This index contains every subroutine and entry point that appears in the source code for the BBC Micro disc version of Elite, grouped by category. An entry points is a label within a subroutine that is called from outside the subroutine, which typically implements a subset or variation of the functionality of the parent subroutine.
- Charts
- Copy protection
- Dashboard
- Drawing circles
- Drawing lines
- Drawing pixels
- Drawing planets
- Drawing ships
- Drawing suns
- Drawing the screen
- Equipment
- Flight
- Keyboard
- Loader
- Main loop
- Market
- Maths (Arithmetic)
- Maths (Geometry)
- Missions
- Moving
- Save and load
- Ship hangar
- Sound
- Stardust
- Start and end
- Status
- Tactics
- Text
- Universe
- Utility routines
Charts
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| hm (Docked) | Select the closest system and redraw the chart crosshairs |
| hm (Flight) | Select the closest system and redraw the chart crosshairs |
| HME2 (Docked) | Search the galaxy for a system |
| TT103 (Docked) | Draw a small set of crosshairs on a chart |
| TT103 (Flight) | Draw a small set of crosshairs on a chart |
| TT105 (Docked) | Draw crosshairs on the Short-range Chart, with clipping |
| TT105 (Flight) | Draw crosshairs on the Short-range Chart, with clipping |
| TT114 (Flight) | Display either the Long-range or Short-range Chart |
| TT123 (Docked) | Move galactic coordinates by a signed delta |
| TT123 (Flight) | Move galactic coordinates by a signed delta |
| TT16 (Docked) | Move the crosshairs on a chart |
| TT16 (Flight) | Move the crosshairs on a chart |
| TT180 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| TT180 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| TT22 (Docked) | Show the Long-range Chart (red key f4) |
| TT22 (Flight) | Show the Long-range Chart (red key f4) |
| TT23 (Docked) | Show the Short-range Chart (red key f5) |
| TT23 (Flight) | Show the Short-range Chart (red key f5) |
Copy protection
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| BEGIN (Loader 1) | Decrypt the loader code using a rolling EOR that uses the decryption routine itself to seed the decryption |
| CHECK (Loader 3) | Calculate a checksum from two 256-byte portions of the loader code |
| LOAD (Loader 1) | Load a hidden file from disc (not used in this version as disc protection is disabled) |
| LOAD (Loader 2) | This code accesses the disc directly (not used in this version as disc protection is disabled) |
| LOADcode (Loader 2) | LOAD routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0400 to be run |
| OSBmod (Loader 3) | Calculate a checksum on &0F00 to &0FFF (the test is disabled in this version) |
| PROT1 (Loader 3) | Part of the CHKSM copy protection checksum calculation |
| PROT2 (Loader 3) | Part of the CHKSM copy protection checksum calculation |
| PROT3 (Loader 3) | Part of the CHKSM copy protection checksum calculation |
| Unused copy protection routine (Loader 2) | This code doesn't appear to be run in this version |
Dashboard
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| ABORT (Docked) | Disarm missiles and update the dashboard indicators |
| ABORT (Flight) | Disarm missiles and update the dashboard indicators |
| ABORT2 (Docked) | Set/unset the lock target for a missile and update the dashboard |
| ABORT2 (Flight) | Set/unset the lock target for a missile and update the dashboard |
| BULB (Docked) | Draw an indicator bulb on the dashboard |
| BULB (Flight) | Draw an indicator bulb on the dashboard |
| BULB-2 (Docked) | Set the Y screen address |
| BULB-2 (Flight) | Set the Y screen address |
| BUMP2 (Docked) | Bump up the value of the pitch or roll dashboard indicator |
| BUMP2 (Flight) | Bump up the value of the pitch or roll dashboard indicator |
| cntr (Docked) | Apply damping to the pitch or roll dashboard indicator |
| cntr (Flight) | Apply damping to the pitch or roll dashboard indicator |
| COMPAS (Flight) | Update the compass |
| DIALS (Part 1 of 4) (Docked) | Update the dashboard: speed indicator |
| DIALS (Part 1 of 4) (Flight) | Update the dashboard: speed indicator |
| DIALS (Part 2 of 4) (Docked) | Update the dashboard: pitch and roll indicators |
| DIALS (Part 2 of 4) (Flight) | Update the dashboard: pitch and roll indicators |
| DIALS (Part 3 of 4) (Docked) | Update the dashboard: four energy banks |
| DIALS (Part 3 of 4) (Flight) | Update the dashboard: four energy banks |
| DIALS (Part 4 of 4) (Docked) | Update the dashboard: shields, fuel, laser & cabin temp, altitude |
| DIALS (Part 4 of 4) (Flight) | Update the dashboard: shields, fuel, laser & cabin temp, altitude |
| DIL (Docked) | The range of the indicator is 0-16 (for the energy banks) |
| DIL (Flight) | The range of the indicator is 0-16 (for the energy banks) |
| DIL-1 (Docked) | The range of the indicator is 0-32 (for the speed indicator) |
| DIL-1 (Flight) | The range of the indicator is 0-32 (for the speed indicator) |
| DIL2 (Docked) | Update the roll or pitch indicator on the dashboard |
| DIL2 (Flight) | Update the roll or pitch indicator on the dashboard |
| DILX (Docked) | Update a bar-based indicator on the dashboard |
| DILX (Flight) | Update a bar-based indicator on the dashboard |
| DILX+2 (Docked) | The range of the indicator is 0-64 (for the fuel indicator) |
| DILX+2 (Flight) | The range of the indicator is 0-64 (for the fuel indicator) |
| DOT (Flight) | Draw a dash on the compass |
| ECBLB (Flight) | Light up the E.C.M. indicator bulb ("E") on the dashboard |
| ECBLB2 (Flight) | Start up the E.C.M. (light up the indicator, start the countdown and make the E.C.M. sound) |
| MSBAR (Docked) | Draw a specific indicator in the dashboard's missile bar |
| MSBAR (Flight) | Draw a specific indicator in the dashboard's missile bar |
| msblob (Docked) | Display the dashboard's missile indicators in green |
| msblob (Flight) | Display the dashboard's missile indicators in green |
| PZW (Docked) | Fetch the current dashboard colours, to support flashing |
| PZW (Flight) | Fetch the current dashboard colours, to support flashing |
| RE2+2 (Docked) | Restore A from T and return from the subroutine |
| RE2+2 (Flight) | Restore A from T and return from the subroutine |
| RE3+2 (Docked) | Auto-recentre the value in X, if keyboard auto-recentre is configured |
| RE3+2 (Flight) | Auto-recentre the value in X, if keyboard auto-recentre is configured |
| REDU2 (Docked) | Reduce the value of the pitch or roll dashboard indicator |
| REDU2 (Flight) | Reduce the value of the pitch or roll dashboard indicator |
| SCAN (Flight) | Display the current ship on the scanner |
| SCANCOL (Flight) | Set the correct colour on the scanner for the current ship type |
| SP1 (Flight) | Draw the space station on the compass |
| SP2 (Flight) | Draw a dot on the compass, given the planet/station vector |
| SPBLB (Docked) | Light up the space station indicator ("S") on the dashboard |
| SPBLB (Flight) | Light up the space station indicator ("S") on the dashboard |
| WPSHPS (Docked) | Clear the scanner, reset the ball line and sun line heaps |
| WPSHPS (Flight) | Clear the scanner, reset the ball line and sun line heaps |
Drawing circles
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| BLINE (Docked) | Draw a circle segment and add it to the ball line heap |
| BLINE (Flight) | Draw a circle segment and add it to the ball line heap |
| CHKON (Docked) | Check whether any part of a circle appears on the extended screen |
| CHKON (Flight) | Check whether any part of a circle appears on the extended screen |
| CIRCLE (Docked) | Draw a circle for the planet |
| CIRCLE (Flight) | Draw a circle for the planet |
| CIRCLE2 (Docked) | Draw a circle (for the planet or chart) |
| CIRCLE2 (Flight) | Draw a circle (for the planet or chart) |
| HFS1 (Docked) | Don't clear the screen, and draw 8 concentric rings with the step size in STP |
| HFS1 (Flight) | Don't clear the screen, and draw 8 concentric rings with the step size in STP |
| HFS2 (Docked) | Draw the launch or hyperspace tunnel |
| HFS2 (Flight) | Draw the launch or hyperspace tunnel |
| LAUN (Docked) | Make the launch sound and draw the launch tunnel |
| LAUN (Flight) | Make the launch sound and draw the launch tunnel |
| LL164 (Docked) | Make the hyperspace sound and draw the hyperspace tunnel |
| LL164 (Flight) | Make the hyperspace sound and draw the hyperspace tunnel |
| TT128 (Docked) | Draw a circle on a chart |
| TT128 (Flight) | Draw a circle on a chart |
| TT14 (Docked) | Draw a circle with crosshairs on a chart |
| TT14 (Flight) | Draw a circle with crosshairs on a chart |
Drawing lines
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| EDGES (Docked) | Draw a horizontal line given a centre and a half-width |
| EDGES (Flight) | Draw a horizontal line given a centre and a half-width |
| HL6 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| HL6 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| HLOIN (Docked) | Draw a horizontal line from (X1, Y1) to (X2, Y1) |
| HLOIN (Flight) | Draw a horizontal line from (X1, Y1) to (X2, Y1) |
| HLOIN2 (Docked) | Remove a line from the sun line heap and draw it on-screen |
| HLOIN2 (Flight) | Remove a line from the sun line heap and draw it on-screen |
