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09.Sep.2024

Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.42
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video) is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.

The biggest addition of version 0.9.42 is the possibility to add UI bars to the objects, this way you can display Health, Energy, Stamina etc. This could be very useful for RPG and strategy games, but also for other kind of games:

Alle changes:

UI Bar is a new type of object that allows to show energy&health bars above the game objects. They can be attached to the object they need to represent.
A project example ex_UIBar has been added to show the usage of this new object type.
Added action trigger Follow Me to allow an object request the camera focus.
Camera triggers have been moved to the Input&Canera cathegory in the editor.
Camera follow now has a parameter to specify if the camera should move immediatly to the targetted object.
Set Parent trigger now allows to target a non static object. In this case it will attach to the first that it finds.
Fix in the slope code that was introduced after some optimizations.
Fix for slope peaks, where the character could move downwards in the level.
Fix for HUD not being aligned with the main display when using a reduced screen width.
Fix for CD32 buttons mapping to Fire 1 and Fire 2.
Fix for custom font when used in the HUD.
Fix for a one pixel stripe in the left of the screen where the background sprite layer would be visible
Fix in FX layer
Some unused code was removed

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08.Sep.2024

Aminet uploads until 07.09.2024
The following files have been added until 07.09.2024 to Aminet:

Amidon_OS3.zip           comm/net   1.8M  68k A Mastodon client for Amiga
amigassh.lha             comm/net   107K  68k SSH2 for the Amiga
complex-cyboman6.zip     demo/aga   36K   68k Intro - 3rd at 68k Inside 2024
satellite-naomi.lha      demo/aga   25M   68k 2nd place at Xenium 2024
Artstate-PartyPack18.adf demo/disk  880K  68k Demopack April 7th 2024
Artstate-PartyPack19.adf demo/disk  880K  68k Demopack May 20th 2024
Artstate-PartyPack20.adf demo/disk  880K  68k Demopack May 27th 2024
Artstate-PartyPack22.adf demo/disk  880K  68k Demopack July 7th 2024
Artstate-PartyPack23.adf demo/disk  880K  68k Demopack August 28th 2024
AST-Party_Pack_17.zip    demo/disk  807K  68k Demopack April 1st 2024
DanbosAtBBQ.adf          demo/disk  880K  68k OCS/ECS demo 2nd at Shadow Pa...
gtn-cockbusters.adf      demo/disk  880K  68k 1st place at Xenium 2024
lastminuteman-cosmico... demo/euro  220K  68k 1st in the @Party 2024 OCS/ECS
saxtorptrading-partyp... demo/euro  240K  68k OCS/ECS demo from Reunion (.s...
ALittleBlue.lha          demo/intro 40K   68k Intro from High Coast Hack 2024
dotsdotsdots.zip         demo/intro 19K   68k OCS/ECS intro August 2024
titan-20.zip             demo/intro 38K   68k AGA intro August 2024 - Evoke
boom_party_2025_invit... demo/misc  162K  68k 4th place at Xenium 2024
gtn-thelostpixellersv... demo/slide 654K  68k 3rd place at Xenium 2024
chiperia11.zip           demo/sound 383K  68k OCS/ECS Musicdisk
nah-diversity.zip        demo/sound 32M   68k 5th place at Xenium 2024
asm-kurs_ram_jam.zip     dev/asm    6.1M      Assembly course, German
CVBasic.lha              dev/cross  396K  68k BASIC compiler for Colecovisi...
F1GP2024Carset.lha       game/data  10K       2024 Carset for F1GP
level2silhouette.lha     game/jump  512K  68k Level 2 of Platformer Silhoue...
silhouette-threat-AGA... game/jump  438K  68k Level 1 of Platformer Silhoue...
untangle.lha             game/wb    29K   68k Untangle set of dots joined b...
FlashMandelVE.lha        gfx/fract  27M   68k FlashMandel "Vamped Edition" ...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   7.9M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   8.2M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   8.5M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Pletter.lha              util/arc   39K   68k Compressor for MSX/ColecoVisi...
AmiSSL-5.17-OS3.lha      util/libs  3.7M  68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.17-OS4.lha      util/libs  3.4M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.17-SDK.lha      util/libs  2.3M  AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmigaGPT.lha             util/misc  221K  AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  22M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
FindIconsBy.lha          util/wb    11K   68k Search for icons by tooltype/...

