Making Sprites?

[EnderWiggin]

I heard of using paint to make sprites, but how is that possible.
Also, how do you store sprites, I couldn't understand how that stuff works either

[Basjuh]

download calcgs from ticalc.org its a sprite studio... make them with that

[DigiTan]

I say CalcGS is the best sprite prog under the sun! It's also good for making titlescreens and tilemaps. You can also import .gif and .jpegs for more detailed pictures.

[DarkerLine]

What's so hard about using the TI itself or typing in 64 binary digits?

[EnderWiggin]

Where or how do you type in 64 binary digits?

[Arcane Wizard]

0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000->Str0

That would be a blanc sprite.

[EnderWiggin]

how do you display that then?

[Darth Android]

ah, yes, but that can be reduced to 0000000000000000->Str1
if you move from bianary to hex, that is

[Arcane Wizard]

[EnderWiggin]

I get data type error and it goes to the 64 0-> Str0

[Arcane Wizard]

Use "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000->Str0

[EnderWiggin]

[QUOTE]64 0-> Str0

I meant 64 zeros ->Str0

[EnderWiggin]

alright, i understand now
To use that do I have do that to every sprite in a program?

[Arcane Wizard]

No, you could have all the sprites in a string and use a different offset for each one.

There's many ways anyway, so you should try many alternatives and stick with the one you like most.

[EnderWiggin]

Does CALC GS have a tutorial I can see?

[DigiTan]

Now wait a minute... Are we talking about making sprites in BASIC or ASM?

[EnderWiggin]

BASIC, I haven't learned Assembly just yet.
I know it's supposed to be slow but with CODEX I heard it went very fast

[DigiTan]

Oh, well if its BASIC I'd try the method Arcane mentioned. I used to draw my sprites out on graph paper first, for easy 0/1 entry.

[EnderWiggin]

What would the prgm look like to make a made up 8*8 sprite move accross the screen?

Once I get the idea I can make it up again and play around until I find everything about it

[Jedd]

The fastest way to do sprites in pure BASIC is in a seperate program. Using two variables for the location of the sprite, for example A and B, draw the sprite with Line( and PtOn( commands. For example:

If S=4
Then
Line(A,B,A+7,B-7
Line(A+7,B,A,B-7
End

Would draw an X on the screen at coordinates A,B if the sprite # is 4. Now make a whole program with a bunch of If statements and you can run it from the main program any time you want to draw a sprite. To speed it up, put the most common sprites in the beginning of the program and put a Return before each End.

Codex and Omnicalc work too, read the manuals for help with those.