Extra screens in 128k pages

[davidzx]

Hello,

I'm currently developing my game (AGDX) using pagination (through additional asm code) to store some extra data on pages.

I would like to know if it is possible to store a block of screens (maps) on page 6 (for example) and exchange this block with the one saved in main memory

For example, the game has 20 screens. When player complete all these screens another 20 screens are loaded from page 6 to main memory, overwriting the previous 20.

I've located the screen pointer at $7D45 and number of screen at $7D12

Thanks

[mas]

I know Ramon has done some work in the recent past with the MPAGD Reloaded that hooks into some of the extra pages of memory available with the Spectrum 128K to make bigger and better games possible; but I like the idea of what your suggesting. I expect the main issue would be how you track the screens on the AGD side of things as swapping them out will most likely mess up any Map or NextLevel type data and you'll have to work out another way to track and change those.

Good luck!

[ramon]

You can do it with MPAGD Reloaded without writing any extra code. If you are interested I will make a video for this case.

[davidzx]

Jul 9, 2024 10:47:56 GMT ramon said:

You can do it with MPAGD Reloaded without writing any extra code. If you are interested I will make a video for this case.

Thanks, but the project is at its last to change to MPAGD

[ramon]

MPAGD Reloads literally the project that you have generated in your MPAGD editor. It's not a new editor. It does a kind of post-production and breaks down the data so that you can combine data from screens, sprites, blocks from various projects. I am recording videos to demonstrate its use.