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08.Sep.2024

OS4Depot uploads until 07.09.2024
The following files have been added until 07.09.2024 to OS4Depot:

amissl-sdk.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 8Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amissl.lha               lib/mis 3Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
amigagpt.lha             net/cha 221kb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
deark.lha                uti/arc 6Mb   4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
snoopy.lha               uti/fil 95kb  4.1 SnoopDos like utility for OS4
amitranslate.lha         uti/tex 5Mb   4.0 Translate text with DeepL
yt.lha                   vid/mis 870kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script

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08.Sep.2024

AROS Archives uploads until 07.09.2024
The following files have been added until 07.09.2024 to AROS Archives:

standardmagicwb.lha          gra/ico 2Mb   Collection of MagicWB Icons

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08.Sep.2024

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.09.2024
Die folgenden Pakete wurden bis zum 07.09.2024 dem MorphOS-Storage hinzugefügt:

untangle_1.0.lha              A logic puzzle, where t...
CardsMakingKit_2.10.lha       A little kit to make yo...
MCE_15.20.lha                 Multi-game Character Ed...
VirtualGP2_1.06.lha           Virtual Grand Prix 2 Full
pletter_0.5c1.lha             Compressor for MSX/Cole...
AmiTranslate_0.4.lha          A DeepL interface for A...
Iris_1.34.lha                 Iris, the MorphOS email...

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08.Sep.2024

WHDLoad: New installers until 07.09.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 07.09.2024:

2024-09-07 improved: A320 Airbus: Edition USA (Thalion Software) more icons added (Info)
2024-09-07 improved: A320 Airbus Vol. 2 (Rainer Bopf Software) more icons added (Info)
2024-09-07 improved: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) more icons added (Info)
2024-09-03 fixed: Doody (W.G.S.S.) startup crash on some setups fixed (Info, Image)
2024-09-02 new: Digital Noize 2 (The Evil Forces) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
2024-09-02 new: Celtic Heart (Night Owl Design) done by DJ Mike (Info, Image)
2024-09-02 new: Doody (W.G.S.S.) done by DJ Mike (Info, Image)
2024-09-01 new: Moments (Old Bulls) done by paraj (Info, Image)
2024-09-01 new: Mnemonics (Haujobb) done by paraj (Info, Image)

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08.Sep.2024
AmiKit (ANF) Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.6
The Workbench distribution AmiKit is now available in version 12.6 for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PiStorm and Raspberry Pi - but not for Vampire.

Changes consist of updates of files and emulation; furthermore the Make060 command and two demos have been added. (snx)

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08.Sep.2024
Amigasystem (ANF)

AROS distribution: AROS One 2.6 (x86)
The "AROS One" distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0 is now available in version 2.6 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as a DVD ISO file or as a USB flash image at the title link, where video recordings can also be found. The VHD image can be used as a hard disk in virtual machines such as VMware, VirtualBox and QEmu.

If you have already installed the previous version, you can now update your system as an alternative to a new installation. To do this, the "Aros-One 2.5-Fix" file must first be executed to remove files that are no longer required.

