INCLUDE "1-source-files/main-sources/elite-build-options.asm" _RELEASED = (_VARIANT = 1) _SOURCE_DISC = (_VARIANT = 2) _BUG_FIX = (_VARIANT = 3) GUARD &6000 \ Guard against assembling over screen memoryELITE-A LOADER SOURCE Elite-A is an extended version of BBC Micro Elite by Angus Duggan The original Elite was written by Ian Bell and David Braben and is copyright Acornsoft 1984, and the extra code in Elite-A is copyright Angus Duggan The code on this site is identical to Angus Duggan's source discs (it's just been reformatted, and the label names have been changed to be consistent with the sources for the original BBC Micro disc version on which it is based) The commentary is copyright Mark Moxon, and any misunderstandings or mistakes in the documentation are entirely my fault The terminology and notations used in this commentary are explained at https://www.bbcelite.com/terminology The deep dive articles referred to in this commentary can be found at https://www.bbcelite.com/deep_dives
This source file produces the following binary file: * ELITE.binCODE% = &1900 \ The address where the code will be run LOAD% = &1900 \ The address where the code will be loaded Q% = _MAX_COMMANDER \ Set Q% to TRUE to max out the default commander, FALSE \ for the standard default commander \ \ [Show more]Configuration variables\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * NA% \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveN% = 67 \ N% is set to the number of bytes in the VDU table, so \ we can loop through them in part 1 below \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveVSCAN = 57 \ Defines the split position in the split-screen mode \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * IRQ1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveBRKV = &0202 \ The break vector that we intercept to enable us to \ handle and display system errors \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveIRQ1V = &0204 \ The IRQ1V vector that we intercept to implement the \ split-screen mode \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveWRCHV = &020E \ The WRCHV vector that we intercept with our custom \ text printing routine \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveBYTEV = &020A \ The BYTEV vector that we intercept on the BBC Master \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * set_vectors \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveFILEV = &0212 \ The FILEV vector that we intercept on the BBC Master \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * set_vectors \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveFSCV = &021E \ The FSCV vector that we intercept on the BBC Master \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * set_vectors \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveNETV = &0224 \ The NETV vector that we intercept as part of the copy \ protection \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveLASCT = &0346 \ The laser pulse count for the current laser, matching \ the address in the main game code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * IRQ1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveHFX = &0348 \ A flag that toggles the hyperspace colour effect, \ matching the address in the main game code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * IRQ1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveCRGO = &036E \ The flag that determines whether we have an I.F.F. \ system fitted, matching the address in the main game \ code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * iff_index \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveESCP = &0386 \ The flag that determines whether we have an escape pod \ fitted, matching the address in the main game code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * IRQ1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveS% = &11E3 \ The address of the main entry point workspace in the \ main game code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * LOAD \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveVIA = &FE00 \ Memory-mapped space for accessing internal hardware, \ such as the video ULA, 6845 CRTC and 6522 VIAs (also \ known as SHEILA) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * IRQ1 \ * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) \ * savews \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveOSWRCH = &FFEE \ The address for the OSWRCH routine \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BRBR1 \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveOSBYTE = &FFF4 \ The address for the OSBYTE routine \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * OSB \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveOSWORD = &FFF1 \ The address for the OSWORD routine \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * FNE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveOSCLI = &FFF7 \ The address for the OSCLI vector \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * LOAD \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveVEC = &7FFE \ VEC is where we store the original value of the IRQ1 \ vector, matching the address in the elite-missile.asm \ source \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * IRQ1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG &0004 .TRTB% SKIP 2 \ Contains the address of the keyboard translation \ table, which is used to translate internal key \ numbers to ASCII \ \ [Show more]Name: ZP [Show more] Type: Workspace Address: &0070 to &008C Category: Workspaces Summary: Important variables used by the loaderContext: See this workspace on its own page References: This workspace is used as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) uses ZP * MVBL uses ZP * MVPG uses ZP * PIX uses ZP * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) uses ZP * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) uses ZP * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) uses ZP * ROOT uses ZP\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG &0020 .INF SKIP 2 \ Temporary storage, typically used for storing the \ address of a ship's data block, so it can be copied \ to and from the internal workspace at INWK \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * iff_index \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG &0070 .ZP SKIP 2 \ Stores addresses used for moving content around \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * MVBL \ * MVPG \ * PIX \ * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) \ * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) \ * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) \ * ROOT \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.P SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ * MVBL \ * MVPG \ * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) \ * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) \ * ROOT \ * SQUA2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.Q SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * ROOT \ * SQUA2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.YY SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) \ * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) \ * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.T SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SC SKIP 1 \ Screen address (low byte) \ \ Elite draws on-screen by poking bytes directly into \ screen memory, and SC(1 0) is typically set to the \ address of the character block containing the pixel \ we want to draw (see the deep dives on "Drawing \ monochrome pixels in mode 4" and "Drawing colour \ pixels in mode 5" for more details) .SCH SKIP 1 \ Screen address (high byte) .CHKSM SKIP 2 \ Used in the copy protection code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * PIX \ * PROT3 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG &008B .DL SKIP 1 \ Vertical sync flag \ \ DL gets set to 30 every time we reach vertical sync on \ the video system, which happens 50 times a second \ (50Hz). The WSCAN routine uses this to pause until the \ vertical sync, by setting DL to 0 and then monitoring \ its value until it changes to 30 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * IRQ1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.TYPE SKIP 1 \ The current ship type \ \ This is where we store the current ship type for when \ we are iterating through the ships in the local bubble \ as part of the main flight loop. See the table at XX21 \ for information about ship types \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * iff_index \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG &0090 .key_tube SKIP 2 \ Contains the address of the I/O processor's keyboard \ translation table (as opposed to the parasite's \ table), which is used to translate internal key \ numbers to ASCII in the I/O processor code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG &00F4 .LATCH SKIP 2 \ The RAM copy of the currently selected paged ROM/RAM \ in SHEILA &30 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * savews \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveORG CODE%ELITE