Re: [stella] Re: 2600Cookbook - exact horizontal positioning

[Manuel Rotschkar <cybergoth@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi there!

Am Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:33:16 -0500 schrieb Erik Mooney <erik@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> "Andrew Davie" <atari2600@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > It's not *mine* I stole it from
> > http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/200403/msg00260.html
> > (R.Mundschau) who independantly invented it.  It was also discovered by
> > Manuel, who noticed it in Battlezone (I think).

> Actually, Mr. Mundschau's version does have a significant
> advantage over Battlezone.  By using a lookup table for the HMxx
> value rather than calculating it with four shifts, it fits
> (almost) entirely into one scanline.

The technique I'm using in Star Fire successfully positions two sprites at 
once in a single scanline since november 2002... ;-)

http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/200211/msg00165.html

Greetings,
	Manuel
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