Is it possible to make the playfield blocks squares, instead of rectangles?

[TooSlowGamer]

OK, so I play my playfield and all of the blocks in it are actually vertical rectangles. This means I have to use two rectangles for the side boundaries to make it look even. Plus, these end up being rather large.

 

Is there anyway to make them squares, or at least make them smaller rectangles? (You could explain how in VisualbB, or just code, if even possible)

[+Random Terrain]

You don't have to use playfield pixels for the side borders. You can use PF0:

 

http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-commands.html#pf0

 

 

If you must use playfield pixels, one solution would be to use pfheights:

 

http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-commands.html#kernop_pfheights

[SeaGtGruff]

OK, so I play my playfield and all of the blocks in it are actually vertical rectangles. This means I have to use two rectangles for the side boundaries to make it look even. Plus, these end up being rather large.

 

Is there anyway to make them squares, or at least make them smaller rectangles? (You could explain how in VisualbB, or just code, if even possible)

You can reduce the *height* of the playfield pixels in the standard kernel-- especially if you're using the Superchip option-- but there's no way to reduce the *width* of the playfield pixels. They're *always* 4 color clocks wide, and you can't change that, because it's how the TIA chip is designed to draw them.

 

Michael

[TooSlowGamer]

OK, so I play my playfield and all of the blocks in it are actually vertical rectangles. This means I have to use two rectangles for the side boundaries to make it look even. Plus, these end up being rather large.

 

Is there anyway to make them squares, or at least make them smaller rectangles? (You could explain how in VisualbB, or just code, if even possible)

You can reduce the *height* of the playfield pixels in the standard kernel-- especially if you're using the Superchip option-- but there's no way to reduce the *width* of the playfield pixels. They're *always* 4 color clocks wide, and you can't change that, because it's how the TIA chip is designed to draw them.

 

Michael

 

How???

[Cliff Friedel]

OK, so I play my playfield and all of the blocks in it are actually vertical rectangles. This means I have to use two rectangles for the side boundaries to make it look even. Plus, these end up being rather large.

 

Is there anyway to make them squares, or at least make them smaller rectangles? (You could explain how in VisualbB, or just code, if even possible)

You can reduce the *height* of the playfield pixels in the standard kernel-- especially if you're using the Superchip option-- but there's no way to reduce the *width* of the playfield pixels. They're *always* 4 color clocks wide, and you can't change that, because it's how the TIA chip is designed to draw them.

 

Michael

 

How???

 

pfrowheight is one way, pfres will let you do it indirectly, and the pfheights kernel option if you want to size them dynamically for each row. Go to:

 

http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-commands.html

 

and you can look up the commands (and all other bB commands) there.

 

Cliff

[TooSlowGamer]

Thanks guys. I used that site so much already. The only problem is finding commands based on what they do and not their name, that's why I asked.

 

I'm almost done with my first game (well, not quite finished, more just the first version) I coded myself. I'm so happy.

[+Random Terrain]

Thanks guys. I used that site so much already. The only problem is finding commands based on what they do and not their name, that's why I asked.

If you have any words or phases I should add to the index on the right side of the bB page to make it easier to find things, please post them here or send me a PM. The more brains working on it, the better.

 

 

 

I'm almost done with my first game (well, not quite finished, more just the first version) I coded myself. I'm so happy.

It sure is fun typing in code and seeing it come to life isn't it? I haven't finished any games yet, but the little I've done has been a lot of fun.

[SeaGtGruff]

Thanks guys. I used that site so much already. The only problem is finding commands based on what they do and not their name, that's why I asked.

If you have any words or phases I should add to the index on the right side of the bB page to make it easier to find things, please post them here or send me a PM. The more brains working on it, the better.

Don't most browsers have an option to "Find on this page"? You could just search for the word "playfield" and see what matches you get.

 

Michael

[+Random Terrain]

Don't most browsers have an option to "Find on this page"? You could just search for the word "playfield" and see what matches you get.

Yeah, I use a Google toolbar to do that, but there are some things you don't know how to look for. And if a word like playfield is mentioned about a billion times on the page, it can take too long. The bB page needs more reverse dictionary style index links added. I need new and current users to tell me what they went looking and had trouble finding. Mixing in more real-world phrases in the index should make it easier for bB users to find what they are looking for.