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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... also draws all plot elements in a specific order (first the ... known function memcpy() (see string.h). This straight copy wipes ... in a character cell. This struct is a "struct sp1_update", defined in ... we must remember to store attributes in the 9 byte buffers " ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... logic only allows 3 mountains in a plot but nevermind that). All ... are four mountain rows in a plot and a plot is 24 pixels ... (but useful and present in z88dk's string library) memopi() to copy ... the FLASH bit of all attributes in the plot square (the first ... -
Z88DK fun and gamesHi, I was wondering if anyone here uses Z88DK with TommyGun and knew about how to link the two together (e.g. how do I use a screen, sprite or map e…
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In main(), in order to ... c you'd insert a screen$ resource in place of the " ... to save the SCREEN$ in a standalone binary file which you ... does support spectrum attributes. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of ... -
Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
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LD A,'1' ; Edit string to print on screen ... />
;Create string for last failed address
string pointer
DEC C ;Decrement charcater
ADD A,A ;Shift A ... in C
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New RZX Block Type Suggestion -- AnnotationWho is maintaining the RZX specification at the moment? I'd like to ask for the feasability of the following request. Annotations embedded within th…
... attributes of Text are display time, display duration, the text string ... their display time in a non-decreasing sequence. Shall a Text violate ... which font to use, in a best match effort. The ... line breaking process may result in a box narrower or wider ... -
Storing and displaying attributes...Hi Folks, I have a requirement to store and then redisplay a line of attributes from the screen. For example: 100 DIM a$(1,32) 110 LET line=10 120…
A$ is a pseudo-variable; it doesn't take up any space in the ... VARS area. In your example it's in the attributes area. Any string ... example of this later on in the original thread. -
Storing and displaying attributes...Hi Folks, I have a requirement to store and then redisplay a line of attributes from the screen. For example: 100 DIM a$(1,32) 110 LET line=10 120…
... ]A$ is a pseudo-variable; it doesn't take up any space in ... the VARS area. In your example it's in the attributes area. Any string ... example of this later on in the original thread.[/QUOTE]
Storing and displaying attributes...Hi Folks, I have a requirement to store and then redisplay a line of attributes from the screen. For example: 100 DIM a$(1,32) 110 LET line=10 120…
... ]A$ is a pseudo-variable; it doesn't take up any space in ... the VARS area. In your example it's in the attributes area. Any string ... example of this later on in the original thread.[/QUOTE]
Move objectHi again, I am using paper colors to represent game objects. I have a "paddle" that is 4 pixels wide. I save its position as a 2 byte word in memory…
... ]He's talking about addresses in the attributes file, so I gather ... its X coordinate in a byte variable or even a register and easily ... draw 4 character attributes, you don't need a loop. Make DE ... /> ld bc, 12 ; length of string in bytes
call 8252 ...dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…
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Line 2003 specifies A$ as being at 22656 (=128 ... 22528+4*32 = 4,0 in attributes) and length 480 (=224+1 ... area in the attributes.
The c$ string specifies the required attributes ... the current "permanent" default attributes; CHR$ 40 is for ...Help needed...I am at my wits end with this pigs ear of a routine, can anyone simplify it and make it work as it should? Basically it should make the characters '…
... controls in the text, as with a plain text string of ... 32 characters that couldn't happen. To apply attributes ... to the line they would have to be prepended in a separate string ... which will scroll the text in the appropriate colours set for ...More memoryHi all... can anyone help, Is it possible to get more memory for basic pref' in Basin.... 40 odd k is just not enough !
