Re: [stella] More serotonin, please

Subject: Re: [stella] More serotonin, please
From: Manuel Polik <cybergoth@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 08:41:07 +0200
Hi Thomas!

>I prefer this version, the ships now behave more 
realistic. You  
>also might be able to reduce the PF width a bit, aren't 
you?

So the current choice is between 2 options:

1. Doing it with the PF, as shown in the quick hack.

Pros: 

- No kernel cycles required

Cons: 

- It'll probably be assymetric. The left part is eaten 
up by the HMOVE lines and when reducing the size, the 
stars come out on the far right edge.

- It's eating a few pixels more than required.

- The color of the cockpit, crosshair, stars is all the 
same.

- I need to change the priority register. The stars are 
_always_ above the sprites then.

2. Doing an ANDing logic inside the kernel

Pros:

- No cockpit drawn (Hey, to me this'd be a "pro" :-))
- None of the Cons of the PF solution

Cons:

- Kernel cycles required (I don't know wether it's 
doable at all...)

- The starfield is displayed on the whole screen, but 
the sprites would start disappearing earlier on the 
borders. Might look strange.

Greetings,
	Manuel

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