At 05:20 �� 19/2/2002 +0000, you wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phoebus >R. Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >At 07:38 �� 18/2/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > > >>What are you writing ? Presumably a game of some type :-) > > > >No comment :-) > >OK ... :-) > > > > > >Kinda like the Allegro library on the PeeCee (which unfortunately contains > >x86 assembly and it's impossible to port else we would be up to our necks > >in games by now :-) > >Yes, the graphics toolkit is a need, I see what you are getting at now. > >Didn't Simon Goodwin do at lot of work on this ?
IIRC He did a lot of work on areas like Thumbnail manipulation etc. However there is no "comprehensive" graphics toolkit; one that would incorporate image effects, high-colour screen compression in either LZW or RLE, Sprite and animation and image processing. Pixel/Line/Arc manipulation in odd resolutions etc. Something like that is urgently needed. Many parts of those have been done thanks to the effort of people like Wolfgang or Claus but we're still a long way from being complete. What I concentrate right now is a 2D graphics/games engine that would incorporate many of these things and hopefully in time it will graduate to 3d. That's another reason for me asking about "openess" and exactly why adding up GD2 compatibility to QDOS Classic and/or Minerva is I think urgently needed. >It is interesting that the new capabilities of the QL systems are making >demands on graphics. Have you seen my IFG CD startup animation? (37 Megs).. Now it is available (not yet commercially) for Aurora (256 colours) (with Nasty Hacks) and Mode 33. All of the versions will also take advantage of Thierry's driver CD Audio Capabilities and QPC2's CD Audio commands. I plan on the new version CD to have three sessions. One on a QXL.WIN file, one in ISO9660 format (with saved/restored Headers to ensure maximum compatibility) and an audio track which would provide sound effects :-). Additionally the ISO format track will be readable through the DOS device from QPC2 too. I haven't yet tested the ability of Thierry's driver to read multi-session disks but I don't see why not. If it works I believe it would be the most "multimedia" a QL has ever been (running a QDOSMS variant) Phoebus >-- >Malcolm Cadman
