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  • 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 ( ... LINE command was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement ... position isn't updated after draw)
    B = blank ... don't draw)

    "U8R8D8L8" would draw a ... of strings for the DRAW command.
    It was ...
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... . This is done by using DRAW x,y,a where the ... provide an example of the DRAW command implemented in BASIC - but not ... be clear, I can already draw bezier curves (and therefore, so ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect ... plot 75,75
    20 draw 80,48,400

    20 draw 80,24,800

    20 draw 80,24,800

    murtceps murtceps February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…

    ... Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory.
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Drawing a dotted line...Hi Folks, I cannot be the first person to want this (?) so here goes! Does anyone have a MC routine that does the same as the BASIC DRAW command bu…

    ... the same as the BASIC DRAW command but with a dotted line ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Line DemoI was looking in the source code of another game (that Akalabeth game), with lots of line drawings. The difference was that they don't use the PL…

    ... 't use the PLOT, DRAW format, but DRAW a TO b TO ... LINE command.

    This LINE command works exactly like the DRAW command, except ... : instead of PLOT 30,40: DRAW 20,-20; you use PLOT ...
    Timmy Timmy August 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??

    ... very helpful indeed.

    DRAW command not stopping with an error ... breached.

    The PLAY command being interupt driven so that ... sound level as the BEEP command.

    A volume control ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…

    ... perfect positioning.

    DRAW command that would draw outside the screen area ... until finished.

    NEW command as a main keyword - I ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins September 2004 Games
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect ... , of course, tell BASIC to draw a curve, and that third ... much of a curve to draw.

    You'd normally ... - it knows it has to draw a number of segments, but ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... , the LINE command was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was ... can draw an arc by specifying a third parameter in the DRAW command.
    Arjun Arjun February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... a third parameter in the DRAW command.[/QUOTE]
    The CoCo and ... 's a simple way to draw sprites, screens for adventure games ... a lot of individual LINE, DRAW or PLOT (Applesoft BASIC) statements ...
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... a third parameter in the DRAW command.[/QUOTE]

    Yes. This ... PLOT 100,100
    20 DRAW 50,0,PI[/CODE]
    20 DRAW 40,0,12000[/CODE]

    As for a DRAW routine that could manage arbitrary ...
    Matt_B Matt_B February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... John Vickers who wrote the DRAW command for the ZX Spectrum has ...
    Geoff Geoff February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    How does Geoff's DRAW program work? The three argument DRAW command is meant to draw arcs, not regular polygons and stars. Is it some rounding error thing?
    JamesW JamesW February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... 's DRAW program work? The three argument DRAW command is meant to draw arcs ... . You might notice that the command appears to keep running for ...
    Matt_B Matt_B February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... John Vickers who wrote the DRAW command for the ZX Spectrum has ... . You might notice that the command appears to keep running for ... made with a single PLOT/DRAW pair) repeat over themselves with ... "
    22 PLOT 40,110: DRAW .00001,.00001,252*PI/.6666666666 ...
    Marcelo Marcelo February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... 's DRAW program work? The three argument DRAW command is meant to draw arcs ...
    NotFound NotFound February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    [QUOTE=Arjun;171178]You can draw an arc by specifying a third parameter in the DRAW command.[/QUOTE]

    [code]
    10 PLOT 50,50
    20 DRAW 100,100,PI[/code]
    Edit: Oh, I see that an example has already been given!
    BloodBaz BloodBaz March 2007 Development
  • Are you a serious programmer of the Spectrum?A statement at the back of "The complete Spectrum ROM disassembly". [quote] The "Complete Spectrum ROM disassembly" is a must for all serious progra…

    ... shelf. It was probably the DRAW command. I then thought the answer ...
    Geoff Geoff March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    Just another idea:

    When set the PLOT in the negative range, you don't need to give the sign
    in the draw command.

    PLOT 128*e+a,88-D-F*W
    DRAW C-A,F*W
    DRAW 0,D+D
    DRAW A-C,F*W
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2008 Development
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... the sign
    in the draw command.

    PLOT 128*e ... ,88-D-F*W
    DRAW C-A,F*W
    DRAW 0,D+D
    DRAW A-C,F ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2008 Development
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... the sign
    in the draw command.[/QUOTE]

    Unfortunately this ... coordinates doesn't affect the DRAW.

    For instance, this ... ]
    PLOT 10,0:
    DRAW 20,0
    [/CODE]
    PLOT -10,0:
    DRAW 20,0
    [/CODE]
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2008 Development
  • Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…

    ... from any point you can draw into 4 directions (-x,-y ... do that.

    The DRAW-command in BASIC is translated to ... can call the BASIC DRAW from MC to DRAW a line from ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2008 Development
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... a corner and then DRAW the outer square, go ... in and DRAW the inner square on ... oher side, DRAW to innersquare DRAW over 1 side, DRAW to outersquare ... version used PLOT and DRAW to do this, but ... just uses the single DRAW command to save some space ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn April 2008 Development
  • Worst loading screens?For me, I think that it's a tie between [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013355]Star Trek 3050[/url] and [url=http://www.worldo…

    ... lines of the speccy's DRAW command; all jagged outlines. Awful ...
    Zagreb Zagreb May 2008 Games
  • Please help an absolute novice with some simple(ish) programming.I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework [quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a com…

    ... =thx1138;322302]How do you draw ellipses?

    Do you ... />
    There's no ellipse command in Sinclair BASIC. You can ... very crude ellipse using the DRAW command to build one up out ... you do it they'll draw as normal, but the second ...
    Matt_B Matt_B December 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 1K Minigame : 3D RacerLast year I started to code a 3D Racer in 1K. The print of the road was however quite flickery so I put it away to pick it up this week again. I deve…

    ... ROM.
    I copy the DRAW-command to RAM and alter it ... PLOT in the line I draw, the old PLOT is undone ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2009 Games
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... where broken. Fixed.
    [*]The DRAW command sometimes 'glitched'. Fixed, and now ... and faster routine.
    [*]Now, DRAW x, y, a (Arcs) are ...
    boriel boriel February 2009 Development
  • 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…

    ... DRAW command in 3 bytes internally. Byte 1 = Command (PLOT, DRAW) etc and extra DRAW ... of {COMMAND + parameters} where each COMMAND (PLOT, DRAW, STOP) ... overwriting the final STOP command of course) to ... 4 versions required like DRAW command) will move the cursor ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…

    ... ?... Was it drawn with a DRAW command?, generated by printing up a ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil October 2009 New game ideas
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