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  • Rendering techniques in emulatorsI've been giving thought to the possibility of speeding up the rendering in Zero considering I've been putting it off long enough. My approach is c…

    ... 't change much of the screen, so you'll save a ... ;
    every 79 tstates update audio buffer;
    update tape state;
    etc ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2011 Emulators
  • 3D Games in SpecBAS!Not really :) Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master" [code] ZXASCII AUTO -1 PROG CrapCastleMaster 1 REM Crap Ca…

    Not really :)

    Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master"

    [code]
    ZXASCII
    AUTO -1
    PROG CrapCastleMaster
    1 REM Crap Castle Master by A Lycett adapted to SpecBAS
    5 WINDOW ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…

    ... maximum limit.
    Update for FPC-based keyboard ... /> Proper fix for SCREEN UPDATE while the screen is locked.
    ... and selecting
    Fix UPDATE SCREEN not working
    Fix ... system messages to mess with screen update timings
    Menu ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... your sprite to the screen before the raster has ... 128 + 64) * 224 = 43008 tstates. The 64 is the number ... to the top of the screen (display file). Using ... + 55 + 64) * 224 = 40992 tstates in which to draw your ... +2 etc. take 228 tstates per screen line. Hope this is ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... // place it in middle of screen initially
    sp_MoveSprAbs(sp_phantomas, ...
    while (game_on) {

    // update screen -- everything drawn at once
    update
    - update coordinates
    - modify ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2005 Development
  • Please test my Manic Miner remake!Thanks to everyone who downloaded my sneak preview of Manic Miner Turbo. Thanks especially to na_th_an who is the only person so far to give feedback…

    ... need to redraw whole screen at level startup, there ... update screen, just play tune and update framecount
    ; we are ready to update screen ... update flag

    ; if we need to redraw the whole screen ... de, #4000 ; address of screen
    ld bc, 32*8 ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter February 2010 Games
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... a line scrolling down to update it? it's not visible ... to be performed within a screen update or spread over a few ... balls being routines...1 being "update screen" ... 2 check for key press ... ... 3 update scores... BUT all 3 have ...
    fog fog October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... single, flat/linear bitmap. Larger screen area to change -> more ... Spectrum you'd have to update screen and/or attribute data for ... most of the screen data alone, and just update the bitmap tile ... with 'zero' ?mpact on overall screen data size. Palette size is ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie January 2011 Hardware
  • Elite's iPhone/iPad Spectrum Emulator updated... with Manic Miner, Monty and more!This was updated earlier today: [URL="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zx-spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8"]link[/URL]. Now includes Manic M…

    ... nothing showing on the app update screen.
    Refrenz Refrenz January 2011 Announcements
  • Minor Update to Gasman's Midi2BEEPDon't know whether this is worthy an announcement, but for those of you who enjoyed Gasman's midi2BEEP utility, a new variant has been made called mi…

    ... semitones
    - New HELP screen/Version update screen paramenters (-H/V/?)

    kgmcneil kgmcneil April 2011 Announcements
  • Xbox (original) problemI've borrowed a mate's Xbox to play Stranger's Wrath and ToeJam & Earl 3. It's annoying they're not 360 compatible :( First problem, everytime I sw…

    ... it immediately goes to the update screen. No matter what I press ...
    VincentAC VincentAC April 2011 Chit chat
  • Xbox (original) problemI've borrowed a mate's Xbox to play Stranger's Wrath and ToeJam & Earl 3. It's annoying they're not 360 compatible :( First problem, everytime I sw…

    ... updated XBox actually contained the update on the game disc) and ... be getting an error screen not an update request.

    What ... us everything that appears on screen. And what happens with a ... when you get the "must update" screen, as the lights tell you ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2011 Chit chat
  • Barleywood Z80 Simulator LicenceHi All, Does anybody know if it is still possible to get a Licence for this Simulator? The reason I ask is that I'm currently using it to develop a…

    ... it freezes the main spectrum screen so I can't do ... able to run code and update screen, registers etc either running at ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler October 2011 Development
  • Gift From The Gods - New Loading Screen.So, here it is - the new loading screen for Ocean's Gift From The Gods. Based on Bob Wakelin's original artwork : [img]http://i1239.photobucket.com/a…

    Very good!

    I would suggest TheGreatEscape ( another DentonDesings game ) for next update screen$.
    judasEZT judasEZT November 2012 Games
  • Gift From The Gods - New Loading Screen.So, here it is - the new loading screen for Ocean's Gift From The Gods. Based on Bob Wakelin's original artwork : [img]http://i1239.photobucket.com/a…

    ... animated GIF of the loading screen creation.

