*******************¢*Sprite Editor 1.2*¢*******************¢¢¢I. Introduction¢***************¢Sprite Editor (SE) is a little tool ¢for making animated sprites with some ¢new features. Main of them are: 26 ¢positions, independent colors for ¢each position, integrated editor & ¢animator, nice design :) and ¢(hopefuly) easy manipulation. You can ¢quess why did I do it... Hm, why. ¢Some months ago (october 2000) I ¢became an idea to make a cool game ¢for our little Atari, but I needed ¢some tool just for making animated ¢sprites. I found only one: Sprite ¢I_don't_know_what :) by ¢Lufa/Satantronic which was ...uhm... ¢very primitive (sorry ;-) So I ¢started with coding THIS :) SE is ¢ofcoz freeware!¢¢II. Function overview¢*********************¢¢Editor:¢¢1,2,3,4 - Set sprite¢--------------------¢No comment :)¢¢5,6,7,8 - Set color¢-------------------¢UP/DOWN - select shade of sprite¢LEFT/RIGHT - select the color of ¢sprite¢RETURN - confirm colors¢¢Arrows - Move cursor¢--------------------¢No comment :)¢¢CONTROL+Arrows - Move sprite¢----------------------------¢Hold CONTROL and move cursor - you ¢will move (rotate) the whole sprite¢¢SHIFT+Arrows - (Un)draw line¢----------------------------¢Hold SHIFT and move the cursor - you ¢will draw a line¢¢SPACE - (Un)draw point¢----------------------¢No comment :)¢¢H - Horizontal mirror¢---------------------¢Mirrors the actual sprite by X-Axis. ¢It's depend on 'Big Windows' settings ¢(look at 'B' key)¢¢V - Vertical mirror¢-------------------¢Mirrors the actual sprite by Y-Axis¢¢I - Invert¢----------¢Inverts the actual sprite - $10 or ¢$20 bytes long (look at 'B' key)¢¢INSERT - Copy¢-------------¢Copy the complete position ($20 ¢bytes) incl. colors to the another ¢one¢¢DEL - Erase sprite¢------------------¢Erase the actual sprite - $10 or $20 ¢bytes (look at 'B' key)¢¢CLEAR - Erase position¢----------------------¢Erase the complete position ($20 ¢bytes). The colors will be preserved¢¢SHIFT+CLEAR - Erase all¢-----------------------¢Erase all positions and set the ¢color of actual sprite to all ¢positions¢¢P - Position select¢-------------------¢You can enter A-Z, 26 positions at ¢all...¢¢B - Big windows toggle¢----------------------¢You can change the actual size of ¢sprite - $10 (16) or $20 (32) bytes. ¢So you can edit bigger sprites than ¢can be on the screen (using ¢CONTROL+UP/DOWN)¢¢W - 2 windows toggle¢--------------------¢Here you can set 2 windows - it's ¢useful when you need wider sprite ¢than 8 bits. Of course you can have ¢max. of 2 sprites in one window¢¢TAB - Next window¢-----------------¢Works only if 2 windows are active. ¢In the 1st window you can use sprite ¢1 or 2, in 2nd window sprite 3 or 4¢¢M - Animator¢------------¢Exit to the Animator (the data & ¢flags will be not changed... of ¢course :)¢¢ESC - Quit to DOS¢-----------------¢No comment :)¢¢CTRL+D - Change actual device¢-----------------------------¢You can type whole name of device ¢(e.g. D1) or just first letter and ¢press RETURN if number is OK¢¢CTRL+L - Load¢-------------¢SE looks for PM.DAT and COL.DAT files ¢in actual directory and loads them¢¢CTRL+S - Save¢-------------¢Saves actual players and colors. In ¢fact it's simple memory dump from ¢$3800 to $44ff (PM.DAT) and from ¢$3400 to $3467 (COL.DAT)¢¢Note: sometimes, bcoz of bad ¢synchronisation may be fonts and DLI ¢after i/o operations corrupted. ¢Simply go to Animator and back to ¢Editor (M key) and nice design is ¢back :-) I'm very sorry for this, but ¢it's harder to fix