SineWriter

Short:        Generate fixed point sine/cosine/hybrid lookup tables
Author:       Duane McDonnell <tachyon@tolstoi.saccii.net.au>
Uploader:     Duane McDonnell <tachyon tolstoi saccii net au>
Type:         dev/asm
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

INTRODUCTION

Generate sine, cosine and sine/cosine hybrid LUTs for use in game/demo
code (particularly 3D programming). This might be useful for coders who
use fixed point math for calculations rather than FPU instructions.


USAGE

Here's a quick run-down of the main options:

Table types:

Sine		Generates sine tables from 0..360 deg (0..2pi rad)

Cosine		Generates cosine tables from 0..360 deg (0..2pi rad)

Hybrid		Generates a sine table followed by a cosine table to save
		memory. Since sine and cosine are 90 deg (pi/2 rad) out
		of phase you don't need two full-size tables.

Table data size:		Byte, Word, Longword.

Amplitude scaling factor:	The factor to scale the amplitude by (eg:
				for <2.14> fixed point format, 1.0 equals
				16384, so 16384 is the scaling factor).

Table resolution:		The number of entries to calculate in a
				full 360 degree wave. Usually you'd make
				this a power of two to simplify angular
				range clipping. Eg: 1024 means there are
				1024 entries in a 360 degree wave so the
				"resolution" is 360/1024. Because of the
				symmetry requirement this value must be
				divisible by 4.

Save table data as:		Source (68k assembly), Binary.
				
The generated tables are 90 deg (pi/2 rad) symmetrical and are
calculated using a Taylor series polynomial sufficiently accurate
for the data size selected. No external math libraries are required.

Numerical input can be in decimal or hexadecimal format. Precede hex
values with a dollar "$" sign.

Pressing RETURN alone at any prompt will return you to the main menu.


FINAL WORDS

This is a support tool I wrote years ago during the good ol' days
of the demo scene ('92 or '93 I think). I came across this while
rummaging around my hard drive. I'm releasing this in case there are
demo coders who don't have decent table generation code of their own.
Note that I cannot support this program as I don't have the time or
interest but I'll be happy to answer any questions. Excuse the crappy
shell-GUI, it does the job though :-)