Include files

[jbs30000]

I decided to rewrite my Super Mario program because the code desperately needs to be cleaned up. So first I made definitions for all of the variables of "a". Then, in order to make things look neater, I put them in a file named SMarioM.h and put the file in the bB\includes folder.

 

I then put include SMarioM.h in my main program. When I compile it seems to be OK, but if I try to use any of the definitions they aren't recognized, so obviously my include file isn't be read.

 

Here's what my main code looks like:

rem Rebuilding Super Mario Bros with hopefully better code.
include div_mul.asm
set kernel_options player1colors pfcolors no_blank_lines
set romsize 32kSC
const pfres=32
set smartbranching on

rem **************************************************************************************************
rem * This file uses all the bits in variable "a" to set or check on various attributes about Mario. *
rem **************************************************************************************************
include SMarioM.h



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[jbs30000]

I should also note that I played with the path, even putting in

include c:\Atari2600\bB\includes\SMarioM.h

 

It still doesn't work.

[+batari]

What does SMarioM.h contain? If it contains the original bB dims, it won't work - typically .h files contain assembler-friendly equates.

 

However, there is an automatically generated file called 2600basic_variable_redefs.h that contains the dims converted to equates, among some other things. You can pull just the converted equates you need out of the generated 2600basic_variable_redefs.h and make the SMarioM.h out of them. Make you sure only pull out the converted equates or you might get errors. They should be fairly simple to identify.

[jbs30000]

They're all defs

Here are a few lines of code

rem **************************************************
rem * Make or check if Mario is small or large. *
rem **************************************************
def Shrink_Mario=a{0}=0
def Mario_is_Small=!a{0}

def Grow_Mario=a{0}=1
def Mario_is_Large=a{0}

[+batari]

Defs must be in the .bas file. There is currently no way around that.

[jbs30000]

OK, thank you for the information. It's good to know. I tried changing the extension of my include file to bas, but that didn't work either.

 

No big deal, I just wanted my program to look a little less crowded.