Yes, the plan is to leave the whole procedure concept unchanged. A procedure is similar to a function in C or C++. It takes a number of arguments and returns...
Hi, Great. :-) Patrick ... From: Michael Ness To: mattathias@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: [mattathias] Re: Procedure...
Hi, Is there a list with the basic basic commands already? For example loading a picture, will that be part of the basic commands or will it be in the category...
Patrick, Currently commands like this are in the "added by extensions" category, but that just may be because I'm trying to get the really basic BASIC commands...
Hi Mike, Your right about Amos with some commands that seem to be part of the main set but instead it was done by extensions. Patrick ... From: Michael Ness ...
What do you think should be done about the problem of graphics and sound? Should a new extension be created for each OS? This would allow the user to have...
Hi Mike, I think a new extension for each OS should be created. Ofcourse the commands should be the same. But on some OS's you could have some extra commands...
In my opinion SDL has good and not-good points. I think it is modern and advanced and multiplatform and not hard to program. I have tried the SDL games...
... SDL is used by Hyperion software and has a prerelease version for AmigaOS 4 already. It supports all major platforms including Linux. I think it should be...
Thanks for your thoughts Daniel, I agree with you whole heartedly about the need to keep a small footprint. In all honesty, I have never used SDL for any of...
Good point Crow. It may help speed development, but if SDL has a stigma of its own then some of that will rub off on Mattathias. Is it worth it to be...
Hi, Also with SDL your depending on a third party. If there are bugs in it you have to wait for them to fix it. Right? Depends on how much you use it I guess....
Hi, How about using Protracker for use as a sound extension? Check http://www.kiritsu.com/protracker/ Something like: loadpt playpt etc. Using the "pt" to show...
... In terms of free or shareware standards MadBomber! and CircusLinux have good graphics and okay sound. There's an SDL Asteroids game out there and a...
Here, here! I agree with you that having a language that anyone can use to "write bad games and do dumb stuff" would be a great accomplishment. I didn't mean...
... No, not at all! ... Oh, me too, I was a bad game programmer. Then I chose a profession not having much to do with programming, and so I don't know if I'll...
Hi, When it comes to loading up gfx I think we should use the following command style: Load iff Load jpg Load png etc. What do you think? It shows clearly the...
Hi Daniel, ... That's a good option too. I wanted to say that using the filetype it is easier to read the code but then again: load picture "test.jpg" will let...
... Hi! I'm a bit of a lurker on both the amos-list (although in 1993-1996 I've posted a few times) and mattathias list. But now I felt like joining the...
... image ... In AmigaOS 3+ that would be easy using datatypes.library but how would we do that in any other OS? I suppose we could just check the suffix but...
Hi Mark, I think indeed a "Load Picture" or "Load Image" will be a good thing. Mattathias can detect the image form itself. And like I said before, "Load...
Hi, Some time ago somebody on the Amos list made a Pitfall version in Amos. An exact clone. Does anyone still have it? Patrick [Non-text portions of this...
Hi, Personally I think first only focus on the Amiga version. Windows and Linux, I don't know. It should be like Amos. Have that feeling that Amos gave you....
... I would appreciate if at least the main code stays portable for giving programmers on other systems a help for starting. Talking of multi system...
I just got Picasso96 running on WinUAE here and found out that it doesn't support screen autoscrolling. AmigaOS 4 uses Picasso96 to do its graphics. That...
Hi, I only used standard Amiga's so far so I am not into the P96 stuff at all. Do you mean your point in relation with being able to compile old Amos code into...
Hi, I think it's possible for the main code (basic basic set of commands) to be portable. But extensions that use Amiga libraries or other Amiga specific...
