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00000B50: 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D                                    |****.           |

..^U:CBM.   P O K E L E S S    S P R I T
 E S..           BY JARED GROTH..FROM CO
MMODORE MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1988..    WHY 
IS IT THAT THE KEYWORDS POKE.AND PEEK SE
EM TO STRIKE FEAR INTO THE.HEARTS OF BAS
IC PROGRAMMERS -- EVEN.GOOD ONES?  MAYBE
 IT'S BECAUSE POKE.AND PEEK ARE TWO KEYW
ORDS THAT DON'T.TRANSLATE FROM ONE MACHI
NE TO.ANOTHER.  WITH THESE PROGRAMMERS I
N.MIND, JARED GROTH HAS WRITTEN A.SMALL 
ML ROUTINE THAT STAYS HIDDEN IN.HIGH MEM
ORY AND ALLOWS YOU TO PROGRAM.SPRITES US
ING VARIABLES INSTEAD OF.POKES...    IF 
YOU HAVE DONE ANY PROGRAMMING.ON THE C64
 YOU KNOW ABOUT RESERVED.VARIABLES LIKE 
ST, TI AND FN.  WITH.POKELESS SPRITES AC
TIVATED THERE ARE.SEVERAL MORE.  THESE V
ARIABLES, WHICH.ARE SUBSCRIPTED WITH THE
 NUMBER OF.THE SPRITE YOU ARE DEALING WI
TH, COME.IN TWO 'CLASSES'...    CLASS ON
E VARIABLES DEAL WITH.COLOR AND POSITION
.  INSTEAD OF.SETTING THE SPRITE POINTER
 FOR SPRITE.0 WITH A POKE2040,XXX COMMAN
D YOU USE.THIS, P%(0)=XXX.  TO MAKE SPRI
TE 0'S.COLOR PURPLE, USE THIS COMMAND,.C
%(0)=4.  OTHER CLASS ONE VARIABLES.ARE X
%(X) AND Y%(X), FOR POSITION,.AND M1%(X)
 AND M2%(X) FOR MULTICOLOR.ONE AND TWO..
.    CLASS TWO VARIABLES ARE THOSE.RESER
VED VARIABLES THAT CAN ONLY HAVE.VALUES 
OF 0 OR 1.  E%(3)=1 WILL TURN.SPRITE 3 O
N.  E%(3)=0 WILL TURN IT.OFF.  H%(X) CON
TROLS HORIZONTAL.EXPANSION AND V%(X) CON
TROLS VERTICAL.EXPANSION.  M%(X) TURNS M
ULTICOLOR.MODE ON AND OFF AND B%(X) SETS
 SPRITE.X'S PRIORITY OVER THE BACKGROUND
...    THERE IS NO ERROR-TRAPPING TO.CHE
CK IF THE VALUES YOU GIVE TO THE.RESERVE
D VARIABLES ARE OUT OF RANGE..IF YOU MOV
E SCREEN MEMORY, YOU CAN.STILL USE POKEL
ESS SPRITES IF YOU.POKE53207,LOW:POKE532
08,HIGH WHERE.LOW AND HIGH ARE THE NEW A
DDRESS OF.THE POINTER FOR SPRITE 0...   
 HERE ARE THE RESERVED VARIABLES.AGAIN W
ITH THEIR RANGE AND PURPOSE...NAME   RAN
GE  PURPOSE..P%(X)  0-255  SETS POINTER 
VALUE.C%(X)  0-255  SETS COLOR VALUE.X%(
X)  0-511  SETS X COORDINATE.Y%(X)  0-25
5  SETS Y COORDINATE.M1%(X) 0-255  SETS 
MULTICOLOR 1 VALUE.M2%(X) 0-255  SETS MU
LTICOLOR 2 VALUE.E%(X)  0-1    TURNS SPR
ITIES ON/OFF.H%(X)  0-1    HORIZONTAL EX
PANSION.V%(X)  0-1    VERTICAL EXPANSION
.M%(X)  0-1    MULTICOLOR MODE ON/OFF.B%
(X)  0-1    SETS BACKGROUND PRIORITY... 
   POKELESS SPRITES WORKS BY.MODIFYING B
ASIC THROUGH A BANK-.SWITCHING TECHNIQUE
.  FOR MORE ABOUT.THIS TECHNIQUE SEE THI
S MONTH'S BYTES.ARTICLE.  THE ROM THAT C
ONTAINS ALL.OF THE BASIC KEYWORDS IS WRI
TTEN TO.RAM WHERE IT IS MODIFIED TO ACCE
PT.THE NEW VARIABLES THAT ARE USED BY.PO
KELESS SPRITES.  DON'T TRY TO USE.THE RA
M UNDER ROM WHILE YOU ARE USING.THIS ROU
TINE!..    ROUTINES LIKE THIS ARE TERRIF
IC.FOR WRITING PROGRAMS FOR YOUR OWN.USE
.  IF YOU ARE WRITING FOR PUBLIC.CONSUMP
TION I RECOMMEND KEEPING.THINGS AS STRAI
GHTFORWARD AS POSSIBLE,.BUT THEN MAYBE T
HAT'S JUST THE EDITOR.IN ME TALKING....D
ISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES..POKELESS   
        POKELESS.O.T.POKELESS..        *
*** END OF TEXT ****.

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