xxx Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 is there a way of creating full color screens with bb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 is there a way of creating full color screens with bb? With batari Basic, if you want the highest resolution screens with the most colors, you have to use the DPC+ kernel. Each row can have a foreground color and a background color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 yes, but ive tried that. if u have more than 2 sprites (up to 10), 8 x 255 pixels tall, they flicker ridiculously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 is there a way of coloring the screen without sprites? after adding a monochrome bitmap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 or the other way round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 yes, but ive tried that. if u have more than 2 sprites (up to 10), 8 x 255 pixels tall, they flicker ridiculously. What are you trying to do? Something like The Titlescreen Kernel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) something like that but i want to get more than 1 colour on the screen at once, in 8 pixel lines and 8x8 blocks. 16+ colours would be nice Edited May 30, 2015 by xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Post a mockup of what you're trying to achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 ok. ive managed to get a color bitmap with a different color per line but is it possible to have a different color per 8 pixels across? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) something like this. 192x160 approx resolution, with 128 shades per line and each line 8 pixels wide. Edited May 30, 2015 by xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 or like this in blocks. even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 You can use a different set of colors per sprite and then stack them, although this may generate flicker. This is done in several games to make multicolored sprites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 yes, they flicker too much. no good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 how is this done? can it b done with bb? http://www.atari2600homebrew.com/digital-photo-album.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 If you open VbB and click on View, then select Graphics Converter, you can play with that and see what you can do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 i have, already. it has too many limitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 i have, already. it has too many limitations. Then you might need to switch to assembly language. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) something like this. 192x160 approx resolution, with 128 shades per line and each line 8 pixels wide. You're not going to get something like that displayed using bB. Even with assembly that'd be extremely challenging to do, plus it would still require the use of flicker as the 2600's hardware wasn't designed to display images like that. Edited May 30, 2015 by SpiceWare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 what about this? http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-tutorial-andrew-davie-11.html kernel_11.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 what about this? http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-tutorial-andrew-davie-11.html Have you looked at these example programs? randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-commands.html#ex_dpc_frac randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-commands.html#ex_dpc_scroll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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