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nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:27 pm
by funkheld
hello, good day.
I did a test.
fill the entire screen with "B".
nxtbasic is slow.
when the screen is scrolled to the right with the "E" key, the top 5 lines flicker. I fixed this with "sleep 1" in the basic of the x16.
how can I get rid of the flickering here in nxtbasic?
thanks.
greeting
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SCREEN 128
gosub ascii
z=255
StartEdit:
Loop:
Key$=GET
if Key$="Q" then GOSUB links
if Key$="E" then GOSUB rechts
Goto loop
end
links:
print " LINKS"
return
rechts:
z=z-1
if z=-1 then
z=255
u=u-1
Poke $9F38,u
endif
Poke $9F37,z
return
ascii:
For d= 1 to 8000
VPoke 1,$b000+d+1,2
VPoke 1,$b000+d,0*16+2
next d
return
Re: nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:09 pm
by unartic
Here is an example which fills the screen in a blink. I also added the left and right scrolling. The SLEEP 0 makes nxtBasic wait until the 'electronbeam' is in VBLANK, so this should prevent the filcker.
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SCREEN 128
FILLSCREEN 0
gosub ascii
HScroll=0
ScrollAmount = 3
StartEdit:
Loop:
Key$=GET
if Key$="Q" then GOSUB links
if Key$="E" then GOSUB rechts
Goto loop
end
links:
if HScroll>ScrollAmount then
HScroll=HScroll-ScrollAmount
SLEEP 0
POKEN $9F37,CHR$(HScroll MOD 256) + CHR$(HScroll/256)
end if
return
rechts:
HScroll=HScroll+ScrollAmount
SLEEP 0
POKEN $9F37,CHR$(HScroll MOD 256) + CHR$(HScroll/256)
return
ascii:
line$ = SPC(256) 'this way 256 bytes are reservers, so no relocation of string space needed
line$=""
for i = 1 to 128
'Build a string of 128 pairs of letter B CHR$(2) and a color byte CHR$(2)
line$ = line$ + CHR$(2) + CHR$(2)
next
'VPOKE a line at a time
For d= 0 to GETROWS()-1
VPOKEN 1,$b000 + (d*256),line$
next d
return
Re: nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:05 pm
by funkheld
hello, that works wonderfully.
there is no more flickering.
the execution speed has increased.
you programmed it well, thank you.
greetings.
Re: nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:17 am
by funkheld
1 byte always appears at the top left.
You can see it better with cls.
I can't get rid of the byte.
Thanks.
greeting
Re: nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:17 am
by unartic
Yes, you have to ignore that for the moment
nxtBasic uses vera fx for very fast multiplication for which the result is written to vram, currently at address $00000. I have to move it to a non-visble part of memory. I'll make sure that happens with the next release.
So for now: just ignore it, it will go away
Re: nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:17 pm
by funkheld
hello, thank you for your great help.
when I try something new at the age of 76 jahr , I always have a lot of questions.
greetings
Re: nxtBasic : first 5 lines flicker ih the screen
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:26 pm
by mortarm
I'd say when anybody tries anything new, they're gonna have a lot of questions.