... , separate screenshot and redefined character set for the ZX80 Brain ... constant swapping between the redefined character set (POKE 23607,249) ... /> - the aforementioned seven-segment character set, in bright red to ... when it tries to print VAL of the string.< ...

One little trick sometimes I use is to print spaces before and after a character, e.g. if I have a single UDG that can move only left or right 1 character at a time, I'll print at y,x;" X "

If you are formatting it with '%s' the compiler is expecting a string, not a character. You would need to use a '%c' to print a single character only or make a string instead if you need to use a string format ('%s') for other reasons.

... messages that occupy the bottom character line of the screen, including ... would mean having a dedicated print routine and message data, but ...

... +CHR$ newx+CHR$ newy+"X": PRINT a$

That way ... will work ok if the character is moving, but if not ... )="UDG FEET SPRITE"
PRINT A$
PRINT B$
KEYBOARD ROUTINE ...

[code]
10 LET a$=a$+"%": LET c=2: LET n$=""
20 LET c$=a$(1)
30 IF CODE a$(c) >= 48 AND CODE a$(c)

... /> REM num=action number;b$=character from action string:
REM ... error.
1000 INPUT a$: PRINT INVERSE 1;a$:
IF ... c$="0" AND b$"" THEN PRINT d$;TAB 6;num
2204 IF d$="" THEN PRINT "ERROR: ";c$;num,"unknown action ...

... or On).

Although PRINT OVER SQUARE has invalid syntax ... quicker to use an alternative character set to define the various ... and then PRINT the required 1,2 or 4 character elements to ... element held in an alternative character set.

... is the keyword - that's PRINT, LET etc. It's the ... a bit of explaining. For PRINT, the arguments are a number ... , or IF A=1 THEN PRINT "Hurrah"

So you ... ]cannot[/i] replace the _ character! It would make no sense ...

... the PAPER colour in the PRINT string.)

2. To ... right to left in one character steps).

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... are pixel resolution rather than character resolution. I was doing something ... has no equivalent to the PRINT control CHR$ I drew a ... , but using an alernative 32 character set to specify four basic ... any length, but drawn with PRINT rather than DRAW, so it ...

... update struct that describes a character cell). Removed characters will never ... a function or have fzx print to screen and copy that ...

... point the tiles at each character definition in the font.
print wherever you want with the ... If you use sp1_PrintString() to print a string, it will expect ... that uses sp1_PrintAtInv() to print individual characters of a string ...

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?

... , other than breaking out of character spacing?[/quote]

print routines would sometimes allow to ... is offsetting the vertical print position by 4 pixels, ... games' needs. Simple standalone print routines start at some 15 ...

... - this means that to print the character that has been output to ...

... watch for is the space character - usually its best to use ... an alternative character for space because text doesn ... , or when you need to print some blank spaces, typically needed ... way. I always employ the # character as an alternative space.

... /> ; eldric is a character so he has character data

... which stands for "function character add hp", ie anything that ... br /> ; ix = pointer to a character
; bc = amount of health ... (ie stuff that can print and input from a ...

... probably cls it and then print.

You can communicate ... , IOCTL_OTERM_SCROLL, 5); // scroll up five character rows
ioctl(1, IOCTL_OTERM_SIGNAL ...

... IOCTL_OTERM_FZX_LEFT_MARGIN, -1) - 1;

// print the string in lines that ... to the first non-ws character. The while checks that ... number of characters to print that will fit on ... for consecutive "\n" to print linefeeds if necessary. If this ...

... and thus causing it to print on the screen executes 16 ... would save around 320T per character printed = 320 / 3,500,000 ... . 0.0001 second saved per character.

... and thus causing it to print on the screen executes 16 ... would save around 320T per character printed = 320 / 3,500,000 ... . 0.0001 second saved per character.[/quote]

Thanks BB ...

... could just write your own character print routine. Most games programmers will ...

... /running is lacking.
Main character should received some extra TLC ... display the game name and print the intro to the story ...

... present value of RAMTOP type PRINT PEEK 23730 + PEEK 23731*256 ... variables that point to the character set (23606 & 23607), it ...

... gfx
[code] 20 PRINT AT 0,0;"31x21"
PRINT AT 21,x;" ": LET ... 140 IF f=1 THEN PRINT AT 21,x;CHR$ 140 ... 150 IF f=2 THEN PRINT AT 21,x;CHR$ 132 ... /> 160 IF f=3 THEN PRINT AT 21,x;" "+CHR$ ... go with the built in character set, but it could ...

... collision detection, e.g. PRINT your character, PRINT the enemies, then check the ... attribute colour of your character hasn ...

... contains row and column of print location;
;; B ... PRINT_IT:
push hl ; Save character address
ld hl, DISPLAY ... bc ; HL contains offset to print position

ex ... (de) ; Next pixel pattern to print
ld (hl), a ; ...