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MATRIX STORM 3D v0.1
Layered 3D "digital rain" screensaver for AmigaOS 3
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Matrix Storm is a 3D screensaver in the style of the falling green code from
"The Matrix", drawn with real 3D hardware through MiniGL. On a PiStorm with
PiStorm3D it runs at a steady 60 fps at 1280x720 with every effect on.
It comes with an installer, a live settings panel (press F1 while it runs),
a MUI settings editor, and a commodity that starts it when the computer is
idle - and stays out of the way of games and demos.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE - PLEASE READ
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Matrix Storm is only for a PiStorm with a Raspberry Pi 4 and the PiStorm3D
MiniGL drivers, and has only been tested there. It is not supported on
classic Amigas, accelerator cards or other Warp3D/MiniGL graphics cards.
Raspberry Pi 3 support is planned.
FEATURES
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* Up to 16 depth layers of falling glyphs with parallax and fog.
* Fixed (stepping) trails that type characters into a grid and fade like
phosphor, or classic sliding trails. Four colour schemes.
* The red and white Amiga Boing Ball bouncing through the rain.
* Retro TV: CRT scanlines, TV static and VHS tape damage in random
bursts.
* Any RTG screen mode, optional tear-free vertical sync, a frame rate
limit (60 fps by default) that gives the CPU back to other programs,
and an on-screen FPS counter.
* Press F1 while it runs for a live settings panel, in the Topaz font
from your own Kickstart ROM. Mouse or keyboard; Esc or F1 closes it.
* MatrixStormPrefs: MUI settings editor. Every setting can also be given
as a Shell argument or ToolType.
* MatrixStormCx: blanker commodity. Starts the saver after 1-60 idle
minutes, appears in Exchange, and does not blank over games, demos or
(optionally) any screen but Workbench.
REQUIREMENTS
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* PiStorm with a Raspberry Pi 4 and the PiStorm3D MiniGL drivers,
minigl.library 29.1 or newer (older versions refuse to open for it).
* Emulated CPU with an FPU (68040/68060).
* AmigaOS 3.x (tested on 3.2) with RTG; about 10 MB free Fast RAM.
* MUI 3.8+ for the settings editor only.
* Installer 43+ for the installer (standard on AmigaOS 3.1.4 and 3.2).
PERFORMANCE
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PiStorm3D, every effect on, MP3 playing in the background, no fps limit:
Default settings, 1280x720 70 fps
Default settings, 1920x1080 45 fps
Vertical sync on (tear-free), 1280x720 30 fps
Vertical sync on (tear-free), 800x600 60 fps
INSTALLATION
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1. Unpack the archive anywhere and double-click "Install-MatrixStorm".
2. The installer asks where to put the MatrixStorm drawer (default
SYS:Utilities), whether to install the blanker into SYS:WBStartup and
after how many idle minutes, and whether to keep existing settings.
3. To see it at once, double-click MatrixStorm in the new drawer. Any key
or mouse movement ends it. MatrixStormPrefs changes the settings.
Double-clicking MatrixStormCx starts the blanker in the background; it
does not show the saver straight away. It is listed in Exchange as
"Matrix Storm Blanker".
To remove everything, double-click Uninstall-MatrixStorm in the
MatrixStorm drawer.
By hand: copy MatrixStorm, matrix64.atlas and MatrixStormPrefs (with
their icons) into one drawer. For the blanker, copy MatrixStormCx and its
icon into SYS:WBStartup and set its tool type
SAVER=<your drawer>/MatrixStorm.
ARCHIVE CONTENTS
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Install-MatrixStorm Installer script
Uninstall-MatrixStorm Uninstaller
MatrixStorm The screensaver
matrix64.atlas Glyph texture (must sit beside MatrixStorm)
MatrixStormPrefs MUI settings editor
MatrixStormCx Idle blanker commodity
MatrixStorm.readme This file
*.info Icons
KNOWN LIMITATIONS
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* Without vertical sync the picture can tear (MiniGL's buffer switching
on PiStorm3D is not synchronised to the display).
* Resolution, display type and vertical sync take effect the next time
the saver starts; everything else changes live with F1.
* The blanker cannot see a joystick-only program on the Workbench
screen.
* Intuition's mouse pointer stays visible beside the F1 panel's pointer.
* Windowed mode cannot use vertical sync.
TECHNICAL NOTES
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Written in C with bebbo's m68k-amigaos-gcc 6.5.0b. Renders through MiniGL
fixed-function OpenGL; no shaders are needed.
CREDITS
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Matrix Storm 3D for AmigaOS Aleksandar Vojnic
Idle detection approach after AROS Blanker and the "matrix" AGA
blanker's MatrixCx
PiStorm, PiStorm3D the PiStorm team and the PiStorm3D team
The Boing Ball a tribute to the 1984 Amiga demo
"The Matrix" is a trademark of its respective owners. This is an
unofficial fan-made screensaver, not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
LICENSE: Freeware. Free to use, copy and distribute, provided the archive
is unchanged. It may not be sold or included in commercial collections
without the author's permission. Provided as-is, without any warranty;
use at your own risk.
Contact: rtyp3r@yahoo.com
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