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Archive 01/2024

`07.Jan.2024`	Tool: identify-library 44.0 Today Richard Körber has released version 44.0 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes: Added a few more boards Emu68 (PiStorm light) is now detected and properly shown as CPU/FPU/MMU. Until now, identify only estimated the MMU depending on the system's CPU, and was wrong with 68EC030 machines and some accelerator boards. 68851 MMU chips were not detected at all. Starting with v44, the mmu.library is used now. If it is present, identify will return an accuate result. Downloads: IdentifyDev.lha (67 kB) IdentifyUsr.lha (101 kB) (dr) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 22:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	Aminet uploads until 06.01.2024 The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to Aminet: Amix560.lha comm/amiex 1.1M 68k AmiExpress BBS system redevel... netsurf.lha comm/www 8.1M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser netsurf_os3.lha comm/www 3.0M 68k Fast CSS capable web browser clouds_motion.lha dev/amos 5K points coordinates extrapolation weirdo_synth.lha dev/amos 219K simple synth for amos pro EasyRapa.lha dev/hwood 9.6M 68k generate RapaGui simple app s... xlink.lha dev/misc 33K 68k Virtual linking of AmigaDOS m... xlist.lha dev/misc 20K 68k Analyze AmigaDOS modules + li... MCE.lha game/edit 3.8M 68k Multi-game Character Editor MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.1M MOS Multi-game Character Editor MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 2.0M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 5.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul... AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands morsconv.lha text/misc 6K 68k Conv. text 2 various forms of... PWGen.lha util/cli 5K OS4 Passwort Generator ExportOrga.lha util/misc 1K Export your PolyOrga contacts... ReportPlus.lha util/misc 661K 68k Multipurpose utility ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 772K MOS Multipurpose utility ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 832K OS4 Multipurpose utility (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	OS4Depot uploads until 06.01.2024 The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to OS4Depot: vumeter.lha aud/mis 246kb 4.0 Audio VUMeter display libffmpeg.lha dev/mis 28Mb 4.1 Multimedia libraries snes9x.zip emu/gam 121Mb 4.1 Super Nintendo / Super Famicom e... scummvm.lha gam/mis 95Mb 4.1 Run supported classic adventure/... scummvm-src.zip gam/mis 244Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor easyrapa.lha lib/hol 10Mb 4.0 Generate RapaGui simple app stru... netsurf.lha net/bro 8Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser pwgen.lha uti/mis 5kb 4.0 Passwort Generator reportplus.lha uti/mis 832kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility sacrificiopagano.lha uti/mis 7Mb 4.0 Magic Tool compression.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.0 A PDF generator deepl.lha uti/tex 3Mb 4.0 DeepL tool / incl. sourcecode litexl.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 A lightweight text editor writte... (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	AROS Archives uploads until 06.01.2024 The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to AROS Archives: wormwars.i386-aros.zip gam/act 645kb Advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade... icondropx_12-29-23.i386-a... gra/ico 68kb Icon Maker to make PNG Icons fro... new_colored_disks.zip gra/ico 306kb Set of Colored Removable Disk Icons new_flash_disk_icons.zip gra/ico 39kb Set of Colored Flash Disk Icons new_floppy_icons.zip gra/ico 143kb Set of Colored Floppy Disk Icons new_ram_disk_icons.zip gra/ico 204kb Set of Colored PNG Ram Disk Icons sacrificiopagano.lha uti/mis 7Mb Magic Tool (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.01.2024 The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: AmiArcadia_30.72.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi... ACE_1.26.lha Emulation The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ... OpenBor_4.0.7533.lha Emulation OpenBOR is the ultimate... Bugdom_1.3.4.lha Games/Action Pangea Software's Bugdo... ScummVM_2.8.0.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve... SacrificioPagano_2.10.lha Misc A special app to people... ReportPlus_8.45.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ... (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	WHDLoad: New installers until 06.01.2024 Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 06.01.2024: 2024-01-04 new: Subconscious (Dimension X) done by StingRay (Info, Image) 2024-01-02 fixed: Challenger (Anco) missing copying the ram-handler file during the install process (Info) 2024-01-02 new: Challenger (Anco) done by Psygore (Info) 2024-01-01 improved: Summer Games (U.S.Gold) smc removed, manual & source included (Info) (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024` Amiga Future (website)	AmigaRemix: Further files added AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Turrican II Freedom Live Performance WAR (Never been so much fun!) Electric City (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024` Amiga Future (website)	AmiFox: Server update Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's "AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying the pages converted into images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). On the server side, there have now been some minor improvements, which the author describes at the title link - but the program itself does not need to be downloaded again. Note for users who run the Docker on their own server: The version number 0.3 of the server version has remained the same despite these adjustments. (snx) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	Preview video: Pumpman v0.002 In addition to several other projects such as "Deathmine", 'PixelPlop' is also working on the game "Pumpman", for which he has now published a preview video. (dr) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 07:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024` Amigans	Shoot'em Up: "Skillgrid" V1.4 In early 2019, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released his abstract, vertical shoot'em up SkillGrid (YouTube video). Changes to version 1.4: Added cells field flashing when these cells (are about to) appear: ASTEROIDS cell (bright colors); BEAM/* cells, if their exit from the bottom of the screen would reduce the number of beams shot by the spaceship (bright colors); MOTHERSHIP, MUSIC MODE, SKULL (same colors of the cells field when the associated boss/mode is active). Made the spaceship flash red when its shield is low. Made the spaceship glow red for half a second when its shield gets damaged. Made the middle layer appear progressively at the beginning of a game. Made the cells layer populate with empty cells progressively. Changed a few pixels of the title screen spaceship icon and of the Skull. Improved the handling of audio channels. Made sure no sprite tearing occurs when switching between screens. Made sure that the system MMU setup does not interfere. Fixed crash when a tune was started while another tune was playing (e.g. when the MUSIC MODE cell was caught while missiles were active). Fixed the stopping of the music mode music (it inhibited the restart of the spaceship afterburner sound). Fixed the X position of specifically-requested cells (it was equal to the type of the cell removed at the same time). Fixed the lengths of some sounds samples (they were odd). Made various speed and memory optimizations. Made the startup and cleanup code more robust. Worked on the cells: improved the handling of the TURN cell (now it is randomized and it ensures that the speeds of the UFOs will always change); increased the frequency of the MUSIC MODE cells; decoupled the randomization of the cells types and positions; created the BOSSES (virtual) class of cells, grouping the BOLTSPITTER and SKULL cells (previously MALUSES) and the MOTHERSHIP cell (previously UNDEFINED) into it; made the template of the BOLTSPITTER and SKULL cells striped; made the template of the TURN cell fringed; made the template of the BEAM/DOUBLE cell equal to that of the other BEAM/* cells. Worked on the audio channels allocation priorities of the sound effects: given the Boltspitter bolt shooting and the hitting of the spaceship by the Mothership beam priority over the milestone notification; assigned the speech warnings specific priorities (from lowest to highest: "charge low", "shield low", "approaching asteroids", "escapes critical", "danger", "time running out"). Updated/improved the documentation. 19. Updated the artwork to reflect the new cells graphics. (dr) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 07:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jan.2024`	Apollo cards: File sharing tool "ApolloExplorer" v1.1.1 (update) ApolloExplorer is a simple file exchange programme that can be used to transfer files from a PC to an Amiga running an Apollo card and vice versa over the network. A server software runs in the background on the Amiga and allows a client running on a PC with Windows, Linux or MacOS to connect to the Amiga and browse the local hard drives. Changes in version 1.1.0: Supports displaying of Amiga icons Icon mode is back in the file lister A new command line utility "acp" (works like scp on linux). Update: (07.01.2024, 18:49, dr) Meanwhile version 1.1.1 is available which fixes a crash that happens with corrupted .info files and restores the disk usage gauges. (dr) [News message: 07. Jan. 2024, 07:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Platform game: Ami-H.E.R.O. Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch's latest game is an Amiga conversion of the game Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation (H.E.R.O.) from the US games company Activision from 1984, originally programmed for the Atari 2600. The aim of the game is to fly into the depths of an underground cave with the character, who has a helicopter backpack, in order to rescue lost miners and avoid various dangers. As Paweł explains to us, the music and sounds were created by Marcin 'Eightbm' Białobrzewski, who also created the music for the final version of Tony and for Farmiga. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 23:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor. The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the latest Hollywood 10 version and released hw4vsc v10.0.0 today. The extension can be installed from the extension manager of Visual Studio Code, simply filter for the keyword "Hollywood". The author asks you to use the Github bug tracker in case of problems. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 22:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Text adventure: "Adventure 2" v0.8 After "Adventure 1" (amiga-news.de reported) 'grindercowboy' has published a second text adventure created with the ADMS (Amiga Dungeon Mastering System): in "Adventure 2" you play a space cadet who has the goal of getting back home. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 22:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Rally game: Jari-Matti Rally (prototype) In mid-December, 'lifeschool22' published a prototype with "MonkeyEye", with which he wanted to test whether CanDo could be used to create a point'n'click adventure game (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has published another prototype with the racing game "Jari-Matti Rally": it is a Full-motion video (FMV) racing game that he also wrote with CanDo. A 68030 processor (or faster), 2MB chip RAM, 4MB fast RAM and 117 MB free space for the hard disc installation are recommended. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 22:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Video tutorial: Transferring Spectrum-Basic code to Amiga-AMOS In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he first enters a printed Basic program from a Sinclair magazine from October 1984 into his 48k ZX Spectrum and then converts it to AMOS Pro on his Amiga. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 11:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Preview video: Hyperborea (Resurrected) #2 Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing "Hyperborea", a project started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime (YouTube videos) (amiga-news.de reported). Technically, the game is as good as finished. Changes compared to the first preview video: spread shot: fully loaded :) Each player can now throw up to 36 laser-streaks on the enemies. muzzle flash collision handling player vs. bullets and floating enemies smart bomb: if you're about to die it will be activated automatically, unless your bomb stock is empty, of course. While the bomb is active, enemy hitpoints are constantly drained, bullets are canceled and you're invulnerable. Note: for the video I always keep the 2nd player's bomb stock at 0. This is simply because otherwise it would constantly bomb if hit and make the video much less interesting :P removed dummy test explosions on enemy hit: instead a dedicated hit sound is played. Maybe I'll add some sparks later. optional bullet canceling on enemy hit: when the enemy is destroyed then all of the bullets that were spawned by it are canceled. extremely optimized player-gun vs. enemies algorithm optional craters for ground enemies and test turrets: those craters got their own dedicated rendering system. some well-known floating popcorn enemies ;) Many enemies are taken from Torben's earlier work "Battle Squadron" for the time being. There are also a few placeholders (e.g. for the music or crater gfx). (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 10:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Amiga-Emulator: vAmigaWeb - reworked virtual keyboard vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. In this update, the virtual keyboard has been restyled and technically reworked. It is now css-grid-based, which enables automatic scaling to different screen sizes. In addition to a scaling factor, the user can now also add a border at the bottom of the screen. This is particularly useful to prevent the keyboard from conflicting with the home indicator (the thin bar at the bottom of the iPhone screen). All analogue sticks on a external controller should be recognized and work properly now. Tested with wireless Xbox controller on iPad. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 10:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jan.2024`	Web browser: NetSurf 3.12 (beta version) About a week ago the official version 3.11 of the web browser NetSurf for AmigaOS 4 was released (amiga-news.de reported). In the article we also reported about a corresponding version for AmigaOS 3, which, however, did not provide working support for encrypted websites (https connections). Chris Young has now fixed that and released this version on Aminet. (dr) [News message: 06. Jan. 2024, 08:24] [Comments: 3 - 07. Jan. 2024, 16:32] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`05.Jan.2024` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 166 - preview and excerpts Previews and excerpts from Amiga Future 166 (January/February 2024) have been published on the magazine's website. Amongst other things this issue features an interview with Richard Löwenstein, two meeting reports as well as reviews of GothicVania, Ooze, Diplomacy, Bunny's Revenge, AstroMenace, El Capitan Trueno, C64 - The Mysterious Cassette, AmigaGPT, RNOSlides, WarpVision AGA, AmiKit PiStorm and IBrowse 3.0. Amiga Future is a printed magazine available in English and German editions. It can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (cg) [News message: 05. Jan. 2024, 23:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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