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Posted By

TMR
on 2004-04-18
20:38:29

Re: Software Sprites on the Plus/4 (a question)?

We do, but i was expanding on the answer and pointing out how few characters were available to replace. =-)

Posted By

Csabo
on 2004-04-18
17:23:39

Re: Software Sprites on the Plus/4 (a question)?

I said redefine the font, you said replace the characters. Aren't those exactly the same?

(I think we do mean the same thing.)

Posted By

TMR
on 2004-04-18
08:03:16

Re: Software Sprites on the Plus/4 (a question)?

All he really needs is a shadow of the ROM font and to replace the unused characters with the graphics for the logo. It'd be a bit of a tight fit because the game is using lower case and inverted characters so there aren't going to be many free chars to "borrow" space from...

Posted By

Csabo
on 2004-04-18
00:11:26

Re: Software Sprites on the Plus/4 (a question)?

You mean the title graphics on the top? Why would that need to be a sprite? A software sprite is definitely doable, and there are even some existing utilities that do just that, but in your case all you need is a custom (or redefined) font. Very simple to do, TONS of basic games here on the site do it.

Posted By

Dunric
on 2004-04-17
15:53:14

Software Sprites on the Plus/4 (a question)?

One of the things I have thought about is to "shadow" bitmapped dots on
top of areas of the screen where a sprite bit is turned on, those
overlapping the sprite with bitmapped dots with 100% accuracy. The
bitmapped screen is then saved, and the bitmapped version of the sprite is
then LOADable on the Plus/4 (or C-128).

The sprite doesn't need to move, at least not in this case, because it is
for a title screen for an adventure game (a port of my game "Mystic
Castle" on over to the Plus/4...I figured out how to do Windows on the
Plus/4 by using ESC+T and ESC+B...took me several years to realize that
the Plus/4 *can* do windows, it just lacks a Window command).

The exact sprite I want to emulate with a bitmapped copy is:

http://www.geocities.com/dunric/mystic.html

The Mystic Castle title screen sprite is simply the "Mystic" graphic above
the "For the Commodore 64" yellow marquee.

Sincerely,

Paul Allen Panks
dunric@yahoo.com
Phoenix, AZ USA