LOADER.B% EQUB 22, 4 \ Switch to screen mode 4 EQUB 28 \ Define a text window as follows: EQUB 2, 17, 15, 16 \ \ * Left = 2 \ * Right = 15 \ * Top = 16 \ * Bottom = 17 \ \ i.e. 1 row high, 13 columns wide at (2, 16) EQUB 23, 0, 6, 31 \ Set 6845 register R6 = 31 EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ This is the "vertical displayed" register, and sets \ the number of displayed character rows to 31. For \ comparison, this value is 32 for standard modes 4 and \ 5, but we claw back the last row for storing code just \ above the end of screen memory EQUB 23, 0, 12, &0C \ Set 6845 register R12 = &0C and R13 = &00 EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ This sets 6845 registers (R12 R13) = &0C00 to point EQUB 23, 0, 13, &00 \ to the start of screen memory in terms of character EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ rows. There are 8 pixel lines in each character row, EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ so to get the actual address of the start of screen \ memory, we multiply by 8: \ \ &0C00 * 8 = &6000 \ \ So this sets the start of screen memory to &6000 EQUB 23, 0, 1, 32 \ Set 6845 register R1 = 32 EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ This is the "horizontal displayed" register, which \ defines the number of character blocks per horizontal \ character row. For comparison, this value is 40 for \ modes 4 and 5, but our custom screen is not as wide at \ only 32 character blocks across EQUB 23, 0, 2, 45 \ Set 6845 register R2 = 45 EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ This is the "horizontal sync position" register, which \ defines the position of the horizontal sync pulse on \ the horizontal line in terms of character widths from \ the left-hand side of the screen. For comparison this \ is 49 for modes 4 and 5, but needs to be adjusted for \ our custom screen's width EQUB 23, 0, 10, 32 \ Set 6845 register R10 = %00100000 = 32 EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ EQUB 0, 0, 0 \ This is the "cursor start" register, and bits 5 and 6 \ can be used to control the appearance of the cursor: \ \ * Bit 5 = 0 for cursor on (for steady cursors) \ for fast blink (for blinking cursors) \ = 1 for cursor off (for steady cursors) \ for slow blink (for blinking cursors) \ \ * Bit 6 = 0 for a steady cursor \ 1 for a blinking cursor \ \ We can therefore turn off the cursor completely by \ setting it to a steady cursor (bit 6 is clear) that \ is turned off (bit 5 is set)Name: B% [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing the screen Summary: VDU commands for setting the square mode 4 screen Deep dive: The split-screen mode in BBC Micro Elite Drawing monochrome pixels in mode 4Context: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) uses B%
This block contains the bytes that get written by OSWRCH to set up the screen mode (this is equivalent to using the VDU statement in BASIC). It defines the whole screen using a square, monochrome mode 4 configuration; the mode 5 part for the dashboard is implemented in the IRQ1 routine. The top part of Elite's screen mode is based on mode 4 but with the following differences: * 32 columns, 31 rows (256 x 248 pixels) rather than 40, 32 * The horizontal sync position is at character 45 rather than 49, which pushes the screen to the right (which centres it as it's not as wide as the normal screen modes) * Screen memory goes from &6000 to &7EFF, which leaves another whole page for code (i.e. 256 bytes) after the end of the screen. This is where the Python ship blueprint slots in * The text window is 1 row high and 13 columns wide, and is at (2, 16) * The cursor is disabled This almost-square mode 4 variant makes life a lot easier when drawing to the screen, as there are 256 pixels on each row (or, to put it in screen memory terms, there's one page of memory per row of pixels). For more details of the screen mode, see the deep dive on "Drawing monochrome pixels in mode 4". There is also an interrupt-driven routine that switches the bytes-per-pixel setting from that of mode 4 to that of mode 5, when the raster reaches the split between the space view and the dashboard. See the deep dive on "The split-screen mode" for details..E% EQUB 1, 1, 0, 111, -8, 4, 1, 8, 8, -2, 0, -1, 126, 44 EQUB 2, 1, 14, -18, -1, 44, 32, 50, 6, 1, 0, -2, 120, 126 EQUB 3, 1, 1, -1, -3, 17, 32, 128, 1, 0, 0, -1, 1, 1 EQUB 4, 1, 4, -8, 44, 4, 6, 8, 22, 0, 0, -127, 126, 0Name: E% [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Sound Summary: Sound envelope definitionsContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * FNE uses E%
