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Warp3D

April 10, 2024

Warp3D was a project founded by Haage & Partner in 1998 that aimed to provide a standard API that would enable programmers to access, and therefore use, 3D hardware on the Amiga.[1][2]

Warp3D
Developer(s)Sam Jordan, Hans-Joerg Frieden, Thomas Frieden, Hans De Ruiter
Stable release
53.22 / May 22, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-05-22)
Operating systemAmigaOS
TypeAPI
LicenseClosed source
Website
Warp3D Nova
Developer(s)Hans De Ruiter for A-EON Technology
Stable release
1.5 / June 30, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-06-30)
Operating systemAmigaOS
TypeAPI
LicenseClosed source
Websitehttp://wiki.amiga.org/warp3dnova

Its design was similar to that of both the Picasso96 graphics card drivers and operated in a similar fashion to the 3dfx Glide API, which provided a uniform and standardised way for programmers to create software for the 3D graphics cards that were available at the time.[1]

It was hoped that the creation of this API would not only encourage the development and release of more 3D graphics cards, but also move away from the situation where a new piece of hardware had been developed with no software available to run on it. If the particular piece of software used the Warp3D API (enabled through a shared library), any current or newly developed hardware would be able to be used.[1][3] Hyperion Entertainment developers created OpenGL subset called MiniGL sitting on top of Warp3D to ease porting of games such as Heretic II.[4]

At time of its release, Warp3D provided significant speed increase over software rendering.[5] Years later however, newer 3D APIs (e.g. TinyGL in MorphOS) offered better performance on the same hardware.[6]

In 2014, it was announced that Warp3D was now jointly owned by British company A-EON Technology Ltd.[7] On April 1, 2015, A-EON Technology subsequently released Warp3D for RadeonHD (Southern Islands chipset).[8]

In March 2016, A-EON Technology Ltd announced that they had developed the new Warp3D Nova featuring support for Shaders.[9][10] Warp3D Nova was originally mentioned as planned complete rewrite and Shader-centric design in the AmigaOS 4.0 Feature List more than decade earlier.[11][12] Development of the new release intentionally took some inspiration from this original Warp3D Nova plan.[13] The pre-release version 1.15 was published on 1 May 2016 in the Enhancer Software package for AmigaOS 4.[14][15] Apart from its name and being related to 3D graphics, Warp3D Nova has nothing in common with the original Warp3D.

Also in March 2016 A-EON Technology Ltd announced that Daniel Müßener / GoldenCode.eu had been hired to create an OpenGL ES 2 implementation on top of Warp3D Nova.[9] The first public version 1.4 was released on 31 August 2016 as part of the Enhancer Software package version 1.1.[16]

Running Requirements edit

Warp3D requires the following in order to work properly

It also requires 3D hardware to be present, and will not run with graphics cards that are 2D only, or AGA, ECS or OCS.[18]

Other implementations edit

 

