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Code tags againHi Foggy!<div><br></div><div>Got the code tags to work. Sort of. Turns out, if you paste in an announcement from any other forum, you have to turn on…
... an animated smiley pop-up at the right) - and the ones ... the code lines in the text and change the font to ... " I can just indent the text and change the font/style ... l=2 TO 20:
PRINT AT 0,0;l;" lines":
z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... Sinclair BASIC convention of PRINT AT x,y; where x ... If this seems confusing at first I apologise, but ... Sinclair BASIC convention is "PRINT AT x, y; where x ... just taking it simply as "PRINT AT y, x".
assembly time instruction, not a ...RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
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;* Contains functions to print a string at the current screen location ... /> ;* 64 Column text display driver
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;* prints at a character ...So I did a thing...And it's nearly ready for release: [img]http://s18.postimg.org/4453ayo5j/Screen_Shot_2016_03_30_at_16_18_17.png[/img] Apologies for the enormou…
... us get really smooth graphics, at any frame rate
The ... now be used instead of PRINT
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PRINT and TEXT could cause a stack overflow ... now
Graphics created from text strings now respect the scaling ...Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…
... code]57 PRINT@896,CHR$(30):PRINT@960,CHR$(30);:PRINT@896,"";:RETURN ... /> Something like:
[code]PRINT AT 14,0;TAB 16;CHR ... TAB 16;CHR$ 30; AT 14,0;TAB 16;""[/ ... not exactly follow the text output formatting in the ... without depending on text formatting codes.Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
... I'd have a go at the ZX Spectrum conversion as ... )=8001
Calls sub-routine at line 8001 to emulate Apple ... p42
Print z$ text using 42-col font at row,col a ...Welcome to the Matrix!Ok here's something I been playing with while I'm at work and on public transport. I'm thinking I want to be able to move the large letters around th…
... me) is how to make text scroll across one line. ... could make a lot more text scroll slowly right to ... the left side and fresh text entered in from the ... see how to store the text whether as a DATA ... seeing if telling it to PRINT AT with pauses every 20 characters ...A few Speccy loading questions.So I want my program which is mostly BASIC to automatically run after it's loaded from .tap file. How do I do this ? Also how would I add a loading …
... where you have half a text line of uniform colour, one ... use uniform colour, then use PRINT AT before each LOAD.
How do I use colour control codes in 128 basic?Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print state…
... Extend mode to embed print controls in the listing ... putting the print controls + text into a string literal at the start ... ...
instead of:
10 PRINT CHR$ ... )
and printing from ... to re-evaluate the print control expressions every time ...How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
Thinking further, I guess many games print out their text in the same manner as sprites, rather than the machine code equivalent of 'print at 10,10;"morph".' Is that right? What would be the advantage of this, other than breaking out of character spacing?How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
... , I guess many games print out their text in the same manner ... the machine code equivalent of 'print at 10,10;"morph".' Is that ... order to maintain proper 'centered' text alignment (one example is Comando ...How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
... to find out how much text I can get a 48k ... a=a+1
50 PRINT AT 1,1; a
60 ... the OOM error with a at 13789. I've no idea ...How to improve my program using oversized numbersI'd like my dice program to print out the number four times bigger than normal if possible. Anyone know how to do this? Or I could write a sub rou…
... inserting text before the loop starts:
Compare "11 PRINT AT 2, ... 12;"Testing!" with "11 PRINT AT 2,12;"Testing ... a$ with a plain text string:"20 LET a$="Testing ... output gives readable block graphic text, or a pre-defined ...How can I make a UDG rotate?I designed a set of UDG's that can be used for making shapes or letters. Trouble is that my circle - for example - consists of 4 pieces and it would…
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9930 PRINT AT 0,0,STR$ (x)+", ... at changing the machine code right now. The full assembly ... /> CALL get_column_offset ; Position HL at the correct column -
; ...Alternative to Poke 23659,0 to prevent a 'break in' to a Basic Program.Good morning everyone, My memory fails me these days but in the early days of programming I used to use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering so…
... PLOT down here and PRINT AT will only work down ... br />
[b]45 PRINT error[/b]
... usually better to use PRINT #1; "text" which works just ... would scroll when the PRINT position got to or ... do a
PRINT #0 ; AT 0,0; "whatever"
...How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…
... that, as I'm hopeless at it.
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98 SPRITE CLEAR : SPRITE PRINT 0
99 STOP
1035 PRINT AT 0,0; PAPER BIN 11000011 ...Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…
... ; ). That would make sure the text is printed on both screens ... routine which should print the text to both screens at once, ignoring the ... ix
push af
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and ...Stuck again! Please help meI'm in the process of making a little game, eventually it will become rather more sophisticated (I hope) but I am testing out routines one at a time.…
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So if you PRINT AT 10,10;"@" you get the ... />
Interestingly, you can PRINT some text on the screen, and then ... get a line of underlined text!
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Using PRINT OVER 1;"some text or whatnot"
Subject Areas That the Spectrum did not "get into" Yup, the Speccy covered a lot of ground but regrettably it did not "get into" these areas :- Psycholinguistics , Philology , and Sociometry . Any…
... 1982. Because I used mine at college to do video titling ... or simply to store or print out text relating to the research ...How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…
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[code]print( at( rand()%21 , 30 ), '*');[/code]
[quote]Is there no simple "print at" variant somewhere? I think those ... to figure out, and writing assembly is just quicker. :P (may ...(Fixing) The Swordsman of Kraxis 7The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 ([url="https://worldofspectrum.org/software?id=0013314"]link[/url]) is an arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).…
... 's just a lot of text for now.
... PAPER 1: CLS
3 PRINT AT 7,3; FLASH 1;"THE ... KRAXIS 7"
4 PRINT AT 14,10;"PRESS A KEY ... /> 30 PRINT AT 10,p;" ": POKE 23692,-1: PRINT AT 21,0: PRINT
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1000 CLS : PRINT AT 10,4; FLASH 1;"YOU ...Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…
... inviting sarky remarks, well at least I'm honest ... /> Following Alcoholic Anonymous advice at WoS I got my VGA ... br /> 10 PRINT AT 11,10; "Hello Mike"
20 PRINT AT 13,7 ... 30 INPUT a
40 PRINT AT 15,10; "I am ... to head up my text adventure game with (if ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... routines for (there's also PRINT #0; "Text" I think which can ... have to have the walls at the top and bottom though ...The Fabled Black RoseDoes anyone know where I can find some hints on this game?Ive never been good at text advendtures but I don't want to cheat with a full walkthrough.
Does anyone know where I can find some hints on this game?Ive never been good at text advendtures but I don't want to cheat with a full walkthrough.Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…
... -defined graphics which allows using PRINT AT to draw a game screen ...PGD game endingsHi all! My game 'Brian Vs. The Bullies', created with PGD Explorer for the Cronosoft Cassette 50 compilation, is about 98% complete. The actual game …
Sir Clive Sinclair Photograph/PictureHi, Does anyone know where I can find a hi-res image of Sir Clive Sinclair, I've been searching on-line without success. Ideally I'm looking for a…
... want something that I can print at A3 size to grace the ... />
You can email me at [email="darkfynne@googlemail.com"]darkfynne ...Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
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10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for ... $(IE)+""" is evil"
70 PRINT FN M$(IE)
REM ...