| LASLI (Flight) | Draw the laser lines for when we fire our lasers |
| LASLI-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| LASLI2 (Flight) | Just draw the current laser lines without moving the centre point, draining energy or heating up. This has the effect of removing the lines from the screen |
| LL118 (Docked) | Move a point along a line until it is on-screen |
| LL118 (Flight) | Move a point along a line until it is on-screen |
| LL118-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| LL118-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| LL145 (Part 1 of 4) (Docked) | Clip line: Work out which end-points are on-screen, if any |
| LL145 (Part 1 of 4) (Flight) | Clip line: Work out which end-points are on-screen, if any |
| LL145 (Part 2 of 4) (Docked) | Clip line: Work out if any part of the line is on-screen |
| LL145 (Part 2 of 4) (Flight) | Clip line: Work out if any part of the line is on-screen |
| LL145 (Part 3 of 4) (Docked) | Clip line: Calculate the line's gradient |
| LL145 (Part 3 of 4) (Flight) | Clip line: Calculate the line's gradient |
| LL145 (Part 4 of 4) (Docked) | Clip line: Call the routine in LL188 to do the actual clipping |
| LL145 (Part 4 of 4) (Flight) | Clip line: Call the routine in LL188 to do the actual clipping |
| LL147 (Docked) | Don't initialise the values in SWAP or A |
| LL147 (Flight) | Don't initialise the values in SWAP or A |
| LL30 (Docked) | LL30 is a synonym for LOIN and draws a line from (X1, Y1) to (X2, Y2) |
| LL30 (Flight) | LL30 is a synonym for LOIN and draws a line from (X1, Y1) to (X2, Y2) |
| LOIN (Part 1 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a line: Calculate the line gradient in the form of deltas |
| LOIN (Part 1 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a line: Calculate the line gradient in the form of deltas |
| LOIN (Part 2 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a line: Line has a shallow gradient, step right along x-axis |
| LOIN (Part 2 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a line: Line has a shallow gradient, step right along x-axis |
| LOIN (Part 3 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a shallow line going right and up or left and down |
| LOIN (Part 3 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a shallow line going right and up or left and down |
| LOIN (Part 4 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a shallow line going right and down or left and up |
| LOIN (Part 4 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a shallow line going right and down or left and up |
| LOIN (Part 5 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a line: Line has a steep gradient, step up along y-axis |
| LOIN (Part 5 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a line: Line has a steep gradient, step up along y-axis |
| LOIN (Part 6 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a steep line going up and left or down and right |
| LOIN (Part 6 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a steep line going up and left or down and right |
| LOIN (Part 7 of 7) (Docked) | Draw a steep line going up and right or down and left |
| LOIN (Part 7 of 7) (Flight) | Draw a steep line going up and right or down and left |
| NLIN (Docked) | Draw a horizontal line at pixel row 23 to box in a title |
| NLIN (Flight) | Draw a horizontal line at pixel row 23 to box in a title |
| NLIN2 (Docked) | Draw a screen-wide horizontal line at the pixel row in A |
| NLIN2 (Flight) | Draw a screen-wide horizontal line at the pixel row in A |
| NLIN3 (Docked) | Print a title and draw a horizontal line at row 19 to box it in |
| NLIN3 (Flight) | Print a title and draw a horizontal line at row 19 to box it in |
| NLIN4 (Docked) | Draw a horizontal line at pixel row 19 to box in a title |
| NLIN4 (Flight) | Draw a horizontal line at pixel row 19 to box in a title |
| PL44 (Docked) | Clear the C flag and return from the subroutine |
| TT15 (Docked) | Draw a set of crosshairs |
| TT15 (Flight) | Draw a set of crosshairs |
Drawing pixels
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| CPIX2 (Docked) | Draw a single-height dash on the dashboard |
| CPIX2 (Flight) | Draw a single-height dash on the dashboard |
| CPIX4 (Docked) | Draw a double-height dot on the dashboard |
| CPIX4 (Flight) | Draw a double-height dot on the dashboard |
| out (Loader 3) | Contains an RTS |
| PIX (Loader 3) | Draw a single pixel at a specific coordinate |
| PIXEL (Docked) | Draw a 1-pixel dot, 2-pixel dash or 4-pixel square |
| PIXEL (Flight) | Draw a 1-pixel dot, 2-pixel dash or 4-pixel square |
| PIXEL2 (Docked) | Draw a stardust particle relative to the screen centre |
| PIXEL2 (Flight) | Draw a stardust particle relative to the screen centre |
| PX3 (Docked) | Plot a single pixel at (X, Y) within a character block |
| PX3 (Flight) | Plot a single pixel at (X, Y) within a character block |
| PX4 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| PX4 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
Drawing planets
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| PL2 (Flight) | Remove the planet or sun from the screen |
| PL2-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| PL21 (Docked) | Return from a planet/sun-drawing routine with a failure flag |
| PL21 (Flight) | Return from a planet/sun-drawing routine with a failure flag |
| PL44 (Flight) | Clear the C flag and return from the subroutine |
| PL9 (Part 1 of 3) (Flight) | Draw the planet, with either an equator and meridian, or a crater |
| PL9 (Part 2 of 3) (Flight) | Draw the planet's equator and meridian |
| PL9 (Part 3 of 3) (Flight) | Draw the planet's crater |
| PLANET (Flight) | Draw the planet or sun |
| PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) (Loader 3) | Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the planet) |
| PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) (Loader 3) | Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the stars) |
| PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) (Loader 3) | Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the rings) |
| PLS1 (Flight) | Calculate (Y A) = nosev_x / z |
| PLS2 (Flight) | Draw a half-ellipse |
| PLS22 (Flight) | Draw an ellipse or half-ellipse |
| PLS3 (Flight) | Calculate (Y A P) = 222 * roofv_x / z |
| PLS4 (Flight) | Calculate CNT2 = arctan(P / A) / 4 |
| PLS5 (Flight) | Calculate roofv_x / z and roofv_y / z |
| PLS6 (Flight) | Calculate (X K) = (A P) / (z_sign z_hi z_lo) |
| WP1 (Docked) | Reset the ball line heap |
| WP1 (Flight) | Reset the ball line heap |
| WPLS2 (Flight) | Remove the planet from the screen |
Drawing ships
| |
| DOEXP (Docked) | Draw an exploding ship |
| DOEXP (Flight) | Draw an exploding ship |
| EE51 (Docked) | Remove the current ship from the screen, called from SHPPT before drawing the ship as a point |
| EE51 (Flight) | Remove the current ship from the screen, called from SHPPT before drawing the ship as a point |
| LL10-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| LL10-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| LL66 (Docked) | A re-entry point into the ship-drawing routine, used by the LL62 routine to store 128 - (U R) on the XX3 heap |
| LL66 (Flight) | A re-entry point into the ship-drawing routine, used by the LL62 routine to store 128 - (U R) on the XX3 heap |
| LL70+1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS (as the first byte of an LDA instruction) |
| LL70+1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS (as the first byte of an LDA instruction) |
| LL81+2 (Docked) | Draw the contents of the ship line heap, used to draw the ship as a dot from SHPPT |
| LL81+2 (Flight) | Draw the contents of the ship line heap, used to draw the ship as a dot from SHPPT |
| LL9 (Part 1 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Check if ship is exploding, check if ship is in front |
| LL9 (Part 1 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Check if ship is exploding, check if ship is in front |
| LL9 (Part 2 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Check if ship is in field of view, close enough to draw |
| LL9 (Part 2 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Check if ship is in field of view, close enough to draw |
| LL9 (Part 3 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Set up orientation vector, ship coordinate variables |
| LL9 (Part 3 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Set up orientation vector, ship coordinate variables |
| LL9 (Part 4 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Set visibility for exploding ship (all faces visible) |
| LL9 (Part 4 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Set visibility for exploding ship (all faces visible) |
| LL9 (Part 5 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's faces |
| LL9 (Part 5 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's faces |
| LL9 (Part 6 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's vertices |
| LL9 (Part 6 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's vertices |
| LL9 (Part 7 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's vertices |
