is there any app on the PC that mimics Degas Elite?

[STE'86]

question is the title really. is there anything that looks and feels like degas that has been written by an st fan for the PC perhaps for ST games development?

 

i know some of u guys still develop for ST so do u use pc based stuff?

 

 

Steve

[simonsunnyboy]

Not exactly like Degas Elite but a very very decent pixel pusher program is grafx2:

 

http://code.google.com/p/grafx2/

 

 

And it's free and multiplatform

 

*EDIT* PLUS it loads and saves .PI1 and .PC1 files directly - perfectly to do pixels for the ST on your modern machine!

Edited July 25, 2009 by simonsunnyboy

[ggn]

That looks more like DPaint ST

 

You could give Pro Motion a try (commercial, demo available), since a lot of pixel artists like that a lot.

[STE'86]

damn. i was relying on the st community to have ported it to be honest :/

 

Steve

[pea]

damn. i was relying on the st community to have ported it to be honest :/

 

Steve

 

I don't get on well with promotion or that dpaint clone ssb said about, I'd love a DegasElite+ for the PC - that would be the best thing ever.

[techie_alison]

Paint Shop Pro 4.

 

It's so reassuringly old (and stable), and it runs on anything from Win95 up. Only a 4MB install. Also saves in the various Amiga/Atari formants, .IFF etc. Certainly enough formats to get it onto an ST in some form or another.

 

I still use it with XP. Although the install is a bit back to front, to get it to work with a Restricted (non Administrator) Profile. You need to promote the user to an Admin, ...do the install with that user, ..and then demote them back to a plain user. I run Linux here 99% of the time, and when I do use XP it's NEVER as an Administrator.

[Shredder11]

I run Linux here 99% of the time, and when I do use XP it's NEVER as an Administrator.

 

Bad experiences with XP Aly? Also I use Ubuntu from time to time but I admit I need to learn more about the fundamentals, Terminal commands, overall system structure etc.

[Laemeur]

I'll also plug GrafX2, although I use the older version available from Eclipse's site:

http://www.eclipse-game.com/?dat=7

 

My comp doesn't seem to get along with the video mode switching in the newer, GoogleCode-hosted releases, plus a couple other nitpicks.

[ggn]

Since this thread was bumped and I remembered, try this

[DearHorse]

damn. i was relying on the st community to have ported it to be honest :/

 

Steve

 

 

Hi, try this (Degas ELITE XL - Win98 to WIN7 tools for ATARI ST/E) :

 

http://ataritools.fr.gd (main page) after that, you go to ST-DEXL part in the menu and go on ... documentation UK/US in pdf format is at the same location (I expect it's not too worst english ).

 

 

Best,

Rudy

Edited October 27, 2009 by DearHorse

[+sgrddy]

I was curious about this. When you make a picture with Degas or Neochrome, can you use all 512 colors in the same picture with an ST?

[DearHorse]

I was curious about this. When you make a picture with Degas or Neochrome, can you use all 512 colors in the same picture with an ST?

 

Hi,

 

1/ a question about the possibility to display all the 512 colors of the ST ? in this case answer is yes with raster interrupt spectrum 512 can generate 48 colors each scan line so a screen can easily displays 512 colors.

 

But no with degas elite or neochrome.

 

or

 

2/ about this little soft ? so answer is no. by now DEXL generate only PI1 compatible 320X200X16COLORS on screen (=ST/E standard format with no tricks). no more at this time or perhaps by a bug.

 

Rudy

[Kroah]

Hi, try this (Degas ELITE XL - Win98 to WIN7 tools for ATARI ST/E) :

Can you please update the download link on your site, it seems broken.

 

Thank you!

[DearHorse]

Hi, try this (Degas ELITE XL - Win98 to WIN7 tools for ATARI ST/E) :

Can you please update the download link on your site, it seems broken.

 

Thank you!

 

 

Hi,

 

Sorry for the response delay but I'm very busy with new home.

 

Well, I just put a 1.4 version of DEXL inline at ataritools.fr.gd, lots features (still working) are desactivated by now because the soft change to support

all ATARI ST/E - resolutions and 2 of the TT030 and must be tested.

 

 

This add is an intermediate release , far than definitive tool.

 

 

Best wishes

 

Rudy

[sh3-rg]

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Excellent work, Rudy! I'm running there now, cheers!