Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Seri Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 91 21:11:13 GMT References: <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1603@glyph.kingston.ny.us> <1991Jun3.140107.945@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <1057.284e0dbf@vger.nsu.edu> <91158.110654GHGAQA4@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> <1062.2853935b@vger.nsu.edu> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes: >miga0.SF-Bay.ORG> >Sender: >Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) >Followup-To: >Distribution: >Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA >Keywords: > >In article mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes: >>The intent of publishing source code isn't so people can make better >>versions, although it might be a neat school project :) Ever have >>a question like, "Does RectFill() use QBlit()?" Well, the answer can >>be found in the code (or you can bug folks on the net with the question... :) > >Would this argument work with the authors of Populus or Lemmings or >SimCity ? I'm curious about each of their techniques and simulation >models. Having the source code would help improve my gameplay. >Plus, there's probably a few tweaks I could add that would improve those >games a bit. > andy I don't know how many Amiga Users/programmers NEED to see with the sources to applications (or games), even though it would surely be educational. It would be great to see some of the algorithms to ADPro, for example. The Amiga OS is a COMMON piece of code that EVERY application has the potential to require to function. If DPaint and CygnusEd (to name two programs) required the programmers to have knowledge of the internal workings of Lemmings, then Lemmings source should be made public. In other words, the Amiga OS makes over 400 functions (more under 2.0) public, while Lemmings et al make none public. There is the difference. By the way, I wouldn't mind it if publishers did indeed publish source to their games (after sales diminish, of course). -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************