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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: 3D Stars
- Replies: 11
- Views: 373
Re: 3D Stars
Interpreted BASIC on the VIC-20 is too slow by about two orders of magnitude to make this effect viable. No amount of trying to optimize the BASIC code is going to change that, even in the presence of a BASIC extension like MINIGRAFIK that at least gives a headache-free access to bitmap graphics. As...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:01 am
- Forum: Games
- Topic: WIP: Bubble Bobble
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1022
Re: WIP: Bubble Bobble
I also didn't know how I'd solve the problem of drawing and moving so many bubbles around at the time while keeping in one screen refresh (50 fps) or at worst two (25 fps). On the C64, only Bub, Bob and the enemies are done with sprites, at full frame rate. The bubbles are not animated with anythin...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: 3D Stars
- Replies: 11
- Views: 373
Re: 3D Stars
It is so slow. :shock: It isn't fast on the C64 either. The article in C=Hacking recommends using a SuperCPU. Does anyone have an idea how to speed this up in BASIC? Simplify the arithmetic stuff as much as possible. Factor out repeated calculations out of the main loop that yield the same value du...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Games
- Topic: WIP: Bubble Bobble
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1022
Re: WIP: Bubble Bobble
[...] who wants to invest months in a game for nothing in return[?] It is somewhat unfair to come up with this argument to someone who first of all just asked about a possible port of BB to the VIC-20. One still finds companies that sell commercial game software for the VIC-20, so there must be a m...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: WIP: Bubble Bobble
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1022
Re: WIP: Bubble Bobble
Hi, scalz8! First of all, welcome to Denial! :mrgreen: I just made a quick peek at your WIP or demonstrator. For ease of discussion, here's the program text: 10 PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT 11 PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRIN...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
- Topic: ASM502 - a new 6502 assembler.. (WIP)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1020
Re: ASM502 - a new 6502 assembler.. (WIP)
I did start thinking in terms of pattern recognition within the intemediate code, so for example [...] Except it does not show the character set but merely clears the screen, that one in a post of mine dating from 2016 is actually the same example as yours: If you take the simple assignment stateme...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:09 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Sprites in ML
- Replies: 55
- Views: 23291
Re: Sprites in ML
The data of the sprite is not correct. With VIC register $9005 set to 240, the only thing the VIC-I chip does is - displaying the ROM character set. If i change the register $9005 from $F0 (240) to $FE (254) the start text cannot be seen. As @thegg already wrote, you need to supply a copy of the RO...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:39 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Unexpanded VIC Font Editor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 311
Re: Unexpanded VIC Font Editor
Ah, I get your temporary unexpand comment... Probably not. yeah -- since the video memory map is identical, LOAD... 8,1 is necessary then SYS manually instead of RUN. The tool I linked to, "3K.PRG", temporarily 'unexpands' the VIC-20. It sets the BASIC limits and the screen position as fo...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Sprites in ML
- Replies: 55
- Views: 23291
Re: Sprites in ML
I don't get the change between Poke 36869,240 and Poke36869,254 displayed correctly. Can someone here perhaps provide support? Judging by the disassembly, all the code ever does is writing $F0 to VIC register $900F, during init. If $900F was supposed to be changed to another value than $F0, the cor...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Cart Expander connector spacing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 537
Re: Cart Expander connector spacing?
I'd recommend just passing [pins 20 and Y] through exactly like all other lines. There exist cartridges which misuse either pins 20 or Y on their edge connectors to simplify routing. If one cartridge connects 20 or Y to +5 V and one other cartridge connects the same pin to GND you short the power s...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:31 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Unexpanded VIC Font Editor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 311
Re: Unexpanded VIC Font Editor
I made a thing started from scratch Sunday. [...] Nice! It's an interesting idea to move up the BASIC start to $1800, so the character set sits comfortably at $1000. You might consider adding a raster split in the middle of the screen, between UI and font display, so the UI can still use the standa...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: WIP: VIC-2020 MINIMON cartridge
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16574
Re: WIP: VIC-2020 MINIMON cartridge
To all concerned:
MINIMON has been released on sourceforge, under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Greetings,
Michael
MINIMON has been released on sourceforge, under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Greetings,
Michael
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
- Topic: ASM502 - a new 6502 assembler.. (WIP)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1020
Re: ASM502 - a new 6502 assembler.. (WIP)
orac81 was more cautious in the response, but anyway: During assembly, keep a hold of the state of the machine and comment on instructions that do not affect that state. For example: if it can be known that the carry is set, then do not assemble a SEC, but comment in the listing that that instructio...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Run/Stop Restore doesn't work
- Replies: 3
- Views: 340
Re: Run/Stop Restore doesn't work
[...] The IER does not work like a classical read/write register. Actually, the MSB specifies an action (0 = reset bit(s), 1 = set bit(s)), the lower 7 bits specify which of the interrupt sources is affected. More details here: Stop a running timer - and further discussion about the half dozen meth...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Run/Stop Restore doesn't work
- Replies: 3
- Views: 340
Re: Run/Stop Restore doesn't work
The order is important here: to initiate the BASIC warmstart, the STOP key must be held down while the RESTORE key is tapped. The other way round the NMI routine in the KERNAL will return immediately and pressing the STOP afterwards then has no effect. Does the STOP key function on its own (i.e. can...