Hi,
here are some early screenshots of a new AMIGA OS flight game, I started work on.











Game Status:
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Alpha

Requirements:
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OS: OS 3
CPU: 68060
Mem: 128 MB
Disk: 700 MB on HD
GFX: SuperAGA Blitter (Natami)

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@BigGun

Does it work on WinUAE (GFX:Picasso96) ?

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@AmiKit

The texture mapper of SuperAGA (Natami) is a requirement.
Without it the game will be very slow on UAE.

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@BigGun

But but but... natami is a SINGLE prototype isn't it? How is it you are developing for it already?

tiffers

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@BigGun

"Disk: 700 MB on HD" ? For an alpha project it sure seems to hungry for disk space or ambitious in its goals...

GFX: I suppose you've tried on the Natami. Assuming so:
- Why the window approach? System friendly programming can be done on screens!... (Also should probably faster... )
- Is this some type of VOXEL routine you're working on? Or something different?
- How does it performs and what is the final (if ever there) performance intended?

Also:
- Is this a project to be out with a final version of Natami (if ever reached!...) ?

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@hardwired

I would imagine it is texture mapped satellite imagery which could go some way to explaining the size of the demo, and the texture engine requirement of NatAmi. I thought that NatAmi so far was only a 68030 based system prototype though (using a Commodore One as a base).

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If NatAmi can do texturemapping, why not write a Warp3D driver for NatAmi and write your game for Warp3D?

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Well, it looks great for 68k...however, didn't voxels go out of fashion with Comanche IV?

Cheers,
James
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jmbattle wrote: Well, it looks great for 68k...however, didn't voxels go out of fashion with Comanche IV? Cheers, James x

It doesn't look like Voxel graphics to me.

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@BigGun

That looks very impressive.

I have a few questions:
- Where can we get more information on SuperAGA? By that I mean, technical information. In particular, I'd be interested in knowing more about the texture unit.

- Any chance to create an OS4 version? If most of the code isn't tied to SuperAGA, it should be possible to create a version that uses OpenGL without too much effort. I might be able to help out with that.

The SuperAGA sounds interesting. It's a pity that only a few prototypes exist.

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@BigGun

Looks good for an Alpha version (of what you can get out of images. Maybe video possible?).

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answers to your question:

"Disk: 700 MB on HD" ?
For an alpha project it sure seems to hungry for disk space or ambitious in its goals...

The 700 MB are for the final version.
The goal is to fly over a realistic model of some Island (e.g Hawai) this modell will need ~ 700-1 GB disk space.



- Is this some type of VOXEL routine you're working on? Or something different?

Its a HW accelerated Voxel/Raycaster mix.
With texture mapped sprites.



- How does it performs and what is the final (if ever there) performance intended?

Goal is 60 FPS including texture mapper players



If NatAmi can do texturemapping, why not write a Warp3D driver for NatAmi and write your game for Warp3D

The Natami has HW-acceleration for more features than normal Warp3D.



- Where can we get more information on SuperAGA?

The Natami website should get updated soon.



- Is this a project to be out with a final version of Natami

I hope that this demo/game with src will be out with the first batch of Natami boards.

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@BigGun

Is it possible to run modern AGA demos/intros on NatAmi? I mean the ones from IRIS, Ephidrena, TBL, MaWi... Does it run ECS ones like Arte, SOTA, Roots2...

My interest on custom hardware like NatAmi would be purely scene related

Does it include some kind of programable flickerfixer that optionally turns 50Hz screens to 75Hz so these modes are correctly shown on TFT monitors?

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Superaga he is similar to this http://uk.aminet.net/docs/misc/AgaEXTENDER.readme ???

@BigGun

You touch the natami, you know the special to code for the natami (and great because you know coding , you test your code on the natami and take some grab from the natami,....

How all is it possible ???

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... but but .... what happened to your shmup construction kit? i was looking forward to it a lot!

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well, if that is a real thing, then that is the way to go. fortune!

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Playable preview or rolling demo for Classic Amigas pls. I'd like to see how my CSPPC performs... :)
Classic and OS4 versions also "for the masses" :D

@BigGun

Thats looks great!

Does anyone have any furthur details on the NatAmi? Any links I find in google are very sparse. Last bit of Info I got was that it was going to be some form of PCI card???

If not will it be in the form of a motherboard? Will the CPU be replaceable? What memory will it take etc etc.

Will it really be able to play all or the vast majority of Amiga games or other software??

Thanks

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@BigGun

It looks awesome... :)

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