Lambda is a 3D Space Combat Simulator like X-Wing and Wing Commander. The somewhat graphically disappointing port of Wing Commander from the PC to the Amiga Platform and the non-existence of subsequent Space Combat Simulators has inspired the creation of Lambda - featuring to date the most advanced 3D Space environment:
The program has recently been written completely from scratch to support FPU quite heavily. During the rewriting almost all of the nasty bugs of the old Lambda were removed. Current version of Lambda will not work on Amigas without an FPU anymore. Also because the MC68882 FPU is extremely slow a 040 / 40MHz should be considered the minimum recommended system.
The Game is still in it's early stages, with only the 3D GFX Engine being worked on - however development is proceeding at a steady pace and the list of features gets bigger with every passing moment.
No PPC support is planned as yet, at least until someone is kind enough to email the author a PPC card and invent a universal PPC Kernel that ALLdevelopers adhere to.
Also don't expect special support for Graphics cards (CV3D, BVision or PicassoIV), unless of course someone wants to send us some free development hardware ;)
Lambda runs at a fair pace even on a relatively slow spec Amiga (AGA 030/50
8MB):
320x256 Detailed AGA | 320x256 Simple AGA | 320x256 Detailed RTG | 320x256 Simple RTG | |
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A1200 030/50 | 8fps | 10fps | N/A | N/A |
A1200T 040/25 | 18fps | 20fps | 24fps | 27fps |
A1200T 040/40 ZII | 20fps | 22fps | 25fps | 28fps |
A2000 060/50 P96 | N/A | N/A | 28fps | 34fps |
A3000 060/50 CGX | N/A | N/A | 32fps | 38fps |
A4000 060/50 CGX | 40fps | 50+fps!! | 30fps | 35fps |
640x256 RTG | 640x480 RTG | 800x600 RTG | |
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A1200T 060/50 ZII | ~14fps | ~8fps | |
A2000 060/50 P96 | ~14fps | ~8fps | ~4fps |
A3000 060/50 CGX | ~14fps | ~12fps | |
A4000 060/50 CGX | ~16fps | ~7fps |
These rates are based on averages acquired from a number of sources. My thanks to those who beamed their spec and rates to me.
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