| LL9 (Part 7 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's vertices |
| LL9 (Part 8 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Calculate the screen coordinates of visible vertices |
| LL9 (Part 8 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Calculate the screen coordinates of visible vertices |
| LL9 (Part 9 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Draw laser beams if the ship is firing its laser at us |
| LL9 (Part 9 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Draw laser beams if the ship is firing its laser at us |
| LL9 (Part 10 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's edges |
| LL9 (Part 10 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Calculate the visibility of each of the ship's edges |
| LL9 (Part 11 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Add all visible edges to the ship line heap |
| LL9 (Part 11 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Add all visible edges to the ship line heap |
| LL9 (Part 12 of 12) (Docked) | Draw ship: Draw all the visible edges from the ship line heap |
| LL9 (Part 12 of 12) (Flight) | Draw ship: Draw all the visible edges from the ship line heap |
| SHPPT (Docked) | Draw a distant ship as a point in the middle of the screen |
| SHPPT (Flight) | Draw a distant ship as a point rather than a full wireframe |
Drawing suns
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| FLFLLS (Docked) | Reset the sun line heap |
| FLFLLS (Flight) | Reset the sun line heap |
| RTS2 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| RTS2 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| SUN (Part 1 of 4) (Docked) | Draw the sun: Set up all the variables needed to draw the sun |
| SUN (Part 1 of 4) (Flight) | Draw the sun: Set up all the variables needed to draw the sun |
| SUN (Part 2 of 4) (Docked) | Draw the sun: Start from the bottom of the screen and erase the old sun line by line |
| SUN (Part 2 of 4) (Flight) | Draw the sun: Start from the bottom of the screen and erase the old sun line by line |
| SUN (Part 3 of 4) (Docked) | Draw the sun: Continue to move up the screen, drawing the new sun line by line |
| SUN (Part 3 of 4) (Flight) | Draw the sun: Continue to move up the screen, drawing the new sun line by line |
| SUN (Part 4 of 4) (Docked) | Draw the sun: Continue to the top of the screen, erasing the old sun line by line |
| SUN (Part 4 of 4) (Flight) | Draw the sun: Continue to the top of the screen, erasing the old sun line by line |
| WPLS (Docked) | Remove the sun from the screen |
| WPLS (Flight) | Remove the sun from the screen |
| WPLS-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
Drawing the screen
| |
| BOL1-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| BOX (Flight) | Just draw the border and (if this is a space view) the view name. This can be used to remove the border and view name, as it is drawn using EOR logic |
| CLYNS (Docked) | Clear the bottom three text rows of the mode 4 screen |
| CLYNS (Flight) | Clear the bottom three text rows of the mode 4 screen |
| DET1 (Docked) | Show or hide the dashboard (for when we die) |
| DET1 (Flight) | Show or hide the dashboard (for when we die) |
| IRQ1 (Loader 3) | The main screen-mode interrupt handler (IRQ1V points here) |
| LYN (Docked) | Clear most of a row of pixels |
| LYN (Flight) | Clear most of a row of pixels |
| SC5 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| SC5 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| TT66 (Docked) | Clear the screen and set the current view type |
| TT66 (Flight) | Clear the screen and set the current view type |
| TTX66 (Docked) | Clear the top part of the screen and draw a white border |
| TTX66 (Flight) | Clear the top part of the screen and draw a white border |
| WSCAN (Docked) | Wait for the vertical sync |
| WSCAN (Flight) | Wait for the vertical sync |
Equipment
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| c (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| eq (Docked) | Subtract the price of equipment from the cash pot |
| EQSHP (Docked) | Show the Equip Ship screen (red key f3) |
| err (Docked) | Beep, pause and go to the docking bay (i.e. show the Status Mode screen) |
| pres (Docked) | Given an item number A with the item name in recursive token Y, show an error to say that the item is already present, refund the cost of the item, and then beep and exit to the docking bay (i.e. show the Status Mode screen) |
| prx (Docked) | Return the price of a piece of equipment |
| prx-3 (Docked) | Return the price of the item with number A - 1 c Contains an RTS |
| qv (Docked) | Print a menu of the four space views, for buying lasers |
| refund (Docked) | Install a new laser, processing a refund if applicable |
Flight
| |
| DCS1 (Flight) | Calculate the vector from the ideal docking position to the ship |
| DENGY (Docked) | Drain some energy from the energy banks |
| DENGY (Flight) | Drain some energy from the energy banks |
| DOCKIT (Flight) | Apply docking manoeuvres to the ship in INWK |
| DOENTRY (Docked) | Dock at the space station, show the ship hangar and work out any mission progression |
| ee3 (Docked) | Print the hyperspace countdown in the top-left of the screen |
| ee3 (Flight) | Print the hyperspace countdown in the top-left of the screen |
| ESCAPE (Flight) | Launch our escape pod |
| Ghy (Docked) | Perform a galactic hyperspace jump |
| Ghy (Flight) | Perform a galactic hyperspace jump |
| hyp (Docked) | Start the hyperspace process |
| hyp (Flight) | Start the hyperspace process |
| LO2 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| LOOK1 (Flight) | Initialise the space view |
| me1 (Docked) | Erase an old in-flight message and display a new one |
| me1 (Flight) | Erase an old in-flight message and display a new one |
| me2 (Docked) | Remove an in-flight message from the space view |
| me2 (Flight) | Remove an in-flight message from the space view |
| mes9 (Docked) | Print a text token, possibly followed by " DESTROYED" |
| mes9 (Flight) | Print a text token, possibly followed by " DESTROYED" |
| MESS (Docked) | Display an in-flight message |
| MESS (Flight) | Display an in-flight message |
| MJP (Flight) | Process a mis-jump into witchspace |
| OOPS (Flight) | Take some damage |
| ou2 (Flight) | Display "E.C.M.SYSTEM DESTROYED" as an in-flight message |
| ou3 (Flight) | Display "FUEL SCOOPS DESTROYED" as an in-flight message |
| OUCH (Flight) | Potentially lose cargo or equipment following damage |
| ptg (Flight) | Called when the user manually forces a mis-jump |
| PU1 (Flight) | Flip the coordinate axes for the four different views |
| SESCP (Flight) | Spawn an escape pod from the current (parent) ship |
| SHD (Docked) | Charge a shield and drain some energy from the energy banks |
| SHD (Flight) | Charge a shield and drain some energy from the energy banks |
| SIGHT (Docked) | Draw the laser crosshairs |
| SIGHT (Flight) | Draw the laser crosshairs |
| TT110 (Docked) | Launch from a station or show the front space view |
| TT110 (Flight) | Launch from a station or show the front space view |
| TT147 (Docked) | Print an error when a system is out of hyperspace range |
| TT147 (Flight) | Print an error when a system is out of hyperspace range |
| TT18 (Flight) | Try to initiate a jump into hyperspace |
| TTX110 (Docked) | Set the current system to the nearest system and return to hyp |
| TTX110 (Flight) | Set the current system to the nearest system and return to hyp |
| TTX111 (Docked) | Used to rejoin this routine from the call to TTX110 |
| TTX111 (Flight) | Used to rejoin this routine from the call to TTX110 |
| WARP (Flight) | Perform an in-system jump |
| wW (Docked) | Start a hyperspace countdown |
| wW (Flight) | Start a hyperspace countdown |
| zZ+1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| zZ+1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
Keyboard
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| auton (Flight) | Get the docking computer to "press" the flight keys to dock the ship |
| CTRL (Docked) | Scan the keyboard to see if CTRL is currently pressed |
| CTRL (Flight) | Scan the keyboard to see if CTRL is currently pressed |
| DK4 (Docked) | Scan for pause, configuration and secondary flight keys |
| DK4 (Flight) | Scan for pause, configuration and secondary flight keys |
| DK5 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| DK9 (Docked) | Set the Bitstik configuration option to the value in A |
| DKJ1 (Docked) | Read joystick and flight controls |
| DKJ1 (Flight) | Read joystick and flight controls |
| DKS1 (Flight) | Scan the keyboard for a flight key |
| DKS2 (Docked) | Read the joystick position |
| DKS2 (Flight) | Read the joystick position |
| DKS2-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| DKS2-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| DKS3 (Docked) | Toggle a configuration setting and emit a beep |
| DKS3 (Flight) | Toggle a configuration setting and emit a beep |
| DKS4 (Docked) | Scan the keyboard to see if a specific key is being pressed |
| DKS4 (Flight) | Scan the keyboard to see if a specific key is being pressed |
| DOKEY (Docked) | Scan for the joystick |
