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"TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …
... say you wanted to export sprite data to WhiteLightning format. (Interested ... now I have a SabreMan sprite running around the map. So ... -
My first attempt with z88dkI've just completed my first attempt at a Spectrum game with z88dk. Before you get too excited, it's pretty crap - it's a port of a game I wrote for …
... 'proper' game using z88dk and Sprite Pack. Expect it sometime next ... -
name of the gameim looking for (probably) older game -you play character on a bike (or another vehicle in later levels), sprite was small (say like manic miner badd…
... another vehicle in later levels), sprite was small (say like manic ... -
name of the gameim looking for (probably) older game -you play character on a bike (or another vehicle in later levels), sprite was small (say like manic miner badd…
... another vehicle in later levels), sprite was small (say like manic ... -
Fairlight 2, once againOK, so I'm determined to make Fairlight 2 crumble and reveal its secrets. I've been running around in part 2 with a "go through all locked doors" POK…
... . Note though that the player sprite faces at 90 degress to ... -
Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... rather than simply moving the sprite! (I'd love to play ... -
Decimals, bcd etc in z80...Working bloody full-time on my Ragnar Revival game right now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I go on coding the actual 3d engine (…
... now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I go ... -
InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
... PC is placed on the stack.
What happens next ... byte of PC onto the stack and decrement SP again.
stack and to set PC to ... byte of PC to the stack and decrement SP.
* ... byte of PC to the stack and decrement SP.
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TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... . Then the functions of the Sprite Editor and Tile Editor were ... -
Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …
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call drawsproffscr ;Draw offscreen sprite graphics to screen
call ... called several times without the sprite being rendered in-between. If ... "template", background data which the sprite covers and which is rotated ... -
Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... present I have a rough sprite engine working, and a routine ... -
Dave Perry InterviewI conducted this interview with Dave Perry, famous for games like Turtles, Trantor, Extreme and Dan Dare 3 to name but a few... Enjoy! Dave Perry wa…
... Games had a much better sprite for the Turtles and a ... -
Video codecs in Spin?Hi all! A question regarding Spin: I would like to do a video capture (when I move my Ragnar sprite behind blocks - yiihah!) but I have some problem…
... (when I move my Ragnar sprite behind blocks - yiihah!) but I ... -
Wanted: Machine Code Sprites and Graphics BookWould anyone be willing to either sell or swap this book. Its full title is Machine Code Sprites and Graphics for the ZX Spectrum : A complete guide…
... Spectrum : A complete guide to sprite coding
By John ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... left and right sides of sprite.
DB %00000000
sprite in memory (sprite is stored in such ... ,(SPRXLEN) ;| taking width of sprite
DEC A
... ' preshifted bytes of mask and sprite.
DRAWEND
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3 in 1 NTG3 in 1 name that game 1) You are a ninja cyborg or something. A side view flip screen. Most screens look alike with just a few details different. Th…
... through mountains. Wireframe landscape, plus sprite objects. You had bombs and ... -
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…
... LD IX,sprites ; Point to sprite data
LD B,TOTALSPRITES ... return so we can print sprite to screen
sprite
LD E,(IX+3 ... char, 9 chars per 16x16 sprite)
gfx:
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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] ; ***********…
... /> LD IX,sprites ; Point to sprite data
LD B,TOTALSPRITES ... /> PUSH BC
; Is sprite enabled, ignore if not
; Get beginning of graphics for sprite
LD E,(IX+3 ... -
Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
... H,A
; MERGE SPRITE COLOR WITH EXISTING PAPER COLOR ... -
Smooth Screen Scrolling RoutineHi everyone, this is a follow up to the thread on smooth screen scrolling. As promised here is the code for the routine. It's pretty long and fairl…
... /> LD (SPMOD+1),SP ;preserve stack pointer
SCRMODA ... /> SPMOD LD SP,0 ;restore stack pointer
EI
Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
... the smoothness of say a sprite on the Spectrum is better ...Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…
... only areas that have changed" sprite type, how exactly did this ...Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…
... onto the screen using the stack. The one drawback to this ...Zaf-forth to Z80 compiler Build 5This forth like complier is changing almost every day with new items been added. Here is a new Zaf-forth word add it the sptword.fth file - which is…
... /> =rrandom
;"store number on stack used for radius"
stack call circle"
next ...Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…
... .ZX and .SP snapshots.
[*] Sprite Finder made available without switching ...Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
... I am trying to make sprite movement routine. Actually I ... did it, however my sprite
flickers terribly while ... background
2. Draw sprite into background
3. Delay ... Draw stored background into sprite
5. Change sprite coordinates
6 ...BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…
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Added - the GOSUB stack window. Minimal functionality at the ...[CRL] Formula One ModI've seen the odd person ask for a Formula One name editor from time to time*** and, as it's an ol' fave, thought I'd add one as I can never find the…
... Woody and obo for the stack advice.
Original Program ...Is the IY register used by the spectrum rom?Hi I've been writing a sprite routine and have noticed that the sprite data gets corrupted at some points. I have no idea why and can only guess tha…
... /> I've been writing a sprite routine and have noticed that ... the sprite data gets corrupted at some ...
