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Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... change effect using a single string variable per castle and embedding ... position and attribute data as CHR$ control codes (taking inspiration from IvanBasic's ... -
how do i change the text and colour of the boot message and error messages?i kind of know how to do this with the boot message but shortening or lengthening the text and adding chr$ control codes (if this works) overwrites o…
... lengthening the text and adding chr$ control codes (if this works) overwrites or ... -
Drawing a "window"...Hi Folks, I want to display a blank window over an existing screen. It then draws a border around it but that is not the point of my question. Ini…
... br /> LET m$=m$+CHR$ 22+CHR$ a+CHR$ 7+" ":
NEXT ... see the string contains the PAPER and AT control codes plus the ... a$=CHR$ 17+CHR$ 7+CHR$ 6+CHR$ 6+CHR$ 17+CHR$ 5+CHR$ 6+CHR$ 6 ... NEXT a:
LET c$=CHR$ 19+CHR$ 1+c$
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BOB the Screen BuilderHere's my first attempt to use that tokenising idea from "more on storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p…
... encoded as a single DATA string with a mixture of printable ... decoded version with non-readable control codes (CHR$ 16, CHR$ 17, etc.). I'll ... -
Poking a string to memory...I'm looking to poke a string of characters including colour control codes to memory, I'm currently doing it by hand: 16,2,19,1,22,1,1,144 That equa…
... to poke a string of characters including colour control codes to memory, I ... do it by poking a string such as A$? -
Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
... .
You can embed control codes in the program to tinker ... a REM line with a string of CHR$ 8 (cursor left) characters ... stored in two forms, the string of digits that you can ... , so you can poke the string of digits to read something ... -
'Hello World' in ASM ?Can someone show how to make the classic 'Hello World' print with ASM code ? I cant figure at this moment how to insert and handle strings with the s…
... the token keywords, the printing control codes are those with a value ... CHR$21;CHR$n; will select OVER n
PRINT CHR$22;CHR$y;CHR ... y,x
PRINT CHR$23;CHR$y;CHR$x; will select TAB ... /> Similarly for AT, an embedded string such as:
[code]text ... -
DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …
... /> Unless you add colour control codes to your string, yes.
CHR$(16)+CHR$(2)+CHR$(17)+CHR$(6)+"HELLO"+CHR$(16)+CHR$(1)+CHR$(17)+CHR ... code]
CHR$ 16 corresponds to INK
CHR$ 20 corresponds to INVERSE
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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... Yes Yes Yes
Control codes? No No ignored ignored ignored ... CHR$32-127
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Benchmark 1: string ... br /> [code] LD IX,string ; Use IX so don' ... br /> JR loop
string: DEFM "the quick brown ... -
How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…
... 6 command
defb 32 ;CHR$ 'space'[/code]
The 6 ... would I set the other control codes 17-21 for the text ... change the length of the string?
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Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... 772388](b) Generating a string that draws the first two ... control codes, then the remaining characters.[/QUOTE]
Remember that, although CHR ... $ 10 & CHR$ 11 may be described ... to look up the string and PRINT it. I ... -
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…
... string with embedded colour control codes before printing it. You can use CHR ... $ to generate the codes ... delete him with the same string.
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40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... font routine.
No control codes, no basic extensions.
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push de ; save string address
push bc ; ... de, hl ; de = font chr gfx
push de ; ... -
Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
... now and accommodates two additional control codes: paragraph indent and text color ... br />
call prop_printer
string
defb $c,txt_clr
chr code
add hl,hl ... br /> add hl,bc ;bitmap (chr code*8+font addr - 256 ... -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... /> . Is LET i$( TO )="string" semantically any different from LET ... )? Is it via inline CHR$ control characters? I had unsuccessfully ... landscape as a multidimensional string array as opposed to ... TAB and PAPER and INK control codes, these count as characters ... -
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$( TO )="string" semantically any different from LET ... data)? Is it via inline CHR$ control characters? I had unsuccessfully ... landscape as a multidimensional string array as opposed to ... TAB and PAPER and INK control codes, these count as characters ... -
New Tool: CheqEdit[b]CheqEdit[/b] it's a simple and small program that helps you to draw 64x48 graphics on screen in GRAPHICS MODE. Program can output as text in CHR$ …
... can output as text in CHR$ format, control codes format, a special compressed ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... /> jr z,foundat ; recognises some control codes here 22= print at, (followed ... hl
ret
foundat ; chr$22 can be used for ...
jr nextchr
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Code structureHi all, I'd be interested in opinions on the neatest way to do this. I've got a print string routine in which 0-31 are reserved for control codes, …
... print string routine in which 0-31 are reserved for control codes, ... cp 32 ;0-31 are control codes, >31 printable ASCII
...print char in string
jr print_string
... next byte can be another control code. So it means ... -
Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…
... using a string with a generous set of embedded control codes.
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... a string of arbritary length containing game data hidden in control codes. As ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... a string of arbritary length containing game data hidden in control codes.[/QUOTE ... in an 'AT 0,0' control code just as you're ...Loading MessagesHi, I've dug out some more unfinished stuff and plan to make up some loaders for it before I submit it to the archive.. Is it possible to create a …
... trick is to embed the control codes for AT 1,0 at ... the filename, and the 'comma' control code at the end (to ... :
SAVE CHR$(22)+CHR$(1)+CHR$(0)+"INDY"+CHR$(16)LINE 1 ...Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... of the "PRINT AT" control codes in the game and also ... in the adjacent string, before the "PRINT AT" control codes and therefore ... introduced into the following string often get printed outside ... so introduces effectively an extra string into the game, causing ...Bak 2 SkoolI'm wondering where the alias "Bak 2 Skool" came from, considering the game is called "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000362…
... use a similar trick with CHR$ and some backspaces, or perhaps ... do this using the Basic control codes. My memory is very, very ...Bak 2 SkoolI'm wondering where the alias "Bak 2 Skool" came from, considering the game is called "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000362…
... do this using the Basic control codes. My memory is very, very ... as keyword. Even a TAB (chr 6) might work here.
Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... the text & control codes to be in a string variable or POKEd ...Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... characters and control codes to be either built up in a string variable ...
