• New formats: pc98.n88basic.hd, zx.quorum.800
• HFEv3: Fix import of some images
• CAPS: Support CT Raw files
• D88: Support multiple disk images in one file
• Kryoflux: Allow sample clock to be specified

• Revert to emitting two revolutions of flux from codecs (fixes SCP output)
• SCP, Kryoflux: Allow #revs to be specified in output (eg. name.scp::revs=3)

• 2023-10-14 new: Reshoot Proxima 3 (spieleschreiber) done by Wepl (Info, Image)
• 2023-10-11 fixed: Tolteka (Ariolasoft) fixed all wrong BLTCON1 address (Info)

• Beetlemusic [Bouncy edit]
• Beetlemusic [Encore500]
• Body Blows [Encore500]
• Rage is Relentless [Encore500]
• RSI Hard [Encore500]
• Battle Squadron - HiScore [Encore500]
• Endtheme [Encore500]
• Forests [Encore500]
• Turrican 2 - Title [Encore500]
• Never-ending Amiga love [Encore500]
• Occ-San-Geen [Encore500]
• Cannon Fodder (Feat Sunesis) [Encore500]
• Nearly There [Encore500]
• Atmosphere (Double Dragon II) [Encore500]
• Paranoimia Crack Intro [Encore500]
• Complications [Encore500]
• Rallye Master [Encore500]
• Leander - Title [Encore500]
• Amberstar - Title [Encore500]
• Test Drive II - The Duel [Encore500]
• Stardust Memories [Encore500]
• Oro Incenso [Encore500]

• Added AdBlocker settings with three different data sets
• Improved search vs URL detection in the URL string
• Added "Paste and Go" to the URL string context menu
• New tabs are now being added after the active tab (can be changed in Settings/Interface)
• Added a Font Code Path setting and changed the default to Simple on slower machines. This was previously forced to Complex to allow ligature handling, but could lead to very poor performance when editing text, etc
• Fine-tuned redraw handling while editing text
• Updated EasyList AdBlocker data
• Updated libwebp to address its various recent CVEs
• Updated sqlite, nghttp2, curl and psl libraries

• Fix renderer viewport issues
• Fill renderer bitmaps with 0 during creation
• Fill frame buffer bitmap with 0 during creation

• Looks like a regular PCI device
• Passes graphics commands through the host operating systems graphics drivers
• Provides 32-bit display support
• High resolution
• Fast - no need to emulate hardware registers
• Virtio GPU has 3D and video decoding hardware acceleration - WIP
  

• Fully working framebuffer driver, with 8, 16, and 32-bit modes
• Hardware accelerated mouse pointer
• DDC/EDID working, so automatically gets available screen-modes
• High resolution
• Fast - no need to emulate hardware registers
• Virtio GPU has 3D and video decoding hardware acceleration - WIP
• Version 0.5 has just been released
• Very usable as-is

• Chieftec mATX Tower
• A1222+ 1.3 Motherboard
• Kingston 4GB SoDDR3 1600MHz
• Crucial 240GB SSD harddisk SATA3
• AFox Radeon RX550 4GB gfc card

• Wodem - WLAN via the serial interface for every Amiga
• KickRom-Flash - 4-fold flash-rom adapter with up to 4 kickstarts
• KickRom-Progger - Flash-Rom programmer for programming the KickRom flash modules directly on the Amiga

• KickRom switch - 4-fold kick-start switch for the KickRom flash
• KickRom switch as TV port version
• Joyport Power Adapter - Get 5V power via the joystick port and use it for Wodem, KickRom Progger or other 5 V devices so that a separate power supply unit no longer has to be used.
• Floppy to 5V/12V switch - To be able to quickly connect e.g. fans via the floppy power cable