it as you could ¢think :-)¢¢¢Animator:¢¢Animator is 2nd part of my work. It's ¢simplier than Editor, because it was ¢coded during 3-4 days. Very nice ¢feature is 'parallel' running - you ¢can change speed, size, definition, ¢etc during playing animation! I was ¢very suprised when I found it ;-)¢¢D - Define animation¢--------------------¢Now you can enter letters which ¢represent the position. Maximum is ¢80, you can use DELETE. After typing ¢press RETURN¢¢R - Run animation¢-----------------¢Pressing 'R' you stop/run playing the ¢animation. If you have set 2 windows, ¢it will be detected and sprites 1/2 ¢will be played next to 3/4 ¢¢S - Speed option¢----------------¢1 = positions are changed each ¢Vertical Blank¢2 = positions are changed each second ¢Vertical Blank¢3 = positions are changed each fourth ¢Vertical Blank¢4 = positions are changed each eighth ¢Vertical Blank¢¢Z - Size of sprites¢-------------------¢It can be normal, double or quad¢¢C - Size correction¢-------------------¢ON = corrects the shape of pixels (to ¢be squares)¢OFF = classic Atari representation: 1 ¢pixel is 1 scan line wide¢¢O - Collisions¢--------------¢ON = result of collision of sprite 1 ¢and 2 or sprite 3 and 4 is 3rd color¢OFF = no collisions, sprite 1 has got ¢the highest priority, sprite 4 the ¢lowest¢¢M - Editor¢----------¢Exit to the Editor, animation is ¢stopped¢¢ESC - Quit to DOS¢-----------------¢No comment :)¢¢¢III. Hardware requirements¢**************************¢Nothing special - each 8-bit Atari ¢(PAL/NTSC) with 48 kB of memory. ¢Tested also under Atari800Win ¢emulator...¢¢¢IV. Sprites & colors in the memory¢**********************************¢$3800: sprite 1, position A¢$3820: sprite 2, position A¢$3840: sprite 3, position A¢$3860: sprite 4, position A¢$3880: sprite 1, position B ... etc ¢to $44FF¢¢$3400: color of sprite 1, position A¢$3401: color of sprite 2, position A¢$3402: color of sprite 3, position A¢$3403: color of sprite 4, position A¢$3404: color of sprite 1, position B ¢... etc to $3467¢¢It's very simple to make any routine ¢for replaying... if you have any ¢problems, contact me, OK?¢¢¢V. Future plans¢***************¢Game for Atari XE/F030 - with IMO ¢very original idea, but it will be ¢very hard to code... Probably for 320 ¢kB and probably after Falcon ¢version...¢Demo/intro/anything_for_the_scene for ¢Atari XE/F030, especially Falcon !!!¢¢VI. Contact¢***********¢Bug reports, improvements, ideas, ¢money :) send to:¢¢Smail: Miro Kropacek¢ Budatinska 23¢ Bratislava¢ 851 05¢ Slovakia¢ Europe ;-)¢¢Email: mk20432@decef.elf.stuba.sk or¢ mikro@atlantis.sk (only in ¢ emergency :)¢¢¢VII. Greetings¢**************¢Big hello goes to:¢¢XI, Dodo, Lufa, Jookie of Satantronic¢Jiri Bernasek aka BEWESOFT¢Zdenek Burian of FLOP¢Radek Sterba aka RASTER¢Tiger of New Generation¢BLB of Cobra¢Lewis of Aids¢Vasco of Tristesse¢Dely of Atari Area¢Mad Butcher of F2¢and all others who keep our Atari ¢scene alive...¢¢VIII. History¢*************¢v1.0 [07/2001] - first official ¢release¢¢v1.1 [3.8.2001] - sprite animator ¢fixed; options like size or ¢correction are now unchanged after ¢switching to editor¢¢v1.2 [6.8.2002] - added save/load ¢function. I was too lazy, but Raster ¢and Mad Butcher kicked me to do it:-) ¢Btw look at release date - 1 year ¢after 1.1 version (in fact I didn't ¢do ANYTHING on little XE... well, ¢Falcon rulez more than XE :-)¢¢I hope, you'll enjoy this little tool ¢and wait for my next productions !¢¢MiKRO, 6.8.2002, Bratislava/Slovakia
