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17.May.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.5.2 Release Candidate 1
OpenTTD is an open source clone of the famous pc strategy game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" from the nineties, with a lot of extensions - e. g. a network mode, individual graphics sets and adaptiones for more than two dozens of languages.

The version 0.5.2-RC1 fixes several bugs of its previous version - especially the ones which caused a crash of the server and client, whenever you burned a bridge where a vehicle was present.

Fixed bugs:
  • Fix: Loading some TTDP savegames caused an instant assertion on loading (r9857)
  • Fix: [NewGRF] Catch occurance of division-by-zero in varaction handling (r9837)
  • Fix: Only non dedicated servers cannot have 0 players [FS#765] (r9785)
  • Fix: Remove arbitrary limit on length of NewGRF strings (r9775)
  • Fix: [NewGRF] Ignore axis-bit of station tile layouts [FS#756] (r9758)
  • Fix: [win32] Dead key and open/close console. (r9728)
  • Fix: When you have closed the \"Load game\"/\"New game\" windows which you started from the \"start server\" menu, you shouldn\'t start a server when starting a new game [SF#1244842] (r9757)
  • Fix: Trains were lost after autorenewal/autoreplace [FS#732] (r9753)
  • Fix: Stop flooded towns from building roads on water [FS#598] (r9743)
  • Fix: Station signs were not resized when the language changed [FS#672] (r9741)
  • Fix: In news history, newlines were not replaced with spaces [FS#677] (r9731)
  • Fix: Crash when destroying bridge with train partially on it [FS#738] (r9726)
  • Fix: Planes made a 270 degree turn instead of a 90 degree turn on the southern runway of the intercontinental airport [FS#743] (r9725)
  • Fix: In-game private messages did not work for clients with high ClientIDs (r9719)
  • Fix: Do not allow building of rail vehicles whose railtype is not available (r9718)
  • Fix: [YAPF] The guessed path was ignored for ships [FS#736] (r9694)
Additional changes in the MorphOS version which are officially included in version 0.5.2-rc2 and final:
  • Feature: Add threading support for MorphOS (r9759)
  • Fix: Null pointer dereference under MorphOS and AmigaOS (r9861)
(snx) (Translation: tz)

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17.May.2007
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


Documentation and Tutorial for Blenders Fluid-Engine (Update)
Since version 2.4.4 the so called "fluid engine" of the 3d package Blender is also working for the MorphOS port. If somebody wants to get familiar with it, for example simulating floating water or engine oil, should have a look into the Fluid tutorial at blender.org.

Update: (18:52, 17.05.07, snx)
Carsten Siegner has released an animation demo (DivX, 553 KB), which was composed with the MorphOS version of Blender. (cg) (Translation: tz)

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17.May.2007
Pegasosforum (forum)


MorphOS: MUI4-Betaversion from April 25, 2007
Stefan Stuntz has released another beta version of MUI 4.0 for MorphOS.

Annotations and features since March 2007:
  • MUI_RequestA() no longer calls EasyRequestArgs() but new app object is created if there is none (itix)
  • When window ActiveObject is cleared, remember to clear ActiveObjectPostPoned, too (piru)
  • Named (previously unnamed) MUIC_Process which handles ImageSpace flushing on Screen close to 'MUI Screen Patrol' (tokai)
  • Don't add Zoom gadget to Window borders when it has no use - e.g. in fixed size requesters (tokai)
  • Added support for scaled background images. Still sort of experimental
  • Added auto-horizontalization for slider & prop knobs
Download: muibeta_20070425.lha (2,9 MB) (snx) (Translation: tz)

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17.May.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


Compiler: ECX 1.6.0
ECX is a compiler for the programming language E for AmigaOS and MorphOS. ECX requires a present installation of the Amiga-E package. The new features of version 1.6.0 can be read in the changelog. (snx) (Translation: tz)

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16.May.2007
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


Navigation: ARexx skripts for Mapquest
Carsten Siegner has created three ARexx skripts for usage with the Mapquest roadmap service.

Amigaearth.rexx: Amigaearth.rexx is an Amiga client with GUI for the German Mapquest server. This server is a online database providing free downloadable roadmaps. The server holds maps of the whole earth.

Mapquestclient.rexx: Mapquestclient.rexx is a shell based client for the German Mapquest server.

Amiganavi.rexx: Amiganavi.rexx is navigation program with GUI. it supports GPS nouses, which support the NMEA-0183 protocol and have a serial RS232 connector. The script fetches position data from the GPS mouse and gets the according maps from the Mapquest server.

