obschan Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 I thought the Lynx scaling hardware worked equally well in both dimensions. Why would it be faster scaling horizontal spans vs vertical spans? I have no clue of how Suzy is wired so it's a quick wild guess, but in one case you have to add the screen width to go to the next pix. while in the other case it's just an increment, could certainly saves a few clocks for a whole screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My optimisation offer was at the suggestion of removing or reducing the side status panel. When you do that you have two options :- 1) Cast more rays into the scene so you see more of the world (which makes the scene bitmap bigger in X). 2) Add more border to the left or the right. If you want to show more of the world you have to cast more rays into the scene. That increases the amount of CPU time needed to render a single frame. If you could get more performance out of the core routines you can either increase the frame rate or increase the scene bitmap. As with all games you trade things against each other to make it more fun. Someone did a simple "wolf-like" raycast example called lcdwolf that used an interesting optimization - instead of casting every column, it casts every fourth column and interpolates the others. If the wall id is different between the two casts, it casts another column in between the two and interpolates between the three columns. So for a screen width of 160 columns, you have a minimum of 41 rays cast, and a maximum of 81, with the average being somewhere between the two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Someone did a simple "wolf-like" raycast example called lcdwolf that used an interesting optimization - instead of casting every column, it casts every fourth column and interpolates the others. If the wall id is different between the two casts, it casts another column in between the two and interpolates between the three columns. So for a screen width of 160 columns, you have a minimum of 41 rays cast, and a maximum of 81, with the average being somewhere between the two. Sounds interesting. Do you have a link for that? Its been a while since I wrote a raycasting engine so it'd be interesting to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Sorry to divert but I was just wondering: Are ray-casting engines and BSP trees a creation of id software or did they just make it popular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Both techniques have been around for 30+ years. ID brought them into mainstream gaming with its iconic titles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 ID brought them into mainstream gaming with its iconic titles. And Luchsenstein 3D will finally be thee complete breakthrough for the tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Sounds interesting. Do you have a link for that? Its been a while since I wrote a raycasting engine so it'd be interesting to read. http://www.jeremyaburns.com/page.php?page=lcdWolf3d The funny thing is, while he makes that interpolation optimization for better speed, the method he uses to find the wall intersections is the SLOW method (three muls every loop). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAN34 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Any chance you will put this out in cart form when it's done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 The first person shooter unrelated to Wolfenstein most likely, yes. Anything Wolfenstein-related, not a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 What about WolfenSCHTEEN instead of WolfenSTINE? (You know, like Young FrankenSCHTEEN?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Wolfenstein-style engine running on the unexpanded VIC-20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o_lPwASqyU Edited May 16, 2013 by ZylonBane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Why stop at Vic-20? Someone come up with Vectrex version or better yet Adventurevision version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 After countless work hours, 108 Stars and I are presenting the playable Luchstenstein 3D demo. Incredibly excellent and excellently incredible. Can we count on the full game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sd32 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Hey, any news on this awesome project?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 This is freaking awesome!! I love Wolf 3d... Playing it on the Lynx would be a dream. Where the heck can a get a flash cart for Lynx? I'd really like to start getting into Lynx homebrew stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 CyberVirus is a 3D first-person shooter available now on the Lynx, but it's all outdoors, so it does not have the 3D raycasting walls like Wolf 3D does. I agree that a full Wolf 3D style game would be pretty incredible on the Lynx, and seems very doable from the multiple demos which have been created to date. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapicco Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 CyberVirus is a 3D first-person shooter available now on the Lynx, but it's all outdoors, so it does not have the 3D raycasting walls like Wolf 3D does. I agree that a full Wolf 3D style game would be pretty incredible on the Lynx, and seems very doable from the multiple demos which have been created to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapicco Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 CyberVirus is a 3D first-person shooter available now on the Lynx, but it's all outdoors, so it does not have the 3D raycasting walls like Wolf 3D does. I agree that a full Wolf 3D style game would be pretty incredible on the Lynx, and seems very doable from the multiple demos which have been created to date. Where can I buy a cybervirus cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 CyberVirus is now back in stock at the Songbird store, along with all my Songbird Lynx games and several Telegames Lynx games too. However, most of my merchandise has been shipped to Las Vegas for CGE in a couple weeks, so I may not be able to ship any orders until about September 20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Where can I buy a cybervirus cart? If you live in the Dallas, Texas area you can pick up a copy at Game Over in Arlington. They have Lynx games there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapicco Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 CyberVirus is now back in stock at the Songbird store, along with all my Songbird Lynx games and several Telegames Lynx games too. However, most of my merchandise has been shipped to Las Vegas for CGE in a couple weeks, so I may not be able to ship any orders until about September 20.Is the site still accurate with what's in stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapicco Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Also, do all come with boxes and manuals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Yes, all games on my site with PayPal links are in stock. All games are brand new including box and manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Any news on this? Looking really promising!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 None so far. I need to get in touch with obschan on this, I was so terribly busy with the whole cancer thing I didn't get anything done. Hope he is still up to continuing on the fps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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