This table contains the sound envelope data, which is passed to OSWORD by the FNE macro to create the four sound envelopes used in-game. Refer to chapter 30 of the BBC Micro User Guide for details of sound envelopes and what all the parameters mean. The envelopes are as follows: * Envelope 1 is the sound of our own laser firing * Envelope 2 is the sound of lasers hitting us, or hyperspace * Envelope 3 is the first sound in the two-part sound of us dying, or the second sound in the two-part sound of us making hitting or killing an enemy ship * Envelope 4 is the sound of E.C.M. firingMACRO FNE I% LDX #LO(E%+I%*14) \ Set (Y X) to point to the I%-th set of envelope data LDY #HI(E%+I%*14) \ in E% LDA #8 \ Call OSWORD with A = 8 to set up sound envelope I% JSR OSWORD ENDMACROName: FNE [Show more] Type: Macro Category: Sound Summary: Macro definition for defining a sound envelopeContext: See this macro on its own page References: This macro is used as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) uses FNE
The following macro is used to define the four sound envelopes used in the game. It uses OSWORD 8 to create an envelope using the 14 parameters in the I%-th block of 14 bytes at location E%. This OSWORD call is the same as BBC BASIC's ENVELOPE command. See variable E% for more details of the envelopes themselves..ENTRY \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \IF _STH_DISC OR _IB_DISC \ \ JSR PROT1 \ Call PROT1 to calculate checksums into CHKSM \ \ELIF _SRAM_DISC \ \ JSR PROT4 \ Fetch the address of the keyboard translation table \ \ before calling PROT1 to calculate checksums into CHKSM \ \ENDIF \ \ LDA #144 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 144, X = 255 and Y = 0 to move \ LDX #255 \ the screen down one line and turn screen interlace on \ JSR OSB \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> CLI \ Enable interrupts LDA #144 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 144, X = 255 and Y = 1 to move LDX #255 \ the screen down one line and turn screen interlace off LDY #1 JSR OSBYTE \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> LDA #LO(B%) \ Set the low byte of ZP(1 0) to point to the VDU code STA ZP \ table at B% LDA #HI(B%) \ Set the high byte of ZP(1 0) to point to the VDU code STA ZP+1 \ table at B% LDY #0 \ We are now going to send the N% VDU bytes in the table \ at B% to OSWRCH to set up the special mode 4 screen \ that forms the basis for the split-screen mode .loop1 LDA (ZP),Y \ Pass the Y-th byte of the B% table to OSWRCH JSR OSWRCH INY \ Increment the loop counter CPY #N% \ Loop back for the next byte until we have done them BNE loop1 \ all (the number of bytes was set in N% above) JSR PLL1 \ Call PLL1 to draw Saturn \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #16 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 16 and X = 3 to set the ADC to \ LDX #3 \ sample 3 channels from the joystick/Bitstik \ JSR OSBYTE \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDA #16 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 16 and X = 2 to set the ADC to LDX #2 \ sample 2 channels from the joystick JSR OSBYTE \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> LDA #&60 \ Store an RTS instruction in location &0232 STA &0232 LDA #&02 \ Point the NETV vector to &0232, which we just filled STA NETV+1 \ with an RTS LDA #&32 STA NETV LDA #190 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 190, X = 8 and Y = 0 to set the LDX #8 \ ADC conversion type to 8 bits, for the joystick JSR OSB \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \IF _STH_DISC OR _IB_DISC \ \ LDA #200 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 200, X = 0 and Y = 0 to enable \ LDX #0 \ the ESCAPE key and disable memory clearing if the \ JSR OSB \ BREAK key is pressed \ \ELIF _SRAM_DISC \ \ LDA #219 \ Store 219 in location &9F. This gets checked by the \ STA &9F \ TITLE routine in the main docked code as part of the \ \ copy protection (the game hangs if it doesn't match) \ \ \ \ This is normally done in the OSBmod routine, but the \ \ sideways RAM variant doesn't call OSBmod as that part \ \ of the copy protection is disabled, so we set the \ \ value of location &BF here instead \ \ NOP \ Pad out the code so it takes up the same amount of \ NOP \ space as in the original version \ NOP \ \ENDIF \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDA #200 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 200, X = 3 and Y = 0 to disable LDX #3 \ the ESCAPE key and clear memory if