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Hi All, QBITS PIXEL Art ACTION – The latest WIP has Step 3 Part Two – Limited Test of ACTION Settings Attached pdf is just a Quick Guide to Key functions the full Documentation is still being put together. Download UNZIP and load files into your Source Device then LRUN QBITS_PIXART_AGen LOAD files Q...

Hi All, QBITS PIXEL Art ACTION – The latest WIP included Step 3 Part One – setting out Attributes for Action Sprites. Step 3 Part Two – I decided to take a Side Step (no pun intended) to assess Sprite Actions. For this I chose to create a QBITS version of Breakout. This has four elements to explore....

Hi NL_QL_User, Some suggestions You could add [base=RESPR(118) : LBYTES Dev$&Qpipe_bin,base:CALL base] as an option to add the QLIB Q_Pipe I’ve attached copy of Qpipe_bin The Sort could be extended to put the SubDir’s at top of Device DIR listing in win#5. I changed your ‘FAT’ Drive ID to DOS as...

Hi All,

Well A warm and Merry Christmas to all.

The QBITS PIXEL Art Project not complete but still progressing as and when I have time.
To end the Year I’m posting the QBITS Progs Review 2023 with just a minimal number of text tidy ups in line with resent changes.

QBITS

Hi Warren62,

Whether your interest is in hardware or software design or just testing your ingenuity or for nostalgic reasons = Welcome.

QBITS

Hi NL_QL_Usr I applaud your efforts, but are unfamiliar with Q_PIPE on Line 280 when run it is listed us an unknown procedure with my setup. May I also suggest maintain an area bottom of screen for Interpreter command channel#0 keeping this separate from #2 the editor screen while developing code. A...

Hi NL_QL_Usr I like your ONE ARM Bandit. You suggest you’re back on a learning curve with SuperBASIC so hope you don’t mind I have made a few changes to your code. Attached is a jpeg as how it appears with my QPC2 Emulator which extends the colours in mode 4. Further suggestions you could use differ...

Hi all, QBITS PIXArt TGen Part Two Down Load the Zip file and Install QBITSConfig and QBITS_PIXArt_TGen to win1_ or If not, you will need to change ‘win1_’ on line 1002 of QBITS_PIXArt_TGen to your preferred Drive. If it successfully loads and runs then press any key to clear the Help screen and the...

Hi, Well Thank you for your encouraging interest in QBITS Progs and my latest venture QBITS_PIXArt Where did it all start, well Cristian if I have to blame anyone, its probably down to you suggesting I should create a book out of my Progs pdf’s and as you can see things have been progressing. Howeve...

Hi all, Some indecisions on my part have the QBITS PIXEL Art Project languishing in a bit of a Quadri! The PIXEL Art concept for developing a Retro Game was planned as four stages 1 The Sprite Generator with varying bitmap grid sizes. The basics for design having been met, it’s the grid configuratio...