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Issue 64 (January/February 2006) of the Amiga Future has been released.

MapMasterDX can be used to create a background scene made up of individual blocks or tiles. This tool is useful for those interested in creating backgrounds for classic 2D games. Some example blocks and maps are included as well as a C source code example of how to use the mapfiles. This tool was written with the HuC compiler in mind to help in developing original PC Engine software but can also be used for any general purpose game or app that requires rectangular map data.

Download: http://members.shaw.ca/realstar

Version 0.9 brings functions requested by some people, fixes some annoying bugs and adds more fancy eyecandy. As always.

 A new update of libnix has been released for MorphOS. Changes include:

• stdio init no longer reads off bounds memory if __stdiowin is set to "" (it is still not valid to do so, though (read SAS/C docs)).
• strcoll/xfrm won't pull in libauto/external LocaleBase any more.
• mbstowcs/wcstombs behaves properly when destination is NULL (they are still dummies, however, so do not expect widechar to work).
• no more semaphore lockups that could occur in certain situations (thanks to HAK for finding such a situation!)