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I guess I'm feeling better-ish, although still not top of the world. I decided to do this a bit more gradually instead of doing it all at once and assembling. >_> The beta attached looks identical to earlier versions, and it isn't the finished version for 0.008, but it shows the corrected off-by-one error I mentioned earlier and the code generating the scanlines for the P bar is about 1/11th the size of version 0.007. I managed to loop it up with just a few bytes added to one sample line and moving a couple things around to account for the difference in timings.
I guess the majority of the problems with the last attempt were with adding the second bar, since I have to attempt to reposition P0 in a single scanline while maintaining a slightly async playfield. "slightly" in that only PF2 changes during the line I attempt to reposition P0, to keep the item-equipped displaying properly on the right side of the screen.
The next thing I tackle however, will be modifying the status bar so that it properly shows both bars. However both will always read the same value as I won't attempt the sprite repositioning to read the player's Mana/Spell Power for the second bar just yet.
and Happy Halloween!
*edit*
What's that? I didn't mention an off-by-one error earlier? Yeah, that's because I only posted that note to the Atari Age Blog. That particular update wasn't really important so didn't bother crossposting it like I usually do for the ROM entries. :)
I guess the majority of the problems with the last attempt were with adding the second bar, since I have to attempt to reposition P0 in a single scanline while maintaining a slightly async playfield. "slightly" in that only PF2 changes during the line I attempt to reposition P0, to keep the item-equipped displaying properly on the right side of the screen.
The next thing I tackle however, will be modifying the status bar so that it properly shows both bars. However both will always read the same value as I won't attempt the sprite repositioning to read the player's Mana/Spell Power for the second bar just yet.
and Happy Halloween!
*edit*
What's that? I didn't mention an off-by-one error earlier? Yeah, that's because I only posted that note to the Atari Age Blog. That particular update wasn't really important so didn't bother crossposting it like I usually do for the ROM entries. :)
