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Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... thought the latter was to provide flicker-free experience ... may be better to draw sprites from bottom to top to reduce flicker ... further (and perhaps right to left ... little over 14000 tstates to get drawing before the ... -
[BASin] Bug report and question[B]1. Bug report:[/B] BASIC Editor behavior I'm using a variable to store the contents of the BC register. But the BASIC editor works strangely. I t…
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Selection is made from bottom to top, AND
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[BASin] Bug report and question[B]1. Bug report:[/B] BASIC Editor behavior I'm using a variable to store the contents of the BC register. But the BASIC editor works strangely. I t…
... /> [*]The log file is refering to the folder containing the [B ...
Selection is made from bottom to top, AND
- The whole window ... -
ZX80 Snapshot queryDoes anyone know why Z80 snapshots store some data as different values? I was initially trying to print the Outlet magazine Outdex files from Master…
... file from top to bottom rather than the more obvious bottom to top. Of course ... but necessary for 48k files to maintain compatibility.
... Spud save.z80 files routine to write the pages in ... . It would be interesting to see which other emulators/apps ... -
Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …
... when 48K is full from bottom to top but personally i think there ... ;341430]Sounds like sloppy programming to me - why disable keyboard ... look for a Spectrum game to provide a control menu.[/QUOTE ... agree. the idea was probably to put player into game instantly ... -
The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.
... finally placed attributes from the bottom to top.
I found this loader ... "Mind Trap" which i sent to Tomaz's site couple years ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... with trying to get numbes to scroll within a character cell (bottom to top). Wrote ... ;"0":
FOR B=C TO C+72:
FOR A ... =D TO D+1792 STEP 256:
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... with trying to get numbes to scroll within a character cell (bottom to top). Wrote ... 0":
FOR B=C TO C+72:
FOR A ... =D TO D+1792 STEP 256:
10 for t=0 to 7:
20 poke 23606 ... next t
50 go to 10
[/code]Help with Spectrum 128k reparationHi! I have the following symptoms with a 128k unit version 6U - On power on, black and white bars (one char width each), white background - Once po…
... repeat test, IC15 bit seemed to work right. Then I replaced ... , when I restored the ROM to the original connections (all pins ... again.
When trying to boot, the screens shows red ... screen floods into white from bottom to top, to end with a screen full ...Gaddafi capturedThe Libyan forces are claiming to have captured Col. Gaddafi, apparently they shot him in both legs to stop him running away!!
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Just best to remember that the above is ... also does not stand up to critical logic and research...
bottom to top....
By the way ...Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
... Start updating (in a linear, top to bottom fashion) the onscreen background graphics ... , overlay the sprites on top of the newly-drawn background ... a test one that ran bottom to top (just because it was ... I hadn't decided if top to bottom or mixed up would be ...AdventurelandI'm finding this game very frustrating. There doesn't seem to be any descriptions for the locations, just pictures. I've had a quick look at the solu…
... at all. I mean, kudos to him for producing one of ... read though[/URL] (read from bottom to top). Nice afro, Mr Adams.about Dan DareHi all, I not think this is for MIA forum but want to ask and I will be grateful if anyone help me with answer. I get from ebay dandare tape, origi…
Just tried my original. Flashload comes up as the program name, fast load, attributes first then the pixels drawn in from bottom to top, multicolored loading bars.
Hope that helpsabout Dan DareHi all, I not think this is for MIA forum but want to ask and I will be grateful if anyone help me with answer. I get from ebay dandare tape, origi…
... the pixels drawn in from bottom to top, multicolored loading bars.
to '87.
[QUOTE=Swevicus ...Speccy love (mildly NSFW)Doing a shoot, well... it had to be done some time! Let's show the love! [img]http://www.starglider.co.uk/forumposts/speccy1.jpg[/img] [img]http://…
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I used to make these big fat greasy ... 18.
You had to actually use something like Warburtons ... /> It went in layers from bottom to top.
Slice of bread ...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…
... usual interlaced fashion. There are top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top variants.
