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Not only for you. ;) Maybe try to contact "Idek Tramielski" on AF, whether he couldn't include that code into the drivers?agranlund wrote: 24 Nov 2024 22:42Poking directly at the videocard like it's the 1990's.
It's not pretty going behind the drivers back but for fullscreen exclusive things I regret nothing :lol:
That videomode is a must-have for me :)
His videos are great stuff indeed!
That's a great idea! I'll do that once it's more presentable and cleaned up.mikro wrote: 25 Nov 2024 10:46 Not only for you. ;) Maybe try to contact "Idek Tramielski" on AF, whether he couldn't include that code into the drivers?
Yes, this would be great, wouldn't it. For me, from a game/demo making point of view, the biggest issue with those cards is that we don't have any API (well, except VDI...) to make them shine. OpenGL is for 3D, VDI is for desktop stuff (and uses maybe 10% of the card's capabilities) so we would need to steal something from ancient Linux/Unix world or invent something on our own (and hope that it would be attractive enough for others to use). The latter was tried by Didier but it didn't end very well.agranlund wrote: 25 Nov 2024 12:50For hardware triangles in something like a game or demo I suspect it might make sense to do it on a low level to avoid potential VDI overhead?
But I think what I most would really like to get a chance to experiment with is using the et4000/w32i blitter in game scenarios.
Isn't there already a TOS or MiNT port of SDL? I think so although my ST can't run it so I've not tried it.mikro wrote: 25 Nov 2024 14:14Yes, this would be great, wouldn't it. For me, from a game/demo making point of view, the biggest issue with those cards is that we don't have any API (well, except VDI...) to make them shine. OpenGL is for 3D, VDI is for desktop stuff (and uses maybe 10% of the card's capabilities) so we would need to steal something from ancient Linux/Unix world or invent something on our own (and hope that it would be attractive enough for others to use). The latter was tried by Didier but it didn't end very well.agranlund wrote: 25 Nov 2024 12:50For hardware triangles in something like a game or demo I suspect it might make sense to do it on a low level to avoid potential VDI overhead?
But I think what I most would really like to get a chance to experiment with is using the et4000/w32i blitter in game scenarios.