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  • Character SetAlright, this may not be the right forum for this question (it does sort of relate to a game which I'm trying to get working properly - long story) -…

    ... is that points to the character set in the ROM?
    Unless ... points to the standard speccy character set in the rom, but you ... make it point to a user defined character set in RAM if you wanted ...
    Neil^P Neil^P August 2004 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... br />
    * Different character sets and UDG sets
    set is stored in the ... points to the right character set when PRINTing, LISTing, etc ... last character in the message having bit 7 set to ... 1: This bit being set to a one indicates that ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • List of POKEs and PEEKs/cool memory addressesI was wondering if there was a list of cool memory addresses to POKE and/or PEEK. For example, I know that PEEK 23674 tells you how long a Speccy has…

    ... variables to point to a user defined character set / UDG set).
    BloodBaz BloodBaz April 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • 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].…

    ... />
    These messages can be defined as you like via the ... between the ROM and the user defined character set by pressing EDIT.
    CAPS ...
    jp jp November 2014 Announcements
  • 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].…

    ... provide an error message, optional character set, location and colour etc. ... with the designer, and the character set.

    Once ... message and switch on the user defined character set. Using the message editor ... if we want to use User Characters Y or N ? ...
    jp jp November 2014 Announcements
  • Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …

    ... the pointer to the ascii character set is.
    I remember that ... spectrum where to find the character set, so that it pointed to ...
    Neil^P Neil^P May 2002 Games
  • Speccy character set address in ROM?Hi guys Can anyone tell me where the speccy character set lives in speccy rom, say, starting from the ! (ASCII 33) character? I'm actually writing …

    ... tell me where the speccy character set lives in speccy rom, say ... , starting from the ! (ASCII 33) character?

    I'm actually ... want to use the speccy character set, because it's so much ...
    Mark Wills Mark Wills August 2006 Development
  • Dump Sinclair character set to file?Hi guys, I'm working on a version of Manic Miner for the TI-99/4A. It's not a port, as I'm not looking at the original Z80 code, just re-creating th…

    ... like to use the Sinclair character set in the game. Can anyone ... get a dump of the character set? Years ago, I could have ... can't remember where the character set is in the ROM, and ...
    Mark Wills Mark Wills June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • How does the Speccy deal with the Character Set?Hi All, Can anyone spare a little time to explain to me the basic Assembly method of how the Speccy interprets and retrieves Characters to print on …

    ... understanding is that the character set is accessed via memory ... bytes beyond that. Each character then (obviously) lies in ... address of each character within the character memory area and ... within inverted commas as 'numeric character code'? For example, 'H ...
    Jagd Tiger Jagd Tiger February 2009 Development
  • Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…

    ... horror at the ZX Spectrum character set in the screenshot*...yeah, maybe ... that use the ZX Spectrum character set.

    [edit: I do ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie April 2011 Games
  • Character Set FinderSomething I put together a long time ago, just tarted it up a little bit to make it more usable and added few screenshots and a quick readme.<br><br>…

    ... ://jswmm.co.uk/topic/75-character-set-finder/ (Guest viewable and downloadable ...
    spider spider May 2015 Brand new software
  • User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…

    ... 'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to ... is the program without a user defined function being used

    Richey Richey February 2017 BASIC
  • 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…

    ... some reading up on how character sets are handled by the ... can copy out the redefined character set. However others like Commando, ... some games use their own character printing routine (putchar?) instead ... any way of finding the character sets other than the ...
    morph morph June 2017 Development
  • easy character sethave a look at this program im working on: http://pasteall.org/pic/1b1bb11e1d1897f3c3f0b3e6c0db26aa im a bit stuck. what i want it to do is rea…

    ... over the original upper case character set. (i think i know how ...
    digital digital May 2019 BASIC
  • Resolution & Memory Question ...Hi, I'm hoping someone with some experience writing an emulator, or a vast knowledge of all things Spectrum can help me answer the following questio…

    ... ROM
    0x4000-0x7FFF (Contended) User RAM
    0x8000-0xFFFF More ...

    Within the contended user RAM:

    0x4000-0x57FF ... memory is used for some user-defined character images. When a machine code ...
    joefish joefish April 2010 Emulators
  • UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…

    ... it works with a re-defined character set, is extremely slow.
    joefish joefish June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…

    Glad you cracked it!
    Just a note that SCREEN$ will work with a re-defined character set, but it's very slow so best still to rely on ATTR instead.
    joefish joefish November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • What's wrong with this code ?OK, working my way through Jonathan Cauldwells 'How To' tome and I can't get the following to run in either spin or basin. ( iused the assembler in b…

    ... ; Set up the graphics.

    ld hl,blocks ; address of user-defined ... a,144 ; ASCII code for User Defined Graphic 'A'.
    rst ... set our temporary screen colours.
    ld a,32 ; SPACE character.
    Saboteur Saboteur May 2012 Development
  • why am i getting b integer out of range in this code?ive tried running this in spin but thats what i get [code]main org 40000; ; We want a black screen. ld a,71 ; white ink (7) on black paper (0…

    ... Set up the graphics.
    ld hl,blocks ; address of user-defined graphics ... 22 ; control code for AT character.
    rst 16
    User Defined Graphic 'A'.
    rst ... set our temporary screen colours.
    ld a,32 ; SPACE character ...
    digital digital June 2020 Assembler
  • this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …

    ... /> ; Set up the graphics.
    ld hl,blocks ; address of user-defined graphics ... a,144 ; ASCII code for User Defined Graphic 'A'.
    rst 16 ... ; set our temporary screen colours.
    ld a,32 ; SPACE character.
    digital digital July 2020 Assembler
  • Earliest game to use custom character set ?The [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58040/who-has-got-the-earliest-zx-spectrum-software/"][b]topic here[/b][/url] about early sof…

    ... to use a custom character aka "font" set 0-9 and A ... a full or near full set.

    Given memory space ...
    spider spider November 2020 Games
  • 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…

    ... are there for the end user?
    Well as I ... implements Sprites, Screens, Tiles, Character Sets, and User Defined Graphics all as separate ... the palette object to actually set the required data within the ... no matter what machine the user whats to write for.
    Kiwi Kiwi August 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... () will also invalidate affected character squares so that they are ... , and finally invalidates the character cell so that it is ... for each character in all sprites). So BALLOC.LIB is set up ... it simple to implement a user-defined joystick in your programs. This ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Game Programming Source Code & Startup HelpHi there, I'm planning on porting an existing commercial title to the speccy. I'm in the process of disassembling the original code and commenting i…

    ... placed at pixel resolution or character resolution?

    [quote]
    character as input and returns a ... easier to have a user-defined control method set up from a menu ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2007 Development
  • QL and gamesWell,I am bit off topic but I cannot understand why the QL had no arcade games made for it and if it had, would they be vastly technically superior t…

    ... tell me how to create user defined characters, or even if that ... did manage to find the character set in ROM, but never did ... be the little Scandinavian A character with the loop on the ...
    snigfarp snigfarp September 2008 Hardware
  • QL and gamesWell,I am bit off topic but I cannot understand why the QL had no arcade games made for it and if it had, would they be vastly technically superior t…

    ... tell me how to create user defined characters, or even if ... did manage to find the character set in ROM, but never ... though.[/QUOTE]

    For user defined characters, you basically needed a ... to the location of the character set - however, it was never ...
    rwap rwap September 2008 Hardware
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