Greek Temple | Commander X16 | 3D Render

Greek Temple
3D Render on Commander X16
Code-Repository on Github:
github.com/gpatsos/3DEngine
Credits:
3D-Model:
sketchfab.com/3d-models/low-p...
Music:
KZbin - "Desert Caravan" by Aaron Kenny
Commander X16:
www.commanderx16.com/
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[@SquallSf]

That is interesting, although a quite slow to watch. Have you thought of making it in ASM? It will be couple of time faster. On top of that you can optimize the asm code with using tricks like fixed point instead of float point. Or even pre-calculated tables for speeding slow calcs. Which will make it even couple of times faster. Since you draw mainly lines, the last bit of speed up could be using some of the high-end abilities like VERA-FX. It has a special section for line drawing of any angle.

[@GeorgesChannel]

Thank you for the comment :) Yes i could do this of course. Maybe in the future. The program is originally intended to be in pure BASIC to be comparable to all the other versions of 8/16bits BASIC machines. If somebody wants to optimize it, the code is on the github link location.

[@antonjoly9601]

Fascinating as always!

[@GeorgesChannel]

Thank you, Anton! I always apreciate your generous comments...:)

[@MMSZoli]

It looks fantastic as always, and now we hear some great music to, that was not possible on the C= Plus/4 🙂 It is quite fast compared to Plus/4. Maybe 3 or 4 times faster, if I remember your acceleration ration you set in YAPE

[@GeorgesChannel]

Thank you! The music is unfortunatly not part of the Basic program on the x16. The plus/4 ran about 2000% in warpmode. I think the x16 has the perfect basic speed for this apllication. but only 38 kb free basic memory.

[@MMSZoli]

@@GeorgesChannel oh no, just 38KB? What a weakling to Plus/4 and 64K C16 :-) not to mention the 128KB ZX Spectrums...

[@SquallSf]

@@GeorgesChannel X16 has banked memory of 512kb that could be expanded to 2MB. Just because the BASIC is limited to main RAM, it doesnt mean your program needs to be limited too. An example - BASIC doesnt live in VRAM, yet you use. What stop you from doing the same with banked?

[@GeorgesChannel]

@@SquallSf Thank you for the informations. I don't have the deeper knowledge of the X16 yet. This is a straight port of the Commodore Plus/4 version which i also ported to many other systems of that time. I had easy portability in mind when developing this programind. If somebody is interested he can easily optimize it for the specific platform.