• Custom-made for Amiga AGA-hardware
• Fluid gameflow experience
• 5 uniquely themed stages
• adaptive attack wave design
• makes full use of AGA-chipset
• 24 bit color pixel art
• Steady 50 fps framerate
• 2 difficulty settings
• Energizing music and sound-fx
• Entire code in Assembly-language
• Local and global highscore table
• Available on CD-ROM boxed, USB and digital
• Exclusive for Commodore Amiga A1200, A4000 and CD32
• Compatible with most Amiga-emulation systems, MISTer, A500 Mini, PPC

• 2023-10-04 improved: Zaxxon (Bignonia) overhauled, keyboard and snoop errors fixed, trainer and icons added (Info, Image)

• Battle Squadron - Loose (Spatial Mix)
• Physical Presence (Spatial mix)

Native development

Installing LHA

Installing the 3.2 NDK

> lha x NDK3.2R4.lha

Installing VBCC

Hello world, meet our first program

#include <proto/exec.h>
#include <proto/intuition.h>
#include <proto/dos.h>
#include <intuition/intuitionbase.h>
#include <intuition/intuition.h>
 
int main()
{
	char  Title[] = "Hello World!";
	ULONG WinTags[] = {
                        WA_Width,    	200,
                        WA_Height,   	100,
                        WA_Title,    	(ULONG)&Title,
                        WA_Activate, 	1,
			TAG_END
                     };
 
	struct Window * pWin = OpenWindowTagList( NULL, (struct TagItem *)&WinTags );
	if ( !pWin )
	{
		return -1;
	}
 
	Delay( 500 );
 
	CloseWindow( pWin );
 
	return 0;
} 

> vc -c99 -lauto test.c -o Test

Closing on command

#include <proto/exec.h>
#include <proto/intuition.h>
#include <intuition/intuitionbase.h>
#include <intuition/intuition.h>
 
int main()
{
	char  Title[] = "Hello World!";
	ULONG WinTags[] = {
                        WA_Width,    	200,
                        WA_Height,   	100,
                        WA_Title,    	(ULONG)&Title,
                        WA_Activate, 	1,
                        WA_IDCMP,	IDCMP_CLOSEWINDOW,
                        WA_CloseGadget,	1,
			TAG_END
                     };
 
	struct Window * pWin = OpenWindowTagList( NULL, (struct TagItem *)&WinTags );
	if ( !pWin )
	{
		return -1;
	}
 
	WaitPort( pWin->UserPort );
 
	CloseWindow( pWin );
 
	return 0;
} 

Closing on command, now properly please

	int Run = 1;
	while ( Run )
	{
		WaitPort( pWin->UserPort );
 
		struct Message * pMsg;
		while ( pMsg = GetMsg( pWin->UserPort ) )	
		{
			struct IntuiMessage * pIMsg = (struct IntuiMessage *)pMsg;
 
			switch ( pIMsg->Class )
			{
				case IDCMP_CLOSEWINDOW :
						Run = 0;
						break;
			}
 
			ReplyMsg( pMsg );
		}
	}

Gadtools

	int Run = 1;
	while ( Run )
	{
		WaitPort( pWin->UserPort );
 
		struct IntuiMessage * pIMsg;
		while ( pIMsg = GT_GetIMsg( pWin->UserPort ) )	
		{
			switch ( pIMsg->Class )
			{
				case IDCMP_CLOSEWINDOW :
						Run = 0;
						break;
			}
 
			GT_ReplyIMsg( pIMsg );
		}
	}

Gadtool menus

struct Menu * CreateMenu( void * pVI )
{
	struct NewMenu nm[] = {
			{ NM_TITLE, "Project",   0, 0, 0, 0 },
			{ NM_ITEM,  "About...",  "A", 0, 0, (APTR)CMD_ABOUT },
			{ NM_ITEM,  NM_BARLABEL, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
			{ NM_ITEM,  "Quit",      "Q", 0, 0, (APTR)CMD_QUIT },
			{ NM_TITLE, "Options",   0, 0, 0, 0 },
			{ NM_ITEM,  "High",      0, CHECKIT|MENUTOGGLE|CHECKED, 0x6, (APTR)CMD_OPTHIGH },
			{ NM_ITEM,  "Mid",       0, CHECKIT|MENUTOGGLE, 0x5, (APTR)CMD_OPTMID },
			{ NM_ITEM,  "Low",       0, CHECKIT|MENUTOGGLE, 0x3, (APTR)CMD_OPTLOW },
			{ NM_END, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
			  };
 
