_#TWF News.#_ #1. TWF Update.# #1. Explorer 2260 Update.# #2. Maim & Mangle Update.# #3. Next News Update# ~~~~~~ #1. TWF Update.# - There is a small article about Explorer 2260 and Maim & Mangle in the September issue of Amiga Format. - Two banner ads for E2260 and Maim & Mangle have been appearing in recent weeks on the Amiga Central website (http://www.amigacentral.com/) on some of their pages. Let us know what you think of them. #2. Explorer 2260 Update.# Sorry folks, there are more delays coding wise for E2260. As mentioned last month, this really can't be helped I'm afraid. :( As for how it will affect release schedules, it's hard to say at the minute. Programming on E2260 should recommence later this month. #3. Maim & Mangle Update.# Development is flying along very nicely for M&M with a lot of coding being done by Massimiliano. Here is some of the work that has been done this past month: *Engine*: - gouraud shading on the terrain, user can choose between none, flat and gouraud shading. - the units now follow the flow of the 3D terrain. - 2 new zoom factors added. - fixed various bugs. - improved zsort routine on the terrain. - general speedup (about 40%). - new shading routine for buildings. - cpu version on par with w3d version (almost). - 060 version on par with PPC version (no asm routine yet). - the camera follow the terrain height. - explosions added to the engine. A *lot* of work on our internal tools/editors (9 new releases) *Graphics*: - Several more units/buildings have been modelled. - A lot of work has gone into landscape textures and the 3D terrains. - We have selected Peder Lundberg as our new GFX artist. *Porting*: Research is being done into the possible porting of M&M to other systems (particularly Linux and AmigaNG platforms) on completion of the Amiga classic version. *Screenshots*: There are 4 new screenshots on the M&M section of our website. Don't expect big explosions and firefights just yet but it shows a variety of textures, the lovely gourand shading and some of the different zoom factors. All these screenshots have been grabbed from a computer with full PPC & Warp3D support, so if you don't have either, don't expect it to look as well. *Game Background*: For those interested in the game setting, it's now in the M&M section of the website. #4. Next News Update# 31st August / 1st September All the best, Ed. -- ________ _________ \___ \ / \ / ___// ICQ: 34895924 | \ \\_/\_// __// TWF Home : http://www.worldfoundry.com/ |_ /__\____/_// CEG Home : http://www.worldfoundry.com/ceg/ ================================================================= The World Foundry Ltd - Amiga PPC - Explorer 2260 - Maim & Mangle