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  Escape (RTM version released)
Posted by: oblo - 11-15-2018, 12:44 PM - Forum: Gallery - Replies (1)

Hi all

Although is not 100% finished, I have decided to release a beta of the game I'm now working on: a clone of the 80s VTech handheld named Escape. These images compare the original with this version:
[Image: escape01.jpg] [Image: escape02.jpg]

Guards' sprites are not finished and they are giving me hard time (I'm using ZX Paintbrush to convert JPGs to UDGs, but they are so tiny and masked that there is almost no detail at all), there are some random crashes and some features are not implemented (all included in the README.txt file) but besides that, I'm trying to simulated all handheld features (clock, chrono, cycles, etc...) For a full comparative, you can download the Escape simulator for Windows from Madrigal's site

As always, attached the .tap with the source code and a readme.txt with instructions and additional info. Any comments and help (especially with the sprites thing) are welcome Smile

Cheers



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  Space Worm
Posted by: emook - 11-15-2018, 12:32 AM - Forum: Gallery - Replies (1)

Just some fun little code.


Code:
' SpaceWorm - em00k
' David Saphier 2018

paper 0 : ink 0: cls :border 0
dim c,sc as uinteger
dim a as float

' Fill screen with some Graphics

for n=1 to 192

    print inverse 0;"\.' ";
    print inverse 1;"\.' ";
    
Next

a=1 : ad=1

do
    
    ' draws a line of attribs at X=26 Y+7 colour blue (1)
    for y=1 to 7
        poke 22528+26+(y<<5),1
    next
    
    ' reads the sin data from sinpos+c and pops into cc
    cc=peek(@sinpos+c)+1
    
    ' get the current colour and make sure its *8 so it affects the paper
    ic=i<<3
    
    ' draw the colour ic at X=26 and Y+cc
    poke 22528+26+((15-cc)<<5),ic
    poke 22528+26+((16-cc)<<5),ic
    
    ' increase c to for reading sintable
    c=c+ad
    
    ' if its bigger than 60, reset the position
    if c>60
        c=0
    endif
    
    ' increase mc, used for setting speed
    mc=mc+1

    if mc>10
        ' mc was 10 to now we make ad = (speed+sc)
        ad=peek(@speed+sc) : sc=sc+1 : mc=0
        
        if sc>13 : sc=0 :    endif     
        
    endif
    
    ' fractional for slower colour changes
    a=a+.75
    
    if a>1
        i=i+1 : a=0
        if i>7 : i=1 : endif        
    endif

    pause 2

    asm
        ; code for copying the attribs from right to left
        lin equ 4
        len equ 26
        
        ld hl,22529+lin+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
        
        ld hl,22529+lin+32+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
        
        ld hl,22529+lin+32+32+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32+32+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
        
        ld hl,22529+lin+32+32+32+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32+32+32+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
        
        ld hl,22529+lin+32+32+32+32+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32+32+32+32+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
        ld hl,22529+lin+32+32+32+32+32+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32+32+32+32+32+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
        
        ld hl,22529+lin+32+32+32+32+32+32+32
        ld de,22528+lin+32+32+32+32+32+32+32
        ld bc,len
        ldir
    end asm

loop

cols:
asm
    db 6,6,6,6,6,2
    db 70,68,6,6,6,2
    db 3,4,5,6,6,2
    db 6,6,6,6,6,2
    db 3,4,5,6,6,2    
end asm

sinpos:
asm
    db 2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    db 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,2,2
    db 2,2,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4
    db 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,2
end asm

speed:
asm
    db 1,1,2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2,1,1
end asm

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  Mirror a sprite
Posted by: oblo - 11-14-2018, 04:34 PM - Forum: Help & Support - Replies (9)

Hi all

Trying to save some UDGs, I'm looking for a way to mirror an existing sprite/UDG, so I only have to define them one way (i.e. facing sprites left) and, with a function, use those sprites to print them facing right.
I was toying with the hmirror function (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:HMirror.bas">http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php ... Mirror.bas</a><!-- m -->) but I can't get it to work Undecided

Thanks and cheers.

