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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…
... s update structs to different screen addresses, to rearrange the screen. This one ... from the previous character drawn to screen is held in the ... same-size rectangular areas on screen; the first is the ... or more active graphics on screen) but the disadvantage is ... -
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…
... I've managed to ignore thus far is "screen". Each struct_sp1_update ... 's coordinate space mapped to the screen, could be made smaller ... update struct corresponding to (0,0) can be mapped to screen coordinate (10 ... 0 has been mapped to on screen (where box 1 used ... -
Crash "spin off" - LMHi, Anyone remember this magazine which (sadly) only lasted a few issues? I seem to remember that it was a Newsfield publication and it seemed to sh…
Heh, you could write to them and the first x replies got a free razer - I used mine for years :) it was my first razer in fact (i didn't really need one at the time...)
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What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... rivals in the years to come to the marketplace by a ... . Also, the processor power to screen memory ratio was very favourable ... . Games tended to fly along on the Spectrum ... and scrolling which tended to constrain games to particular formats that ... -
Legend of the Burgle! Download[url=http://xfaworld.balder.prohosting.com/legend_of_the_burgle.html]You'll find it here...[/url] Special thanks to Fikee for the great loading scre…
I like this better than the other two. I've been playing Back on the Burgle today as well, and this one definately benefits from the compiler, and the fact you don't have to go from screen to screen to find a new house to rob. -
linking speccy (+3) to PCI want to load games in to the speccy, I can do the soundcard playing into the speccy thing, but, is there a more advanced way? i've had a look for …
... could possibly write a terminal for the speccy to recieve these ... to send data to rs232 from some emulators, so you could write ... a program to move data from a ... possibly write a program to take the data from rs323, and write to empty ... -
Disk image utility for USB disksI make simple utility programm for copy physical disk content to image files. It can work with USB disks, or memory cards attached via some card read…
... .zip[/url]
Write to disk included with some warnings ... , possibility to abort transfer, smaller box...< ... br />
To obo:
Reason, ... version, especially for you to test. If it will ... -
how to be a complete bastardi use to play this when i was a kid and loved it but now i aint gotta clue whats going on and the slit screen with the 2 veiws must be the worst idea…
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I hate to be pedantic but no one ... is going to get electrocuted with a standard ... .
I really should write to the original author and point ... -
Classic 419 scam with a retro twistNormally I wouldn't bother posting here about something C64 based but this is a classic. For the short version see [url]http://www.theregister.co.u…
... the lengths they go to to try and seal the ... they get the scammer to hold up fake company ... These scammers will do anything to get the deal. Had ... was fascinating as anything to read the lengths they ... br /> So often they would write to each other with stuff like ... -
Disk file transfer utilities ?Are there some PC programs for transferring Speccy software between common emulator formats like TAP to disks or disk images? I mean here about +3 f…
... fdrawcmd.
Actually, I started to make some floppy imaging program ... floppies, but I plan to add more popular floppy formats ... .
About saving to TAP: I finished program Drive ... raw binary files. Versa: can write to drives/images from TAP, SNA ... -
WOS ChatlogsGood for a read this one, [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/chatlogs/technical.log.1.txt[/url]
... guy that i used to call to get cabling work ... see the idea is to talk to small businesses right? not ... How are you going to get to them in 2 hours ... /> [11:03] we need to write to companys first then, see what ... pen
[11:17] and write, in pen, meeting
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Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…
... /23429.html[/url] are worth to see
-basically, speccy ... compromises. some things which comes to my mind.
*nice ... 16bit, game writes pixel directly to screen (avoiding copy routine which takes ... an exaggeration but BUSY want to say that something like ... -
Gamestage is Dead!Wouldn't that be nice. :) The real reason I'm here is that I wanted to write an insulting message in his faecesbook but he seems to have disabled it…
... forward to hearing to my letter, but not having waited
wanted to write to ... you. Where you to be gone??
And why you to not write to ... me?
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... , one Screen$, one CODE block.
