@smarkusg

Did you tried some Warp3D Nova games like Spencer or Super Star Blast?

Thanks for a reply,
Thomas

Currently, there is only the Level which counts. I will talk to Frank if it is possible to get a Highscore calculation in the game.

Within the next months, we want to reactivate AmiBoing with minimal Highscore Upload again. Then we need an update.. so maybe wait one or two month ? ;)

First, we have to see how the year starts and how much stress we have with our work.

Not sure if it helps or not. I use 2.8 and it has performance problems when i draw a circle. But only if i have "compositing" enabled in the SDL Config (prefs/SDL). With "software" enabled, it runs well..

And if you disable "effects" (compositing) in GUI Prefs, it is faster again.. Compositing in window mode on OS4 does not work well. Maybe a Vsync issue (in Super Star Blast Window mode -> faster without effects turned on in GUI )

@Mr_byte Nice setting and we are happy that it works now for you!

Thanks to Mr_byte, we now have a window mode. It looks great beside the AmigaOS4 workbench ;)


A new Super Star Blast Update Version 1.8 is available now on AmiUpdate!

Features:
- A new tooltype, “fullscreen,” has been added. If this is removed, the game will open in window mode with the specified “screenSize.”
- Collision boxes for all enemies have been optimized.
- LCTRL and LALT keys have been added for left and right strafing.

@all: Thanks for your support, your feedback and your images from your setup. Looks great!

@328gts: AmiBoing connection is the next part. As i am not finished there, the game is without it in current state. It needs a bit more time. It will be a minimal relaunch with only highscore lists and game list with support of highscores.

@amigakit
Ok, thanks for your reply, so we don´t need to email ;)

So it seems to work now and all is fine.

@mufa
You are the second one who has a problem downloading the game on AmiStore.
I will write Matthew an Email. It is strange, that other people are able to download. From where do you coma? Maybe it is a country "lock" (the other user was from germany).

Meanwhile: Please write us an email to mail@entwickler-x.de and we send you a version.

Thank you all, we hope you have fun with the game 😀

@derfs
It is only possible at itch, because they have this system and we can upload key there… but write us an Emai (mail@entwickler-x.de)l, should be no problem if you want to play it on steam too 😀

Cool! Thanks for the gameplay Video!

AmigaOS4: Super Star Blast - Space Shooter
Super Star Blast has been available on PC and consoles for a while now.
We are pleased to finally be able to release the AmigaOS4 version of the game.
You can get the game as digital download version on your favorite AmigaOS Shop: @AlineaComputer @A-Eon




Super Star Blast is a space based game with challenging levels of increasing difficulty.
All enemies must be shot down to finish a level and go to the next one. A scanner around the player tells roughly where the enemies are located.
The player ship can fly forwards to attack and backwards to fight during the retreat against the opponents.
After clearing a level you can purchase equipment to boost the ship, as well as extra shields and firepower or more ships.










Features:
-Massive challenging levels of increasing difficulty
-Enemies with unique flying and fire characteristics
-Upgrade center (agility, fire power, shield, ships)
-Single player campaign
-Simple and clean 3D space graphics
-Quality and performance Settings
-Warp3D Nova / OpenGLES Support (required!)

Hardware Requirements:
AmigaOS 4.1 F.E. Computer with Warp3D Nova/OpenGLES compatible graphics card

Disclaimer:
Because of the many different configurations, it is difficult to cover all problems. Just send us an email to mail@entwickler-x.de and we will try to fix bugs.
Also play with the quality and performance settings to adapt the game to your hardware.
The "FPS" setting shows you the current frame rate.
In the ToolTypes you can also activate your own screen mode. If the setting is put in brackets, the Workbench resolution is used.

Shop Links:
https://www.amiga-shop.net/Amiga-Softw ... per-Star-Blast::1399.html
http://www.amistore.net
https://entwicklerx.itch.io/super-star-blast

Thanks for your support!

@sailor

I think for most people would be 720p ok. It would be nice if the card would support more but 10% are much better than 70% ;)

@sailor

You're right, the new V5 driver came with acceleration, right? I didn't consider it.

But if i remember right, it was very slow? I could be wrong.

EDIT:
Just flew over:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/ ... &order=ASC&status=&mode=0

It seems that V5 and RadeonHD7750 on X1000 only gets 720p video, same as my X1000 without acceleration. Maybe an user can prove it.


So it depends on your needs:

no warm start -> for me a problem

- But some FPS in this thread shows a better performance with the newer driver.
- Power Management works, a nice feature.
- And maybe much less CPU usage with 720p (would be enough for me).

What have you tried?

In some cases playing in screenmodes does not help. To get 50hz run, i had to uncheck the "get settings automaticaly" in the second tab of screenmodes prefs .

The second thing i did is to go to the devs/monitors/yourGFXcard Icon informations.Here is a list of screenmodes. Just make a new one with your 50hz -> 1920x1080@50.

Reboot AmigaOS and look if the new mode is available in screenmode prefs.

Good luck, i hope it works (maybe changing the tooltypes is enough, try this first).

Emotion playback:

X1000 + RX550
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa4sE2DcUdg

X1000 + R750X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHowHS3hnWA

Frank is using his X1000 with the RX550 and it works fine.
I would miss the warm start of AmigaOS, so i currently use my RadeonHD 7750 (with the older driver, because warm start is missing in newer drivers?).

But Frank reported no problems with this RX card to me.

