriting the code to handle multiple POW's.

Another surprise turned up today. When I switched to Windows/WinUAE some time ago, I did not check the cycle-exact box. Turns out there is a big difference in performance, including blitter hog not working as expected.

When the game becomes busy it drops to 25 fps. Will have to optimise for a bit, to get it back to constant 50 fps.

agermose · 11 November 2021, 17:58

Latest development update.
Spent the last couple of weeks optimising the game. Fortunately a lot of older code could be optimised a lot. Scrolling, sprite and collision code were the biggest time consumers, and have all been improved a lot. Some slowdowns may still occur on A500, but we haven't tested everything fully.
A few bugs have been mixed, and a cool new surprise feature :-)

Stefan is doing a second run on stage data, to finetune attack patterns.
Martin is working on new in-game music.

New beta build delivered to testers today.

manossg · 11 November 2021, 18:20

Sounds like awesome progress, thank you guys!

17 September 2021, 15:59	#244
agermose Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Odense / Denmark Posts: 220	New alpha build finally out today. Mainly bug fixes, and additions of missing functionality, such as medium plane firing at the player. The alpha build has options to change start stage and make the player invincible, to ease the tester's job. Completing the full 32 stages has proven to be the biggest time consumer on the project. Stages 32 through 15 and 1 are completed, leaving 13 still to go. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by agermose; 17 September 2021 at 16:07.

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27 July 2021, 21:33	#241
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,160	WinUAE alone is a good reason to use windows

17 September 2021, 17:07	#245
d4rk3lf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Novi Sad, Serbia Posts: 1,645	Thanks for your persistence.

17 September 2021, 18:01	#246
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	Indeed, great work and getting close to release now it seems !!

18 September 2021, 01:17	#247
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	thank you for words. Nice to read that your project is near the end !

13 October 2021, 13:47	#248
Nightshft Registered User Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Austria Posts: 615	Hey guys, we want to share an update regarding the 1942 project. Creating level data for all the 32 stages was a bigger task than we initially thought. Besides working on other tasks in parallel (Agermose extended the code and fixed a ton of bugs), this kept us busy for some months. But now we created the last stage, so all of them completed, which means we reached a milestone. Time to cheer! There is still quite some work left, but we are making good progress. Creating the still missing bits which is everything around the game engine and of course also testing, bugfixing and finetuning. The target system still is OCS. DJMetune is working on the game soundtrack. It is work in progress, but I can tell you that it features more than a snare and a whistle and I'm sure you will like what you hear.

13 October 2021, 13:55	#249
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	Superb !

13 October 2021, 14:02	#250
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	Cool !!

13 October 2021, 14:52	#251
skyzoo73 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Italy Age: 50 Posts: 292

13 October 2021, 15:09	#252
nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,607	Love it!! Great that you put so much effort into it so it will be a perfect port. DJMetune know what he is doing so I'm sure the music will be great

13 October 2021, 15:09	#253
roondar Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,406	Very good news

13 October 2021, 15:47	#254
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,160	this is one ambitious project lead to near completion. Excellent

13 October 2021, 17:17	#255
apex Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Amigaplanet Posts: 645	I will love it :-)

16 October 2021, 21:29	#256
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	bravo for your determination and for having been (soon) at the end of this superb project. An arcade game that captivated me when I was a child

16 October 2021, 23:30	#257
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,856	Big and huge KUDOS guys !!! Can't wait to put my hands on it and play !

24 October 2021, 21:52	#258
agermose Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Odense / Denmark Posts: 220	Turns out in the arcade, there can be several POW's on-screen at the same time. My old code could only handle one. Spent some time rewriting the code to handle multiple POW's. Another surprise turned up today. When I switched to Windows/WinUAE some time ago, I did not check the cycle-exact box. Turns out there is a big difference in performance, including blitter hog not working as expected. When the game becomes busy it drops to 25 fps. Will have to optimise for a bit, to get it back to constant 50 fps.

11 November 2021, 17:58	#259
agermose Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Odense / Denmark Posts: 220	Latest development update. Spent the last couple of weeks optimising the game. Fortunately a lot of older code could be optimised a lot. Scrolling, sprite and collision code were the biggest time consumers, and have all been improved a lot. Some slowdowns may still occur on A500, but we haven't tested everything fully. A few bugs have been mixed, and a cool new surprise feature :-) Stefan is doing a second run on stage data, to finetune attack patterns. Martin is working on new in-game music. New beta build delivered to testers today.

11 November 2021, 18:20	#260
manossg Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Greece Posts: 992	Sounds like awesome progress, thank you guys!

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