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3D Coding tutorial by Ica of Hubris
/code/3d/docs/3dica221.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
422,704 bytes
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| This tutorial is very easy to understand and describes everything you need to know like the mathematical basics, the different kind of polyfillers, shading methods, camera movement, sorting and backface culling and much much more. A must-have for every 3d coder! Text
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Zed 3D by Zed
/code/3d/docs/zed3d060.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
357,811 bytes
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| Rating:
| A comprehensive doc on many aspects of 3d math and programming - Designed for those comfortable with math. It spells out the math concepts needed and shows their application, but by no means spoon feeds the information to you.
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Zed 3D by Zed
/code/3d/docs/zed3d095.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
697,450 bytes
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| Zed 3d - a document explaining the maths you'll need for 3d. Word and postscript formats of the same file. Zed has an attention to detail and a great way to explain all the math. I highly recommend this to anyone starting to make a 3d engine who doesn't know where to start (start with the math, not the polygon fillers, believe me! the fillers are trivial in comparison). See the bibliography for where to go next.
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IW SDK
/code/audio/docs/iw_sdk20.zip
| 10 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
2,796,518 bytes
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| The SDK for the IW chip. The docs are Adobe Acrobat files and are probably meant for printing out. I didn't try yet, but the "univerval translator" at CMU should be able to convert the files to a text format, which would be infinitely more useful. This is one of those everything you needed to know and more type docs.
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StarPlayer by Jedi of Oxygen
/code/audio/players/sp-code.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
125,394 bytes
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| A mod/s3m player with source. THIS is the player you want to pick up if you're doing a 100% asm intro with Tran's pmode v2.xx and need SB support. It's easily tweakable to play your tune from memory, though the code given loads from disk. If you don't need SB support, also check out Robban's GUSPlay.
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Micaco BBS ad source by Chc
/code/demosrc/bbsintro/micsrc41.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
190,207 bytes
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| Source for a BBS ad with an environment mapped object - It's all asm source, but you need Watcom to compile it. Comes with an extra ASC file format converter. All comments are in Spanish though there's a (shorter) Enlish readme file. Knowing Spanish is very useful for these sources as the comments are good.
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rotating landscape by TTT
/code/effects/land/rotscape.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
129,844 bytes
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| A landscape routine similar to that at the end of unreal - Comments only on function names and has a larger executable than need be for this effect. (Lots of tables, i.e. the landscape itself)
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Tom's Plasma by Tom Dibble
/code/effects/plasma/tplas11.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
139,950 bytes
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| Decent plasma example - Has some "fractal clouds" code too. Needs a random number generator of it's own so that there isn't the huge data file of mostly random numbers that goes along with it.
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AWE-DIP-01-ENG by Creative Labs engineers
/code/hardware/audio/adip.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
708,753 bytes
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| Examples and API for using the AWE32 - And people wonder why there's not much SB support. The information in the packet is contorted. I could go on this for days. Comments like /* main - here's where the fun begins */ are misleading. The fun actually began several hundred lines ago (starting at line 134). It's late. I'm not exactly bored, but this bit of code is frustrating. I wonder why CL even bothered. There are no technical docs of any sort and the code that is here *REEKS* of bad style. For extra frustration, I unzipped the file which had a self extracting .exe in it, which gave me 4 zips which when each extracted with the -d option finally gives me the SDK. Kneebiter - at 1:30 in the morning. Need more tea...
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CPUID for intel by Doctor Sludge
/code/hardware/cpu/cputest2.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
10,953 bytes
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| Source to detect which intel chip is in a computer - Detects the processor for sure, but does it by checking for invalid opcodes. If you need to detect CPU type, I suggest /code/hardware/processor/cpuid3.zip.
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Intel docs by ?
/code/hardware/cpu/intel.doc
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
114,654 bytes
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| A complete listing of the 80x86 opcodes - Great reference for those learning assembler and those needing to double check opcodes. Dubious clock listings (none for pentium.)
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Collection of ASM sources by ? of Blue Nose Productions
/code/hardware/general/asm_good.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
118,612 bytes
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| Lots of ASM sources, mostly for hardware and BIOS routines - It's somewhat difficult to find what you want, but the comments tell you what you need to know (but not what you have to do) to get everything compiled. Looks like a great source for the cut & paste coder. Given the nature of the routines, I'd say that was the intended purpose of this release.
