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  • I have done a Spectrum Screen Design Template As PDFI use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/s…

    ... table of numbers? Oi, Excel, get to work...

    [CODE ... row of characters, pixels or attributes. You need to add the ... run out of screen and are into the attributes. 23296 ($5B00) means ... you've run out of attributes and are into the ordinary ...
    joefish joefish September 2013 Development
  • SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…

    ... released it didn't get much in the way ... enables in-line setting of attributes.
    [*]Cursor down repeatedly ... screens with SAVE "screen" 16384, 6976
    [*]SCREEN$() supports UDGs ... palette buffer following the default screen area.
    [*]ULAplus support ...
    chev chev October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […

    ... using a 4-way split screen:
    Kart racer
    Kart ... ]Assault[/I] (using split screen rotating attributes as a game map, maybe ... double-res attributes on a 128K)


    [/QUOTE]

    lol get out of my head
    BiNMaN BiNMaN October 2013 New game ideas
  • Collision detection for interlocking shapes[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I?m looking for some advice as I?m not sure how to resolve the following problem. I have an in memory structure that holds info…

    ... re drawing using the attributes I'm guessing you' ... a shadow buffer of the attributes. So basically 1 byte ... Each character location on screen relates to a shadow buffer ... /> So when you start a screen draw do this :-
    ... buffer
    2. Get a shape to draw
    David Jones David Jones October 2013 Development
  • Collision detection for interlocking shapes[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I?m looking for some advice as I?m not sure how to resolve the following problem. I have an in memory structure that holds info…

    ... 're drawing using the attributes I'm guessing you ... a shadow buffer of the attributes. So basically 1 byte ... Each character location on screen relates to a shadow buffer ... /> So when you start a screen draw do this :-
    ... buffer
    2. Get a shape to draw
    Morkin Morkin October 2013 Development
  • SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…

    ... ; for each screen third
    ... %01010000 ; address attributes
    ld h ... call two_param ; get parameters
    ...
    chev chev November 2013 Development
  • Timex 2068 hi-color / hi-res modes.Hello. I know this is not a Timex forum but since it is a very close relative of the Speccy I thought I'd ask my question here. Does anyone know …

    ... weird teletext-like hi-res screen where you had to sacrifice ... line.

    You can get away with it for an ... and double-height attributes. Then you can scroll the screen vertically in ...
    joefish joefish November 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Timex 2068 hi-color / hi-res modes.Hello. I know this is not a Timex forum but since it is a very close relative of the Speccy I thought I'd ask my question here. Does anyone know …

    ... weird teletext-like hi-res screen where you had to sacrifice ... per line.[quote]You can get away with it for an ... 's not moving. Once you get some speed going it doesn ... and double-height attributes. Then you can scroll the screen vertically in ...
    chev chev November 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • spectrum pixel experimentsWell, As a spectrum fan, I started recently learning about how to pixel for the speccy, I did pixelart in the past but not speccy style (until now). …

    ... defined new positions on screen.
    You would get a nice BMP ... no fit all solution for attributes, for example.

    Anyway ...
    4throck 4throck November 2013 Development
  • 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…

    ... limit the play area to get a faster game?[/QUOTE]
    screen is [B]bicolor[/B] (except ... directly modify the bitmaps on screen (without attributes), then use routine [B ... set their [B]bicolor[/B] attributes "manually". But that's not ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2013 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... will drawn to the screen (just without the attributes).

    I ... />
    and I don't get the screen corruptions anymore. :)

    Timmy Timmy November 2013 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... For each character position on screen, we would need to store ... a sequence of 4 bicolor attributes (or an address or ... with the UDG index to get its address. Anyway, why ... ORed with all four attributes of that UDG when ... to 0 and the attributes of your UDG will ...
    joefish joefish January 2014 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... at the top of the screen just prints "llo" in ... at the bottom of the screen.
    [/quote]

    ... AT control, and as the screen is by default 800x480, ... cannot - there's no attributes, the screen can be any size ... t have been able to get very far at all ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…

    ... it!!!)
    2 - I get enough idle time for a ... more aliens (trying to get 12 on the fly at ... and have got the screen swapper, attributes chunker and keyboard routines ... to the db screen. Maybe I will get this done by ... how quick I can get the core engine running.< ...
    LuMan LuMan January 2014 New game ideas
  • Why are multicolour engines only able to be made now?Now I'm no programmer, but, how come multicolour engines are only being created/designed now? I know there were Rainbow Graphics used in games in the…

