AmigaOS4.1 ???

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Re: AmigaOS4.1 ???

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nubechecorre wrote:Is there some kind of wrapper? if so, could it possible to do the same under Amiga OS? :)
I guess the answer is yes it would be *possible*. The problem (as always) is that Hyperion is trying to move the OS forwards (e.g. virtual memory (swap space), e.g. multi-core support), which means (1) they have less man-power for adding lots of backwards-compatibility kludges, and (2) it might not be possible to add those backwards-compatibility kludges without breaking some of the fancy new features (that have been or will be added).

It would probably be a LOT simpler & easier to fix the actual game, but for whatever reason that is apparently not on the cards (maybe there is a license issue?).
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Re: AmigaOS4.1 ???

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Yes, that's the right way, moving the os forward but i guess that a wrapper would let Hyperion free to do that mantaining the compatibility with all the old apps available or it wouldn't? :)
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Re: AmigaOS4.1 ???

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about warp3d problem, on amigaworld karlos mada some interesting posts:

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/vie ... r=0#618026
http://www.os4games.it

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Re: AmigaOS4.1 ???

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Karlos wrote:Whilst not supported, I can confirm that at least the demo version runs on my classic 4.1 installation (was installed under OS3.x). However, it does DSI on exit.

About Heretic 2 demo on my system there are some difference between Update 2 and 3

- On Update 2 i can play it a little bit but the graphics will be shortly trashed and after a while it freeze
- On Update 3 it freeze during the loading of the initial map, so you can't start the game at all :|
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This project is a reimplementation of WarpOS for AmigaOS 4 (work in progress):

https://github.com/Sakura-IT/ReWarp

This project is a Warp3D wrapper for use with ReWarp (work in progress):

https://github.com/Sakura-IT/ReWarp3DPPC
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It would be neat to see how novabridge handles heretic ii, it seems to be the best hope for running heretic ii on OS 4.1Fe
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Re: AmigaOS4.1 ???

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I am currently working on a OS4 native port of Heretic2
which will be available through Hyperion (despite me no longer working for Hyperion) pretty soon.

NovaBridge is supported but there is also already
a GL4ES renderer with full multitexturing which runs around 20% faster than the MiniGL renderer.

There are no strange freezes or problems with pixel formats with this version.

I suspect i and the betatesters still need a few weeks
(Especially as work for the job starts again on Monday for
me) - but i think a few more weeks should be doable.
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