Life counter

[RHillFake]

Hey. I cannot figure out how to use the life counter in the Batari Basic Commands. So if someone could give some code or a different explanation that would be great. Thanks!

[+Gemintronic]

At the very end of your code include the mini kernel that you prefer for lives support

 

inline 6lives.asm

 

At the top where you dim your variables you can also "dim" whether your lives are centered (if the mini kernel supports it)

 

dim lives_centered = 1

Somewhere near the top (usually in the part where you're initializing things) you need to set the life color

 

lifecolor = $46

 

If you want to add a life during game-play just increment the lives variable by 32

 

lives = lives + 32

 

If you want to take away a single life then subtract by 32

 

lives = lives - 32

 

Please note that 6lives.asm gives you six on-screen life icons. This means six lives = 192. Five lives = 160, etc..

 

EVERY TIME you call the drawscreen routine you must load up the sprite that is your life counter. I find this works best just before the drawscreen.

 

lives:
%00001000
%00011100
%00111110
%01111111
%11111111
%10111111
%01100110
%00000000
end

drawscreen

[RHillFake]

At the very end of your code include the mini kernel that you prefer for lives support

 

inline 6lives.asm

 

At the top where you dim your variables you can also "dim" whether your lives are centered (if the mini kernel supports it)

 

dim lives_centered = 1

 

Somewhere near the top (usually in the part where you're initializing things) you need to set the life color

 

lifecolor = $46

 

If you want to add a life during game-play just increment the lives variable by 32

 

lives = lives + 32

 

If you want to take away a single life then subtract by 32

 

lives = lives - 32

 

Please note that 6lives.asm gives you six on-screen life icons. This means six lives = 192. Five lives = 160, etc..

 

EVERY TIME you call the drawscreen routine you must load up the sprite that is your life counter. I find this works best just before the drawscreen.

 

lives:

%00001000

%00011100

%00111110

%01111111

%11111111

%10111111

%01100110

%00000000

end

drawscreen

Thanks. It worked