| DOKEY (Flight) | Scan for the seven primary flight controls and apply the docking computer manoeuvring code |
| FLKB (Docked) | Flush the keyboard buffer |
| FLKB (Flight) | Flush the keyboard buffer |
| KYTB (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| out (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| PAUSE2 (Docked) | Wait until a key is pressed, ignoring any existing key press |
| RDKEY (Docked) | Scan the keyboard for key presses |
| RDKEY (Flight) | Scan the keyboard for key presses |
| T95 (Docked) | Print the distance to the selected system |
| T95 (Flight) | Print the distance to the selected system |
| TT102 (Docked) | Process function key, save key, hyperspace and chart key presses |
| TT102 (Flight) | Process function key, save key, hyperspace and chart key presses and update the hyperspace counter |
| TT17 (Docked) | Scan the keyboard for cursor key or joystick movement |
| TT17 (Flight) | Scan the keyboard for cursor key or joystick movement |
| TT214 (Docked) | Ask a question with a "Y/N?" prompt and return the response |
| TT217 (Docked) | Scan the keyboard until a key is pressed |
| U% (Flight) | Clear the key logger |
Loader
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| BEGIN (Docked) | Initialise the configuration variables and start the game |
| BRBR1 (Loader 3) | Loader break handler: print a newline and the error message, and then hang the computer |
| DEEOR (Docked) | Decrypt the main docked code between &1300 and &5FFF and the main game loop |
| DEEOR (Flight) | Decrypt the main flight code between &1300 and &55FF and jump into the main game loop |
| DOBEGIN (Docked) | Decrypt the main docked code, initialise the configuration variables and start the game |
| DOENTRY (Flight) | Load and run the docked code |
| Elite loader (Loader 1) | Reset vectors, change to mode 7, and load and run the ELITE3 loader |
| Elite loader (Part 1 of 2) (Loader 2) | Various copy protection checks, and make sure there is no Tube |
| Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) (Loader 3) | Set up the split screen mode, move code around, set up the sound envelopes and configure the system |
| Elite loader (Part 2 of 2) (Loader 2) | Load and run the ELITE4 loader |
| Elite loader (Part 2 of 3) (Loader 3) | Include binaries for recursive tokens, Missile blueprint and images |
| Elite loader (Part 3 of 3) (Loader 3) | Include binaries for the loading screen images |
| ENTRY2 (Loader 2) | Re-entry point to continue the loading process from the MPL routine |
| FileHandler (Sideways RAM Loader) | The custom file handler that checks whether OSFILE is loading a ship blueprint file and if so, redirects the load to sideways RAM |
| INBAY (Docked) | An unused routine that is never run |
| INBAY (Flight) | Load and run the main docked code in T.CODE |
| LOAD (Loader 3) | Load the main docked code, set up various vectors, run a checksum and start the game |
| load3 (Loader 1) | Load and run the next part of the loader in the ELITE3 binary |
| LOADcode (Loader 3) | Encrypted LOAD routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0B00 to be run |
| LoadRom (Sideways RAM Loader) | Copy a pre-generated ship blueprints ROM image from address &3400 into sideways RAM |
| loadrom% (Sideways RAM Loader) | Entry point for the ROM-loading routine |
| LOADSCR (Loader 2) | Show the mode 7 Acornsoft loading screen |
| LoadShipFiles (Sideways RAM Loader) | Load all the ship blueprint files into sideways RAM |
| LOGOS (Loader 2) | Print a large Acornsoft logo as part of the loading screen |
| LOMOD (Flight) | Load a new ship blueprints file |
| MakeRom (Sideways RAM Loader) | Create a ROM image in sideways RAM that contains all the ship blueprint files |
| makerom% (Sideways RAM Loader) | Entry point for the routine to create the Elite ROM image in sideways RAM |
| ProcessBlueprint (Sideways RAM Loader) | Process a blueprint entry from the loaded blueprint file, copying the blueprint into sideways RAM if it hasn't already been copied |
| PROT1 (Loader 2) | Various copy protection shenanigans in preparation for showing the Acornsoft loading screen |
| PROT4 (Loader 3) | Fetch the address of the keyboard translation table before carrying on with the copy protection |
| prstr (Loader 2) | Print the NOP-terminated string immediately following the JSR instruction that called the routine |
| RSHIPS (Flight) | Launch from the station, load a new set of ship blueprints and jump into the main game loop |
| SCRAM (Docked) | Decrypt the main docked code, reset the flight variables and start the game |
| SetEdgesOffset (Sideways RAM Loader) | Calculate the edges offset within sideways RAM for the blueprint we are processing and set it in bytes #3 and #16 of the blueprint |
| SHIPinA (Flight) | Load the ship blueprints file specified in A |
| TestBBC (Sideways RAM Loader) | Fetch details on all the ROMs in the BBC Micro (i.e. the host) and populate the sram%, used%, dupl% and eliterom% variables |
| testbbc% (Sideways RAM Loader) | Entry point for the ROM-testing routine |
| TestPro (Sideways RAM Loader) | Test whether we are running this on a co-processor |
| testpro% (Sideways RAM Loader) | Entry point for the co-processor detection routine |
| TVT1code (Loader 3) | Code block at &1100-&11E2 that remains resident in both docked and flight mode (palettes, screen mode routine and commander data) |
Main loop
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| FRCE (Docked) | The entry point for the main game loop if we want to jump straight to a specific screen, by pretending to "press" a key, in which case A contains the internal key number of the key we want to "press" |
| FRCE (Flight) | The entry point for the main game loop if we want to jump straight to a specific screen, by pretending to "press" a key, in which case A contains the internal key number of the key we want to "press" |
| GOIN (Flight) | We jump here from part 3 of the main flight loop if the docking computer is activated by pressing "C" |
| M% (Flight) | The entry point for the main flight loop |
| Main flight loop (Part 1 of 16) (Flight) | Seed the random number generator |
| Main flight loop (Part 2 of 16) (Flight) | Calculate the alpha and beta angles from the current pitch and roll of our ship |
| Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) (Flight) | Scan for flight keys and process the results |
| Main flight loop (Part 4 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Copy the ship's data block from K% to the zero-page workspace at INWK |
| Main flight loop (Part 5 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: If an energy bomb has been set off, potentially kill this ship |
| Main flight loop (Part 6 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Move the ship in space and copy the updated INWK data block back to K% |
| Main flight loop (Part 7 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Check whether we are docking, scooping or colliding with it |
| Main flight loop (Part 8 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Process us potentially scooping this item |
| Main flight loop (Part 9 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: If it is a space station, check whether we are successfully docking with it |
| Main flight loop (Part 10 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Remove if scooped, or process collisions |
| Main flight loop (Part 11 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Process missile lock and firing our laser |
| Main flight loop (Part 12 of 16) (Flight) | For each nearby ship: Draw the ship, remove if killed, loop back |
| Main flight loop (Part 13 of 16) (Flight) | Show energy bomb effect, charge shields and energy banks |
| Main flight loop (Part 14 of 16) (Flight) | Spawn a space station if we are close enough to the planet |
| Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) (Flight) | Perform altitude checks with the planet and sun and process fuel scooping if appropriate |
| Main flight loop (Part 16 of 16) (Flight) | Process laser pulsing, E.C.M. energy drain, call stardust routine |
| Main game loop (Part 1 of 6) (Flight) | Spawn a trader (a Cobra Mk III, Python, Boa or Anaconda) |
| Main game loop (Part 2 of 6) (Docked) | Potentially spawn a trader, an asteroid, or a cargo canister (though this has no effect when docked) |
| Main game loop (Part 2 of 6) (Flight) | Call the main flight loop, and potentially spawn a trader, an asteroid, or a cargo canister |
| Main game loop (Part 3 of 6) (Flight) | Potentially spawn a cop, particularly if we've been bad |
| Main game loop (Part 4 of 6) (Flight) | Potentially spawn a lone bounty hunter or up to four pirates |
| Main game loop (Part 5 of 6) (Docked) | Cool down lasers, make calls to update the dashboard |
| Main game loop (Part 5 of 6) (Flight) | Cool down lasers, make calls to update the dashboard |
| Main game loop (Part 6 of 6) (Docked) | Process non-flight key presses (red function keys, docked keys) |
| Main game loop (Part 6 of 6) (Flight) | Process non-flight key presses (red function keys, docked keys) |