the BREAK key is JSR OSB \ pressed \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> LDA #13 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 13, X = 0 and Y = 0 to disable LDX #0 \ the "output buffer empty" event JSR OSB LDA #225 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 225, X = 128 and Y = 0 to set LDX #128 \ the function keys to return ASCII codes for SHIFT-fn JSR OSB \ keys (i.e. add 128) \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #12 \ Set A = 12 and X = 0 to pretend that this is an \ LDX #0 \ innocent call to OSBYTE to reset the keyboard delay \ \ and auto-repeat rate to the default, when in reality \ \ the OSB address in the next instruction gets modified \ \ to point to OSBmod \ \.OSBjsr \ \IF _STH_DISC OR _IB_DISC \ \ JSR OSB \ This JSR gets modified by code inserted into PLL1 so \ \ that it points to OSBmod instead of OSB, so this \ \ actually calls OSBmod to calculate some checksums \ \ELIF _SRAM_DISC \ \ NOP \ The sideways RAM variant has this part of the copy \ NOP \ protection disabled, so pad out the code so it takes \ NOP \ up the same amount of space as in the original version \ \ENDIF \ --- End of removed code -----------------------------> LDA #13 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 13, X = 2 and Y = 0 to disable LDX #2 \ the "character entering buffer" event JSR OSB LDA #4 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 4, X = 1 and Y = 0 to disable LDX #1 \ cursor editing, so the cursor keys return ASCII values JSR OSB \ and can therefore be used in-game LDA #9 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 9, X = 0 and Y = 0 to disable LDX #0 \ flashing colours JSR OSB \ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> LDA #119 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 119 to close any *SPOOL or *EXEC JSR OSBYTE \ files \ --- End of added code -------------------------------> JSR PROT3 \ Call PROT3 to do more checks on the CHKSM checksum LDA #&00 \ Set the following: STA ZP \ LDA #&11 \ ZP(1 0) = &1100 STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = TVT1code LDA #LO(TVT1code) STA P LDA #HI(TVT1code) STA P+1 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move and decrypt a page of memory from \ \ TVT1code to &1100-&11FF \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move a page of memory from TVT1code to \ &1100-&11FF LDA #LO(S%+11) \ Point BRKV to the fifth entry in the main docked STA BRKV \ code's S% workspace, which contains JMP BRBR LDA #HI(S%+11) STA BRKV+1 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> LDA #&00 \ Set the following: STA ZP \ LDA #&78 \ ZP(1 0) = &7800 STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = DIALS LDA #LO(DIALS) \ X = 8 STA P LDA #HI(DIALS) STA P+1 LDX #8 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ JSR MVBL \ Call MVBL to move and decrypt 8 pages of memory from \ \ DIALS to &7800-&7FFF \ \ SEI \ Disable interrupts while we set up our interrupt \ \ handler to support the split-screen mode \ \ LDA VIA+&44 \ Read the 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 low-order \ STA &0001 \ counter (SHEILA &44), which decrements one million \ \ times a second and will therefore be pretty random, \ \ and store it in location &0001, which is among the \ \ main game code's random seeds (so this seeds the \ \ random number generator for the main game) \ \ LDA #%00111001 \ Set 6522 System VIA interrupt enable register IER \ STA VIA+&4E \ (SHEILA &4E) bits 0 and 3-5 (i.e. disable the Timer1, \ \ CB1, CB2 and CA2 interrupts from the System VIA) \ \ LDA #%01111111 \ Set 6522 User VIA interrupt enable register IER \ STA VIA+&6E \ (SHEILA &6E) bits 0-7 (i.e. disable all hardware \ \ interrupts from the User VIA) \ \ LDA IRQ1V \ Copy the current IRQ1V vector address into VEC(1 0) \ STA VEC \ LDA IRQ1V+1 \ STA VEC+1 \ \ LDA #LO(IRQ1) \ Set the IRQ1V vector to IRQ1, so IRQ1 is now the \ STA IRQ1V \ interrupt handler \ LDA #HI(IRQ1) \ STA IRQ1V+1 \ \ LDA #VSCAN \ Set 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 high-order counter \ STA VIA+&45 \ (SHEILA &45) to VSCAN (57) to start the T1 counter \ \ counting down from 14622 at a rate of 1 MHz \ \ CLI \ Re-enable interrupts \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> JSR MVBL \ Call MVBL to move 8 pages of memory from DIALS to \ &7800-&7FFF \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> LDA #&00 \ Set the following: STA ZP \ LDA #&61 \ ZP(1 0) = &6100 STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = ASOFT LDA #LO(ASOFT) STA P LDA #HI(ASOFT) STA P+1 JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move a page of memory from ASOFT to \ &6100-&61FF LDA #&63 \ Set the following: STA ZP+1 \ LDA #LO(ELITE) \ ZP(1 0) = &6300 STA P \ P(1 0) = ELITE LDA #HI(ELITE) STA P+1 JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move a page of memory from ELITE to \ &6300-&63FF LDA #&76 \ Set the following: STA ZP+1 \ LDA #LO(CpASOFT) \ ZP(1 0) = &7600 STA P \ P(1 0) = CpASOFT LDA #HI(CpASOFT) STA P+1 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move and decrypt a page of memory from \ \ CpASOFT to &7600-&76FF \ \ LDA #&00 \ Set the following: \ STA ZP \ \ LDA #&04 \ ZP(1 0) = &0400 \ STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = WORDS \ LDA #LO(WORDS) \ X = 4 \ STA P \ LDA #HI(WORDS) \ STA P+1 \ LDX #4 \ \ JSR MVBL \ Call MVBL to move and decrypt 4 pages of memory from \ \ WORDS to &0400-&07FF \ \ LDX #35 \ We now want to copy the disc catalogue routine from \ \ CATDcode to CATD, so set a counter in X for the 36 \ \ bytes to copy \ \.loop2 \ \ LDA CATDcode,X \ Copy the X-th byte of CATDcode to the X-th byte of \ STA CATD,X \ CATD \ \ DEX \ Decrement the loop counter \ \ BPL loop2 \ Loop back to copy the next byte until they are all \ \ done \ \ LDA &76 \ Set the drive number in the CATD routine to the \ STA CATBLOCK \ contents of &76, which gets set in ELITE3 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move a page of memory from CpASOFT to \ &7600-&76FF \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> FNE 0 \ Set up sound envelopes 0-3 using the FNE macro FNE 1 FNE 2 FNE 3 LDX #LO(MESS1) \ Set (Y X) to point to MESS1 ("DIR E") LDY #HI(MESS1) JSR OSCLI \ Call OSCLI to run the OS command in MESS1, which \ changes the disc directory to E \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #LO(LOAD) \ Set the following: \ STA ZP \ \ LDA #HI(LOAD) \ ZP(1 0) = LOAD \ STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = LOADcode \ LDA #LO(LOADcode) \ STA P \ LDA #HI(LOADcode) \ STA P+1 \ \ LDY #0 \ We now want to move and decrypt one page of memory \ \ from LOADcode to LOAD, so set Y as a byte counter \ \.loop3 \ \ LDA (P),Y \ Fetch the Y-th byte of the P(1 0) memory block \ \IF _STH_DISC OR _IB_DISC \ \ EOR #&18 \ Decrypt it by EOR'ing with &18 \ \ELIF _SRAM_DISC \ \ EOR CHKSM \ Decrypt it by EOR'ing with the checksum value \ \ENDIF \ \ STA (ZP),Y \ Store the decrypted result in the Y-th byte of the \ \ ZP(1 0) memory block \ \ DEY \ Decrement the byte counter \ \ BNE loop3 \ Loop back to copy the next byte until we have done a \ \ whole page of 256 bytes \ \ JMP LOAD \ Jump to the start of the routine we just decrypted \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDA #%11110000 \ Set the Data Direction Register (DDR) of port B of the STA VIA+&62 \ user port so we can read the buttons on the Delta 14B \ joystick, using PB4 to PB7 as output (so we can write \ to the button columns to select the column we are \ interested in) and PB0 to PB3 as input (so we can read \ from the button rows) LDA #0 \ Set HFX = 0 STA HFX STA LASCT \ Set LASCT = 0 LDA #&FF \ Set ESCP = &FF so we show the palette for when we have STA ESCP \ an escape pod fitted (i.e. black, red, white, cyan) SEI \ Disable interrupts while we set up our interrupt \ handler to support the split-screen mode LDA VIA+&44 \ If the STA instruction were not commented out, then \STA &0001 \ this would set location &0001 among the random number \ seeds to a pretty random number (i.e. the value of the \ 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 low-order counter), but \ as the STA is commented out, this has no effect LDA #%00111001 \ Set 6522 System VIA interrupt enable register IER STA VIA+&4E \ (SHEILA &4E) bits 0 and 3-5 (i.e. disable the Timer1, \ CB1, CB2 and CA2 interrupts from the System VIA) LDA #%01111111 \ Set 6522 User VIA interrupt enable register IER STA VIA+&6E \ (SHEILA &6E) bits 0-7 (i.e. disable all hardware \ interrupts from the User VIA) LDA IRQ1V \ Copy the current IRQ1V vector address into VEC(1 0) STA VEC LDA IRQ1V+1 STA VEC+1 LDA #LO(IRQ1) \ Set the IRQ1V vector to IRQ1, so IRQ1 is now the STA IRQ1V \ interrupt handler LDA #HI(IRQ1) STA IRQ1V+1 LDA #VSCAN \ Set 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 high-order counter STA VIA+&45 \ (SHEILA &45) to VSCAN (57) to start the T1 counter \ counting down from 14622 at a rate of 1 MHz CLI \ Re-enable interrupts LDA #0 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 0 and X = 1 to fetch bit 0 of the LDX #1 \ operating system version into X JSR OSBYTE CPX #3 \ If X =< 3 then this is not a BBC Master, so jump to BCC not_master \ not_master to continue loading the BBC Micro version \ This is a BBC Master, so now we copy the block of \ Master-specific filing system code from to_dd00 to \ &DD00 (so we copy the following routines: do_FILEV, \ do_FSCV, do_BYTEV, set_vectors and old_BYTEV) LDX #0 \ Set up a counter in X for the copy .cpmaster LDA to_dd00,X \ Copy the X-th byte of to_dd00 to &DD00 STA &DD00,X INX \ Increment the loop counter CPX #dd00_len \ Loop back until we have copied all the bytes in the BNE cpmaster \ to_dd00 block (as the length of the block is set in \ dd00_len below) LDA #143 \ Call OSBYTE 143 to issue a paged ROM service call of LDX #&21 \ type &21 with argument &C0, which is the "Indicate LDY #&C0 \ static workspace in 'hidden' RAM" service call. This JSR OSBYTE \ call returns the address of a safe place that we can \ use within the memory bank &C000-&DFFF, and returns \ the start location in (Y X) \ We now modify the savews routine so that when it's \ called, it copies the first three pages from the &C000 \ workspace to this safe place, and then copies the MOS \ character set into the first three pages of &C000, so \ the character printing routines can use them \ We also modify the restorews routine in a similar way, \ so that when it's called, it copies the three pages \ from the safe place back into the first three pages \ of &C000, thus restoring the filing system workspace STX put0+1 \ Modify the low byte of the workspace save address in STX put1+1 \ the savews routine to that of (Y X) STX put2+1 STX get0+1 \ Modify the low byte of the workspace restore address STX get1+1 \ in the restorews routine to that of (Y X) STX get2+1 STY put0+2 \ Modify the high byte of the workspace save address of \ the first page in the savews routine to that of (Y X) STY get0+2 \ Modify the high byte of the workspace restore address \ of the first page in the restorews routine to that of \ (Y X) INY \ Increment Y so that (Y X) points to the second page, \ i.e. (Y+1 X) STY put1+2 \ Modify the high byte of the workspace save address of \ the second page in the savews routine to (Y+1 X) STY get1+2 \ Modify the high byte of the workspace restore address \ of the second page in the restorews routine to that of \ (Y+1 X) INY \ Increment Y so that (Y X) points to the third page, \ i.e. (Y+2 X) STY put2+2 \ Modify the high byte of the workspace save address of \ the third page in the savews routine to (Y+2 X) STY get2+2 \ Modify the high byte of the workspace restore address \ of the third page in the restorews routine to that of \ (Y+2 X) LDA FILEV \ Set old_FILEV(1 0) to the existing address for FILEV STA old_FILEV+1 \ (this modifies the JMP instruction in the do_FILEV LDA FILEV+1 \ routine) STA old_FILEV+2 LDA FSCV \ Set old_FSCV(1 0) to the existing address for FSCV STA old_FSCV+1 \ (this modifies the JMP instruction in the do_FILEV LDA FSCV+1 \ routine) STA old_FSCV+2 LDA BYTEV \ Set old_BYTEV(1 0) to the existing address for BYTEV STA old_BYTEV+1 \ (this modifies the JMP instruction in the old_BYTEV LDA BYTEV+1 \ routine) STA old_BYTEV+2 IF _BUG_FIX JSR savews \ The do_FILEV handler starts by restoring the filing \ system workspace, so we need to save it first so the \ handler will work ENDIF JSR set_vectors \ Call set_vectors to update FILEV, FSCV and BYTEV to \ point to the new handlers in do_FILEV, do_FSCV and \ do_BYTEV .not_master LDA #234 \ Call OSBYTE with A = 234, X = 0 and Y = &FF, which LDY #&FF \ detects whether Tube hardware is present, returning LDX #0 \ X = 0 (not present) or X = &FF (present) JSR OSBYTE TXA \ Copy the result of the Tube check from X into A BNE tube_go \ If X is non-zero then we are running this over the \ Tube, so jump to tube_go to set up the Tube version \ If we get here then we are not running on a 6502 \ Second Processor LDA #172 \ Call OSBYTE 172 to read the address of the MOS LDX #0 \ keyboard translation table into (Y X) LDY #&FF JSR OSBYTE STX TRTB% \ Store the address of the keyboard translation table in STY TRTB%+1 \ TRTB%(1 0) LDA #&00 \ Set the following: STA ZP \ LDA #&04 \ ZP(1 0) = &0400 STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = WORDS LDA #LO(WORDS) \ X = 4 STA P LDA #HI(WORDS) STA P+1 LDX #4 JSR MVBL \ Call MVBL to move 4 pages of memory from WORDS to \ &0400-&07FF LDA #LO(S%+6) \ Point WRCHV to the third entry in the main docked STA WRCHV \ code's S% workspace, which contains JMP CHPR LDA #HI(S%+6) STA WRCHV+1 LDA #LO(LOAD) \ Set the following: STA ZP \ LDA #HI(LOAD) \ ZP(1 0) = LOAD STA ZP+1 \ P(1 