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by omega
Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:39 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Desktop publishing on the Speccy
Replies: 5
Views: 212

Re: Desktop publishing on the Speccy

there were several suites for desktop publishing. I was using Word Master with plugins Typeliner, Headliner, Font Editor. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8981/ZX-Spectrum/Word-Master - Desktop https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/16682/ZX-Spectrum/Desktop - Text Machine / Screen Machine https...
by omega
Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Elite Legend 128k
Replies: 23
Views: 1882

Re: Elite Legend 128k

Elite Legend looks very clean. Besides of speed optimization, also text output looks much better with proportional font. DMA version only accelerates buffer copy to screen (works only with MB02,03 and DataGear). Frankly, speed improvement is barely visible. I believe Elite Legends went much further ...
by omega
Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:54 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Any good examples of 3D vector programming?
Replies: 134
Views: 6832

Re: Any good examples of 3D vector programming?

This is the most impressive 3D engine I've seen so far on ZX! I love the open world approach. It has potential in variety of games. Great work [mention]Alone Coder[/mention]. There are glitches here and there that are probably caused by simplification and fixed point math to meet high framerate. Bu...
by omega
Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:52 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Lnx Commander
Replies: 3
Views: 378

Re: Lnx Commander

This is really awesome work guys! It looks really powerful and capable.
It is possible to write user-plugins? Will it enable also (for example) file (de)compression?
by omega
Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:38 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: void
Replies: 7
Views: 643

Re: void

I'm not a 128K user, so do you plan to make a port to 48K? Huh, never thought about it. I can't imagine how it could fit into 48k to be honest. It would need complete rewrite of almost everything. 128k is used and abused to last byte. There are 32k of tables for calculations, 16k of scene data, 16k...
by omega
Fri Jul 23, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: void
Replies: 7
Views: 643

void

Hello folks, let me introduce our demo for Speccy 128k called VOID. It is computer generated science fiction movie... no, just kidding :D Bear with me, since I didn't do anything serious on the speccy for the last 10 years or so. Get some popcorn - it's long. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7...