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  • How to draw a picture on ZX Spectrum Basic?How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662

    How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662
    DerekAutista DerekAutista December 2016 Games
  • colouring inexample: 10 CIRCLE 45,30,15 wot do i type after it to colour it in red?

    ... , grim wrote:
    example: 10 CIRCLE 45,30,15
    wot ... />
    which would result in a solid circle, but slowly.

    You ... :

    10 INK 2: CIRCLE 40,35,15
    20 ... , short answer - no, not from BASIC and quickly :-)

    D ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2004 Development
  • colouring inexample: 10 CIRCLE 45,30,15 wot do i type after it to colour it in red?

    ... , grim wrote:
    example: 10 CIRCLE 45,30,15
    wot ... />
    which would result in a solid circle, but slowly.

    You ... :

    10 INK 2: CIRCLE 40,35,15
    20 ... , short answer - no, not from BASIC and quickly :)

    D ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2004 Development
  • Pseudocode for CIRCLE algorithm?Can anyone provide me with the pseudocode for the Spectrum's CIRCLE algorithm? My machine code knowledge isn't up to reading the ROM routine. I'm try…

    ... www.geeksforgeeks.org/bresenhams-circle-drawing-algorithm/"]https:// ... /> DRAWBRESCIRCLE equ $
    ; Draw a Bresenham circle at oX,oY radius Rad ... circle
    LD A,(DBCXVAR)
    LD E,A
    LD A ... you want to return to BASIC do a

    ...
    dbolli dbolli August 2020 BASIC
  • official favorite movie quotes threadThis should be place for the movie quotes you consider to be the [I]most_best_ones[/I]. Or perhaps, that's also interesting - the movie quotes you …

    ... ]: Yes, Princess, a thoroughbred artist: a poet with no poems ... [/URL][/B]: We draw a magic circle and shut out everything ... circle, the games turn grey and ridiculous. Then we draw a new circle ... and build a new defense.
    Ælita Ælita June 2008 Chit chat
  • CIRCLEHi, I'd like to draw a circle x,y,r using the BASIC-ROM subroutines. I've put x, y and r onto the calculator stack and used CALL #232D and RET. I g…

    ... ]There's a couple of fast circle routines on ...
    I wrote a Bresenham circle routine once which was ... a much better job.

    [CODE]
    DRAWBRESCIRCLE equ $
    ; Draw a ... Bresenham circle at oX,oY radius Rad ...
    dbolli dbolli April 2014 Development
  • Beautiful codeSome people see beauty or something sublime in maths formulas and equations, can anyone suggest examples of beautiful or sublime programming?

    ... efficient overall to just draw filled triangles than a series of lines ... and a flood fill.[/QUOTE ... use this pattern filler to draw filled general shapes rather than ... every byte is plotted, a call to a qualifier subroutine is made ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2014 Development
  • Drawing LinesHas anyone got any experience of coding a Bresenham line drawing algorithm on the Speccy? I've had a go and I find the algorithm has quite a few s…

    ... circle as well


    [code]
    DRAWBRESCIRCLE equ $
    ; Draw a ... Bresenham circle at oX,oY radius Rad ... the circle
    LD A,(DBCXVAR)
    LD E,A
    LD A,(DBCOORDS ...
    dbolli dbolli March 2019 Development
  • Fastest way to decide which pixel to paint in order to draw a straight line(after I saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I decided to ask this in here) in fact, I want to accelerate a car towards a direct…

    (after I saw "Bresenhams circle algorithm" in development forum, I ... , I want to accelerate a car towards a direction.

    car ... position in every iteration, so a new path/pixel must be ... method to do this in basic?
    Arda Arda September 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • DRAW x,y,a Algorithm - how does the ROM do it?Hi all, Getting on with SpecOS, and one of the things I would love to do is to preserve the original ROM's behaviour when drawing Arcs. This is don…

    ... done by using DRAW x,y,a where the alogorithm ... point plotted, moves through a radians, finally ending up ... example of the DRAW command implemented in BASIC - but not ... I'd love to see a BASIC (or C, or Pascal ... clear, I can already draw bezier curves (and therefore, ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • CIRCLEHi, I'd like to draw a circle x,y,r using the BASIC-ROM subroutines. I've put x, y and r onto the calculator stack and used CALL #232D and RET. I g…

    ... 'd like to draw a circle x,y,r using the BASIC-ROM subroutines ... and RET.
    I got a circle on the screen but after ... added two POPs it was a bit better, but not really ...
    HZJ HZJ March 2014 Development
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b]
    a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.< ... />
    First, we will draw a player on screen:

    basic has its Y coordinate first ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • !Warning Vapourcompo! A BASIC competition with a twistI have an Idea for a Games compo with a twist, 1. BASIC because I don't Know Machine Code (selfis reason I know :) ) 2. The actual game is supplied …

