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- Greetings.
-
- Another week, more knowledge gained, alas, back to programming..
-
- For those of you curious on the progress of my raycaster, well, here
- it is: I'm almost finished with my studies (2 weeks as of today!),
- which means when I am finished I'll have the summer to program,
- (although I have had some time on weekends and during the week), when
- summer arives, as I said, I'll have all the time I need. I've soaked
- up all the flavor I can on raycasting and the whole nine yards. The
- biggest help, though, was "Amazing 3-D Games Adventure Construction
- Set", a great book by Larry Myers, which explains raycasting and
- comes enclosed with a CD packed full of examples and source,
- including the ACK-3D engine (Adventure Construction Set). Very nice,
- easy to read. Many thanks go to Andy (Mush) for referring me to it.
-
- On the subject of NTSC/PAL:
- >>Can they use programs with PAL screens on NTSC or what?
- >>Should I make things with a maximum height or 200 rather than 256?
-
- > Make your screen 234 lines high. Have your program sense the type of
- > computer (PAL/NTSC) as per my EA4 article.
-
- I'm not sure, but with most Amiga's, you can use an NTSC/PAL switcher
- program (there are several, I use to tiny little serperate ones that
- run from CLI, both under 4k I think). Not sure if any of the newer
- Amiga's will agree with this or not..
-
- While I'm on the subject of Amiga's, I would like to put out a
- request to anyone that may have a used A1200, in GOOD condition
- please, that would be interesting in selling, please contact me. I am
- willing to pay a reasonable price for one, just to tide me over for
- testing and also for breaking out some of the AGA programs I have
- that I haven't been able to run on my A3000. All I need, I believe,
- is the computer, a power supply/cord, and a mouse (unless my old
- A3000 mouse will work). If I missed anything, just tell me.
-
- I guess that's about it. Be sure and check out my Webpage this
- weekend as I'm going to be finishing up the "under construction"
- areas and updating my raycaster info. Thanks again for reading.
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- Adam Parrott
- General Manager and Lead Programmer
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- http://www.parrottsoft.base.org
- http://www.parrottsoft.home.ml.org
- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/6116
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- mailto: parrottsoft@geocities.com
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- At Parrottsoft, we specialize in Amiga software,
- using Amos and the latest Graphics and Sound software.
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- Our current project: A 3D gaming engine similar to
- Build and leaner than Quake. Check out the Parrottsoft
- website for more details!
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- Cafe Engine completion: #####--------------- 25%
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- Now there's an idea. (r)
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