@Hans:
Not yet. As we currently try to restart our Amiga work again, we maybe can give you the information soon.

Frank could make an archive of super star blast if it helps. But he also want to look deeper into it, so maybe there also are some problems in the software itself (next step is also to include a performance setting screen to check/uncheck some effects, maybe we also can get closer if it crashes after turning on or of a feature ;) )

Ok, wrote as youtube comment but maybe it is also good here:

"Hi TJ, thanks for using our Emotion video player ;) A 4k video runs in your 1440p resolution. It takes your workbench resolution and scales the video up/down to this in fullscreen (it is technical a borderless window mode). The reason is, because it can switch instantly without monitor resolution switches. But you can set a DisplayID in the tooltypes of Emotion (first line: you get the ID for your target resolution in screenmode prefs). But i would prefer the current way for the better switch times but for a test it would help. Beside this: Frank, the coder, is working on an update and we hop to get it released soon. Like you, we are back in OS4 world and try to spend more time on it. Maybe you have to try some games for your RX580 next year (we have to solve some problems we currently cannot reproduce, some crashes on the one X5000 and not on the other... we will see how to fix it) ;)"

Regards and thanks for your videos!

I am not sure if a player should know all Hardware instead of a library which only works on a fixed hardware. In my mind, the player should be as hardware independent as possible for don´t needing to update for every new driver version which stops using the hardware.

... only my opinion, maybe devs have a different point of view.

@mbrantley: i have a RadeonHD 7750 in my x1000 and also use an older driver. Warmstart ist important for me because OS4 needs some restarts over the day. When i play around with new or old software i have to warmstart every minute, so cold start is not an option ;)


@AmigaSociety: With your X5000 i would go for a RX550 GFX Card, so you have all features and can rename back the va.library.

@Spectre660 is right.

It seems that va.library does not know if the installed graphics card can play hardware accelerated video or not.

If it is installed, Emotion tries to use it and fails with your 7750HD.

WOW ! Thank you for the port, i will try it!

I tried a bit and the cursor uses already a dri->Pen but one which may bring some problems in some situations. If i remember right, some older software can look strange. In my configuration, i do not have issues. So try it if it works on your systems.

www.entwickler-x.de/amiga/EVO.lha

I changed the "shine" Pen to a lighter one. So if you have a running EVO you just can go to GUI Prefs, click "Shine" (third line) and choose a lighter color (white is the third index color, in my archive i used the last color in the gray gradient, index 11).

I hope it works for you, maybe this is a good solution when other software are not damaged...

I also play around with a classic inspired minimal theme. When i installed OS4.1 classic on WinUAE i found a fallback theme while installation wich looked nice for me. So i tried it on my X1000, reduced as much bitmap graphics as possible and did some adjustments. Maybe some users want to try it if they are in "Amiga Classic Mode" ;)

www.entwickler-x.de/amiga/classicEvoPlus.lha





@broadblues: Right, me or Costel posted a request. And yes, it seems more work than expected.

@Maijestro: Yes, it is a bit complicated. It would be nice to have a "Theme Changer" Tool which make all the adjustments and some use definded settings which should be stored directly in the prefs config of OS4 Prefs. For instance the Workbench Prefs. There are Color Settings for the Text mode which have do be adjusted. I have here my own setting but do not pack it into my theme archives because in Workbench.prefs are many User settings which are overwritten (hidden devices, Format of the Title Bar infos and Icon sizes etc.) I am also not a big fan of the system that every small Prefs program can adjust visual things. So no clear theme can made because often it collides with the user settings (here WB prefs, then Fonts is a bit strange with bigger Screen sizes...) For me, it all should be in the GUI Prefs to adjust. Very strange is the AmiDock. Visual settings like background images are stored in the same xml file like the icon settings, so no designer can make a clean theme where Amidock also is changed... But maybe this makes our system special and interesting, and users have something to do ;) Greetings back from germany ;)

The Problem with much Software and Gadgets (like text, string) is that they use index colors and on old systems the first 4 colors are the only colors and where different from each other (background index1, foreground index2) etc. And with less colors, this 4 colors have to be very different to see it (gray background, white cursor).

But if you want to build a lighter theme than the old, dark one it is almost impossible to get it right. And this is the case with the evo theme. I did some adjustments in my version but i don´t like it. If i have a bit time i will make an update with some color compromises.

The best way would be if coders, gadgets, software use pens and there also not the pens which they like (often they find a nice pen color in the default theme and use it, but it never works with another color scheme).

And what we need is a "CursorPen" but no one will code it for me ;)

The current cursor color is bound to another UI element. I don´t remember what and have to look next days. But when i change it, we get other ugly corners (maybe foreground Pen? i will look into it...).

For MUI: It seems you don´t have the EVO Mui Settings loaded? As i remember right, the background of a windows should not have a marble texture and the buttons also looks like the old OS4 theme. So look into the EVO drawer and copy the MUI config to MUI:

As walkero wrote, you can change the color for the cursor there.. .very nice, we need it for reaction ;)


My plan was to upload the theme to amiga-look.org but had no time yet (and i want to fix some issues). I´ll try my best to get it done soon, with an adjusted EVO version (maybe it needs to be a bit darker to be able to see the cursor).

NOTE: The string Gadget has a function where the cursor changes its color if the cursor color and the background in string gadget are to close. This is for me not the best function (as a cursor pen is better and someone seems to spent time with such a hack ;) ), but it could be a compromise in the text gadget for the note pad too.