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Market: tnpr1

[6502 Second Processor version]

Name: tnpr1 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Market Summary: Work out if we have space for one tonne of cargo
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Main flight loop (Part 8 of 16) calls tnpr1

Given a market item, work out whether there is room in the cargo hold for one tonne of this item. For standard tonne canisters, the limit is given by the type of cargo hold we have, with a standard cargo hold having a capacity of 20t and an extended cargo bay being 35t. For items measured in kg (gold, platinum), g (gem-stones) and alien items, the individual limit on each of these is 200 units.
Arguments: A The type of market item (see QQ23 for a list of market item numbers)
Returns: A A = 1 C flag Returns the result: * Set if there is no room for this item * Clear if there is room for this item
.tnpr1 STA QQ29 \ Store the type of market item in QQ29 LDA #1 \ Set the number of units of this market item to 1 \ Fall through into tnpr to work out whether there is \ room in the cargo hold for A tonnes of the item of \ type QQ29