[URL ...Something you seen the spectrum do that impressed you?It can be coding related, graphics etc.... From me... Turbo loaders, graphic masking, the last of the lerm tape copier coding that could do speedloc…
... were loaded in reverse, ie bottom to top and later loaders that featured ... a countdown. Mention must go to Tech Ted's original loader ... impressive I think being able to move and explore this world ...Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
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the volcano from top to bottom, initially using a series of ... bits
the flames from top to bottom, again initially using a series ... /> the logo from top to bottom
and the frame from bottom to top, once more ...Kempston mouseHas anyone got code to work with an emulated Kempston mouse? There seems to be some conflicting information in the internet on which bits are reset w…
... with the mouse buttons to make them active high ... from the previously returned coordinates to get a delta. Then ... that delta is added to the actual coordinates of ... cursor will be able to wrap from the left ... as well as from the bottom to top. That doesn't look ...Essence of the ArcadeAs some of you know, one of the reasons I will always be eternally grateful to WOS is to have helped me with its database and all my friends around h…
... to have to hold the processor up to start generating an oscillating signal to ... parts; digital-to-analogue converters to turn binary numbers ... wobble; and amplifiers at the top.
... are different paths from bottom to top; superficially similar but ...Essence of the ArcadeAs some of you know, one of the reasons I will always be eternally grateful to WOS is to have helped me with its database and all my friends around h…
... to have to hold the processor up to start generating an oscillating signal to ... parts; digital-to-analogue converters to turn binary numbers ... wobble; and amplifiers at the top.
... are different paths from bottom to top; superficially similar but ...Things you only found out recently2014 - First found out about the existence of the QL, by the time I was reading magazines all mentions had ceased. 2017 - Found out that Frank Sid…
... had to change the screen colours to 'see' this for myself to be ... reverse (bottom to top) I'd assumed the pixels were also draw bottom to top but ... some adjustment of the loader to not blackout the screen.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…
... let it wrap-round left-to-right.
With the ... -Y (I seem to remember Y runs from bottom to top). If it's ... 176..215 then force it to 0 ... , so it sticks at the top of the ... force it to 175, so it sticks at the top of the ...Drawing LinesHas anyone got any experience of coding a Bresenham line drawing algorithm on the Speccy? I've had a go and I find the algorithm has quite a few s…
... same routine to draw them all bottom-to-top (and top-to-bottom with the ... EXX registers), with a self-modifying jump to ... step either to the right or to the ... few ideas about how to approximate screen-edge ...Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... ;952129"]the perceptual delay to the player is certainly greater ... . If I simply needed to redraw the same screen every ... , but since we need to rebuild the string every time ... slower rendering, from top to bottom at night, and bottom to top in the morning, ...Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... rendering, from top to bottom at night, and bottom to top in the morning ... made it refresh bottom to top for sunset, and top to bottom for sunrise ... (which was a pain to code). ... angle zero multiple times to cycle quickly through ...Matchpoint ball algorithmAnyone has any idea how Psions Matchpoint ball algorithm works? Are they calculating the balls' parabola (floating point for just the ball doesn't se…
... width as we move from bottom to top screen.
2) But ... shadow and the ball seem to move like it is following ... not go closer and closer to its shadow. I suppose gravity ... precalculated quantity that you add to vertical (y) velocity only? And ...Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... 'm gonna need to sort the lines (in bottom to top order) since I ... drawing, so I need to sort in top to bottom order), unless I really ... and redrawing those. Trying to decide between a binary heap ... the bullet drawn from the bottom right corner.
...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…
... the display was drawn in top to bottom, left to right order. Now the ... The blank row at bottom of the sprite as well as 7 ... may want to choose different colours depending on sprite rotation to minimize ... removed (and re-added!) to the sprite engine as the need ...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…
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LD IX,sprites ; Point to sprite data
LD B,TOTALSPRITES ... return so we can print sprite to screen
LD (IX ... . if next char is off bottom, go to top
WChar:
INC ...