Alain Thellier created open source clone called Wazp3D.[19] MorphOS included a Warp3D implementation known as Goa3D Graphics Library developed by Nicolas Sallin.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "What is Warp3D". 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ Vost, Ben (March 1999). "What's on your disc? At your fingertips, Go 3D". Amiga Format. No. 121. Future Publishing. p. 98. ISSN 0957-4867.
  3. ^ Šostý, Lumír (July 1999). "Warp3D". Amiga Review (in Czech). No. 46/47. Atlantida Publishing. p. 44. ISSN 1211-1465.
  4. ^ Vost, Ben (December 1999). "Previews, Heretic II". Amiga Format. No. 130. Future Publishing. pp. 28–29. ISSN 0957-4867.
  5. ^ Šostý, Lumír (July 1999). "Warp 3D: ADescent - tentokráte srovnání verzí". Amiga Review (in Czech). No. 46/47. Atlantida Publishing. p. 45. ISSN 1211-1465.
  6. ^ Brunet, David (September 2009). "Comparatif : Performances entre AmigaOS 4.1 et MorphOS 2.3 sur Pegasos II". obligement.free.fr (in French). Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  7. ^ "A-EON Software Update" (PDF) (Press release). AmiWest 2014 (Sacramento): A-Eon Technology. October 25, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2016.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. ^ "New 3D drivers for AmigaOS 4.1" (PDF) (Press release). Cardiff: A-Eon Technology. April 1, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Introducing Warp3D Nova" (PDF) (Press release). Cardiff: A-EON Technology Ltd. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  10. ^ Förster, Moritz (2016-03-24). "Alternative Betriebssysteme: Neues 3D-Treibersystem für AmigaOS 4". iX magazine (in German). Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  11. ^ "AmigaOS 4.0 Feature List Revision 1.0" (PDF). intuitionbase.com. Hyperion Entertainment. January 7, 2003. pp. 11–12. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  12. ^ Williams, Robert (Spring 2003). "AmigaOS 4 Update" (PDF). Total Amiga. No. 14. South Essex Amiga Link. p. 15.
  13. ^ "Introducing Warp3D Nova for OS4". Amigaworld.net. March 23, 2016. Post 59 by Hans. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  14. ^ "Enhancer Software Released On AMIStore (OS4)" (Press release). Cardiff: A-EON Technology. AmigaWorld.net. May 1, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  15. ^ "Changelog". amiga.org. May 1, 2017. Amiga Kit. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  16. ^ "Enhancer Software v1.1 Released - Amiga.org". www.amiga.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  17. ^ "Warp3D 3.0 Read Me". 27 March 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  18. ^ "Warp3D 4.2a Read Me". 13 October 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Wazp3D". Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  20. ^ "Goa3D Graphics Library". Retrieved 17 July 2010.

Further reading edit

  • "Active Gamer - Warp3D 4.2 for Voodoo3". Amiga Active. No. 24. Pinprint Publishing. September 2001. pp. 50–. ISSN 1467-3533.
  • "Warp Factor 3D!". Amiga Active. No. 25. Pinprint Publishing. October 2001. pp. 46–. ISSN 1467-3533.
  • "Warp3D Masterclass". Amiga Active. No. 26. Pinprint Publishing. November 2001. pp. 48–. ISSN 1467-3533.

