Category: Commodore Amiga
The source code for Directory Opus Magellan II has finally been released as AROS Public License, due to the contributions of a lot of people. May I just say thanks to you people. The Magallan II was the last release of Directory Opus for AmigaOS and can act as a replacement for the Workbench. Source: http://www.power2people.org/projects/profile/64
The Company are a group of Amiga enthusiasts from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download an exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: Sierra Soccer: World Challenge Edition, Wendetta, Lost Dutchman Mine, Wolfchild, Leander and Jim Power: In Mutant Planet. Website: http://thecompany.plSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
– bsdsocket was initialized too early, didn’t configure if memory config changed due to not enough physical memory etc.. (old bug)– 32-bit Windows memory reservation limit was too small, some old configs had more memory available under 2.4.x and older versions (2.5)– Crash dump file is written to data path or TEMP if winuae.exe directory is write protected.– Do not…
Szilárd Biró released an AROS version of Yamagi Quake II. The features of Yamagi Quake II are: Anisotropic filtering. Compatible with most mods. Rewritten save game system. Ingame soundtrack playback via OGG/Vorbis. Mature and stable codebase. SDL for input, sound and rendering. Support for unlimited screen size / resolutions. Enhanced software renderer with limited texture filtering capabilities. Download: yquake2.i386-aros.lhaSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Debug 101 is a debugger for AmigaOS 4.1 developed by Alfkil T. Wennermark. This debugger is a source debugger for amigaOS and has many features and comes with a nice reaction GUI. Changes in this version: New GUI. Interpretation of structs, unions and enums. Added detach, signals, breakpoints, step into and step out. You can now also view any part…
– Resuming pause with input event didn’t restore sound. (b1)– Do not capture mouse when theme changes, keep pause state (Window may not get refreshed until unpaused, this won’t be fixed until later) (b1)– Windows mouse mode and mouse not captured: right, middle and other possible extra mouse buttons leaked to Amiga side.– Fixed GUI JIT slider weird behavior when…
New Amiga releases aren’t as plentiful as they were 20 years ago, but fans are keeping the platform’s spirit alive with new titles like Retroguru’s puzzle-platformer Sqrxz 2, which made its debut at the fourth Viennese Retro-Market last weekend.Promising that players will experience “mindblasting frustration” due to its difficulty, Sqrxz 2 is compatible with OCS (original chipset) Amiga systems, including…
– Internal mouse counter under/overflow fixed, while moving mouse far enough, mouse jumped in opposite direction. (old bug)– Directory filesystem file modification date resolution support is now 1 microsecond (was 1 second). AmigaDOS file time 1/50s “tick” resolution is now fully supported (if NTFS, FAT only has 2 second resolution)– 1G RTG RAM was detected as “too large”. (early 250…
Hyperion Entertainment has released update 6 for AmigaOS 4.1. This update will not improve the operating system, but installs a new update system (AmiUpdate). With AmiUpdate all future updates will be installed automatically. Website: http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=775Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Olaf Schönweiß started a new forum for people who develop software or hardware for the Amiga. The forum is for all Amiga platforms and for people who want to help each other with developing for the Amiga. The forum sections are: Cross-platform Development, OS specific Development, Projects, Hardware-Development, Utilitybase, Other languages, Members, General Category and Site. Forum: http://www.amigacoding.deSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
