Instant Starfield

[nra]

Hi guys)

One can use STAR X command to move starfield horizontally or vertically, but how about appearing the whole screen of stars at once?

I tried Game Initialize and other events, yetRepeat 255
STAR 1
Endrepeatdoesn't work even after ReDraw... How come?

Also I'm a bit at a loss attempting to colourize simulated fireworks via EXPLODE N, any ideas?

[alessandro]

Hi nra,

I cannot really say anything about the STAR command since I never used it. I guess you should put it in the Main Loop 1 event anyway, because everything you put into Game Initialisation is only executed before the start of the game proper, and STAR needs to be continuously recalled.

But I can tell you the EXPLODE particles just take the INK of the blocks they pass through. Play Seto Taisho Vs Yokai and see it by yourself when Seto "dies".

[nra]

Thank you, Alessandro.
I played the game (btw nice work and cool weapon trick), but didn't load it in AGD.

A wild guess is Jonathan used SPECIALIZATION to save some memory using the same buffer updated in the main game loops. Though it may explain a thing, I would prefer a modular approach, however, adding only used features. Meanwhile there's either a flag/variable sacrifice, or an external/undocumented routine, perhaps.

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

There probably ought to be a way to instantly populate a starfield, remind me to add something to MPAGD.