The user wants to load ... program, as you failed to specify CODE/SCREEN$/DATA. So it will ... blindly attempt to load the data ... , you get the data sent to screen memory. If not, Error R ... -
ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
... this thread was mentioned program to mount TAP files via FUSE ... nice. It adds number to names to keep TAP order of files ... . Next versions should be able to write to TAPs and will be ZXLFN ... -
Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... background, and copy it to a backbuffer, one off< ... into order (based on back to front)
3. BLIT ... br /> 4. Copy the backbuffer to screen
5. Remove all ... />
Who would like to join me in creating a ... have webspace, who'd care to join me.
Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... [*]Only draw character cells on screen that change
[*]Scene ... taken to the limit. Ie instead of drawing the entire screen ... sprites and background) is copied to screen. A big advantage is ... so that the entire screen does not have to be rendered.
Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... [*]Only draw character cells on screen that change
[*]Scene ... taken to the limit. Ie instead of drawing the entire screen ... sprites and background) is copied to screen. A big advantage is ... so that the entire screen does not have to be rendered.
Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... assign planes (a z-order) to screen objects which can be from ... I draw a character cell to screen, everything in that char cell ... redrawing instead of the whole screen. The z-order of sprites ... cell; most 3d objects on screen will not move so their ...Ebay moan #86,400I'm looking in the Vintage & Retro Gaming section and yet all I can see are World Of Warcraft and Runescape gold purchases etc. I wouldn't mind a few…
... but no ones forcing her to bid, my response back was ... paid by the hour so to queue up for 20 ... minutes at lunchtime to post off a book ... with it they dont have to bid. The postage is slightly ... postage so perhaps you want to write to them and moan that they ...What new (ish) ZX game have you played mostJust wondering what games from 2000 on have grabbed you most, I found a lot of TR-Dos games on here last year and was seriously impressed by a little…
... /shuffle around as Bub from screen to screen... the last version you posted ... buzz of what you wanted to create in your mind otherwise ...Loading Screen ProblemI am putting together files on a tape that my game needs. The problem that I have is that after loading the "loading screen", the image is spoilt by …
... your loader after the LOAD "" SCREEN$
and before any other ... LOADs.
Just remember to put the second poke in ... first one disables any printing to screen (I think).z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... don't know how to do is convert basic ... I read something about Spectrum screen driver? How do I use ... think you're going to have to use "\x05" instead ... you'll gain access to up to 85 column ansi-mode ... is not done directly to screen and will only appear ...Cd'sdo you guys think compact discs will become obsolete in the future? will these blue ray discs, drive down the cost of dvd discs. all the laptops i …
i very rarely write to cd's anymore, if im backing stuff up i use a DVD, and if im transfering things from work to home. (speccy games) i use a usb memory stick.Cd'sdo you guys think compact discs will become obsolete in the future? will these blue ray discs, drive down the cost of dvd discs. all the laptops i …
... nuisance that's nothing to how irritating HD DVD ... and Bluray are likely to be.[/quote]
to make the consumer suffer? ... can we look forward to with the next generation ...
And can you write to these discs, or are they ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... redesigned in the c64 version to keep up the framerate.[/QUOTE ... then it would only need to draw the background once. Then ... taking advantage of features unique to the machine.
... just by telling which sprite to display... one write to memory.The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... by telling which sprite to display... one write to memory.[/QUOTE]
< ... but it gives an opportunity to point out that dedicated ... take a couple hundred cycles to update your sprites with ... there is no technical advantage to having the sprite hardware ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... your battery runs down to about 2% and you ... why does the laptop write to the EPROM when booting anyway ... br />
"Press [F1] to restore factory defaults and reboot ... complaint). So I have to make sure that my ... is always charged enough to survive a boot at ...Spectrum Screen Memory MapWhat's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation? 6144 bytes divided into 3 blocks, 2048 bytes long. if you want t…
... avoid the screen layout - the best way to deal with ... it is to create a ... lookup table that maps Y coordinates to screen ... addresses, and refer to that all ... swap the registers around to use HL if you ...How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
... does) of writing suspect registers to screen RAM or changing the border ... be a bit frustrating having to reload the assembler and 20K ... and there wasn't room to add it without overwriting part ...
