Endless Sky
Description:	Endless Sky space trading/combat game
Download:	endlesssky.zip       (TIPS: Use the right click menu if your browser takes you back here all the time)
Size:	352Mb
Version:	0.11.2
Date:	29 Sep 2026
Author:	Michael Zahniser and the Endless Sky contributors, AmigaOS4 port by Falke_34
Submitter:	Falke_34
Email:	falke 34/gmx de
Homepage:	https://endless-sky.github.io
Requirements:	SDL2, Mesa
Category:	game/strategy
License:	GPL
Distribute:	yes
Min OS Version:	4.1
FileID:	14107
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Short:        Endless Sky space trading/combat game, Mesa/OpenGL
Uploader:     Falke_34
Author:       Michael Zahniser and the Endless Sky contributors, AmigaOS4 port
by Falke_34
Type:         game/misc
Version:      0.11.2
Requires:     mesa.library (native Mesa port for AmigaOS 4.1) and a graphics
card supported by it, AHI
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.1.0
Distribution: GPL v3 (engine), various CC licenses (game data, see below)
Kurzbeschreibung: Endless Sky, 2D-Weltraum-Handels- und Kampfspiel, portiert auf
AmigaOS 4.1, Mesa/OpenGL


DESCRIPTION

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the
classic Escape Velocity series. Start out with a small shuttle, cargo
ship or fighter, earn money by trading, carrying passengers or taking
on missions, and work your way up to a heavily upgraded flagship or a
whole fleet of warships and freighters. Along the way you can follow
the main storylines, explore the galaxy and meet alien species.

This is a native AmigaOS 4.1 PPC port of Endless Sky 0.11.2, using the
native Mesa port for AmigaOS 4.1 (desktop OpenGL) for rendering and
OpenAL Soft on top of AHI for sound.

Endless Sky is free software. The archive contains the complete game,
including all game data (images, sounds, music, missions) - nothing
else needs to be downloaded.


INSTALLATION

1. Copy the whole EndlessSky drawer to wherever you like.
2. Double-click the EndlessSky icon, or start it from Shell.

The first start may take a moment while the game loads its data.


REQUIREMENTS

- SDL2
- mesa.library (native Mesa port for AmigaOS 4.1) and a graphics card supported
by it.
- AHI for sound.


SAVED GAMES AND SETTINGS

Everything stays inside the EndlessSky drawer. Saved games, preferences
and the game's own error log (errors.txt) are stored in the "userdata"
drawer next to the executable. Nothing is written to ENVARC: or
anywhere else on your system.


PLUGINS (NOT TESTED)

Endless Sky supports plugins (new ships, outfits, missions, ...). Put
them into the "plugins" drawer inside the EndlessSky drawer and enable
them in the game's Plugins menu.

Plugins that use AVIF images or FLAC music are only partially
supported: those images and music tracks are skipped, the rest of the
plugin works normally.


LOGGING

The game does not open a Shell/Workbench console window. All log output
is written to stdout.txt next to the executable. If something doesn't
work as expected, please check that file (and userdata/errors.txt)
first before reporting an issue.

To switch the log file off, use:
  SetEnv SAVE ES_NOLOG 1


KNOWN ISSUES

- The game is English only. Upstream Endless Sky has no translations,
  and its font only contains ASCII characters.
- The memory value in the performance display always shows 0 MB.


CHANGES IN THIS PORT (compared to upstream Endless Sky)

- Single static executable, no shared objects needed
- Desktop OpenGL 3.2 core profile via the native Mesa port, with a
  built-in GL function loader instead of GLEW
- Big-endian fixes for image loading/texture upload and WAV sound
  effects
- All paths relative to the program drawer (no system-wide
  preferences folder), working directory restored on exit
- Workbench start supported
- Sound via OpenAL Soft 1.18.2 (AmigaOS4 port by salass00) on AHI
- No console window on startup; logging redirected to stdout.txt
- AmigaOS $VER: tag for the "Version" command, $STACK cookie


CREDITS / THANKS

- Michael Zahniser and all Endless Sky contributors, for the game and
  for releasing it as free software.
- Everyone involved in the native Mesa port for AmigaOS 4.1.
- Everyone involved in the AmigaOS4 port of SDL2.
- salass00, for the AmigaOS4 port of OpenAL Soft.
- The authors of libmad, libpng, libjpeg, zlib and minizip.


CONTACT

Please report bugs or feedback via the os4depot.net comments, or the
AmigaOS4 community forums (thread by Falke_34).


SOURCE / LICENSE

The Endless Sky program code is licensed under the GNU GPL v3. The game
data (images, sounds, music) is released under various Creative Commons
and public domain licenses; the "copyright" file in the EndlessSky
drawer lists the license and author for each file.
Full upstream source: https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky
The AmigaOS4-specific changes in this port are provided under the same
license as the files they modify.