[Ti99Dir version 10.1.a]

Thank you very much Fred ! 

 

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

4 hours ago, SteveB said:

I use VWRITE and VREAD a lot myself, but mostly for fast CALL CHAR replacements.

Manipulating the string with SEG$ is a little cumbersome ... how do you deal with the string? Or do you just save and restore parts of the screen without manipulation?

 

Since I use VWRITE and VREAD, I made no manipulation of the strings, but it is only because I haven't needed. Yes, VWRITE is very useful to replace CALL CHAR, mostly for its speed.  But in  my last game in development, I have a strange behavior of VWRITE, if I redefine several characters in one CALL LINK, sometimes, randomly,  and not at each execution, some characters are suddenly damaged, and not only those that have been redefined.

 

 

[Ti99Dir version 9.1.a]

My Notepad on MS-Windows 11 is set to display white fonts on dark background. That could be great to have this kind of configuration with TI99dir.

Where I can make a note?

 

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

For my part, I replaced GCHAR with CALL LINK(“VREAD”, memory address, # bytes, string[ , . . .])  more flexible and faster.

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

I didn't specifically talk about CALL HCHAR but the fact to add the way to pass multiple statements in a single CALL.  
I just said that this kind of optimization was not new, CALL COLOR, SPRITE, CHAR, CHARPAT and some others permit that since the original TI Extended Basic. I also said that adding this to CALL HCHAR on RXB was nice and it was a good news to see it in XB256 was nice too. I said nothing else, no disrespect.

[Ti99Dir version 9.1.a]

I think about an improvement of the display. In a maximized window, Ti99Dir is set to use 50% of the screen to display the directory/files and 50% for Quick View. In the case of using a very high resolution monitor  the directory/files finally uses a small vertical part of the window directory and the right side of this window contains nothing. This empty space could be used to enlarge the Quick View window permitting to reduce (or remove) the horizontal scrolls when a program listing with long lines is displayed.

Could you had the way for users to change the windows vertical sizes?

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

I'm sorry, a word is missing in my sentence, I wanted to write "Extended Basic" not only "Basic".

[Ti99Dir version 9.1.a]

21 hours ago, atrax27407 said:

The easiest way to change the color scheme is go to "Configuration", then "Options" and change to colors there. Alternatively, the colors can be set directly in the .ini file

I already change colors here but this option is only for the color fonts and background of the directory view, not the text viewer window.

[Ti99Dir version 9.1.a]

Very nice update! Thank you Fred.

Could you add the way to choose the background and font color in the text preview? That would be great. At night, I have some eye problem that reduce the reading ability and white background dazzled me.

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

Please don't exaggerate, adding parameters for multiple CALL HCHAR in one CALL is very nice  but just a common improvement, it is not new and not anyway a "RXB" innovation.  TI developers used this feature in the original BASIC far before RXB existed. And I didn't read you in your manual thanking (crediting) them for that.

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

21 hours ago, RXB said:

Thanks I had that FEATURE in RXB 2000 and that was some time ago, as RXB was the first one to do it.

 

So I agree it is a great feature to be included into XB 2.9 GEM

 

Yes, your RXB had this feature since a very long time, its pretty nice. But Harry's one is  just a little enhancement of a masterpiece tool: XB256/Compiler whose the powerful meets (even outperforms) the expectations of any Extended Basic programmer. 

The French philosopher and author Albert Camus said "Most important is not to be the first but to be the best".

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

Very interesting new feature, thank you!

Do you have planned to propose a new disk based version of XB256/Compiler in next days?

[Looking for someone to work with for a game]

1 hour ago, 99V said:

And also this game will be 10 times more detailed. 

🙂

 

[Looking for someone to work with for a game]

1 hour ago, 99V said:

Well I designed 99 Vaders 100%. We just compiled it from basic. Have you played it yet?

Yes. 

[Looking for someone to work with for a game]

99V, to get things going, maybe the best way could be to show your designer skills, it could trigger something? help to motivate a programmer?

[XB Game Developers Package]

Thank you very much. Again, you made a great and very useful work. This new version speedup significantly the compiling and cartridge making process.

It is for my the ultimate development kit for any XB programmers.
I don't see what it lacks, it so complete, powerful and very well documented. Maybe the great Tursi "Flicker" routine to bypass the 5th sprite limitation. I think that this would bring a so precious and needed feature.  

[West Bank (Bank Panic clone)]

This graphics upgrade is excellent! The game's now appeal me to game with. Thank you Ciro and Rasmus, you made a great work.

[Extended BASIC G.E.M.]

Thank you Harry,

Could you distribute the disk based version of XB256/Compiler?

[Seeking a Midi Editor for dummies]

I just made some music test composing, your solution is really to best way! Thank you again Steve.

[Seeking a Midi Editor for dummies]

I succeed! My MuseCore wasn't up to date. Now it works fine 🙂

 

[Seeking a Midi Editor for dummies]

On 7/5/2023 at 10:26 PM, SteveB said:

and change the soundfont to the TI soundfont supplied with MuseScore4a

Please can you detail the steps to do that?

[Seeking a Midi Editor for dummies]

Thank you Steve, I will follow the advice.

[Seeking a Midi Editor for dummies]

Thank you very much for your answers 🙂

 

I tried LMMS, alas it doesn't meet my needs, doesn't display a musical stave.
Yes the midi to CALL SOUND is not perfect and need some work for getting a result. But I haven't find a better way.

MuseScore4 is like  MuseScore3, pretty heavy and painful for me to use considering my poor skills.
Although oversized Sibelius is interesting but paying 99 USD just to create no more that 3 or 4 little musics of 2 staves in during few hours seems to me a bit expensive.

[Seeking a Midi Editor for dummies]

I have finished the development of the core of a XB256 game, just remain some levels to create but above all, I would like to add some music. I well have some personal pieces of music in mind but the big problem is that I am a zero in music composing.
I think that the best way is to create a music in midi format, then use MuseCore4a for getting all the notes via CALL SOUNDs, then use the XB256 sound routines to play them in the game background. I tried some apps like MuseCore3 or MidiEditor but I failed to use them... I told you so I was absolutely void in music composing 🙃
So, someone knows a extremely easy to use midi application? All that I need is to put notes on a musical stave and to live listen the result like "Music Maker" for our dear TI-99/4A.
Thank you for your advises.

 

[F18A CRT display candidate?]

The CRT is the only way to produce first emotional sensations one's had with the computer in years 80, so it is the best for using/playing programs. That said, for developing, for eyes care, using a LCD is highly recommended.