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  • Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…

    Not only fast, but memory efficent as well.< ... to not only get a fast sprite sorting and drawing happening, but ...
    Kiwi Kiwi July 2006 Development
  • Collision detectionI understand the basic methods for testing for collisions but I have question about the trickier situation of testing for when shots hit the backgrou…

    I think it's fast 'sprite to background' collision detection he's looking for. But he's being a bit cryptic about what the game actually is. 8)

    We don't even know it's a scrolly game!
    frobush frobush July 2007 Development
  • Collision detectionI understand the basic methods for testing for collisions but I have question about the trickier situation of testing for when shots hit the backgrou…

    ... ;205032]I think it's fast 'sprite to background' collision detection he ...
    Fikee Fikee July 2007 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... store routines
    07 - A fast clear screen routine using the ... screen
    11 - A slow sprite routine, that is; to display ... any size
    12 - A fast sprite routine, that is; optimised for ... SIN/COS
    20 - A fast screen address lookup routine, that ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... such as "ERROR: Invalid sprite dimensions".

    Fast sprite routines:

    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ...
    07 - A fast clear screen routine using the ... br /> 11 - A slow sprite routine, that is; to display ...
    12 - A fast sprite routine, that is; optimised for ... lines
    [B]Sprite based games don't ...
    20 - A fast screen address lookup routine, that ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2010 Development
  • Sabre Wulf - don't you just hate itThere's lots of Speccy opinions that divide us, but one thing I seem to stand alone in is my dislike for Sabre Wulf. I'm not joking now, I don't like…

    ... one hand, I love the fast sprite action, the sounds, the remarkably ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn April 2011 Games
  • Graphics that impressed youDan Dare 3 Extreme Driller (before I started playing it) Mercenary R-Type

    ... the time) was just fab. Fast, big graphics, it felt like ... was all about the super-fast sprite scaling and sunshine atmosphere. Without ...
    weesam weesam November 2011 Games
  • Paradroid for C-64, why not in the Spectrum?Reading the special 30th anniversary Retro Gamer, I came across this game which was considered to be the best game for the C-64, and it does not look…

    ... bitmap screen; and outrun from fast sprite scaling hardware.

    If ...
    weesam weesam October 2012 Games
  • Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …

    ... )
    IF FLAG IS 1, FAST COPY BUFFER TO SCREEN

    ; MERGE SPRITE COLOR WITH EXISTING PAPER COLOR ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... .

    6. Sprite colours are now masked. This ... over the sprite characters with sp1_IterateSprChar() or the fast way with ... different colours depending on sprite rotation to minimize colour ... .

    8. Sprite animation frames now use absolute ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…

    ... to help in debugging the sprite pack library. You should be ... a fresh release of the Sprite Pack library in the next ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2003 Development
  • FAST adsHiya Does anyone remember the FAST (Federation against software theft) ads that came out in the late 80's and early 90's. They were hilarious as the…

    ... />
    Does anyone remember the FAST (Federation against software theft) ads ...
    zster zster January 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Artist / Artists Required For 3 Brand-New Spectrum Game ProjectsHi all, I am currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for 3 forthcoming Spectrum games I have on the go at the moment. …

    ... currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for ... produce what should be a fast & highly playable game (for ...
    dansauk dansauk March 2004 Development
  • Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…

    ... time to type up the SPRITE MACHINE manual, but in the ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Games
  • Sprite Graphics TutorialHi everyone, Would like some feedback on the following: I am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to best program and implement …

    ... am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to ... best program and implement Sprite graphics. I would hope to ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…

    ...

    It is very fast (As I am overwriting the ... LD IX,sprites ; Point to sprite data
    LD B,TOTALSPRITES ... return so we can print sprite to screen

    sprite
    LD E,(IX+3 ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2004 Development
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... H,A

    ; MERGE SPRITE COLOR WITH EXISTING PAPER COLOR ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…

    ... yet the sprites were impressively fast.

    I notice they ... only areas that have changed" sprite type, how exactly did this ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…

    ... need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to ... mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so ... the screen (based on the sprite x,y). I would then ... draw the sprite to the screen using the ... screen address then draw the sprite again. Does this seem a ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside November 2004 Development
  • Laser Basic Sprite GeneratorDoes anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it! Thanks in advance.

    Does anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it!

    Thanks in advance.
    tanium tanium December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • JSW64 Feature ListOk, I remember at least someone asking about the current state of the JSW editing scene, so I thought I'd post this, which I wrote in the JSW/MM club…

    ... ) Horizontal guardians now available in fast and slow versions
    b ... room
    a) Willy's sprite
    b) Willy's colour ...
    Arcane Design Arcane Design May 2005 Games
  • Best Sprite on the SpectrumWhich sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier sim…

    Which sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier simplicity.
    Brodalco Brodalco June 2005 Games
  • Sprite Tutorial: Section on Masked Sprites addedLatest installment of my Sprite Graphics Tutorial: [url="http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/TUTORIAL.RTF"]http://members.aol.com/derekmsmi…

    Latest installment of my Sprite Graphics Tutorial:

    [url="http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/TUTORIAL.RTF"]http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/TUTORIAL.RTF[/url]

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Development
  • Best method for sprite collision detectionHi, I have been trying to incorporate collision detection into a sprite routine I writing. The following is what I have come up with so far: POP D…

    ... incorporate collision detection into a sprite routine I writing.
    The ... /> POP DE ; e=mask, d=sprite image
    LD A,(HL ... :
    LD A,(HL) ; draw sprite as normal
    AND E ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2005 Development
  • sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …

    Any sprite tutorial I come across is ... create a person-shaped animated sprite which will collide with objects ...
    sonic91 sonic91 September 2005 Development
  • z88dk + splib2: another question (sprite instancing)I'm making some tests with z88dk+splib2, with the idea of creating a game sometime in the future, and I have come across a problem. Let's suppose I …

    ... tiles, I must create a sprite for every single instance of ... 10x 14 bytes allocations per sprite, a lot of memory if ... and use a kind of "sprite instancing"? I mean, I could ... sprites, and say "I want sprite 1 drawn at coordinate (X ...
    utopian utopian October 2005 Development
  • Sprite DesignerDoes anybody know of a good sprite-designer package? The game I'm currently working on is requireing a lot of sprites, and coding them all as binary…

    ... anybody know of a good sprite-designer package? The game I ... able to design a 16x16 sprite, with or without colour, with ... information is interleaved for that sprite.

    Does anybody know ...
    bobs bobs January 2006 Development
  • Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…

    ... /> I've written a simple sprite routine that draws a 8x8 ... each pixel row of the sprite separately. This works well ( ... to rub-out the old sprite position without suffering a horribly ... flickery sprite? Currently, I have no routine ...
    48K 48K May 2006 Development
  • ZXSP Emulator running too fastHi All, I was wondering if any of you have had a problem whereby the zxsp emulator runs too fast so won't load games etc? For example, when loading…

    ... the zxsp emulator runs too fast so won't load games ... high the stripes are too fast.

    I'm running ...
    Phil2 Phil2 January 2007 Emulators
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