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  • 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…

    ... image.
    This will REDUCE flicker, if you get flicking, put ... should help to remove the flicker.

    Best of luck ...
    Kiwi Kiwi May 2006 Development
  • Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …

    ... wasn't fast enough, and flicker will be avoided. The RAM ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain May 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…

    [QUOTE=48K]1/ Random number generator: I've started using a ld a,r command to grab a number from the memory refresh counter. Only problem is that if I do this in quick succession, the numbers are obviously not very random at all.
    [/quote]

    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • A slightly silly question, or is it?Someone on another (PC) forum asked what specification of graphics card would match the human eye. Not the easiest question to answer, and of course …

    ... with movies/TVs without the flicker getting very intrusive.

    flicker-free display, or just a ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Chit chat
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... few games also had more flicker in parts of the screen ... the techniques used to achieve flicker-free graphics on the Spectrum ... sprite library that will generate flicker-free graphics no matter what ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... then redrawing all 10? No flicker at all...

    One ... frames per update). Yet the flicker problem was resolved by using ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... is back-buffered to avoid flicker, planets are drawn as true ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... up double buffering to eliminate flicker.

    I think the ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... lines on screen (hence the flicker) where the ZX dosnt. :) It ...
    Sard Sard September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ** New Game In Development **As one or two of you may already know, Jonathan (Joffa) Smith is currently developing a brand new Spectrum game. The program is called 'SAUCER' It'…

    ... coding. 50fps, scrolling and no flicker, have to admire that!
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Games
  • replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…

    ... a brownout where the lights flicker off for a split-second ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • new sony ebook...just reading this article bout sonys new digital paper thing, apparently avaible now.... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23368492-details…

    ... reflects light and doesn't flicker, so it's much closer ...
    udgoverload udgoverload October 2006 Chit chat
  • This is..............probably a really stupid question and I'll be laughed off of the forum for it but I'll ask it anyway! I have just got a super duper 19 inch So…

    I've had it flicker and squish slightly vertically very ...
    NickH NickH November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…

    [QUOTE=Arda]wow it works : )
    I'll use that in my next crap game.[/QUOTE]

    Try to do some better than this: ;-)

    [code]
    10 rem ***********************
    20 rem * dbuf2.bas *
    30 rem *A crap and ...
    NotFound NotFound November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…

    ... is valid, and is almost flicker-free
    [/QUOTE]

    It *is* flicker-free : don't sell it ... -- basin does not emulate the flicker-freeness.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…

    ... =Alcoholics Anonymous]
    It *is* flicker-free : don't sell it ... -- basin does not emulate the flicker-freeness.[/QUOTE]

    I ... video frame, then some perceptible flicker is possible.

    By ...
    NotFound NotFound November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Why does Spectrum display has a border?Ok, this is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r remember seeing an answer anywhere. Don't you think, that at first glance it is irr…

    ... two (why divide? - because of flicker, interleaved display scan), so we ...
    piters piters November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... to screen, and is how flicker free operation is achieved without ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2006 Development
  • Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…

    ... part of the Amiga game 'Harlequin' as a test to see ...
    Quazar Quazar December 2006 Development
  • Speccy RGB cable on ebayAnyone got this? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scart-cable-for-Spectrum-128K-3-2A-2B-free-shipping_W0QQitemZ130079309364QQihZ003QQcategoryZ50223QQssPage…

    ... - the whole screen didn't flicker - in fact most of it ... it flickered and seemed to flicker left to right along the ...
    Megatron-UK Megatron-UK February 2007 Hardware
  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... than LDIR) to get the flicker-free graphics by building the ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey February 2007 Games
  • 25 years of gamesWith the anniversary fast approaching I wanted to start some discussions about the last 25 years of the Spectrum firstly of course comes game Which…

    One game? I'd have to say Jetpac as, like Manic Miner & Chuckie Egg, it can still hold it's own in terms of graphics & playability. It has colour clash & flicker, but managed to do it all in less that 16K.
    bobs bobs March 2007 Games
  • So how much programming experience do you need to create a Spectrum Game?Hi all i was just mucking about with that old program "Game Designer" and i was wondering how difficult it is to write a new Spectrum game?

    ... smoothly pixel by pixel and flicker-free. It also has several ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2007 Games
  • Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…

    ... that there were already fast, flicker-free 3D Space games (e ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2007 Games
  • Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…

    ... the 3D and lack of flicker make up for alot of ...
    Sard Sard March 2007 Games
  • Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…

    ... the 3D and lack of flicker make up for alot of ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2007 Games
  • The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.

    ... fast so it tended to flicker rather than show discrete lines ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey March 2007 Games
  • Ram Turbo Joystick IntefaceAnybody know how to crack open this interface - non destructively. There are no pads on the bottom so no hidden screws.

    Plug it in. This one makes the power led on the PlusD flicker with a +128K, but Rich has tested one on a 48K and PlusD and it works ok.
    dekh dekh March 2007 Hardware
  • Game Programming Source Code & Startup HelpHi there, I'm planning on porting an existing commercial title to the speccy. I'm in the process of disassembling the original code and commenting i…

    ... .[/QUOTE]

    Avoiding screen flicker and tear. If you're ... in raster order to limit flicker, which may make your code ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2007 Development
  • Those RANDOMIZE USR lines that look like tape loading...I often see on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines in th…

    ... 'd get was a horrible flicker on the screen and the ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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