Thomas Jentzsch wrote:
> Manuel Polik wrote:
> > In Starmaster I found this loop:
> >
> > LDX #$18
> > Loop: STA WSYNC
> > LDA VSYNC
> > NOP
> > NOP
> > NOP
> > NOP
> > DEX
> > BPL Loop
> [snip]
> > Now, I've no clue, what the LDA VSYNC & the NOPs are for...
> > Can someone explain that to me?
> LDA VSYNC is a problem of DiStella, it doesn't show read accesses correct (should be LDA CXM0P). Try the trace-mode of z26, there you will find the right code and some more valuable information.
> The NOPs are used for the following routine, where some player positioning happens (I think, they could have moved those NOPs behind the loop).
Aha! Thanks for the help, now I got it: The LDA CXM0P is really for
nothing, just an instruction taking uneven (3) cycles. I found out that
the subroutine which does the player positioning must start after 15
cycles and you can't do that with just DEX + BPL + x * NOP , they're all
taking even cycles...
Greetings,
Manuel
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