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Old 10-11-2005, 10:29 AM   #1
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Default Starfield Backdrop?

There use to be a Starfield Background hack for WB a looong time ago. I believe it was OCS/ECS only, maybe AGA, but I seem to remember not being able to get it to work on my A1200, can't remeber though. Anyway, does anyone know of something similar for a P96 Workbench?

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Old 10-11-2005, 11:22 AM   #2
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Starfield background? That one where the desktop was flying in the starfield? It probably used dual playfield screen mode not possible on gfx card...
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Old 10-11-2005, 12:06 PM   #3
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Starfield background? That one where the desktop was flying in the starfield? It probably used dual playfield screen mode not possible on gfx card...
I doubt it used dual playfield mode ;-) but it probably used hardware sprites. On the Amiga chipset, you can make a beautiful parallax scrolling starfield with only one sprite (re-using the same sprite at different points in the display courtesy of the copper). But, true, it's definitely not possible on a gfx card.
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Regarding your avatar image, could I also have some copper bars on the desktop, please?-)
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Old 10-11-2005, 01:39 PM   #5
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Default Re: Starfield Backdrop?

So you're saying that a graphics chip set made more than 20 years ago is more capable than those made to day? ;-)

Is there a program out there that will change the BG image after a certain amount of time, say 5 minutes? Maybe then I could make a series of about 30 starfield images that change. It could be the worlds slowest Starfield animation!

Damn, again, only Amiga makes it possible!

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