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From: sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen Hocking)
Subject: Re: DooM for NetBSD, will it become a reality?
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 06:28:22 GMT
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WRT the following comments, perhaps we should indulge in the fun of writing
our own death'n'destruction 3d game. The code for the display components is
available ("what's that", available from a number of ftp sites) although it
will need some fairly heavy optimisation. We (well at least the FreeBSD side
of the BSD fence) have a fairly standardised sound interface, or could even
use the netaudio stuff for that. It could be a co-operative effort with the
design thrashed out at length between a group of concerned individuals.
"What's that" gets up to about 15 fps on my S3 801 ISA card, under Xfree86
3.0E. That's pretty similar to the DOOM frame rate when running under DOS.
Of course DOOM is doing a whole bunch more than just rendering the display,
which is why I say "what's that" needs some fairly heavy optimisation.
Perhaps using integer arithmetic instead of the floating point stuff would
be a good start. More concerned individuals could profile the code & find
out where the time is going.
pug@arlut.utexas.edu (Richard P. Bainter) writes:
>In article <hastyCwHL6u.EHy@netcom.com>,
>Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote:
>>Well, folks if you do want Doom at this point the only way to get them to
>>even let us to do the port is to blitz ID with e-mail.
>Gosh, now that makes a lot of sense. They won't give us what we want, so
>let's barrage them into submission. This makes about as much sense as
>sending a message to every newsgroup about something stupid, like a
>Green Card Lottery.
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a thousand users is at gunpoint. :)" - Mike O'Connor on systems security.