Download: amiearth.lha (288 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)

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16.May.2007
Edgar Schwan (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Dictionaries for AbiWord 2.5.1
For the word processor AbiWord, which is, thanks to Edgar Schwan's X11 environment Cygnix effort, available for AmigaOS 4, there are dictionaries for spelling control available at the OS4Depot for the following languages.
  • Danish
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Swedish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
(snx) (Translation: ub)

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16.May.2007
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: Blender 2.44
Guillaume 'Yomgui' Roguez has released an update of his MorphOS port of Blender. The release log of version 2.43 of the 3D model software is available at the Blender homepage. The new version supports, like the predecessor version, ffmpeg support. Also the Fluite engine is available with this version again. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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16.May.2007
Amiga.org (webeite)


AROS homepage in new clothes
The homepage of the open source operating system AROS got a new design which also accounts to the recent name change of the project (amiga-news.de reported). (snx) (Translation: ub)

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15.May.2007
amigann.net (Webseite)


Schematics: Amiga 600/1200 documents in PDF format
At "Symbol Engine" there are schematics of the A600 and of the A1200 in PDF format. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.May.2007



AROS: USB-stack has now beta status
The USB-stack implemented by Michael Schulz for AROS has got beta status and is now part of the "Nightly Builds" of the AROS-team.

Currently USB 1.1-controllers (UHCI, OHCI) work, USB 2.0-devices (EHCI) work in USB 1.1 compatibility modus. Drivers currently are only available for input devices like mouses and keyboards. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.May.2007
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Magazine: The Crypt - Issue 49
The 49th issue of the English magazine called The Crypt contains two Amiga projects with the topics "Switching From PAL To NTSC And Back Again" and "A Simple 100 Hz To 10 KHz Square Wave Generator". (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Amiga Future: Issue 29 and 30 online available
Pressrelease: The issues 29 and 30 of the Amiga Future are out of stock. Because of that you can read the two magazines (amongst many other issues) online at the homepage . The issue 66 has been released recently and is available in our online shop. Just now we work hard on issue 67. No. 67 will be the first Amiga Future issue being published in German and English. We ask all interested users to order issue 67 as soon as possible because we'll print only the preordered amount plus a small reserve. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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14.May.2007



Aminet-Uploads until 13.05.2007
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
FussballBundesliga.lha   biz/misc     29K    GEN   TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
A71Mail.lha              comm/www     71K    GEN   Email Form multilanguage written in php
gensconv-mos.lha         dev/cross    22K    MOS   Spectrum HiSoft Gens source converter
CDVDFS.lha               disk/cdrom  241K    MOS   CD/DVD filesys. (ISO,RockRidge,Joliet,HF
Africa.lha               game/board  206K    OS3   Conversion of 3W boardgame
changeit02.lha           game/board  413K    VAR   Logical game (Amiga Bejeveled clone)
Saga.lha                 game/board  352K    OS3   Conversion of TSR boardgame
Xenostar.lha             game/shoot  574K    OS3   A 1994 tribute to Sinistar of 1982 fame
tdpowerswap.lha          game/think  171K    MOS   simple logical game
SView5.lha               gfx/misc    2.9M    VAR   SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
anaiis.lha               hard/drivr   82K    OS3   ANAIIS USB Stack Release 0.9
sna2tiff-mos.lha         misc/emu     12K    MOS   ZX Snapshot to TIFF Converter
xzx2plus3-mos.lha        misc/emu      9K    MOS   XZX Snapshot to +3DOS Converter
ZXLive.lha               misc/emu    102K    OS3   ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pentagon128 Emulator
Immortal.lha             mods/cust   110K    OS3   Custom modules from "The Immortal"
Vindicators.lha          mods/cust   120K    OS3   Custom module from "Vindicators"
ZanyGolf.lha             mods/cust    53K    OS3   Custom module from "Zany Golf"
Desalmados.mp3           mods/mpg    3.5M    GEN   Very Dark Song by Diezi7
Light-Travel.mp3         mods/mpg    2.8M    GEN   Song by Diezi7
Nosequeconnioodecir.mp3  mods/mpg    1.4M    GEN   Extravaganza audio by Diezi7
simpleplay.lha           mus/play    604K    OS4   Plays MP3 OGG WAV VOC MOD S3M IT XM MIDI
Nowy_Sacz-Rynek.jpg      pix/views   164K    GEN   Next photo from Kamil Bankowski
ql_dt.lha                util/dtype   17K    OS3   Datatype for Sinclair QL pictures
eastern.lha              util/wb      39K    VAR   creates thumbnail icons on the fly
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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14.May.2007



os4depot.net: Uploads until 13.05.2007
Uploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
simpleplay.lha      aud/pla  604kb  Plays MP3 OGG WAV VOC MOD S3M IT XM MIDI
hatari.lha          emu/com    1Mb  Atari ST and STE emulator.
whdload-to-uae.lha  emu/uti  145kb  WHDLoad to E-UAE
ww2.lha             gam/boa    3Mb  World War II strategy war game
changeit.lha        gam/puz  412kb  Logical game (Amiga Bejeveled clone)
availmempatch.lha   uti/mis    2kb  Limits RAM available to 68k apps
fontforge.lha       uti/tex    9Mb  FontForge 20061220 for AmigaOS 4 (Cygnix
eastern.lha         uti/wor   39kb  Creates thumbnail icons from images on t
maclikedock.lha     uti/wor    5Mb  A Visually Impressive Program Launcher
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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14.May.2007