    ... for a Games compo with a twist,

    1. BASIC because ...
    The game would be a platform game, and would have ... seperate placeholders for a main Character (1?) a series of enemies ... , possibly having a tile based level, where a letter corresponds to ...
    guesser guesser March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…

    I'm thinking a lot of it and ... t find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, ...
    1. Easy-to-use BASIC with editor separated from listing ... allows using PRINT AT to draw a game screen. Draws 8x8 ... and easier then PLOT and DRAW.

    3. Good ...
    kmatveev kmatveev June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC 2005 Competition - a lot of games for downloadA lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all in spanish for download now: [url="http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2005.html"]http://www…

    A lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all ...
    radastan radastan January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Complex DRAW command?After looking at some Speccy code I noticed that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or it looked that way). On the Coco, the LINE command was…

    ... that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or ... was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was ... position isn't updated after draw)
    B = blank ... don't draw)

    "U8R8D8L8" would draw a square 8 ... adding 3D animation to a BASIC program.
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • Is our existence based in a solid environment?I'm having a bit of a Deep-Thought/Milesy-Moment ... That is ... from the point of view of the photon, everything else must be slower, right? So m…

    ... of view, our universe is solid?

    Then I ... it is actually moving along a near-imperceptibly non-linear path ... shortest route possible, thereby making a seemingly straight line yet multiplying ... ) then I claim that a photon is the ultimate sorting ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman August 2008 Chit chat
  • Bresenhams circle algorithmI post here my final circle code to replace, if you want, the one in the ROM. It only uses integer math and runs very fast and is very compact. It is…

    ... br />

    ;Bresenhams circle algorithm calculates the locations of ... draw a pixel in each of the 8 octants of the circle ... real variable equation of a circle which is to ... />
    ;******Circle ******
    circle:

    ld a,b

    rtunes rtunes September 2008 Development
  • Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…

    ... />
    Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the ... in various bits of BASIC, know your way round ... through the subset of BASIC you need to make ... you venture beyond BASIC. There's also a couple of ... />
    Basically if a Speccy technical author had asked ...
    Danforth Danforth February 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…

    Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If ... I have a picture made ... thought of using a matrix of A (x,y,a,b), where ... the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump to the ... ways to do this in BASIC.

    And I ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…

    ... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and ... give the ghost the necessary A.I.

    I ... the maze randomly, nor a way to trigger it to ... walls. :-P but not for a Pacman game.

    ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general idea ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate ... way to implement a'la vector font in BASiC.

    I ... /> 210 PLOT 20,165: DRAW 0,-145: DRAW 225,0
    220 ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…

    I'm doing a very small basic program which I know ... works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ... anyone could point me in a better direction on how ... list things to say to a character'. So say you have ... in case someone had a spare 5 minutes!! ;-)
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... />
    The author obviously put a lot of thought into designing ... a pretty impressive effort for something that's written entirely in BASIC ... . I've shown a few screens here ... seen in action - there's a demo mode which cycles through ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2011 Games
  • Switching 48/128 modes within a BASIC programI'm not sure what use this would be; ie. being able to switch between 48k and 128k modes and back again from within a continuously running BASIC prog…

    ... back again from within a continuously running BASIC program, but as it ... 's been raised as a possibility ... ... In that, by using a slightly modified version of the ... to 48k modes while the BASIC program continues to run. ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... Spectrum Games Master. Its a great start thanks for that ... its supposed to let you draw a title page for the game ... Idea is you design a screen then break the program ... book.. plus im still a bit unsure how to use ... ;"*"
    50 LET A$=INKEY$: IF A$="" THEN GO TO 50 ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.766 Now available!HI Folks! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but with a one-year-old son I'm not getting much time these days - that will improve later, I'm su…

    ... now works as per Mallard BASIC ( LIST TO 100, LIST ... in a POLYGON array() FILL a$ command would fail to draw any solid ... (Current directory) assign
    Fixed a problem with BASS not recognising ... number after a direct command
    Fixed a problem with ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Leading Zeroes on a Score in BASICI'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes such that it's always 6 characters wide, i.e.: 000010, 000150, 006100 etc. I quickly knocked thi…

    ... ]

    Anyone got a speedier way to do this in BASIC?
    MykeP MykeP July 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…

    ... up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's ... to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I ... somehow import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums recognize ... GIF or PCX. Its a small image not too big ... for a Spectrum screen but I ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
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