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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
This is what I've compiled so far:
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* Make all caps
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You can turn CAPS LOCK on or off using a simple poke to 23658:
POKE 23658,8: REM CAPS ON
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Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
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Best screenshot/game graphics?My son got some Hama beads for Christmas (coloured beads that you put on an array of pins, and iron to produce a permanent picture). This seemed lik…
... , and iron to produce a permanent picture).
This seemed ... the best use of colour attributes.
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The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... often blurring over the 8x8 attributes.
Well - I have ... our discussions here are a permanent part of the archive. This ... -
Manipulating attributes...Hi Folks, I have written a routine that allows a blue bar to be scrolled up and down a list to select an item. Each item in the list occupies two l…
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Storing and displaying attributes...Hi Folks, I have a requirement to store and then redisplay a line of attributes from the screen. For example: 100 DIM a$(1,32) 110 LET line=10 120…
... then redisplay a line of attributes from the screen. For example ... the ability to restore the attributes in some way - another USR ... -
ZX-Preview 2.0 out nowDear forum readers, I've had published a new version of ZX-Preview today, we have version 2.0 now. :-) You find it on my homepage at [url]http://www…
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Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen ... ATTR, allowing me to apply attributes to the screen?
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Brightness level of non-bright attributes on classic ZX 48Does anybody know what was a brightness level of non-bright attributes on classic ZX 48? Was it the same on 128, +2 and +3? I can see on wikipedia a…
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Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
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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] ; ***********…
Here, with attributes (new .z80 file available from [ ... ,0
call 8859 ; set permanent border colour
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Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
This is error trapped so attributes don't get printed ... permanent attribute value in A
ld hl, colour_map ; set attributes< ... bc, 2048 ; offset to character attributes
add hl, bc ; ... doesn't try to print attributes
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Getting started with asm Speccy codingSomeone on another forum I read has asked for good Speccy coding resources. I thought it would be great to link him to a simple tutorial about how to…
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; sets the attributes to the permanent ones
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SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…
... af ; relevant address in the attributes file from a
ld ... a ; value of ATTR_P (the permanent PAPER and INK
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Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
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Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
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ld a, d ; attributes file from a given display ... of
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Limboanyone played Limbo on PSN? [youtube]GCA79zPaQe0[/youtube] I would image a game like this would work really well on the speccy
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Goody - another game that was supposed to be colourAfter the success with Outrun Europa ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39143[/url]) I decided to search for more games tha…
... the screen. they're not permanent, vanish after flipping the screen ... taking[/B]
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dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…
... +4*32 = 4,0 in attributes) and length 480 (=224+1 ... $ to that area in the attributes.
The c$ string ... specifies the required attributes for the 15 rows into ... gets ATTR_P for the current "permanent" default attributes; CHR$ 40 is for ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... the
ld a, d ; attributes file from a given display ... of
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Help needed...I am at my wits end with this pigs ear of a routine, can anyone simplify it and make it work as it should? Basically it should make the characters '…
... couldn't happen. To apply attributes to the line they would ... the commas!) rather than the "permanent" colours of black on white. -
Colour whilst PLOTing in MCI am using the ROM PLOT routine at $22E5, how do I control the colour of the results, so I can preferably use INK 8, it seems to have a mind of its o…
... (23696) to set the attributes for the square, not ATTR_P ... MASK_T bits set for transparent attributes if $22E5 PLOT_SUB is ... amp; 3 are for the permanent settings). The relevant system variables ... to PLOT without affecting the attributes then try this:
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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... . My living environment is a permanent bachelor mess. Retrocoding is so ... load what should have been attributes into the pixmap, then it ... -
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…
... enables in-line setting of attributes.
[*]Cursor down repeatedly to ... counter increased.
[*]Set the permanent attribute: COLOR 7.
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NEW GAME: Elixir VitaeOnly 2 weeks after Janosik I have a pleasure to announce my next creation - a logical minigame called [B]Elixir Vitae[/B]. Just like another Polish …
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NEW GAME: Elixir VitaeOnly 2 weeks after Janosik I have a pleasure to announce my next creation - a logical minigame called [B]Elixir Vitae[/B]. Just like another Polish …
... attributes in the bottom border. When you want to make them permanent ... I can probably read all attributes directly from the ctile definition ... -
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…
... ld a, (attr_p) ; permanent attribute to A
... /> or %01010000 ; address attributes
ld h, a ...