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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Universe: UNIV

[NES version, Bank 7]

       Name: UNIV                                                    [Show more]
       Type: Variable
   Category: Universe
    Summary: Table of pointers to the local universe's ship data blocks
  Deep dive: The local bubble of universe

    Context: See this variable in context in the source code
 References: This variable is used as follows:
             * GINF uses UNIV
             * KILLSHP uses UNIV
             * KS2 uses UNIV
             * TACTICS (Part 1 of 7) uses UNIV




 See the deep dive on "Ship data blocks" for details on ship data blocks, and
 the deep dive on "The local bubble of universe" for details of how Elite
 stores the local universe in K%, FRIN and UNIV.

 Note that in the NES version, there are four extra bytes at the end of each K%
 block that don't form part of the core ship block, so each ship in K% contains
 NIK% = NI% + 4 bytes, rather than NI%.



.UNIV

 FOR I%, 0, NOSH

  EQUW K% + I% * NIK%   ; Address of block no. I%, of size NIK%, in workspace K%

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