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Re: A82: <sigh> Help again)




so that's the other one that screws up... hmph... now that i have all the
roms from 16.0 up, i can test any game on any rom. cool, huh?

oh, yeah, check for misuse of FIND_PIXEL, that was the Poker game's
problem.

-Greg



On Thu, 14 May 1998 19:46:44 EDT ADAMMAN106 <ADAMMAN106@aol.com> writes:
>
>you probably made a stray ROM_CALL where a call should have been used. 
> In
>18.0 calcs or lower, you can use ROM_CALL(GET_KEY) even though it 
>should be
>call GET_KEY.  In 19.0's it will crash (I have experience in these 
>matters :-(
>).  look out for ROM_CALL's where calls should be
>
>~Adamman
>
>In a message dated 98-05-13 23:24:17 EDT, you write:
>
>> ADAMMAN106 wrote:
>>  
>>  > In a message dated 98-05-13 14:52:17 EDT, you write:
>>  >
>>  > > Kouri Rosenberg wrote:
>>  > >
>>  > >  > Why can't I display a group of strings one after each other 
>in menu 
>> font
>>  > >  > like I can with normal font? Example:
>>  > >  >
>>  > >  > paused_msg:
>>  > >  >          .db      "Galaxian 82 v3.0"
>>  > >  >          .db      "---> PAUSED <---"
>>  > >  >          .db      "<ENTER>: Resume "
>>  > >  >          .db      "<+>: Contrast + "
>>  > >  >          .db      "<->: Contrast - "
>>  > >  >          .db      "LIVES --->      "
>>  > >  >          .db      "LEVEL --->      "
>>  > >  >          .db      "SCORE --->",0
>>  > >  >
>>  > >  > All Sam does is ld hl,paused_msg \ ROM_CALL(D_ZT_STR) and it 
>will 
>> display
>>  > >  > all those lines. But for some reason unknown to me, this 
>doesn't
>work 
>> in
>>  > >  > menu font. Whywhywhywhywhy? My life would be so much easier 
>if it
>did.
>>  If
>>  > >  > I am wrong about this, please slap me across the face and 
>tell me 
>> what's
>>  > >  > wrong. Thank you!
>>  > >  >
>>  > >  >
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>>  > >        I had that same problem with my program also.  I forgot 
>how I
>got
>>  > >  around it because it has been so long since I did it.  You can 
>look at
>> my
>>  > >  source for Pente and probably figure it out.  Look at the 
>source for 
>> the
>>  > >  second opening screen and the controls screen.
>>  >
>>  > you have probably heard this, but Pente doesn't work AT ALL on a 
>19.0
>calc.
>>   I
>>  > haven't tried it with my 16, but I assume it works fine.
>>  >
>>  > ~Adamman
>>  
>>        I did not know that it did not work on a 19.0, but I do know 
>it works
>> fine
>>  on my 18.0.  I'll borrow my friends 19.0 and check it out.  Why 
>should the 
>> ROM
>>  ver. make a difference?
>

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