| MAL1 (Flight) | Marks the beginning of the ship analysis loop, so we can jump back here from part 12 of the main flight loop to work our way through each ship in the local bubble. We also jump back here when a ship is removed from the bubble, so we can continue processing from the next ship |
| me3 (Docked) | Used by me2 to jump back into the main game loop after printing an in-flight message |
| me3 (Flight) | Used by me2 to jump back into the main game loop after printing an in-flight message |
| MLOOP (Docked) | The entry point for the main game loop. This entry point comes after the call to the main flight loop and spawning routines, so it marks the start of the main game loop for when we are docked (as we don't need to call the main flight loop or spawning routines if we aren't in space) |
| MLOOP (Flight) | The entry point for the main game loop. This entry point comes after the call to the main flight loop and spawning routines, so it marks the start of the main game loop for when we are docked (as we don't need to call the main flight loop or spawning routines if we aren't in space) |
| TT100 (Docked) | The entry point for the start of the main game loop, which calls the main flight loop and the moves into the spawning routine |
| TT100 (Flight) | The entry point for the start of the main game loop, which calls the main flight loop and the moves into the spawning routine |
Market
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| BAY2 (Docked) | Jump into the main loop at FRCE, setting the key "pressed" to red key f9 (so we show the Inventory screen) |
| dn (Docked) | Print the amount of money we have left in the cash pot, then make a short, high beep and delay for 1 second |
| gnum (Docked) | Get a number from the keyboard |
| NWDAV4 (Docked) | Print an "ITEM?" error, make a beep and rejoin the TT210 routine |
| NWDAVxx (Docked) | Used to rejoin this routine from the call to NWDAV4 |
| tnpr (Docked) | Work out if we have space for a specific amount of cargo |
| tnpr (Flight) | Work out if we have space for a specific amount of cargo |
| tnpr1 (Flight) | Work out if we have space for one tonne of cargo |
| TT151 (Docked) | Print the name, price and availability of a market item |
| TT151 (Flight) | Print the name, price and availability of a market item |
| TT152 (Docked) | Print the unit ("t", "kg" or "g") for a market item |
| TT152 (Flight) | Print the unit ("t", "kg" or "g") for a market item |
| TT160 (Docked) | Print "t" (for tonne) and a space |
| TT160 (Flight) | Print "t" (for tonne) and a space |
| TT161 (Docked) | Print "kg" (for kilograms) |
| TT161 (Flight) | Print "kg" (for kilograms) |
| TT163 (Docked) | Print the headers for the table of market prices |
| TT163 (Flight) | Print the headers for the table of market prices |
| TT167 (Docked) | Show the Market Price screen (red key f7) |
| TT167 (Flight) | Show the Market Price screen (red key f7) |
| TT16a (Docked) | Print "g" (for grams) |
| TT16a (Flight) | Print "g" (for grams) |
| TT208 (Docked) | Show the Sell Cargo screen (red key f2) |
| TT210 (Docked) | Show a list of current cargo in our hold, optionally to sell |
| TT210 (Flight) | Show a list of current cargo in our hold, optionally to sell |
| TT213 (Docked) | Show the Inventory screen (red key f9) |
| TT213 (Flight) | Show the Inventory screen (red key f9) |
| TT219 (Docked) | Show the Buy Cargo screen (red key f1) |
| var (Docked) | Calculate QQ19+3 = economy * |economic_factor| |
| var (Flight) | Calculate QQ19+3 = economy * |economic_factor| |
Maths (Arithmetic)
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| ADD (Docked) | Calculate (A X) = (A P) + (S R) |
| ADD (Flight) | Calculate (A X) = (A P) + (S R) |
| DORND (Docked) | Generate random numbers |
| DORND (Flight) | Generate random numbers |
| DORND (Loader 3) | Generate random numbers |
| DORND2 (Docked) | Make sure the C flag doesn't affect the outcome |
| DORND2 (Flight) | Make sure the C flag doesn't affect the outcome |
| DV41 (Docked) | Calculate (P R) = 256 * DELTA / A |
| DV41 (Flight) | Calculate (P R) = 256 * DELTA / A |
| DV42 (Docked) | Calculate (P R) = 256 * DELTA / z_hi |
| DV42 (Flight) | Calculate (P R) = 256 * DELTA / z_hi |
| DVID3B2 (Docked) | Calculate K(3 2 1 0) = (A P+1 P) / (z_sign z_hi z_lo) |
| DVID3B2 (Flight) | Calculate K(3 2 1 0) = (A P+1 P) / (z_sign z_hi z_lo) |
| DVID4 (Docked) | Calculate (P R) = 256 * A / Q |
| DVID4 (Flight) | Calculate (P R) = 256 * A / Q |
| DVIDT (Docked) | Calculate (P+1 A) = (A P) / Q |
| DVIDT (Flight) | Calculate (P+1 A) = (A P) / Q |
| FMLTU (Docked) | Calculate A = A * Q / 256 |
| FMLTU (Flight) | Calculate A = A * Q / 256 |
| FMLTU2 (Docked) | Calculate A = K * sin(A) |
| FMLTU2 (Flight) | Calculate A = K * sin(A) |
| GC2 (Docked) | Calculate (Y X) = (A P) * 4 |
| GC2 (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = (A P) * 4 |
| GCASH (Docked) | Calculate (Y X) = P * Q * 4 |
| GCASH (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = P * Q * 4 |
| LCASH (Docked) | Subtract an amount of cash from the cash pot |
| LL120 (Docked) | Calculate (Y X) = (S x1_lo) * XX12+2 or (S x1_lo) / XX12+2 |
| LL120 (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = (S x1_lo) * XX12+2 or (S x1_lo) / XX12+2 |
| LL121 (Docked) | Calculate (Y X) = (S R) / Q and set the sign to the opposite of the top byte on the stack |
| LL121 (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = (S R) / Q and set the sign to the opposite of the top byte on the stack |
| LL122 (Docked) | Calculate (Y X) = (S R) * Q and set the sign to the opposite of the top byte on the stack |
| LL122 (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = (S R) * Q and set the sign to the opposite of the top byte on the stack |
| LL123 (Docked) | Calculate (Y X) = (S R) / XX12+2 or (S R) * XX12+2 |
| LL123 (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = (S R) / XX12+2 or (S R) * XX12+2 |
| LL128 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| LL128 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| LL129 (Docked) | Calculate Q = XX12+2, A = S EOR XX12+3 and (S R) = |S R| |
| LL129 (Flight) | Calculate Q = XX12+2, A = S EOR XX12+3 and (S R) = |S R| |
| LL133 (Docked) | Negate (Y X) and return from the subroutine LL128 Contains an RTS |
| LL133 (Flight) | Negate (Y X) and return from the subroutine LL128 Contains an RTS |
| LL28 (Docked) | Calculate R = 256 * A / Q |
| LL28 (Flight) | Calculate R = 256 * A / Q |
| LL28+4 (Docked) | Skips the A >= Q check and always returns with C flag cleared, so this can be called if we know the division will work |
| LL28+4 (Flight) | Skips the A >= Q check and always returns with C flag cleared, so this can be called if we know the division will work |
| LL31 (Docked) | Skips the A >= Q check and does not set the R counter, so this can be used for jumping straight into the division loop if R is already set to 254 and we know the division will work |
| LL31 (Flight) | Skips the A >= Q check and does not set the R counter, so this can be used for jumping straight into the division loop if R is already set to 254 and we know the division will work |
| LL38 (Docked) | Calculate (S A) = (S R) + (A Q) |
| LL38 (Flight) | Calculate (S A) = (S R) + (A Q) |
| LL5 (Docked) | Calculate Q = SQRT(R Q) |
| LL5 (Flight) | Calculate Q = SQRT(R Q) |
| LL61 (Docked) | Calculate (U R) = 256 * A / Q |
| LL61 (Flight) | Calculate (U R) = 256 * A / Q |
| LL62 (Docked) | Calculate 128 - (U R) |
| LL62 (Flight) | Calculate 128 - (U R) |
| MAD (Docked) | Calculate (A X) = Q * A + (S R) |
| MAD (Flight) | Calculate (A X) = Q * A + (S R) |
| MAS3 (Flight) | Calculate A = x_hi^2 + y_hi^2 + z_hi^2 in the K% block |
| MCASH (Docked) | Add an amount of cash to the cash pot |
| MCASH (Flight) | Add an amount of cash to the cash pot |
| MLS1 (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = ALP1 * A |
| MLS2 (Docked) | Calculate (S R) = XX(1 0) and (A P) = A * ALP1 |
| MLS2 (Flight) | Calculate (S R) = XX(1 0) and (A P) = A * ALP1 |
| MLTU2 (Docked) | Calculate (A P+1 P) = (A ~P) * Q |
| MLTU2 (Flight) | Calculate (A P+1 P) = (A ~P) * Q |
| MLTU2-2 (Docked) | Set Q to X, so this calculates (A P+1 P) = (A ~P) * X |
| MLTU2-2 (Flight) | Set Q to X, so this calculates (A P+1 P) = (A ~P) * X |
| MLU1 (Docked) | Calculate Y1 = y_hi and (A P) = |y_hi| * Q for Y-th stardust |
| MLU1 (Flight) | Calculate Y1 = y_hi and (A P) = |y_hi| * Q for Y-th stardust |
| MLU2 (Docked) | Calculate (A P) = |A| * Q |
| MLU2 (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = |A| * Q |
| MU1 (Docked) | Copy X into P and A, and clear the C flag |
| MU1 (Flight) | Copy X into P and A, and clear the C flag |
| MU11 (Docked) | Calculate (A P) = P * X |
| MU11 (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = P * X |
| MU5 (Docked) | Set K(3 2 1 0) = (A A A A) and clear the C flag |
| MU5 (Flight) | Set K(3 2 1 0) = (A A A A) and clear the C flag |
| MU6 (Docked) | Set P(1 0) = (A A) |
| MU6 (Flight) | Set P(1 0) = (A A) |
| MULT1 (Docked) | Calculate (A P) = Q * A |
| MULT1 (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = Q * A |
| MULT12 (Docked) | Calculate (S R) = Q * A |
| MULT12 (Flight) | Calculate (S R) = Q * A |
| MULT3 (Flight) | Calculate K(3 2 1 0) = (A P+1 P) * Q |
| MULTS-2 (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = X * A |
