Hi there!
I know Eckhard and John will probably kill me for
suggestion more features for Z26 right now :-), but it's
only two and probably very simple!
(And I have to post them now, before I forget :-))
1. Scoping the log.
At times I probably only want to now how certain areas
of the code *behave*
So maybe, when activating the log I could specify a
range for the PC, and only what happens within this
range will be traced.
The other thing is even simpler -
2. stable framerate
While mode 9 is an ok thing for the quick glance, it's
almost impossible to play the game a while and
constantly check the scannline count at the same time.
Besides playing the game makes more sense in the normal
view mode.
So maybe something like this works: After z26 is certain
about a desired constant scannline rate, for example
262, it could probably change the background color to
white once after a frame was drawn with more or less
than 262 colors.
One could just sit down and playtest the game and would
automatically notice when for a certain situation the
VBLANK or Overscan calculation time was too long.
Greetings,
Manuel
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