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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Compare code for features of BBC Micro disc Elite

The following table shows code variations that are unique to the BBC Micro disc version.

Click on a name to see all the code differences for that part of the codebase, or click on an individual variation to focus on that particular feature.

NameComments
HALL
Ship hangar
  • The ship hangar has a 50% chance of displaying a group of ships, and a 50% chance of displaying a solitary ship. In the disc version, this latter option can display no ship at all, or it can show a solitary cargo canister, Shuttle, Transporter, Cobra Mk III, Python, Viper or Krait; in the advanced versions there is always a ship, and it's a Sidewinder, Mamba, Krait or Adder.
HATB
Ship hangar
  • In the disc version, the third ship hangar group (of four) consists of a Transporter on the right and a Cobra Mk III on the left, while in the advanced versions the third group has a Viper on the right and a Krait on the left.
RUTOK
Text
  • The disc version has a system description override for Anreer in galaxy 3: "THE INHABITANTS OF ANREER ARE SO AMAZINGLY PRIMITIVE THAT THEY STILL THINK STILL THINK A*****R IS A PRETTY NEAT GAME". The advanced versions have a different override: "THE INHABITANTS OF ANREER ARE SO AMAZINGLY PRIMITIVE THAT THEY STILL THINK ***** ****** IS 3D".
SFS1
Universe
  • In the disc version only, child ships that are spawned from a parent inherit the hostile, pirate and docking NEWB flags, meaning pirates spawn pirates, angry ships spawn angry ships, and ships that are docking spawn ships that are also docking.
SHIP_ADDER
Drawing ships
  • In the disc version, the Adder has a visibility distance of 23 compared to 20 in the other versions, so if one is running away from you in the disc version, it will turn into a dot later than in the others.
SHIP_ANACONDA
Drawing ships
  • In the disc version, the Anaconda has a visibility distance of 50 compared to 36 in the other versions, so if one is running away from you in the disc version, it will turn into a dot later than in the others.
SHIP_KRAIT
Drawing ships
  • In the disc version, the Krait has a visibility distance of 25 compared to 20 in the other versions, so if one is running away from you in the disc version, it will turn into a dot later than in the other versions.
  • The ship hangar in the disc version displays the Krait with normals scaled with a factor of 4, which are more accurate than in the ship hangars of the other enhanced versions, which store them with a scale factor of 2.
SHIP_MISSILE
Drawing ships
SHIP_SHUTTLE
Drawing ships
  • The ship hangar in the disc version displays the Shuttle with slightly different visibility settings to the other enhanced versions, and the face normals are twice the size (even though the scale factor is the same). I'm not entirely sure why.
SHIP_TRANSPORTER
Drawing ships
  • The ship hangar in the disc version displays the Transporter with normals scaled with a factor of 4, rather than the scale factor of 2 used in the other versions, but the face normals themselves are unchanged. I'm not entirely sure why.
  • The ship hangar in the disc version displays the Transporter with slightly different visibility settings to the other enhanced versions (the visibility settings are lower). I'm not entirely sure why.
TACTICS (Part 3 of 7)
Tactics
tnpr
Market
  • When scooping gold, platinum, gem-stones or alien items in the disc version, we are allowed to scoop what we want as long as our existing hold containss 200 units or less (irrespecitve of what we're trying to scoop); in the other versions, we can only scoop more units if it would result in a total haul of 200 units or less.
TT25
Universe
  • Extended system descriptions are shown in the enhanced versions, though in the disc version they are only shown when docked, as the PDESC routine isn't present in the flight code due to memory restrictions.
ypl
Universe
  • If we jump into witchspace, the disc version still displays the original system name as the "Present system" in the Status Mode screen, while the other versions just show a blank name.