| MULTU (Docked) | Calculate (A P) = P * Q |
| MULTU (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = P * Q |
| MUT1 (Docked) | Calculate R = XX and (A P) = Q * A |
| MUT1 (Flight) | Calculate R = XX and (A P) = Q * A |
| MUT2 (Docked) | Calculate (S R) = XX(1 0) and (A P) = Q * A |
| MUT2 (Flight) | Calculate (S R) = XX(1 0) and (A P) = Q * A |
| MUT3 (Docked) | An unused routine that does the same as MUT2 |
| MUT3 (Flight) | An unused routine that does the same as MUT2 |
| PIX1 (Docked) | Calculate (YY+1 SYL+Y) = (A P) + (S R) and draw stardust particle |
| PIX1 (Flight) | Calculate (YY+1 SYL+Y) = (A P) + (S R) and draw stardust particle |
| ROOT (Loader 3) | Calculate ZP = SQRT(ZP(1 0)) |
| SPS2 (Flight) | Calculate (Y X) = A / 10 |
| SQUA (Docked) | Clear bit 7 of A and calculate (A P) = A * A |
| SQUA (Flight) | Clear bit 7 of A and calculate (A P) = A * A |
| SQUA2 (Docked) | Calculate (A P) = A * A |
| SQUA2 (Flight) | Calculate (A P) = A * A |
| SQUA2 (Loader 3) | Calculate (A P) = A * A |
| TAS1 (Flight) | Calculate K3 = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) - V(1 0) |
| TIS1 (Docked) | Calculate (A ?) = (-X * A + (S R)) / 96 |
| TIS1 (Flight) | Calculate (A ?) = (-X * A + (S R)) / 96 |
| TIS2 (Docked) | Calculate A = A / Q |
| TIS2 (Flight) | Calculate A = A / Q |
| TIS3 (Docked) | Calculate -(nosev_1 * roofv_1 + nosev_2 * roofv_2) / nosev_3 |
| TIS3 (Flight) | Calculate -(nosev_1 * roofv_1 + nosev_2 * roofv_2) / nosev_3 |
| TT113 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| TT113 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| Unused duplicate of MULTU (Docked) | An unused duplicate of the MULTU routine |
| Unused duplicate of MULTU (Flight) | An unused duplicate of the MULTU routine |
| VCSU1 (Flight) | Calculate vector K3(8 0) = [x y z] - coordinates of the sun or space station |
| VCSUB (Flight) | Calculate vector K3(8 0) = [x y z] - coordinates in (A V) |
Maths (Geometry)
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| ARCTAN (Flight) | Calculate A = arctan(P / Q) |
| FAROF (Flight) | Compare x_hi, y_hi and z_hi with 224 |
| FAROF2 (Flight) | Compare x_hi, y_hi and z_hi with A |
| LL51 (Docked) | Calculate the dot product of XX15 and XX16 |
| LL51 (Flight) | Calculate the dot product of XX15 and XX16 |
| m (Flight) | Do not include A in the calculation |
| MA9 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| MAS1 (Flight) | Add an orientation vector coordinate to an INWK coordinate |
| MAS2 (Flight) | Calculate a cap on the maximum distance to the planet or sun |
| MAS4 (Flight) | Calculate a cap on the maximum distance to a ship |
| NO1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| NO1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| NORM (Docked) | Normalise the three-coordinate vector in XX15 |
| NORM (Flight) | Normalise the three-coordinate vector in XX15 |
| PROJ (Flight) | Project the current ship or planet onto the screen |
| SPS1 (Docked) | Calculate the vector to the planet and store it in XX15 |
| SPS1 (Flight) | Calculate the vector to the planet and store it in XX15 |
| SPS1+1 (Docked) | A BRK instruction |
| SPS1+1 (Flight) | A BRK instruction |
| SPS3 (Docked) | Copy a space coordinate from the K% block into K3 |
| SPS3 (Flight) | Copy a space coordinate from the K% block into K3 |
| SPS4 (Flight) | Calculate the vector to the space station |
| TA2 (Docked) | Calculate the length of the vector in XX15 (ignoring the low coordinates), returning it in Q |
| TA2 (Flight) | Calculate the length of the vector in XX15 (ignoring the low coordinates), returning it in Q |
| TAS2 (Docked) | Normalise the three-coordinate vector in K3 |
| TAS2 (Flight) | Normalise the three-coordinate vector in K3 |
| TAS3 (Docked) | Calculate the dot product of XX15 and an orientation vector |
| TAS3 (Flight) | Calculate the dot product of XX15 and an orientation vector |
| TAS3-2 (Flight) | Calculate nosev . XX15 |
| TAS4 (Flight) | Calculate the dot product of XX15 and one of the space station's orientation vectors |
| TAS6 (Flight) | Negate the vector in XX15 so it points in the opposite direction |
| TIDY (Docked) | Orthonormalise the orientation vectors for a ship |
| TIDY (Flight) | Orthonormalise the orientation vectors for a ship |
Missions
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| BRIEF (Docked) | Start mission 1 and show the mission briefing |
| BRIEF2 (Docked) | Start mission 2 |
| BRIEF3 (Docked) | Receive the briefing and plans for mission 2 |
| BRIS (Docked) | Clear the screen, display "INCOMING MESSAGE" and wait for 2 seconds |
| BRP (Docked) | Print an extended token and show the Status Mode screen |
| BRPS (Docked) | Print the extended token in A, show the Status Mode screen and return from the subroutine |
| DEBRIEF (Docked) | Finish mission 1 |
| DEBRIEF2 (Docked) | Finish mission 2 |
| PAS1 (Docked) | Display a rotating ship at space coordinates (0, 112, 256) and scan the keyboard |
| PAUSE (Docked) | Display a rotating ship, waiting until a key is pressed, then remove the ship from the screen |
| THERE (Flight) | Check whether we are in the Constrictor's system in mission 1 |
Moving
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| MV40 (Flight) | Rotate the planet or sun's location in space by the amount of pitch and roll of our ship |
| MV45 (Flight) | Rejoin the MVEIT routine after the rotation, tactics and scanner code |
| MVEIT (Part 1 of 9) (Docked) | Move current ship: Tidy the orientation vectors |
| MVEIT (Part 1 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Tidy the orientation vectors |
| MVEIT (Part 2 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Call tactics routine, remove ship from scanner |
| MVEIT (Part 3 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Move ship forward according to its speed |
| MVEIT (Part 4 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Apply acceleration to ship's speed as a one-off |
| MVEIT (Part 5 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Rotate ship's location by our pitch and roll |
| MVEIT (Part 6 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Move the ship in space according to our speed |
| MVEIT (Part 7 of 9) (Docked) | Move current ship: Rotate ship's orientation vectors by pitch/roll |
| MVEIT (Part 7 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Rotate ship's orientation vectors by pitch/roll |
| MVEIT (Part 8 of 9) (Docked) | Move current ship: Rotate ship about itself by its own pitch/roll |
| MVEIT (Part 8 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Rotate ship about itself by its own pitch/roll |
| MVEIT (Part 9 of 9) (Docked) | Move current ship: Redraw on scanner, if it hasn't been destroyed |
| MVEIT (Part 9 of 9) (Flight) | Move current ship: Redraw on scanner, if it hasn't been destroyed |
| MVS4 (Docked) | Apply pitch and roll to an orientation vector |
| MVS4 (Flight) | Apply pitch and roll to an orientation vector |
| MVS5 (Docked) | Apply a 3.6 degree pitch or roll to an orientation vector |
| MVS5 (Flight) | Apply a 3.6 degree pitch or roll to an orientation vector |
| MVT1 (Docked) | Calculate (x_sign x_hi x_lo) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) + (A R) |
| MVT1 (Flight) | Calculate (x_sign x_hi x_lo) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) + (A R) |
| MVT1-2 (Docked) | Clear bits 0-6 of A before entering MVT1 |
| MVT1-2 (Flight) | Clear bits 0-6 of A before entering MVT1 |
| MVT3 (Docked) | Calculate K(3 2 1) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) + K(3 2 1) |
| MVT3 (Flight) | Calculate K(3 2 1) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) + K(3 2 1) |
| MVT6 (Docked) | Calculate (A P+2 P+1) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) + (A P+2 P+1) |
| MVT6 (Flight) | Calculate (A P+2 P+1) = (x_sign x_hi x_lo) + (A P+2 P+1) |
| SFS2 (Flight) | Move a ship in space along one of the coordinate axes |
Save and load
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| BRKBK (Docked) | Set the standard BRKV handler for the game |
| CAT (Docked) | Catalogue a disc, wait for a key press and display the disc access menu |
| CATD (Loader 3) | Load disc sectors 0 and 1 to &0E00 and &0F00 respectively |
| CATDcode (Loader 3) | The CATD routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0D7A to be run |
| CATS (Docked) | Ask for a disc drive number and print a catalogue of that drive |
| CHECK (Docked) | Calculate the checksum for the last saved commander data block |
| DELT (Docked) | Catalogue a disc, ask for a filename to delete, and delete the file |
| DELT-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| GTDRV (Docked) | Get an ASCII disc drive number from the keyboard |
| GTNME (Docked) | Skip the delay at the start of the routine |
| GTNMEW (Docked) | Fetch the name of a commander file to save or load |
| LOD (Docked) | Load a commander file |
| LOR (Docked) | Set the C flag and return from the subroutine |
| MEBRK (Docked) | The BRKV handler for disc access operations |
| QUS1 (Docked) | Save or load the commander file |
| retry (Docked) | Scan the keyboard until a key is pressed and display the disc access menu |