AROS-Archives: Uploads until 13.05.2007
Uploads on AROS-Archives since our last report:
changeit02.lha  gam/puz  412kb  Logical game (Amiga Bejeveled clone)
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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13.May.2007



IRC Client: WookieChat 2.6b12 for all Amiga systems
James "jahc" Carroll is making available a new beta version of his MUI-based IRC client Wookiechat. The latest changes can be gathered from the changelog. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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13.May.2007
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


individual Computers: Software updates
Press release: We're providing a hotfix for the Catweasel drivers that corrects writing of Amiga-disks. The only updated file is the Imagetool, please only use it with the latest beta-drivers V2.3.0.0. Download: imagetool_hotfix.zip (77,6K). Caution: This hotfix has only been tested with Amiga-disks!

Oliver Achten has done a lot of work on the MMC64: Since MMC- and SD-cards with a capacity of more than 4G are already available, MMC64 now supports the FAT32 filesystem. This more modern filesystem also has advantages on smaller flashcards, because most C64-files are so small that FAT16 will only waste a lot of space. The new BIOS also made updates on the plugins necessary, most plugins experienced a complete re-write, the old plugins will be updated shortly and can currently only be used with FAT16. The MP3-plugin can now playback whole directories as playlists, the AVF-plugin plays an MMC64-proprietary video format that also utilizes the MP3@64 module. The Picture-plugins have also been updated and they are available in version 1.3 on our support page. An example video file in AVF-format is also located there, because we don't have a converter for your videos yet.

Peter Wendrich has made major updates to the C64-core for the C-One in the past few months. The interrupt behaviour of the CPU has been corrected, a bug in sprite display in the lower screen area has been removed, and the timing-behaviour of the CIA-chips has been implemented according to the results of Peter's detailed research. The new core is available in the download-area of the C-One Webseite. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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13.May.2007
(ANF)


Event: Photos from Amiwest of last year
Robert Bernardo is making available some photos from AmiWest 2006. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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13.May.2007



Photos from a Polish MorphOS 2.0 presentation
The clues are increasing that the next version of MorphOS should carry the version number 2.0 and the time to the release must no longer be counted in years, but in months: As yet unconfirmed rumors have it that Jacek "Jacadcaps" Piszczek has made a MorphOS 2.0 presentation at the Polish event Amimajówka 2007.

Those who inspect the photos from the event more closely, will actually discover some improvements: For example, semitransparent windows or screenshots from a TCP stack can be seen, among other things. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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12.May.2007
(ANF)


Emulator: Winuae 1.42a (update)
Version 1.4.2a of the Amiga emulator WinUAE has been published. Changes since the last version:
  • "Windowed fullscreen" for users with multiple monitors, fullscreen Amiga on secondary monitor, Windows on primary monitor, no more lost fullscreen when focus changes to Windows program.
  • A600/A1200 and A4000 IDE harddrive (HDF) hardware emulation, includes also "4-Way IDE" / "IDE splitter" emulation.
  • Directory, HDF, IDE and Picasso96 statefile support. WARNING: data loss possible if data in HDF has changed between saving and restoring! Picasso96 statefile support not 100% compatible yet.
  • 68030 and 68060 (with FPU. 68060.library required) emulation. (no MMU)
  • 68881/68882 FPU type selectable.
  • Global brightness, contrast and gamma adjustment.
  • "PAL" TV-like filter, with brightness, contrast, gamma, scanline level, blur and noise adjustment.
  • GUI debugger, debugger improvements. (xx switches debugger modes)
  • New GUI font if running under Windows 2000/XP/Vista.
  • Interpolation and filters supported in 4/6 channel sound modes.
  • Log and debugger console position stored in registry.

The following bugs have been fixed:
  • 1.42a: Path handling problems fixed. If you still have problems with paths, select Paths-panel "WinUAE default (old)" and click "Reset to defaults" and then manually adjust paths if needed.
  • 1.42a: Windows 98SE (and ME?) incompatibility
  • Improved CDTV emulation compatibility.
  • 1.4.0 FPU clamping fix.
  • Missing channels in 4 channel sound mode. (Emu10K based cards)
  • 10x+ performance increase during "decrunching" color effects when no filters enabled and only background color was visible.
  • Crash when loading config and specific chipset extra model was selected.
  • Direct HD support improved, SyQuest removable drives detected properly.
  • Minor custom chipset emulation updates.
  • Rare emulator crash when running Amiga program crashed badly.
  • Filter centering improved.

Update: (13.05.2007, 24:00, cg)

Meanwhile version 1.4.2.a is available which fixes two more bugs. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2007
Amiga Future (Webseite)


MorphOS: Mind game TD Power Swap 1.0
Already on 8th of May the group TDolphin published the mind game TD Power Swap in version 1.0 for MorphOS. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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