| From: | Anton Reinauer |
| Date: | 24 Sep 99 at 03:07:58 |
| Subject: | Re: PureBasic |
On 24-Sep-99, Rob Hutchinson wrote:
>> I really think that the PPC support is what would really help it sell
>> some copies...even non-Blitzers would go for that...
> I agree.. The only 2 things I can think of at the moment that would
> make me want to buy it. Are: Ability to compile for other 68K
> processors, and the fact that it`s constantly in development. I think
> it lacks too much in this early stage. What about hardware bashing
> commands?? Some people with naff processors may want to use the full
> power of their Amiga. PB has absolutely NO system unfriendly commands.
> Some may disagree, but I think giving the user the choice of
> programming style is the best, they may want to target a game at users
> with a low-end machine using ALL the effects availible. (I dont
> suppose this is under development?)
Hmm, I agree, but I feel that should have a much lower priority than
OS stuff. I would prefer to see GFX card compatibility, with a Mildred
like lib first, to create decent up-to-date games on. We can hardly
push a new Amiga with 020 games :/
I think most games programmers on the list are doing 030+ games now.
> One thing that would be a good idea for PB though, is to have a
> command/set of commands that deal with screens in BASIC form, so that
> utilities can be written with ease for the GFX card users... I`m not
> talking about just opening a screen the way blitz does. I mean having
> an extra parameter to make it public.. 1 command to open a screen
> requester..etc,.. I`m supprised these wern't implemented in blitz
> really. Opening a screen for public use with a GFX card and the GTLib
> in Blitz can be a right pain in the jacksy :)
Yes, definately.
Project: UDP_Chat [99%]- an Internet multi-player code, test-bed
for my game Pyro-Mid. - Aminet: dev/basic/UDP_Chat.lha (V2.6)
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