| SVE (Docked) | Save the commander file |
| TR1 (Docked) | Copy the last saved commander's name from NA% to INWK |
| TRNME (Docked) | Copy the last saved commander's name from INWK to NA% |
Ship hangar
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| HA1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| HA3 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| HALL (Docked) | Draw the ships in the ship hangar, then draw the hangar |
| HANGER (Docked) | Display the ship hangar |
| HAS1 (Docked) | Draw a ship in the ship hangar |
| HAS2 (Docked) | Draw a hangar background line from left to right |
| HAS3 (Docked) | Draw a hangar background line from right to left |
| UNWISE (Docked) | Switch the main line-drawing routine between EOR and OR logic |
Sound
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| BEEP (Docked) | Make a short, high beep |
| BEEP (Flight) | Make a short, high beep |
| BELL (Docked) | Make a standard system beep |
| BELL (Flight) | Make a standard system beep |
| ECMOF (Docked) | Switch off the E.C.M. |
| ECMOF (Flight) | Switch off the E.C.M. |
| EXNO (Docked) | Make the sound of a laser strike or ship explosion |
| EXNO (Flight) | Make the sound of a laser strike or ship explosion |
| EXNO-2 (Docked) | Set X = 7 and fall through into EXNO to make the sound of a ship exploding |
| EXNO-2 (Flight) | Set X = 7 and fall through into EXNO to make the sound of a ship exploding |
| EXNO3 (Docked) | Make an explosion sound |
| EXNO3 (Flight) | Make an explosion sound |
| NO3 (Docked) | Make a sound from a prepared sound block |
| NO3 (Flight) | Make a sound from a prepared sound block |
| NOISE (Docked) | Make the sound whose number is in A |
| NOISE (Flight) | Make the sound whose number is in A |
| NOS1 (Docked) | Prepare a sound block |
| NOS1 (Flight) | Prepare a sound block |
Stardust
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| FLIP (Docked) | Reflect the stardust particles in the screen diagonal and redraw the stardust field |
| FLIP (Flight) | Reflect the stardust particles in the screen diagonal and redraw the stardust field |
| nWq (Flight) | Create a random cloud of stardust |
| NWSTARS (Flight) | Initialise the stardust field |
| STARS (Flight) | The main routine for processing the stardust |
| STARS1 (Flight) | Process the stardust for the front view |
| STARS2 (Flight) | Process the stardust for the left or right view |
| STARS6 (Flight) | Process the stardust for the rear view |
Start and end
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| BR1 (Part 1 of 2) (Docked) | Show the "Load New Commander (Y/N)?" screen and start the game |
| BR1 (Part 2 of 2) (Docked) | Show the "Press Fire or Space, Commander" screen and start the game |
| DEATH (Flight) | Display the death screen |
| DEATH2 (Docked) | Reset most of the game and restart from the title screen |
| DEATH2 (Flight) | Reset most of the game and restart from the title screen |
| DFAULT (Docked) | Reset the current commander data block to the last saved commander |
| QU5 (Docked) | Restart the game using the last saved commander without asking whether to load a new commander file |
| RES2 (Docked) | Reset a number of flight variables and workspaces |
| RES2 (Flight) | Reset a number of flight variables and workspaces |
| RESET (Docked) | Reset most variables |
| RESET (Flight) | Reset most variables |
| TITLE (Docked) | Display a title screen with a rotating ship and prompt |
| TT170 (Docked) | Main entry point for the Elite game code |
Status
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| BAD (Docked) | Calculate how bad we have been |
| BAD (Flight) | Calculate how bad we have been |
| BAY (Docked) | Go to the docking bay (i.e. show the Status Mode screen) |
| cmn (Docked) | Print the commander's name |
| cmn (Flight) | Print the commander's name |
| cmn-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| cmn-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| csh (Docked) | Print the current amount of cash |
| csh (Flight) | Print the current amount of cash |
| EXNO2 (Docked) | Process us making a kill |
| EXNO2 (Flight) | Process us making a kill |
| fwl (Docked) | Print fuel and cash levels |
| fwl (Flight) | Print fuel and cash levels |
| STATUS (Docked) | Show the Status Mode screen (red key f8) |
| STATUS (Flight) | Show the Status Mode screen (red key f8) |
Tactics
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| ANGRY (Flight) | Make a ship hostile |
| fq1 (Flight) | Used to add a cargo canister to the universe |
| FR1 (Flight) | Display the "missile jammed" message |
| FR1-2 (Flight) | Clear the C flag and return from the subroutine |
| FRMIS (Flight) | Fire a missile from our ship |
| FRS1 (Flight) | Launch a ship straight ahead of us, below the laser sights |
| GOPL (Flight) | Make the ship head towards the planet |
| HI1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| HITCH (Flight) | Work out if the ship in INWK is in our crosshairs |
| SFRMIS (Flight) | Add an enemy missile to our local bubble of universe |
| TA151 (Flight) | Make the ship head towards the planet TA9-1 Contains an RTS |
| TA9-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| TACTICS (Part 1 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Process missiles, both enemy missiles and our own |
| TACTICS (Part 2 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Escape pod, station, lone Thargon, safe-zone pirate |
| TACTICS (Part 3 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Calculate dot product to determine ship's aim |
| TACTICS (Part 4 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Check energy levels, maybe launch escape pod if low |
| TACTICS (Part 5 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Consider whether to launch a missile at us |
| TACTICS (Part 6 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Consider firing a laser at us, if aim is true |
| TACTICS (Part 7 of 7) (Flight) | Apply tactics: Set pitch, roll, and acceleration |
Text
| |
| BPRNT (Docked) | Print a 32-bit number, left-padded to a specific number of digits, with an optional decimal point |
| BPRNT (Flight) | Print a 32-bit number, left-padded to a specific number of digits, with an optional decimal point |
| CHPR (Docked) | Print a character at the text cursor by poking into screen memory |
| crlf (Docked) | Tab to column 21 and print a colon |
| crlf (Flight) | Tab to column 21 and print a colon |
| DASC (Docked) | DASC does exactly the same as TT26 and prints a character at the text cursor, with support for verified text in extended tokens |
| DETOK (Docked) | Print an extended recursive token from the TKN1 token table |
| DETOK2 (Docked) | Print an extended text token (1-255) |
| DETOK3 (Docked) | Print an extended recursive token from the RUTOK token table |
| dn2 (Docked) | Make a short, high beep and delay for 1 second |
| DTEN (Docked) | Print recursive token number X from the token table pointed to by (A V), used to print tokens from the RUTOK table via calls to DETOK3 |
| DTS (Docked) | Print a single letter in the correct case |
| ex (Docked) | Print a recursive token |
| ex (Flight) | Print a recursive token |
| FEED (Docked) | Print a newline |
| MT1 (Docked) | Switch to ALL CAPS when printing extended tokens |
| MT13 (Docked) | Switch to lower case when printing extended tokens |
| MT14 (Docked) | Switch to justified text when printing extended tokens |
| MT15 (Docked) | Switch to left-aligned text when printing extended tokens |
| MT16 (Docked) | Print the character in variable DTW7 |
| MT17 (Docked) | Print the selected system's adjective, e.g. Lavian for Lave |
| MT18 (Docked) | Print a random 1-8 letter word in Sentence Case |
| MT19 (Docked) | Capitalise the next letter |
| MT2 (Docked) | Switch to Sentence Case when printing extended tokens |
| MT23 (Docked) | Move to row 10, switch to white text, and switch to lower case when printing extended tokens |
| MT26 (Docked) | Fetch a line of text from the keyboard |
| MT27 (Docked) | Print the captain's name during mission briefings |
| MT28 (Docked) | Print the location hint during the mission 1 briefing |
| MT29 (Docked) | Move to row 6, switch to white text, and switch to lower case when printing extended tokens |
| MT5 (Docked) | Switch to extended tokens |
| MT6 (Docked) | Switch to standard tokens in Sentence Case |
| MT8 (Docked) | Tab to column 6 and start a new word when printing extended tokens |
| MT9 (Docked) | Clear the screen and set the current view type to 1 |
| plf (Docked) | Print a text token followed by a newline |
| plf (Flight) | Print a text token followed by a newline |
| plf2 (Docked) | Print text followed by a newline and indent of 6 characters |
| plf2 (Flight) | Print text followed by a newline and indent of 6 characters |
| pr2 (Docked) | Print an 8-bit number, left-padded to 3 digits, and optional point |
| pr2 (Flight) | Print an 8-bit number, left-padded to 3 digits, and optional point |
| pr2+2 (Docked) | Print the 8-bit number in X to the number of digits in A |
| pr2+2 (Flight) | Print the 8-bit number in X to the number of digits in A |
| pr5 (Docked) | Print a 16-bit number, left-padded to 5 digits, and optional point |
