Iron Dignity 2020

Yes, no, maybe…
The error message is a WIN98 one running in DOSBox.
If I see it right in the SC cfg file, SC runs in 800×600. Is supported by WIN98, DOSBox and RISC OS with all possible colour depht.

@Raik

Have try to install the “Stealth Combat Demo” to DOSBox-X + WIN98 on my Titanium.
bq. Install is possible but start fails with “Failed to set fullscreen mode”.

I looked it up. It happens when it plays the intro video via DirectShow (DirectX-7) and attempts to set the video window to fullscreen. Just rename the file Movies\1.avi, then it should skip that.

Looks like you have an other version ;-)
In Movies is placed a SC1 file. Rename gives an other DirektX error.
I mean DirektX 8 or 8.1 is installed. Will take a second look later. Is only for fun.

Edit: DirectX is named DX_2006 and is offer by the DOSBox Developer.
Maybe the configured S3 grafic card not support this. Grafic memory I configured >32MB.
Error directx core: Error(dxgl_InitD 3D): Create ZBuffer failed"

If you have a quick fix… but not spend a lot of time on it.

Hi all, a little bird told me Magnetoids got a mention ;)
DaveF here, graphics / pixels guy on Magnetoids waaay back in 1993 – fun times!

Would I be up for an update / remake if Frank is? Hell yeah :) ;)

@Raik
“Create ZBuffer failed” is more serious, your DirectX runtime does not like the requested ZBuffer properties for some reason. You can try other resolutions in the SCom.cfg, but it’s probably some other properties like ZBuffer bitdepth which are hard coded.

Hi Dave!
Great to hear you are still around and even adventurous! Well Magnetoids – that’s all Asm, VSync-timed, Mode13. I have the code here. Harder to handle than ID, but yes, we should do something with that. Let me think! (it needs a learning curve. And it needs the DB.)

Magnetoids is one of the games I frequently get asked to release through JASPP, but to date have not managed to track down any of the publishers. Releasing an updated version sounds like a great idea.

If you need any assistance with increasing the frame rate, upping the resolution or generally 32bitting the source or tracker player I’m more than happy to help.

Amazing! I’ve only just managed to play the original after finally sending my broken Fujitsu harddrive for recovery. I’ve got tonnes of files to go through, Iron Dignity was one of those that worked straight out of the zip file.

Now reliving past events, from multiple versions of the Starfighter 3D0 port to the various versions of Chaos Engine and early tests of EMD.

Hi Nathan
It’s been a while since I’ve seen you on a RISC OS forum. I’m sure your hard disc is full of goodies, mostly games and demos I’m sure. Feel free to share (if allowed).

Hi Alan. Think I’ve got to that age to start to look back :)

Also needed to clear out stuff – surprising how many boxes of RO gear I acquired.

I’ll share if able, would’ve been nice if someone hadn’t pinched my old domain name….never mind. I think I have source code for StuntRacer, Starfighter (Chris Bazley has these anyway), EMD early tests, Merlin, VRML 2 viewer from Apex, GEK games, various stages of SF 3D0 and Chaos Engine bits. I also have the very, very early start off stuff from the discontinued new StuntRacer which was being written for Acornsoft (Andrew Hutchings and Richard Wilson were the main coders).

Most of my emails. I have cringed at a few of them. I did come across a few emails from the Bitmap Brothers as part of the Chaos Engine stuff – reminded me how great they were.

@Nathan Atkinson

Hello Nathan did you write/code the raytracer module for Merlin? We are just going to release MerlinEd (the 3D editor) as open source / freeware as part of my Cloverleaf RISC OS project. But we can’t find the raytracer code. On which raytracer is it based?
Please contact me stefanfroehling@yahoo.de

Hi Stefan. I’ll drop you an email. Many years ago as part of the Coding Vault, I asked for and was sent the Merlin sources.

@jared

It sounds like you have access to all your code but just in case, I appear to have a copy of a magnetoids demo with textures and CCAD. Let me know if you need a copy.

a quick google led me here…..

http://www.qubeserver.com/Qube/qubeftp.php?dir=%2FFTP%20Mirrors%2FSTUTTGART%2FGRAPHICS%2FRAYTRACING/MERLIN

Nice. Found a working (Read only) version of Dig Symph.

Any one has contact to Roger C. Attrill ?
He wrote the raytracing part or our Merlin Raytracer.

@DownUnderROUser
Thanks! But sadly that was only a demo version without the raytracer code.
But I suspect that the raytracer is based on POVRay. So maybe we could use that instead.

A google search for Roger C Attrill shows a match living in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Given the geographical significance, that’d be a good place to start.

Sorry to hijack a thread, but Stefan did you receive my email with the show Zoom links yesterday? I got an error, double checked it is the same address you mentioned above.

Wonder if this is the same Roger: https://twitter.com/think_ui

@ParadiseGames Dave
I can ask Frank Föhl if he is intrested.

@Bryan Hogan
Yes but it was in SPAM…

@Andrew & Nathan
OK will have a look.
otherwise maybe Chris Gransden might be the right person to care about Merlin as he also plays with POVray…

@Chris Gransden
Sorry for mispronouncing your name in my first reference.

@Jared
Ah… is was informed that Frank is Jared…And I know that his family name is not Föhl but Fischer but I used his former name as he is more famous with that old name than his new name.

Yes it is “our” Roger Attrill.
Twitter Roger Attrill

He made this software:
VisionScape Video

Excellent. Has he got the sources?

He will check his computer boxes.