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Warp3D was a project founded by Haage amp Partner in 1998 that aimed to provide a standard API that would enable programmers to access and therefore use 3D hardware on the Amiga 1 2 Warp3DDeveloper s Sam Jordan Hans Joerg Frieden Thomas Frieden Hans De RuiterStable release53 22 May 22 2013 10 years ago 2013 05 22 Operating systemAmigaOSTypeAPILicenseClosed sourceWebsitehttps web archive org web 20210509065212 http download haage partner de Amiga 3DWorld Warp3D NovaDeveloper s Hans De Ruiter for A EON TechnologyStable release1 5 June 30 2019 4 years ago 2019 06 30 Operating systemAmigaOSTypeAPILicenseClosed sourceWebsitehttp wiki amiga org warp3dnovaIts design was similar to that of both the Picasso96 graphics card drivers and operated in a similar fashion to the 3dfx Glide API which provided a uniform and standardised way for programmers to create software for the 3D graphics cards that were available at the time 1 It was hoped that the creation of this API would not only encourage the development and release of more 3D graphics cards but also move away from the situation where a new piece of hardware had been developed with no software available to run on it If the particular piece of software used the Warp3D API enabled through a shared library any current or newly developed hardware would be able to be used 1 3 Hyperion Entertainment developers created OpenGL subset called MiniGL sitting on top of Warp3D to ease porting of games such as Heretic II 4 At time of its release Warp3D provided significant speed increase over software rendering 5 Years later however newer 3D APIs e g TinyGL in MorphOS offered better performance on the same hardware 6 In 2014 it was announced that Warp3D was now jointly owned by British company A EON Technology Ltd 7 On April 1 2015 A EON Technology subsequently released Warp3D for RadeonHD Southern Islands chipset 8 In March 2016 A EON Technology Ltd announced that they had developed the new Warp3D Nova featuring support for Shaders 9 10 Warp3D Nova was originally mentioned as planned complete rewrite and Shader centric design in the AmigaOS 4 0 Feature List more than decade earlier 11 12 Development of the new release intentionally took some inspiration from this original Warp3D Nova plan 13 The pre release version 1 15 was published on 1 May 2016 in the Enhancer Software package for AmigaOS 4 14 15 Apart from its name and being related to 3D graphics Warp3D Nova has nothing in common with the original Warp3D Also in March 2016 A EON Technology Ltd announced that Daniel Mussener GoldenCode eu had been hired to create an OpenGL ES 2 implementation on top of Warp3D Nova 9 The first public version 1 4 was released on 31 August 2016 as part of the Enhancer Software package version 1 1 16 Contents 1 Running Requirements 2 Other implementations 3 References 4 Further readingRunning Requirements editWarp3D requires the following in order to work properly An AmigaOS compatible system with CyberGraphX or Picasso96 containing At least a 68040 processor with FPU for AmigaOS versions predating 4 0 A PowerPC CPU for AmigaOS 4 0 Optionally PowerPC supported on WarpOS 1 Any of these graphics cards CyberVision 3D CyberVision PPC BlizzardVision PPC 17 Any 3Dfx Voodoo card ATI Radeon R100 R200 ATI RadeonHD Southern Islands graphics cardsIt also requires 3D hardware to be present and will not run with graphics cards that are 2D only or AGA ECS or OCS 18 Other implementations edit nbsp Alain Thellier created open source clone called Wazp3D 19 MorphOS included a Warp3D implementation known as Goa3D Graphics Library developed by Nicolas Sallin 20 References edit a b c d What is Warp3D 2006 Retrieved 23 June 2016 Vost Ben March 1999 What s on your disc At your fingertips Go 3D Amiga Format No 121 Future Publishing p 98 ISSN 0957 4867 Sosty Lumir July 1999 Warp3D Amiga Review in Czech No 46 47 Atlantida Publishing p 44 ISSN 1211 1465 Vost Ben December 1999 Previews Heretic II Amiga Format No 130 Future Publishing pp 28 29 ISSN 0957 4867 Sosty Lumir July 1999 Warp 3D ADescent tentokrate srovnani verzi Amiga Review in Czech No 46 47 Atlantida Publishing p 45 ISSN 1211 1465 Brunet David September 2009 Comparatif Performances entre AmigaOS 4 1 et MorphOS 2 3 sur Pegasos II obligement free fr in French Retrieved September 25 2016 A EON Software Update PDF Press release AmiWest 2014 Sacramento A Eon Technology October 25 2014 Retrieved June 23 2016 a href Template Cite press release html title Template Cite press release cite press release a CS1 maint location link New 3D drivers for AmigaOS 4 1 PDF Press release Cardiff A Eon Technology April 1 2015 Retrieved June 23 2016 a b Introducing Warp3D Nova PDF Press release Cardiff A EON Technology Ltd March 22 2016 Retrieved March 22 2016 Forster Moritz 2016 03 24 Alternative Betriebssysteme Neues 3D Treibersystem fur AmigaOS 4 iX magazine in German Retrieved 2016 10 29 AmigaOS 4 0 Feature List Revision 1 0 PDF intuitionbase com Hyperion Entertainment January 7 2003 pp 11 12 Retrieved September 25 2016 Williams Robert Spring 2003 AmigaOS 4 Update PDF Total Amiga No 14 South Essex Amiga Link p 15 Introducing Warp3D Nova for OS4 Amigaworld net March 23 2016 Post 59 by Hans Retrieved September 25 2016 Enhancer Software Released On AMIStore OS4 Press release Cardiff A EON Technology AmigaWorld net May 1 2016 Retrieved September 24 2016 Changelog amiga org May 1 2017 Amiga Kit Retrieved August 16 2017 Enhancer Software v1 1 Released Amiga org www amiga org Retrieved 2017 11 15 Warp3D 3 0 Read Me 27 March 2007 Retrieved 12 June 2010 Warp3D 4 2a Read Me 13 October 2002 Retrieved 23 June 2016 Wazp3D Retrieved 17 July 2010 Goa3D Graphics Library Retrieved 17 July 2010 Further reading edit Active Gamer Warp3D 4 2 for Voodoo3 Amiga Active No 24 Pinprint Publishing September 2001 pp 50 ISSN 1467 3533 Warp Factor 3D Amiga Active No 25 Pinprint Publishing October 2001 pp 46 ISSN 1467 3533 Warp3D Masterclass Amiga Active No 26 Pinprint Publishing November 2001 pp 48 ISSN 1467 3533 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Warp3D amp oldid 1216580223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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