VGA Driver with cursor / sprites

Agent420

So I'm currently working on a Space Invaders type clock, but it will use an older vga lcd monitor rather than the composite ntsc video.

I'm currently using this 1024 x 768 Tile Driver w/ Cursor driver obtained from Rayslogic fantastic site.· As it was written by Chip, I'm not sure why this isn't in the Exchange either - it's a great foundation !!

Anyway, things are progressing nicely, I am able to use both internal and custom fonts plus 16 x 16 4 color tiles and a custom mouse cursor all at the same time with little trouble (his bitmap and font utilities are fab!).

I'm thinking of trying to adapt the cursor code to a more flexible sprite type option so that some of the game elements can be smoothly scolled easily, and I have a couple of ideas towards that end.· But before I reinvent the wheel I figured I'd check in and see if anybody has run across anything similar...· I want to stay with the 1024 x 768 resolution and I don't want to go full bitmap because I want the memory space for program logic.·

Any ideas?· I'm having some trouble getting many results through the forum search.

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Rayman

I kinda have something in my Chess program that might work... But, I think that is for the regular VGA mode and may need some work to get it to work in XGA... It's a little flaky though, you cannot update the screen while the mouse is showing... You have to hide the mouse, update the screen, and then show the mouse again to make it bullet-proof...

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My Prop Info&Apps: ·http://www.rayslogic.com/propeller/propeller.htm

Agent420

I might have huffed too many solder fumes last night... I don't see a link to your chess app anywhere?

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trodoss

Prop Chess - VGA (Rayman)
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=817111

Agent420

· Thanks.

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