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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Version analysis of KS4

This code appears in the following versions (click to see it in the source code):

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

       Name: KS4
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Universe

Code variation 1 of 3A variation in the comments only

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Cassette, Flight, 6502SP, Master
Electron
    Summary: Remove the space station and replace it with the sun

    Summary: Remove the space station and replace with a placeholder




.KS4

 JSR ZINF               \ Call ZINF to reset the INWK ship workspace

Code variation 2 of 3Specific to an individual platform

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Cassette, Flight, 6502SP, Master
Electron
 JSR FLFLLS             \ Reset the LSO block, returns with A = 0

 LDA #0                 \ Set A = 0 so we can zero the following flags

Code variation 3 of 3A variation in the comments only

This variation is blank in the Electron version.

Cassette, Flight, 6502SP, Master
 STA FRIN+1             \ Set the second slot in the FRIN table to 0, which
                        \ sets this slot to empty, so when we call NWSHP below
                        \ the new sun that gets created will go into FRIN+1

 STA SSPR               \ Set the "space station present" flag to 0, as we are
                        \ no longer in the space station's safe zone

 JSR SPBLB              \ Call SPBLB to redraw the space station bulb, which
                        \ will erase it from the dashboard

 LDA #6                 \ Set the sun's y_sign to 6
 STA INWK+5

 LDA #129               \ Set A = 129, the ship type for the sun

 JMP NWSHP              \ Call NWSHP to set up the sun's data block and add it
                        \ to FRIN, where it will get put in the second slot as
                        \ we just cleared out the second slot, and the first
                        \ slot is already taken by the planet