    [QUOTE=ewgf;749820]A screen mode like ULA Plus would ... file into 2k text, 2k attributes, 2k font). Or 512x192 graphics ... imagine using both framebuffers to get 256x192 in four colours. Probably ...
    John Elliott John Elliott February 2014 Brand new software
  • Animated attribute revealA new challenge to solve next. I would like to create an animated attribute reveal in machine code by having my 768 byte attributes held in ram whic…

    ... starts at 30000 and the attributes at 36144, so 22528 + ... where I have my screen data and attributes included in the ... . I've put my attributes at 36144 and used the ... but for some reason I get no reveal when I ... 768 bytes and put my attributes in that location in ...
    Speccy_James Speccy_James February 2014 Development
  • FBSThis is one of those things that is more like an experiment than a real project. I was trying to do this in BASIC, then realised my BASIC was too ru…

    ... an easy way to get a 50fps pixel scroller ... by leaving pixels set on screen and not scrolling them, ... required for the next screen column that is of ... different height, but you get time to do that ... the column of green paper attributes arrives.

    ...
    David Jones David Jones February 2014 Development
  • FBSThis is one of those things that is more like an experiment than a real project. I was trying to do this in BASIC, then realised my BASIC was too ru…

    ... be an easy way to get a 50fps pixel scroller, either ... pipes, and PUSH them on screen. (like stormlord, probably)

    attributes-based scrolling because I really ... answer that. I don't get why this thing is addictive ...
    Timmy Timmy February 2014 Development
  • What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […

    ... using a 4-way split screen:
    Kart racer
    screen and tank controls:
    ... [/I] (using split screen rotating attributes as a game map, ... attributes on a 128K)
    Or do a split-screen ... my own would never get round to finishing a ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton February 2014 New game ideas
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... What I don't get though is the reason for ... at 17984. Well, I get it, but I find it ... and a byte from the attributes every t-state (one ... which would postpone the screen/attribute address generation when ... only thing remaining is to get the results in.. :)
    ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak March 2014 Emulators
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... What I don't get though is the reason for ... at 17984. Well, I get it, but I find ... which would postpone the screen/attribute address generation when ... if it is pixels or attributes, one of which would ... #FF undoubtedly returns the screen/attribute values in some ...
    introspec introspec March 2014 Emulators
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... be, I was trying to get hold of one for ages ... screen flipping usually happens only once a line at most, attributes being ... most of them didn't get the Pentagon emulation exactly right ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak March 2014 Emulators
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... strange, if you could get a perfect 25Hz flicker ... ask about this to get to the bottom of ... screen flipping usually happens only once a line at most, attributes ... of them didn't get the Pentagon emulation exactly ... never had time to get the basic facts together ...
    introspec introspec March 2014 Emulators
  • ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…

    ... sprite has its own attributes, so when the screen is drawn there ... (collectibles) are added, with their attributes being fired straight to the ... the player sprite with their attributes. It seems long-winded, ... will see if I can get them moving over the weekend ...
    LuMan LuMan March 2014 New game ideas
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... ]

    Basically, pixels and attributes are always read one after ... like this. I will just get the timing right, as you ... in the middle of the screen - I am not going to ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak March 2014 Emulators
  • Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…

    ... routines suit Clashbasher because the attributes are written before the display ... spectrum display to the background screen everytime the program counter ... />
    If I can get it to work it will ...
    I do intend to get the schematics and programing files ...
    Basher Basher March 2014 Hardware
  • ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…

    ... .. flashing lights, anyone?). The attributes for the player and aliens ... as more of a screen-by-screen shmup (think Berzerk without ... ) and 'race' mode (get out the level before it ... to do now is get a dummy level up ... but I reckon I can get it going this week. ...
    LuMan LuMan March 2014 New game ideas
  • What's the Speccy dreaming about?When I was a kid, and before I had much technical knowledge, I sometimes used to run random OUT x,y commands on my old grey +2 to try to produce inte…

    ... the ROM displaying on the screen. The diagonal spacing is because ... for the attributes but the screen width is 32, so you get a ... 2301 (try it!) You could get a similar effect by trying ...
    leespoons leespoons April 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.

    ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/y/gif/YourAttentionPlease ... ]" is the only answer you get], it contains hundreds of sudden ... in that specific moment. It attributes you trenchcoats that you never ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel April 2014 Games
  • What is this Nirvana engine?Ive been trying to look for a thread on this but cant seem to locate one. I downloaded a spanish game called El Stompo that uses this engine which ha…

    ... resolution of the Spectrum screen by updating the attributes while the television ... I][/url].

    You get 224 characters (think of it ... of 8x1 attributes across 24 rows of the screen and, as ... of 8x1 attributes across 18 rows of the screen. Because the ...
    chev chev April 2014 Games
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