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  Possible array bug in version 1.8.8 (*solved*)
Posted by: oblo - 11-08-2018, 06:21 PM - Forum: Bug Reports - Replies (8)

Hi all

I think I've just found a bug in 1.8.8 (or just my Spectrum emulators doesn't work any more); please, look at this piece of code:

Code:
paper 0: border 0: bright 1: ink 7: cls

DIM y as byte

dim testarray(4,2) as byte
print at 0,0; "Creacion de testarray OK";

for y = 0 to 4
    testarray(y,0) = 0
    testarray(y,1) = 1
    testarray(y,2) = 2
next y
print at 1,0; "Inicializacion de testarray OK";

for y = 0 to 4
    print at y+5,0; testarray(y,0);
next y
print at 2,0; "Lectura de valores OK";

If I compile the code without the --debug-array parameter, the code works well; but if the --debug-array parameter is used, the Spectrum can create the "testarray" array, but it can't initialize the arrays values, giving a 3 Subscript wrong, 40:1 error. Array-base is 0, heap-size is 4768 and ORG is 24576, but tried with other values and still fails.
[Image: good.jpg] [Image: errore.jpg]

Any ideas? Thanks and cheers.

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  Evaluate if one variable has several values
Posted by: oblo - 11-08-2018, 08:08 AM - Forum: Help & Support - Replies (3)

Hi all

Instead of...

Code:
IF var = 1 OR var = 2 OR var = 3 OR var = 4 THEN

... is there any way to achieve the same in a more efficient way? Something like that:

Code:
IF var = (1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4) THEN

Thanks in advance and cheers

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  OVER - how it works?
Posted by: oblo - 11-04-2018, 05:57 PM - Forum: ZX Basic Compiler - Replies (2)

Hi all

While testing my last game, I come with some issue that makes me wonder if I understood well how OVER works. AFAIK, OVER 0 is the default mode, so if I have...

Code:
OVER 1
PRINT "Hello";
OVER 0

... last OVER 0 will affect all screen and all PRINT, DRAW, CIRCLE, PLOT commands? Affect sprites that are already draw in screen? I had a strange behaviour with the sonar so I had to make a workaround. Anyway, I'd like to know how OVER really works.

Thanks and cheers.

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  Cargas de Produndidad / Depth Charge
Posted by: oblo - 11-04-2018, 05:47 PM - Forum: Gallery - Replies (12)

Hi all, long time no see Smile

Thanks to some spare time, I had the opportunity to retake the speccy programming, so here is my last creation: a clone of the Depthcharge arcade game. Nothing fancy, but at least I could have some fun developing for ours old but reliable Spectrums.
Game mechanic is simple: move your ship left and right and drop charges to destroy submarines, while avoiding their missiles. Number of submarines and missiles can be chosen at each game start.
[Image: Capture.jpg]


The file attached contains:
- .TAP Spanish version
- .TAP English version
- Source code for both versions
- A 'readme.txt' file

Hope you enjoy and as always, any comments are welcome. Cheers!



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  Compiling +D G+DOS programs
Posted by: merlinkv - 10-28-2018, 07:40 PM - Forum: ZX Basic Compiler - Replies (4)

Hello.

I have a lot of programs written in the +D G+DOS, but I have problems when I try to compile commands like: LOAD D*"filename" or LOAD d1"filename".

None of the commands to load or save files, or format disks, can be compiled.

The +D ROM is completely disassembled (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.biehold.nl/rudy/plusd/plusd.htm">http://www.biehold.nl/rudy/plusd/plusd.htm</a><!-- m -->) but I don't have the knowledge to work from Basic with the +D "Machine Code".

Maybe it's possible to add in the future some options in the ZX Basic Compiler to allow work with G+DOS programs?

Thanks Smile

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  ¿Qué tutorial se me recomienda para empezar a usar ZXBasic?
Posted by: Turriano - 10-14-2018, 04:39 PM - Forum: How-To & Tutorials - Replies (1)

Y ya puestos a pedir, si puede ser en español mejor B-)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And already put to ask, if it can be in Spanish better B-)

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  bug on "if", "end if", etc.?
Posted by: nitrofurano - 09-30-2018, 12:15 PM - Forum: Help & Support - Replies (1)

when trying to compile this code on 1.8.8:

Code:
dim i as ubyte
i=3
if i>2 then:
  print "3>2"
  end if
do:loop

i get this error message when compiling
Code:
endifbug.bas:5: Syntax Error. Unexpected token 'IF' <IF>

on other few tests i tried, the same happened on "end if"

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