... there's 7kb in the display & attributes area which ... hundred bytes in any large program. Use string arrays to ... doing RESTORE repeatedly. Once a program is running the location ... just do them once in a loop at the start ... needs to be a few kb in size before the ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... to blit a loading screen (or at least the attributes) into video ... , we insert a longish string of zero pulses (512T in our loader), enough ... /> Here's a contrived example using a screen. First, the attributes are loaded ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
[QUOTE=balford;716206]When the attributes are loaded:
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[*] ... /> [*]Lock on to a long sync pulse in the data being loaded ... of the delay loops with a string of LDI's (roughly speaking ... -12 attr. bytes onscreen at a time while loading the rest ...A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... that can write a character from a character set, or a string of characters ... of 4 attributes for different characters makes a lot of ... would provide an actual advantage in this case. The main ... should just provide a routine to paint a character in bicolor, since ...ULA snow effectIt's wintertime, you know. [quote="http://ramsoft.bbk.org.omegahg.com/floatingbus.html"]when the I register falls in the range 0x40-0x7F then the UL…
... code running on a 48k machine which scrolled attributes in all columns using ... we did get this working in ZXSpin and SpecEMU, the ... Woody improved the emulation further in SpecEMU but I suspect he ... length instructions just before the string of nop's? If the ...The Evolution of Some Nonsense[center] [B]TIMINGS FOR 100 BOUNCES[/B] [b]Ten Bouncy UDGs in BASIC[/b] [img]http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/a000test.gif[/img] [u…
... can't store coordinates in a single byte - so they ... (and part of the string) is eaten up by ... cannot - there's no attributes, the screen can be ... wasn't much point in implementing things identically to ... -Speccy things in SpecBAS that I was in a constant state ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... you print the character's attributes in advance in the empty cells of ... scenery cells into one long string with embedded colour control ... him once, you could have a string with two identical characters side ... -by-side, and a four-line string with one above the ...Russian Pascal CompilerHello,<div><br></div><div>Unfortunately I started a discussion (as OutBush) on the Temporary Forum Board not knowing how long it would be until the W…
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a current attributes, attr=attribute byteScreenThaw - gradual ... - cell coordinates for center (search in rectangular region from center);- ID_element ...Help with Snake type game...any ideas ?Hi all I've attached me trying to write a snake type game. My first concern is me not writing over the System variables area. I'm pretty happy what i…
... way! No attributes in SpecBAS, so we'd go with string variables to ... . We could also use a colour font for really nice ... new tail position to PRINT a UDG to if we ... coordinates might not fit into a single byte - but if ...
I'll work up a quick example tonight.flash in a stringhi, is it possible to store flash in a string? u can store colours, bright, etc.
... modifier codes directly into a string using combinations of Extended ... />
Flash and Bright attributes can be set using -9 ... speed up print statements in a simple game I'm ... writing in BASIC. I had ... up the printing of a single character, without ...A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... ;length of string
call 8252 ;print string
;A crude debounce ...
ld a,(23693) ;read current attributes
and 248 ;leave ... /> [code]
controls_i ld a,$f7
in a,($fe)
and 16 ...Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... Is LET i$( TO )="string" semantically any different from LET ... the Artillery landscape as a multidimensional string array as opposed to ... to define positions and attributes, stored in a$,b$,c$,d$ variables ... construct just one string for the landscape in your so ...Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... characters to define positions and attributes, stored in a$,b$,c$,d$ variables ... construct just one string for the landscape in your so nice ... suppose if I use a single string variable then I don ... see you are loading in one large string as a separate piece of ...Stuck again! Please help meI'm in the process of making a little game, eventually it will become rather more sophisticated (I hope) but I am testing out routines one at a time.…
... off) and the [i]attributes[/i] which tell us if ... This way you get text in the INK colour and anything ... that's not text in the PAPER colour.
... there. If a pixel is to be drawn in INK colour, ... then use OVER 1 with a string of "_" characters - you ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... use "Snipping Tool" in windows to copy parts ... if you can write a draw text routine that ... have a null byte at the end of the string or ... byte of the string.. DC in the assembler will ... the attributes (colours, brightness, flashing) of a string. I used a macro ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... use "Snipping Tool" in windows to copy parts ... if you can write a draw text routine that ... have a null byte at the end of the string or ... byte of the string.. DC in the assembler will ... the attributes (colours, brightness, flashing) of a string. I used a macro ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... use "Snipping Tool" in windows to copy parts ... if you can write a draw text routine that ... have a null byte at the end of the string or ... byte of the string.. DC in the assembler will ... the attributes (colours, brightness, flashing) of a string. I used a macro ...Kempston problems in XPOK, I've been running ZX32 on Win98 for a year or so and using my Sidewinder Pro pads with games providing the Kempston joystick option. Everything …
... running ZX32 on Win98 for a year or so and using ... option. Everything working fine. Get a spanking new SB Audigy Platinum ... has decided to continually move in a South-Easterly direction no matter ...loading programs using taper on a spectrumHello, I have the taper program and a bunch of games in a tzx and tap file format. I'm trying to load them to my spectrum/or make copies on new caset…
... the taper program and a bunch of games in a tzx and tap ...