| pr5 (Flight) | Print a 16-bit number, left-padded to 5 digits, and optional point |
| pr6 (Docked) | Print 16-bit number, left-padded to 5 digits, no point |
| pr6 (Flight) | Print 16-bit number, left-padded to 5 digits, no point |
| prq (Docked) | Print a text token followed by a question mark |
| prq (Flight) | Print a text token followed by a question mark |
| prq+3 (Docked) | Print a question mark |
| prq+3 (Flight) | Print a question mark |
| qw (Docked) | Print a recursive token in the range 128-145 |
| qw (Flight) | Print a recursive token in the range 128-145 |
| R5-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| RREN (Docked) | Prints the character definition pointed to by P(2 1) at the screen address pointed to by (A SC). Used by the BULB routine |
| RREN (Flight) | Prints the character definition pointed to by P(2 1) at the screen address pointed to by (A SC). Used by the BULB routine |
| rT9 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| rT9 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| spc (Docked) | Print a text token followed by a space |
| spc (Flight) | Print a text token followed by a space |
| TT11 (Docked) | Print a 16-bit number, left-padded to n digits, and optional point |
| TT11 (Flight) | Print a 16-bit number, left-padded to n digits, and optional point |
| TT162 (Docked) | Print a space |
| TT162 (Flight) | Print a space |
| TT162+2 (Docked) | Jump to TT27 to print the text token in A |
| TT162+2 (Flight) | Jump to TT27 to print the text token in A |
| TT26 (Docked) | Print a character at the text cursor, with support for verified text in extended tokens |
| TT26 (Flight) | Print a character at the text cursor by poking into screen memory |
| TT27 (Docked) | Print a text token |
| TT27 (Flight) | Print a text token |
| TT41 (Docked) | Print a letter according to Sentence Case |
| TT41 (Flight) | Print a letter according to Sentence Case |
| TT42 (Docked) | Print a letter in lower case |
| TT42 (Flight) | Print a letter in lower case |
| TT43 (Docked) | Print a two-letter token or recursive token 0-95 |
| TT43 (Flight) | Print a two-letter token or recursive token 0-95 |
| TT44 (Docked) | Jumps to TT26 to print the character in A (used to enable us to use a branch instruction to jump to TT26) |
| TT44 (Flight) | Jumps to TT26 to print the character in A (used to enable us to use a branch instruction to jump to TT26) |
| TT45 (Docked) | Print a letter in lower case |
| TT45 (Flight) | Print a letter in lower case |
| TT46 (Docked) | Print a character and switch to capitals |
| TT46 (Flight) | Print a character and switch to capitals |
| TT48 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| TT48 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| TT60 (Docked) | Print a text token and a paragraph break |
| TT60 (Flight) | Print a text token and a paragraph break |
| TT67 (Docked) | Print a newline |
| TT67 (Flight) | Print a newline |
| TT68 (Docked) | Print a text token followed by a colon |
| TT68 (Flight) | Print a text token followed by a colon |
| TT69 (Docked) | Set Sentence Case and print a newline |
| TT69 (Flight) | Set Sentence Case and print a newline |
| TT73 (Docked) | Print a colon |
| TT73 (Flight) | Print a colon |
| TT74 (Docked) | Print a character |
| TT74 (Flight) | Print a character |
| TTX69 (Docked) | Print a paragraph break |
| TTX69 (Flight) | Print a paragraph break |
| VOWEL (Docked) | Test whether a character is a vowel |
Universe
| |
| cpl (Docked) | Print the selected system name |
| cpl (Flight) | Print the selected system name |
| GINF (Docked) | Fetch the address of a ship's data block into INF |
| GINF (Flight) | Fetch the address of a ship's data block into INF |
| GTHG (Flight) | Spawn a Thargoid ship and a Thargon companion |
| GVL (Flight) | Calculate the availability of market items |
| hy5 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| hy5 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| hyp1 (Docked) | Process a jump to the system closest to (QQ9, QQ10) |
| hyp1 (Flight) | Process a jump to the system closest to (QQ9, QQ10) |
| hyp1+3 (Docked) | Jump straight to the system at (QQ9, QQ10) without first calculating which system is closest. We do this if we already know that (QQ9, QQ10) points to a system |
| hyp1+3 (Flight) | Jump straight to the system at (QQ9, QQ10) without first calculating which system is closest. We do this if we already know that (QQ9, QQ10) points to a system |
| hyR (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| jmp (Docked) | Set the current system to the selected system |
| jmp (Flight) | Set the current system to the selected system |
| KILLSHP (Flight) | Remove a ship from our local bubble of universe |
| KS1 (Flight) | Remove the current ship from our local bubble of universe |
| KS2 (Flight) | Check the local bubble for missiles with target lock |
| KS3 (Flight) | Set the SLSP ship line heap pointer after shuffling ship slots |
| KS4 (Flight) | Remove the space station and replace it with the sun |
| NwS1 (Docked) | Flip the sign and double an INWK byte |
| NwS1 (Flight) | Flip the sign and double an INWK byte |
| NWSHP (Docked) | Add a new ship to our local bubble of universe |
| NWSHP (Flight) | Add a new ship to our local bubble of universe |
| NWSPS (Flight) | Add a new space station to our local bubble of universe |
| oh (Flight) | Contains an RTS SPIN2 Remove any randomness: spawn cargo of a specific type (given in X), and always spawn the number given in A |
| PDESC (Docked) | Print the system's extended description or a mission 1 directive |
| ping (Docked) | Set the selected system to the current system |
| ping (Flight) | Set the selected system to the current system |
| SFS1 (Flight) | Spawn a child ship from the current (parent) ship |
| SFS1-2 (Flight) | Add a missile to the local bubble that has AI enabled, is hostile, but has no E.C.M. |
| SOLAR (Flight) | Set up various aspects of arriving in a new system |
| SOS1 (Flight) | Update the missile indicators, set up the planet data block |
| SPIN (Flight) | Randomly spawn cargo from a destroyed ship |
| SPIN2 (Flight) | Remove any randomness: spawn cargo of a specific type (given in X), and always spawn the number given in A |
| tal (Docked) | Print the current galaxy number |
| tal (Flight) | Print the current galaxy number |
| TT111 (Docked) | Set the current system to the nearest system to a point |
| TT111 (Flight) | Set the current system to the nearest system to a point |
| TT111-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| TT111-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| TT146 (Docked) | Print the distance to the selected system in light years |
| TT146 (Flight) | Print the distance to the selected system in light years |
| TT20 (Docked) | Twist the selected system's seeds four times |
| TT20 (Flight) | Twist the selected system's seeds four times |
| TT24 (Docked) | Calculate system data from the system seeds |
| TT24 (Flight) | Calculate system data from the system seeds |
| TT25 (Docked) | Show the Data on System screen (red key f6) |
| TT25 (Flight) | Show the Data on System screen (red key f6) |
| TT54 (Docked) | Twist the selected system's seeds |
| TT54 (Flight) | Twist the selected system's seeds |
| TT70 (Docked) | Display "MAINLY " and jump to TT72 |
| TT70 (Flight) | Display "MAINLY " and jump to TT72 |
| TT72 (Docked) | Used by TT70 to re-enter the routine after displaying "MAINLY" for the economy type |
| TT72 (Flight) | Used by TT70 to re-enter the routine after displaying "MAINLY" for the economy type |
| TT81 (Docked) | Set the selected system's seeds to those of system 0 |
| TT81 (Flight) | Set the selected system's seeds to those of system 0 |
| ypl (Docked) | Print the current system name |
| ypl (Flight) | Print the current system name |
| ypl-1 (Docked) | Contains an RTS |
| ypl-1 (Flight) | Contains an RTS |
| Ze (Docked) | Initialise the INWK workspace to a hostile ship |
| Ze (Flight) | Initialise the INWK workspace to a hostile ship |
| ZINF (Docked) | Reset the INWK workspace and orientation vectors |
| ZINF (Flight) | Reset the INWK workspace and orientation vectors |
Utility routines
| |
| BRBR (Docked) | The standard BRKV handler for the game |
| DELAY (Docked) | Wait for a specified time, in 1/50s of a second |
| DELAY (Flight) | Wait for a specified time, in 1/50s of a second |
| FX200 (Docked) | Set the behaviour of the ESCAPE and BREAK keys |
| GTNMES (Docked) | An unused routine that fetches the name of a commander file |
| MPL (Loader 2) | Move two pages of memory from LOADcode to LOAD and jump to ENTRY2 |
| MVBL (Loader 3) | Decrypt and move a multi-page block of memory |
| MVPG (Loader 3) | Decrypt and move a page of memory |
| OSB (Loader 3) | A convenience routine for calling OSBYTE with Y = 0 |
| ZEBC (Docked) | Zero-fill pages &B and &C |
| ZERO (Docked) | Reset the local bubble of universe and ship status |
| ZERO (Flight) | Reset the local bubble of universe and ship status |
| ZES1 (Docked) | Zero-fill the page whose number is in X |
| ZES1 (Flight) | Zero-fill the page whose number is in X |
| ZES2 (Docked) | Zero-fill a specific page |
| ZES2 (Flight) | Zero-fill a specific page |