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Keyboard handler by Patch
/code/hardware/keyboard/kbdhand9.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
26,409 bytes
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| Source for making a keyboard handler (int 9) and reading the keyboard from the handler - Doesn't tell you much, but is a good demonstration. I'd suggest for those needing to write a keyboard handler is to get a hardware reference for the keyboard and see what other options are available and how the code works.
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Flat Real by Herman Dullink
/code/hardware/memory/flat.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
11,758 bytes
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| A flat real mode interface - For those who'd rather kludge real mode than switch to protected mode. Conceivably useful for 4k intros which may need a quick and cheap entry into a flat memory model.
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Flat Real Mode by Nix of Massive
/code/hardware/memory/mass-frm.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
8,248 bytes
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| A flat real mode interface - For those who'd rather kludge real mode than switch to protected mode. Conceivably useful for 4k intros which may need a quick and cheap entry into a flat memory model.
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Real Memory by Chatter
/code/hardware/memory/realmem.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
10,850 bytes
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| Supposedly gets you past the 64k barrier in real mode - I have no clue what compiler this is supposed to compile for. It uses opcodes not allowed in BC's inline assembler, watcom doesn't use that kind of inline assembler (and doesn't need this extender anyway), and this is pointless for djgpp which only compiles 32bit pmode apps. I have neither TC (but considering that's a sub-set of BC I can assume it won't work) nor Quick C (but that's so old, it's inline assembler's probably incomplete too).
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Xi Development System by Fysx
/code/hardware/pmode/xids0815.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
43,131 bytes
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| Xi Development System, a pmode extender. Uses tlink in the end, but works from watcom and tasm. Possibly a contender if you're writing a 64k intro and need a pmode extender. I'm unsure of it's stability, but it's small.
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truepal by Florian Hallar
/code/tutors/video/at_trpal.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
56,300 bytes
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| Emulates truecolor modes in 320x200x8. Not really... it just converts the picture to use a 3-3-2 palette. It's a common emulation mode since it saves time versus quantizing a new palette everyframe (maybe in 5 years we could do that, even if we don't need it anymore. :)
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Netwide Assembler by Simon Tatham, Julian Hall
/code/utils/compiler/nasm094.zip
| 02 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
320,576 bytes
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| A freeware assembler with good support. People have been switching from TASM to this assembler, especially linux and 68K coders. It is still being supported by the makers so it understands newer op codes, like mmx instructions, so you don't need to get intel's 'macros' for new opcodes.
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Windows Tutorial by Denthor of Asphyxia
/code/windows/wintut1.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
15,071 bytes
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| Windows Tutorial 1. Denthor's back with some tutorials on windows graphics program. I (and he) recommend that you still get another reference (like a *gasp* book) if you know absolutely nothing about programming windows and intend to get serious about it. The tut has just enough info to grasp how windows works, the mindset needed for coding, and some basic messages windows can throw at you. Good for the ultra-beginner with windows. (Oh, the example here is a star field)
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Cubic Player 2 Appe .it Player Beta 3 by pascal
/music/programs/players/cpitpl3b.zip
| 04 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
113,091 bytes
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| | Cubic Player 2 alpha plus plus enhanced .IT Player beta 3: -fixed it player -fixed wavetable device drivers included -fixed xm player included -needs cp2appe of course
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Play It V0.02a For Win95 And Winnt by Olivier Aumage
/music/programs/players/pliw002b.zip
| 14 Jun 1997 (catalog date)
186,158 bytes
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| | Impulse Tracker modules player. Runs under Win95 and WinNT. Features are FLOATING POINT mixing routine, Surround, Digital Filter, Volume Ramps. Full source code for BC++ 5.0 included, under GPL license. Pentium or needed.
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Juno 106 Pack 1 by DotH of MultiDimensional
/music/samples/dothpk1.zip
| 15 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
4,971,232 bytes
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| | Samples for quality tracking from the juno. The pack includes sweeped synths and bass sounds. Recommended for Techno-Trance-Goa music. contains full sweeps so you can have all the samples needed to make real-like sweeps. All samples are 16 bit at 44.1Khz WAV. Pack contains detailed list of samples.
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