    [IMG ... think about doing a full screen with the new title, ... another DentonDesings game ) for next update screen$[/QUOTE]
    I was originally ... 'The Great Escape' loading screen but just happened to see ...
    redballoon redballoon November 2012 Games
  • ZX81 Programming...Hi all I've just bought this... [IMG]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDY2WDU0Ng==/z/iKIAAOSwbqpT4jI-/$_57.JPG[/IMG] and this: [IMG]http://s22.postimg.o…

    ... not use IX, use to update screen. HALT neither. Also A' can ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2014 Development
  • Detecting flash mode inversionsIs is possible to detect with certainty when flashing characters change from normal to inverted and vice-versa?

    ... incorrect. It's supposed to update screen every frame, using FLASH 1 ... , thus nothing would flash on screen:

    [CODE]1 LET ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2014 Development
  • 64x48 monochrome big pixels display ideaHi. I was playing with this idea of having a simple 64x48 bytes buffer, 1 byte per pixel, then a renderer which would take that buffer and render it…

    ... need several frames to update almost the entire screen before displaying it ... a game, where you typically update only a few sprites per ... to simply use NIRVANA and update screen directly. :)

    Unless someone ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas December 2014 Development
  • TV Pal, odd and even framesI have been researching, but haven't found any real interesting information on this subject, so far. What I mean is, since TV PAL signal is interl…

    ... . :(

    One can still update screen only at 25hz, and get ...
    RMartins RMartins August 2015 Development
  • Awful Q.I. newsTerrible news for fans of the TV programme Q.I., it's going to be hosted in future by Sandi Toksvig. Stephen Fry is leaving after thirteen years, and…

    ... the prompts on his concealed update screen to explain a matter he ...
    joefish joefish October 2015 Chit chat
  • Arcade Game DesignerTime I posted an update on this, I've been working on the next version - along with another developer who is writing the editors - since July. Wor…

    ... cards for a later update.

    Status update: Screen editor and map ... - needs to be more intuitive. Screen editor is quite nice, lots ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2015 Development
  • printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…

    ... /> ;CHECK FOR OUT-OF-SCREEN
    xor a
    screen"
    REPORT5:
    ... ret

    ;FIND SCREEN POSITION
    OK: ld de ... djnz L1

    ;UPDATE SCREEN POSITION
    pop hl
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2018 Development
  • printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…

    ... /> ;CHECK FOR OUT-OF-SCREEN
    xor a
    screen"
    REPORT5:
    ... ret

    ;FIND SCREEN POSITION
    OK: ld de ... djnz L1

    ;UPDATE SCREEN POSITION
    pop hl
    digital digital August 2018 Development
  • printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…

    ... /> ;CHECK FOR OUT-OF-SCREEN
    xor a
    screen"
    REPORT5:
    ... ret

    ;FIND SCREEN POSITION
    OK: ld de ... djnz L1

    ;UPDATE SCREEN POSITION
    pop hl
    Sokurah Sokurah August 2018 Development
  • My NEXT isn't responding to my new PS2 mouseI don't have any idea what to do or where to look for advice.

    ... that :)

    To update, what you want to do ... things like printing the intro screen, updating the fpga config, ... will enter the update screen. Answer yes to update and wait for ... with the machine while the update is occurring otherwise a partial ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2021 Hardware
  • Emulator compatibility with real SpectrumHi emulator programmers... Having spotted for the last 6 months that my iPAQ is still missing a Spectrum emulator I started typing last tuesday - an…

    ... z80 for 69888 tstates, issue a z80 interrupt and update the display ... since my emulator shows the screen and a keyboard and there ...
    Anders Anders September 2001 Emulators
  • New SPIN Update released (v0.1c)Hi all (again)! Here's the release for SPIN 0.1c, as detailed in CSS: --------------------------------------- Spin gets another, much smaller …

    ... /> Spin gets another, much smaller update - 48k Z80s were rather stupidly ...
    Fixed Pretty daft - "black Screen" bug

    Added Option ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2002 Emulators
  • On 48k, can I copy 4k before next screen updateFollowing on from my thread at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=6423&forum=11"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/v…

    ... copy 4k from Backbuffer to Screen in under 1/50th, or ... to copy back to front screen with no tearing/flicker etc ... , with no flicker on the screen.

    HELP ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Fastest way to write something to screen$Hi, I just got pasmo.exe and start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if I can introdu…

    ... was the fastest way to update the screen. I know that ldir ...
    AE.Vasconcelos AE.Vasconcelos April 2005 Development
  • ZXSoftware.co.uk UpdateHi folks, This weeks update should be worth a laugh. I've been playing a bit with the code recently so anything not working please tell me. The up…

    ... folks,

    This weeks update should be worth a laugh ... your mouse in the emulator screen and tapping enter. It works ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2005 Announcements
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