Postal Now Open Source, Devs Asking for Dreamcast Port

[Ian Micheal]

bump this needs more love

[runkthepunk]

I agree, I am really hoping it can be finished.

I have always liked games with isometric views and this game would be a great addition to the Dreamcast library.

Not sure on potential for mods or new games using the source code but if that would be possible it's an exciting project indeed.

[DanRedfield]

Not sure on potential for mods or new games using the source code but if that would be possible it's an exciting project indeed.

I'll be releasing the source code soon™ and I'm doing my best to offload as much of the CPU load to the relevant hardware, so there will definitely be potential for mods or total conversions

[FlorreW]

Not sure on potential for mods or new games using the source code but if that would be possible it's an exciting project indeed.

I'll be releasing the source code soon™ and I'm doing my best to offload as much of the CPU load to the relevant hardware, so there will definitely be potential for mods or total conversions

Thanks Dan ! We appreciate <3

[runkthepunk]

Not sure on potential for mods or new games using the source code but if that would be possible it's an exciting project indeed.

I'll be releasing the source code soon™ and I'm doing my best to offload as much of the CPU load to the relevant hardware, so there will definitely be potential for mods or total conversions

Brilliant stuff!

Thanks for all the hard work i'm looking forward to going Postal soon

[DanRedfield]

Hey guys. I'll have a beta ready in a few weeks and I'm looking for some testers to help out. If anyone is interested, and you have a Dreamcast console, then feel free to get in touch

[NeoSnk]

Wow, I'd love to test it.

[WedgeStratos]

Bit confused, wasn't OrchardHill working on it? Is this one of those clumsy "forgot the password" moments?
Nevertheless, got a GDemu-equipped Dreamcast ready to test with, and will also put this through the paces of emulation.

What is there to anticipate not working out of the gate?
I have to assume no rumble, no VMU saving, probably no music (maybe sound FX at least), but will there be an issue using VGA at all? Is everything mapped correctly to the gamepad? IIRC, Postal is an isometric shooter with a twin-stick vibe to it. Will it be all analog stick, or is there movement by ABXY and aiming with the stick? Any KBM support for that quality port replication?

[DanRedfield]

Is this one of those clumsy "forgot the password" moments?

Yes... to the email address I registered with, thus no password reset

I have to assume no rumble, no VMU saving, probably no music (maybe sound FX at least),

No rumble, but VMU, music, and SFX will be supported. A couple of the bigger levels will have some sounds cut, but they are mostly variants of "aaaah" and "stop shooting me" etc.

but will there be an issue using VGA at all?

That's what I've primarily been testing with (over HDMI) - It hits 60 fps frequently and after this last round of optimisations I'm hoping for near stable 60.

Is everything mapped correctly to the gamepad?

For the time being it's analogue stick with a new lock-on feature using the left trigger. No KB/M support for v1.0 but I'm open-sourcing the project after cleaning up the code, so folk are more than welcome to add support for it thereafter.

I'm a full time dad with a 4 month old son, so I don't have very much spare time for a decent testing exercise so I really appreciate everybody offering to help out with the project.

[FlorreW]

Wonderful news.

Being a full time dad with small children , been there done that twice haha , leaves not much spare time .

Anyway if needed , I would also be happy to test your port . Great work !