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Are A1222-versions not being made anymore?

@Plexus

He problably meant a WarpOS version + Sonnet card ? There is a thread on eab.

@kas1e

1) Is it possible to add SDK documentation and code example? I managed to get the context running but it was guesswork. Not sure how to use drawables.

2) How to update window pointer, for example when fullscreen mode is toggled?

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A few quick OGLES tests:

Darkplaces FS 1920*1080
RX550 43fps RX590 40fps

SuperTuxKart Fullscreen
RX550 34fps RX590 33fps

JK Outcast FS 1920*1080 (Kejim Post)
RX550 92-129fps RX590 55-80fps

Starbox window
RX550 408fps RX590 262fps

Starbox Fullscreen 1920x1080
RX550 269fps RX690 174fps

Q3 irrlicht engine test
RX550 219fps RX590 170fps

This performance and the jet speed fans tell me that this RX590 is not working quite right on AmigaOS4. :/

@tlsom:

Remember on amiga we have 68k Emulation in between for
the cpu parts so not the same speed like bare metal.

Also it is not the same video chip so current pistorm3d
only supports videocore VI.

That being said there are efforts to get something for pi3.
And once this runs i will provide a wrapper for
minigl.library so that pi3 runs titles developped
for pistorm3d.

@Cageman

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Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness.

@all

Please thank not only me but also kas1e—without his work on Mesa, this would never have been possible. And don't forget that while it already works well, there may still be issues, especially with HD cards and other problems.

@TheMagicSN

Beautiful project, congratulations! I can confirm that the 3D chip even on a simple Pi3—has excellent potential (definitely superior to the old CyberVision PPC cards.). I’ve used it extensively in pi3 and Pi4 paravirtualization, managing to get Vulkan running perfectly through Wine with astonishing results. Through DirectX I even managed to run titles like Ghost Recon and Half‑Life at an acceptable framerate. Thanks again for your project.

@Maijestro

Cool! I did a quick test with MESA and it flies compared to the other modes. Installed it on my X5000/020 that has an RX550. :)

Well done! Donation is comming your way!

Hi all,

The next MAE meet is booked for Saturday 19th Sept 10:30-1700 in Leamington.

More information and link to ticket booking (free, we use them to plan) here: https://retro.directory/#ev1024-Midlan ... ing%2019th%20September%20'26%20meet%20up%20(19th%20Sep%202026)

The Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D4kRmtBsF/

Thank you.

Hi Guys,
I need your help please. I am reinstalling amigaos4 on a brand new ssd and now I am looking for the latest port with all the related libs about SDL,SDL2 and SDL 3 (mixer library, sound library and so on..). Are all available on OS4Depot or are they spread all around internet? like for example github?
Thanks

Btw on showcasing i am looking into porting
OpenMW (morrowind!!!) and penumbra:overture
to os4 mesa.

Openmw nearly compiles though till it runs still
a lot to do. Endianness etc. (Have access to some
Endian adaptions of older Version not on the net).
My port will be based on 0.47 for technical reasons, not
0.51.

On penumbra some work on a required closedsource lib
To do but i have a good contact there which should fix
the issue ;)

Note - openmw will pretty sure be x1000 minimum (i hope
x1000 enough, x5000 should be safe), penumbra
probably x1000 plus pretty save, maybe Sam 460
(Sam pretty unsure).

Assume os4 exclusive (aros x64 might be possible),
Warpos, morphos and 68k (not even pistorm3d) impossible.

These two are possibly the most demanding ports ever
tried on AmigaOS.

I know i recently was a bit 68k focused. This will be
(Besides a possible unnamed commercial project) my
new projects for os4 - bring os4 to a new level. We will
see if it works but i am confident (and currently between jobs).
And yeah i also looked into gemrb 0.9.5 but morrowind and
Penumbra get higher priority. I was just waiting for mesa
for this, have been looking into those sources and their
Dependencies for ages ;)

For 68k people i will have gemrb 68k and some new
Pistorm3d based games ;)

@walkero

of course I've been supporting OS4 from the beginning but alas I'm not a developer but I can see that Wayfarer is much far ahead and I would feel better hearing it directly from Trevor etc. that he tried to communicate with Jac and he said he wouldn't do it

Nice! Thanks for taking time and doing the showcase!

Installed and MESA version is working well on my x5000! Thanks for all those work!

@Capehill
Thanks for the 1.26 Update!
Looking forward to MESA support.

@Maijestro
Thanks for adding MESA to XASH !
Been playing Half-Life all day. :D

Hey all,

wanted to share a little demoscene showcase I put together, running fully native on AmigaOS4.1 — video and audio, no emulator, nothing borrowed. Six GLSL ES 3.00 shader scenes with crossfades, a beat pulse, and a scrolling credit, all going straight through mesa.library.

None of this would be possible without kas1e's Mesa port. Reverse-engineering the RadeonRX/RadeonHD drivers and getting real hardware-accelerated OpenGL working on this platform is a massive amount of work, done for free. This demo is just a small "look what we can do now." Thank you, kas1e!

Planning to put it up on OS4Depot soon. Happy to answer questions in the meantime.

@Cageman

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You should probably reinstall it... or at least replace the existing files located in the Engine folder... The entire engine has been updated, including all renderers and, of course, the GUI that provides you with options. So yes, a fresh install is definitely necessary to get it working properly... You can back up your Valve folder beforehand, or your save files—they're compatible with the new version.

@Cageman
(...) There might be a port for MorphOS though? (...)

There is a port on the morphos files page.