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MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... DISPLAY defines object types, size, movement, range, colours
ACTION ... DEF FN p(a)=PEEK a+256*PEEK (a+1): ... interrupts disabled
; controls object movement & collision detection
; ... ;P right
;diagonal movement using two keys (KEYU+KEYL ... -
Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
... . This would allow you to keep all the original attributes in ... cursor movement
3130 POKE 22528+x+(y*32), (z-PEEK (22528 ... 22528+x1+(y1*32), (z-PEEK (22528+x1+(y1*32)))
Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... 'm going to try to keep it as simple as possible ...POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
... ZX81 POKE (or, more probably, PEEK) once which would display the ...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…
... /> JR NZ,r1 ; If not keep going
LD A,RECTLEFT ... 4 frames, for 1 pixel movement, remove this and store 8 ...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... /> JR NZ,r1 ; If not keep going
LD A,RECTLEFT ... 4 frames, for 1 pixel movement, remove this and store 8 ...Odin & Thor - Please let's keep the good senseDear friends, I think it is useless to shoot out bad words against Paul McKenna. Let's keep the good sense and discuss this isseu wisely. Some say …
... against Paul McKenna. Let's keep the good sense and discuss ...Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
... 't it be faster to PEEK/POKE values at an absolute ...Questions and answers...I'm bored (downloading some Unreal Tournament levels, when they've finished I'm off to scoff my tea), so I thought I'd create this topic with some Ea…
... approach. Are they sensitive to movement, heat, or what?
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7 ...Shake - Keep PublishingHi Guys, Have a copy of Shake by keep publishing which is MIA on the database. Actually the title appears to be SHAKE 2 but that isnt listed on inf…
... a copy of Shake by keep publishing which is MIA on ...Time travel...Time travel is a very, very interesting concept. Surely everyone has dreamt of going back in time, to see how things used to be, or of going into the…
... unless you can match that movement then you'll end up ... the cash he needed to keep Sinclair running, on conditon that ...Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... maze using POINT, PLOT and PEEK to store the data in ... was unable to include the movement commands in just one line ...YSRnRY website - Keep the intro Flash animations?Heya, As part of the 10th Anniversary "thingy" on 16/08/07 (2 months. 514/51.), there are going to be a few tweaks to the website. Have a look at […
... question is this: shall I keep the intro Flash animations as ...All that jazz (stuff) - haters keep outI've started a bit about jazz lately so thought i'd start a thread to keep it all in :P so, do you like jazz? what sort of jazz? do you like ragtime,…
Aliens vs. Predator has been released for the XBox!!!Aliens vs. Predator, the superb PC first person shooter (the first AvP, not the inferior AvP 2) has been released for the XBox! You need to download…
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[I]via blameitonthevoices.com[/I]Midnight/MU (multi-player Lords of Midnight) - updateMidnight/MU has been mentioned on this forum before, but since we've had a fresh update recently and with Lords of Midnight continuing to be rated as…
... /> [*]Varied landscape which affects both movement and fighting abilities.
[*]Point ... find these useful.
[*]Grouped movement - allows lords and armies to ... same sequence of moves to keep them together.
[*]Different levels ...Isometric games - handling 8-way movement...I'm currently playing around with a isometric 3D engine which will allow 8-way movement, but have hit an interesting dilemma... In a "normal" 4-way …
... which will allow 8-way movement, but have hit an interesting ... /> In a "normal" 4-way movement (NE, NW, SE, SW) isometric ... />
In my 8-way movement game (N, NE, E, SE ...Remake of ALIEN underway. Ideas wanted. :)Okay, so there's a new competition over at Retro Remakes and the idea is to make a '[URL="http://retroremakes.com/forum/index.php/topic,1355.msg26832…
... ideas if you have any. Keep in mind I don't ... essentially 6 levels (open for movement at all times). This is ... laser Squad but I'll keep things like hitpoints and actionpoints ...Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…
... to use pixel or character movement mode, maybe selectable via one ... returns to Basic (maybe via PEEK?)
-Return to Basic if ... could also be read via PEEK). Maybe up to n keys ...For those that are interested: SpecBAS 0.0.601 available nowWith added bug fixes! This build allows you to PEEK and POKE strings to memory banks (for very fast movement of bytes in memory) and to send variable…
... to PEEK and POKE strings to memory banks (for very fast movement ...Character movementI have always liked manic miner and so want to try an write my own version. My first attempt is just focusing on the character movement, left right a…
... just focusing on the character movement, left right and jump. I ... for a very jerky unnatural movement. Is it possible to use ... to achieve smooth flicker free movement?
I don't ...Interface 1 - a proper fix?Hi everybody, Over the last few days I've been looking at Interface 1's again. I keep coming up against the "spins forever" problem, i.e. writing to…
... Interface 1's again. I keep coming up against the "spins ... checks out fine, the slightest movement can break the connection.
Do you keep your computers in storage?Do you keep them in the attic or somewhere else,have you powered them on recently?,i dread the thought someday of one them going bang after caps have…
Do you keep them in the attic or somewhere else,have you powered them on recently?,i dread the thought someday of one them going bang after caps have dried out :cry:New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…
... bit of 'load balancing' so movement of player/items/enemies aren ... - and because I wanted to keep sprites/tiles at 16x16 so ...Cleaning sound up on video clips I've recorded? Lose background noise, keep voice etcAnyone know of any freeware that can do this? Today, for example, I recorded about 20 minutes of bike riding, with an external mic, but an open face…
Best player movementWhat games had the best main character movement and control? I'm thinking here of games where the programmer designed in something more advanced than…
... had the best main character movement and control? I'm thinking ... directions and linear speed of movement which had a direct impact ... /> I, Ball 2 - took similar movement to an even more precise ...enhanced GOSUB/GOTO (in BASIC)Further to my previous post under "BREAK from GOSUB" here's the two ideas mentioned there put together. Note that to keep it quick it expects the DEF…
... put together. Note that to keep it quick it expects the ... ): DEF FN p(a)=PEEK a+256*PEEK (a+1):
DEF ... p(gs):
LET gss=PEEK (gs+2): IF FN p ...Keep Calm and Carry On[img]http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/066/016/keep-calm-and-carry-on-original.jpg[/img] Why has this once rarely used WWII motivation…
... /images/original/000/066/016/keep-calm-and-carry-on-original ...BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 5In my [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40437"]previous post[/URL] I demonstrated how to move multicolor images smoothly i…
... not be possible to keep colors at exactly ... ; // hi-res vertical sprite movement
int dhrcPlayer; // ... hi-res horizontal sprite movement
int px, py; ...
