Re: A83: ASM Help
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Re: A83: ASM Help
oh well i think i will give up on programming a game my code was just code from
james matthews or whatevers tutorials with some stuff added on and every thing
i do in asm i need help on so ill just try and get someone else program
bomberman someone plz take my code and make a bomberman game i can help with
ideas and beta test if u r interested contact me ghanson@bellsouth.net plz i
just wanna play the game that was my favorite 4eva on the snes plz plz thanx
felix
Joe Wingbermuehle wrote:
> call graphcopy_v or something like that is somewhere in your code. Put it
> after you redraw the sprite only, not with the routine or after every time
> you call the routine. You should have it only once in the main loop
> actually.
>
> Joe Wingbermuehle
> http://www.usmo.com/~joewing/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Hanson <ghanson@bellsouth.net>
> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: A83: ASM Help
>
> >
> >i just use movax's sprite routine so i don't know what u r talkin bout
> >
> >Joe Wingbermuehle wrote:
> >
> >> Don't call the buffer copy routine so often, or use a faster buffer copy
> >> routine. Never call a buffer copy routine when you're sprite is off!
> That's
> >> probably what you're doing.... You won't see flicker if you don't copy
> the
> >> buffer when the sprite is off.
> >>
> >> Joe Wingbermuehle
> >> http://www.usmo.com/~joewing/
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Gary Hanson <ghanson@bellsouth.net>
> >> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 9:06 PM
> >> Subject: Re: A83: ASM Help
> >>
> >> >
> >> >well i know it doesn't flicker when i mover it slow but what if my
> program
> >> >depends on a sprite running around all the time??
> >> >
> >> >David Phillips wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Flicker is caused by two things: slow erase/move/draw cycle and the
> slow
> >> >> lcd refresh rate. There is nothing you can do about the lcd being
> slow,
> >> >> besides not trying to move graphics too fast. The other thing that
> >> causes
> >> >> flicker is waiting too long after you erase the sprite to redraw it.
> The
> >> >> basic setup for sprites is to erase them, compute their new positions,
> >> then
> >> >> redraw all of them. If too much time passes after they are erased
> before
> >> >> they are redrawn, the user will perceive that as flicker.
> >> >>
> >> >> However, because the 83 uses a display controller and not a memory
> mapped
> >> >> display, there should not be any flicker caused by this, because it
> >> should
> >> >> only be dumped to the display controller after the sprites have been
> >> >> completely erased and redrawn. You are probably just moving a sprite
> too
> >> >> fast, as usually happens on your first sprite program where all you do
> is
> >> >> move a sprite around the screen. Waiting longer in between frames
> should
> >> >> solve your problem.
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Gary Hanson <ghanson@bellsouth.net>
> >> >> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> >> >> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 8:45 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: A83: ASM Help
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >no im talkin about when its moving across the screen and it still
> blinks
> >> >> even when i
> >> >> >make it move 2 pixels at a time
> >> >> >Olle Hedman wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> The reson why it blinks when you hold down a key is not the
> >> >> spriteroutine.. its
> >> >> >> in your codeing.. I assume now that you mean it is blinking when
> you
> >> >> hold down
> >> >> >> a key, and the sprite isnt moving.. (like its at the edge of the
> >> screen
> >> >> >> or such..) the way to solve this is to never erase a sprite unless
> you
> >> >> are going
> >> >> >> to move it.. i you do.. it will flicker.. I mean.. when its at
> the
> >> >> edge, not
> >> >> >> only skip the changeing of spriteposition.. also skip the updating
> of
> >> the
> >> >> >> sprite..
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> /Olle Hedman - alh
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Gary Hanson wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > i already know some basic Assembly for the ti-83 from a help file
> i
> >> >> >> > downloaded but i wanna find out about better stuff like stuff
> used
> >> to
> >> >> >> > program pacman for sos and how to set it up to make levels with
> >> numbers
> >> >> >> > and stuff where can i find out about this plz help i am stuck on
> a
> >> game
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > also does anyone have a sprite routine that doesn't blink when u
> >> hold
> >> >> >> > down a key (movax's)
> >> >> >> > help!
> >> >> >> > felix
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
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