Tutorial : How to install Warp3DNova, Bridge, MiniGL, Ogles2, and WarpOS emu

@TiredOfLife
Hans fixed it in RadeonRX 2.12, hope soon will be avail through updater

@kas1e

Nice one.
Thanks again.

Cheers

@TiredOfLife

Seems 2.11 of the Radeon Rx driver also stopped Reborn to Castle Wolfenstein from working.

Reverted back to 2.08 and everything now working as it should.

Cheers

@TiredOfLife
Yeah, mostly nothing "big" worked. Hans already fixed in all in 2.12, and i wrote Mattew today if he can released 2.12 on Updater. So for now only wait when Mattew will do so.

@kas1e

In my tests:

Wipeout (Sam460 ok - X5000 ok)
Aquaria (Sam460 ok - X5000 ok)
Heretic2 (Sam460 ok - X5000 while trying to load intro video - maybe I should rename bumper.spk )
Freespace2 (Sam460 ok - X5000 ok)

Doom3 OS4 Port works fine (so no harm done to Warp3D Nova apps:)

@Sinan
Some maybe works, but at least Spencer, MaceDefence not with 2.11 on sam460, and from my ports tested only HCraft it also didn't works.

Hope Mattew will put 2.12 into updater asap

@SinanSam460

It's working fine for you because you're using an X5000. The problem only affected platforms without GART support like the Sam460.

Hans

@kas1e

At least Spencer runs on my sam 460 and rx560. You have to set the screen id sync from sys/prefs. It runs at 1024x768 for me with the demo.

Greetings

@kas1e
Any chance of an explanation of which hardware you need for which software features to work? e.g. Which graphics cards (and possibly Amiga motherboards) do you need for Video Acceleration Library (hardware video decoding), and for the best 3D features?

@ChrisH

The best for everything is X5000 and RadeonRX. So to not have any issues and have all at maximum speed.

Then next one will be X1000 also with RadeonRX: it will be a little bit slower than X5000, but still fine enough. Also X1000's firmware didn't see RadeonRX, so you need to do some tricks to be able to use RadeonRX on.

And at the end, there is Sam460. That one also have issues with it's firmware and can't see RadeonRX until AmigaOS not loads. This also lead to some tricks to do, but in end it works too. And if all you need is hardware acceleration video decoding, then Sam460 will be ok. But if you want all the 3d games we have lately, then sam460 out as too slow. Things works, but just a bit too slow to be fun. That probably because sam460 have problems with cache coherence, and because of that drivers for Sam460 do not have GART support.

In other words, X5000 + RadeonRX the best option for everythin. X1000 is ok too, just have some issues with firmaware, and last one sam460, where 3d games mostly out of question, but hardware video acceleration is ok.

@kas1e

This is all fantastic information!

Quick question.. based on the guide, and the comments, I just want to make sure I have it all figured out... I am thinking about replacing my big R9 270X card with something smaller and a bit newer... So..

If I buy an RX 550, and do a completely clean install, should this work? (I have an X5000)

1. Install clean AmigaOS 4.1FE (X5000 version)
2. Install AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2.
3. Install Enhancer 2.2 (I already own this).
4. Install New NovaBridge (I would need to purchase this).
5. Install recommended libraries for older software (can't remember names, in the install guide...

Should that work? That should get me 100% current?

Thanks!

-Eric

Hello,
is there already any news in the direction of version 2.12 for the Radeon RX.?

Greetings

@kas1e

Can confirm everything now working with v2.12 of the driver on Sam460.

Cheers

@slygon

Quote:No need to reinstall everything (this is not Windows ), just make sure the RadeonRX.chip is in Kickstart and a line pointing to it is present in the KickLayout file.

Best regards,

Niels

@nbache

Thanks! I am also replacing my hard drive.. old one is starting to make noise.. I am sure it will fail eventually... so just trying to figure out the best, and most efficient way to get all the latest, and correct drivers.

Thanks!

-Eric

@kas1e

Thanks Roman! Holy shit I thought everyhting was working fine until I tried running Voxel Bird for this months gaming competition and I couldn't see the damn birdie?? Went through the steps here and now working fine BUT damn what's a new user supposed to do with all this driver mess when us old timers don't have a clue

@kas1e

Just wanted to say: thank you for the guide.

I got a little lost at some point and I guess I never really needed to play Warp3D stuff except on rare occasions.

It is useful for development/porting to test stuff and it supports the development anyway, so I bought it - even though I bought the SI driver a long time ago: fair enough.

I wonder if we should consider pinning these threads/guides somehow.

Thanks for the tutorial!

Being French-speaking, thank you Google translate, I had to reread several times to finally get Warp3DNova to work correctly!

Perhaps can also install old StormMesa for 68k 3D games to run on OS4
But I am not sure if they would run anyway on OS4...

https://aminet.net/package/util/libs/StormMesa2010

@kas1e

Hi, is there any repository where to find the compiled re-warp libraries

ReWarp: https://github.com/Sakura-IT/ReWarp
ReWarp3DPPC: https://github.com/Sakura-IT/ReWarp3DPPC

the links are broken.

I tried aminet and os4depot but "powerpc.library" does not give any results.

As an alternative, is there a tutorial somewhere on how to compile the libraries? I have no faintest idea where to start.
Before posting, I read the spot's porting for dummies, but I'm too dumb even for that.