	struct Menu * pMenu = CreateMenusA( nm, 0 );
	if ( !pMenu )
	{
		return NULL;
	}
 
	LayoutMenusA( pMenu, pVI, 0 );
 
	return pMenu;
}

int ProcessMenuPick( struct Menu * pMenu, struct IntuiMessage * pIMsg )
{
	if ( ITEMNUM( pIMsg->Code ) == NOITEM )
	{
		return CMD_NONE;
	}
 
	char * pItem = (char *)ItemAddress( pMenu, pIMsg->Code );
	if ( !pItem )
	{
		return CMD_NONE;
	}
 
	pItem += sizeof( struct MenuItem );
 
	int Command = *(int *)pItem;
 
	return Command | SRC_MENU;
}

Gadtools gadgets

struct Gadget * CreateGadgets(  struct Window * pWin, 
					 void * pVI, 
				struct Gadget * pGadgets[] )
{
	#define NUM_GADGETS	3
 
	// The labels and tags for the cycle gadget
	static char * cycLabels[] = { "High", "Mid", "Low", 0 };
	ULONG cycTags[] = { GTCY_Labels, (ULONG)cycLabels, TAG_END };
 
	// The arrays used for the creation of the gadgets	 
	int ggKind[NUM_GADGETS] = { BUTTON_KIND, BUTTON_KIND, CYCLE_KIND };
	ULONG * ggTags[NUM_GADGETS] = { NULL, NULL, cycTags };
	struct NewGadget ggNew[NUM_GADGETS] = {
			{ 100,78,85,14, "Quit", 0,1,0, pVI, (APTR)CMD_QUIT },
			{ 100,20,85,14, "About..", 0,2,0, pVI, (APTR)CMD_ABOUT },
			{ 100,35,85,14, "Options", 0,3,0, pVI, (APTR)CMD_OPTIONS },
				};
 
	struct Gadget * pGad;
	struct Gadget * pContext = CreateContext( &pGad );
	if ( !pContext )
	{
		return NULL;
	}
 
	for ( int Index=0; Index < NUM_GADGETS; ++Index )
	{
		pGad = CreateGadgetA( ggKind[ Index ], pGad, &ggNew[ Index ], (struct TagItem *)ggTags[ Index ] );
		pGadgets[ Index ] = pGad;
	}
 
	AddGList( pWin, pContext, 0, -1, 0 );
 
	RefreshGList( pContext, pWin, 0, -1 );
 
	return pContext;
}

int ProcessGadgetUp( struct IntuiMessage * pIMsg )
{
	struct Gadget * pGadget = (struct Gadget *)pIMsg->IAddress;
	if ( !pGadget )
	{
		return CMD_NONE;	
	}
 
	int Command = (int)pGadget->UserData;
 
	if ( Command == CMD_OPTIONS )
	{
		Command += pIMsg->Code;
	}
 
	return Command | SRC_GADGET;
}

Updating the user interface

void UpdateOptions( int Command, struct Window * pWin, struct Gadget * pGadList[] )
{
	int Source = Command & SRC_MASK;
	int Option = Commnad & 0x0F;
 
	if ( (Source != SRC_GADGET) && pGadList && pGadList[2] )
	{
		ULONG cycTags[] = { GTCY_Active, (ULONG)Option, TAG_END };
		GT_SetGadgetAttrsA( pGadList[2], pWin, NULL, (struct TagItem *)&cycTags );
	}
 
	if ( Source != SRC_MENU )
	{
		struct Menu * pMenu = pWin->MenuStrip;
		if ( pMenu )
		{
			ClearMenuStrip( pWin );
 
