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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Save and load: ResetCommander

[NES version, Bank 6]

       Name: ResetCommander                                          [Show more]
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Save and load
    Summary: Reset the current commander to the default "JAMESON" commander

    Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code
 References: This subroutine is called as follows:
             * ResetCommander_b6 calls ResetCommander




.ResetCommander

 JSR JAMESON            ; Copy the default "JAMESON" commander to the buffer at
                        ; currentSlot

 LDX #79                ; We now want to copy 78 bytes from the buffer at
                        ; currentSlot to the current commander at NAME, so
                        ; set a byte counter in X (which counts down from 79 to
                        ; 1 as we copy bytes 78 to 0)

.resc1

 LDA currentSlot-1,X    ; Copy byte X-1 from currentSlot to byte X-1 of NAME
 STA NAME-1,X

 DEX                    ; Decrement the byte counter

 BNE resc1              ; Loop back until we have copied all 78 bytes

 RTS                    ; Return from the subroutine