Changes:

Update AROS One Core:

IconList.mui
i8042.hidd
crt.library
debug.library
Keymaps Spanish
muimaster.library
Catalog Dutch (Icons)
Wanderer
New Buttons ArosPDF

Update AROS One OS System:

New Icon Bar AmiStart (Glow Icons)
New splash (Grub)
New Backdrops AROS One
New Descriptors Datatypes
New Def_Icons
SMB2-Start
New Play-List Radio (Music 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s 10s)
Script Empty .Recycled (Also Empty Folders)
Script Show .Recycled
Script Hide .Recycled
Update DOpus4 Config
Update SMB2 Docs
Set clock on AmiStart

Update AROS One Apps:

PintorWeb 5.0
VindentiumPicta 3.5
iConecta 5.25
Vintage Song Player 2.60
Omanko 1.25
WitchCleaner 3.20
Image2PDF 2.7
Crono 3.0
FIGlet 2.2.5
SFSobject 1.6
DeleteIcons 1.0
Leeko (Demo Scene)
Micery (Demo Scene)
AnimWebConv KeyCode
AROSDebugView (A viewer for debug messages)
RapaGUI 2.2

Update AROS One Games:

BlackjuanPoker KeyCode (unblock the adult mode)
Caveman

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06.Sep.2024 Amiga-MOD tracker in Javascript: Bassoontracker 0.5.0
Bassoontracker is a classic 4-channel MOD tracker written in Javascript and therefore runs under the title link directly in the web browser - including the possibility to load, edit and save existing MOD files (YouTube video of version 0.5.0).

The current version now supports playlists and favourites. You can create links for your favourite songs. And there are now also tooltips to make your work easier. Minor improvements to the user interface and the program round off the changes. (dr)

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06.Sep.2024
Howard Price

Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.8 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for the reverse engineering of Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It enables the disassembly and examination of binary files (YouTube video of version 0.8).

Thanks to the major update to version 0.8, Aira Force now also functions as a 68000 source level debugger. The 68000 command emulation has also been improved and very simple Amiga hardware emulation (chip, fast and slow RAM and ROM) has been introduced. Complete changelog:

Add: Add Pointer dialogue
Add: Crash log file AiraForceLog.txt written on internal error
Add: Syntax highlighting works with internally generated disassembly
Add: Source-level debugging of Amiga load modules
Add: Source-level debugging of raw binaries
Add: Source Code windows, with basic navigation features and Ctrl+G popup
Add: Debug Symbols window
Add: Debugger can be used independently of Analyser
Add: RAM reset behaviours: Leave, clear, randomise
Add: 68000 execption generation and processing
Add: 68000 interrupt support (not hooked up to Amiga yet sorry)
Add: Load Amiga ROM
Add: Amiga ROM overlay (OVL)
Add: Fast RAM, Slow RAM and ROM address ranges
Add: Very basic Amiga playfield hardware (DIWSTRT/STOP, BPLCON0, BPLxPT, COLORxx)
Add: End-of-frame Amiga video image generation
Add: Emulator video window displaying end-of-frame generated video image
Add: Latest vasm and vlink executables for all platforms
Add: "Select config TEXT area" to disassembly window context menu
Add: Amiga window link to hardware register docs
Improve: Labels can be added at any address
Improve: Disassembly export options (lowercase, formatting, export from RAM)
Improve: Status window displays binary diff count
Improve: Expose ira -compat=b and -compat=i options
Improve: Serialise find options
Improve: Analyser code region detection
Improve: 68000 instruction emulation (passes all 680x0 SingleStepTests)
Improve: 68000 emulator fetches directly from memory
Improve: Memory window shows all regions
Improve: Internal 68000/010 instruction disassembly
Improve: CPU Window UI improvements
Improve: Find searches source code
Improve: Logging of access to unimplemented hardware registers
Improve: Inform user when HUNK_OVERLAY encountered (not supported)
Fix: Pointers can be defined in data and immediate operands
Fix: Slowdown when there are many potential data actions
Fix: Disassembly Window scrolling crash
Fix: Offset jump tables when relocating ira config
Fix: Workaround label name generator crash caused by duplicate ira labels
Fix: Instruction Window branch destination calculation bug
Fix: Default window docking for windows with dynamic names
Fix: Amiga modules are debugged in user mode by default

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