			UWORD MenuNumber = FULLMENUNUM( 1, 0, 0 );
			struct MenuItem * pItem = ItemAddress( pMenu, MenuNumber );
			for ( int Index=0; Index < 3; ++Index )
			{
				if ( pItem )
				{
					if ( Index == Option )
					{
						pItem->Flags |= CHECKED; 
					}
					else
					{
						pItem->Flags &= ~CHECKED; 
					}
 
					pItem = pItem->NextItem;
				}
			}
 
			ResetMenuStrip( pWin, pMenu );
		}	
	}
}

Keyboard action

int ProcessRawKey( struct IntuiMessage * pIMsg )
{
	if ( pIMsg->Code != 0xC5 )
	{
		return CMD_NONE;
	}
 
	return CMD_QUIT;
}

Resources

• The "Autodocs" directory in the NDK3.2 directory contains a lot of in-depth information on the various system library calls.
• The "Examples" directory in the NDK3.2 directory.
• The Amiga Developer Docs at amigadev.elowar.com.
• The coders section on the English Amiga Board at eab.abime.net.

• Missing so much OOP, working with arrays instead of objects was a nightmare at the beginning of this adventure.
• Trying to remember how to create smooth scrolling & animations
• Trying to figure out how AMAL worked

• Exit before reading the source (from stdin) when there were errors already.
• Make sure the relocated blocks within all sections are closed after parsing. Otherwise the first pass may find the section in a wrong state.
• Output modules may define the default section, when no SECTION or ORG directive was given. "bin", "ihex" and "srec" now default to "ORG 0".
• New output module "woz", which outputs sections as "wozmon" monitor commands, suitable for ASCII transfer via a serial connection. Contributed by anomie-p.
• m68k: Improved -opt-movem (OPT om+) optimizations, for MOVEM with two registers.
• m68k: Fixed Apollo ADD/SUB->ADDQ/SUBQ optimization with AMMX registers.
• m68k: Enabled Apollo FPU instructions using 64-bit data registers: Fxxx.D Dn,ea, FMOVE.D Fn,Dm, etc.
• m68k: Added missing PC-relative destination addressing modes for Apollo shift instructions and FMOVE, FMOVEM.
• m68k: Apollo bchg/bclr/bset/btst Dn,An must not be allowed (conflicts with MOVEP).
• m68k: New Apollo instructions FDBcc.L, DBcc En,lab; EXTUB.L and EXTUW.L.
• 6809: Fixed typo in the opcode for the 6309 LDMD instruction.
• mot-syntax: Allow multiple consecutive relocated blocks within a section.
• mot-syntax: New directives LOCAL and RSEVEN for compatibility.
• mot-syntax: Allow any type of expression for RSSET, SETSO, SETFO.
• madmac-syntax: Allow multiple consecutive relocated blocks within a section.
• oldstyle-syntax: The label defining the size of a STRUCT block may have been moved into the previous section, or caused a segfault at ENDSTRUCT, since V1.9b.
• tos-output: Also write absolute symbols (equates) into executables.
• tos-output: New option -szbx to enable unlimited symbol names using the SozobonX extension.
• bin-output: New option -start to define the start address for the default org-section.

• 2023-09-24 improved: Bismarck (PSS) german version supported (Info)

• Scumm Bar Theme Live Performance
• The Great Bath Live Performance
• Details Shadow of the Beast (Plains 1)

• Fixed!! ENV: gl4es prefs after quit EGL_Wrap
• Fixed!! delete GL renderer on quit native opengl
• Recompiled all samples
• Added version on SDL2egl_library
• Added new functions on intenal lib GLEW renderer

• 2023-09-22 new: Tolteka (Ariolasoft) done by Psygore (Info)