0) = LOADcode LDA #LO(LOADcode) STA P LDA #HI(LOADcode) STA P+1 JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG to move a page of memory from LOADcode to \ LOAD LDY #35 \ We now want to copy the iff_index routine from \ iff_index_code to iff_index, so set a counter in Y \ for the 36 bytes to copy .copy_d7a LDA iff_index_code,Y \ Copy the X-th byte of iff_index_code to the X-th byte STA iff_index,Y \ of iff_index DEY \ Decrement the loop counter BPL copy_d7a \ Loop back to copy the next byte until they are all \ done JMP LOAD \ Jump to the start of the LOAD routine we moved above, \ to run the game .tube_go LDA #172 \ Call OSBYTE 172 to read the address of the MOS LDX #0 \ keyboard translation table into (Y X) LDY #&FF JSR OSBYTE STX key_tube \ Store the address of the keyboard translation table in STY key_tube+1 \ key_tube(1 0) \LDX #LO(tube_400) \ These instructions are commented out in the original \LDY #HI(tube_400) \ source \LDA #1 \JSR &0406 \LDA #LO(WORDS) \STA &72 \LDA #HI(WORDS) \STA &73 \LDX #&04 \LDY #&00 \.tube_wr \LDA (&72),Y \JSR tube_wait \BIT tube_r3s \BVC tube_wr \STA tube_r3d \INY \BNE tube_wr \INC &73 \DEX \BNE tube_wr \LDA #LO(tube_wrch) \STA WRCHV \LDA #HI(tube_wrch) \STA WRCHV+&01 LDX #LO(tube_run) \ Set (Y X) to point to tube_run ("R.2.H") LDY #HI(tube_run) JMP OSCLI \ Call OSCLI to run the OS command in tube_run, which \ runs the I/O processor code in 2.H .tube_run EQUS "R.2.H" \ The OS command for running the Tube version's I/O EQUB 13 \ processor code in file 2.H (this command is short for \ "*RUN 2.H") \.tube_400 \ These instructions are commented out in the original \EQUD &0400 \ source \.tube_wait \JSR tube_wait2 \.tube_wait2 \JSR tube_wait3 \.tube_wait3 \RTS \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------>Name: Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Set up the split screen mode, move code around, set up the sound envelopes and configure the systemContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file.iff_index_code ORG &0D7AName: iff_index_code [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Dashboard Summary: The iff_index routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0D7A to be runContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls iff_index_code\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .iff_index LDX CRGO \ If we do not have an I.F.F. system fitted (i.e. CRGO BEQ iff_not \ is zero), jump to iff_not to return from the routine \ with X = 0 \ If we get here then X = &FF (as CRGO is &FF if we have \ an I.F.F. system fitted) LDY #36 \ Set A to byte #36 of the ship's blueprint, i.e. the LDA (INF),Y \ NEWB flags ASL A \ If bit 6 is set, i.e. this is a cop, a space station ASL A \ or an escape pod, jump to iff_cop to return X = 1 BCS iff_cop ASL A \ If bit 5 is set, i.e. this is an innocent bystander BCS iff_trade \ (which applies to traders and some bounty hunters), \ jump to iff_trade to return X = 0 LDY TYPE \ Set Y to the ship's type - 1 DEY BEQ iff_missle \ If Y = 0, i.e. this is a missile, then jump to \ iff_missle to return X = 3 CPY #8 \ If Y < 8, i.e. this is a cargo canister, alloy plate, BCC iff_aster \ boulder, asteroid or splinter, then jump to iff_aster \ to return X = 2 \ If we get here then the ship is not the following: \ \ * A cop/station/escape pod \ * An innocent bystander/trader/good bounty hunter \ * A missile \ * Cargo or an asteroid \ \ So it must be a pirate or a non-innocent bounty hunter INX \ X is &FF at this point, so this INX sets X = 0, and we \ then fall through into the four INX instructions below \ to return X = 4 .iff_missle INX \ If we jump to this point, then return X = 3 .iff_aster INX \ If we jump to this point, then return X = 2 .iff_cop INX \ If we jump to this point, then return X = 1 .iff_trade INX \ If we jump to this point, then return X = 0 .iff_not RTS \ Return from the subroutine \ --- End of added code -------------------------------> COPYBLOCK iff_index, P%, iff_index_code ORG iff_index_code + P% - iff_indexName: iff_index [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Dashboard Summary: Return the type index for this ship in the I.F.F. system Deep dive: The I.F.F. systemContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls iff_index
This routine is copied to &0D7A in part 1 above.
Returns: X The index for the current ship in the I.F.F. system: * 0 = Clean Innocent trader, innocent bounty hunter * 1 = Station tracked Cop, space station, escape pod * 2 = Debris Cargo, alloy plate, asteroid, boulder, splinter * 3 = Missile * 4 = Offender/fugitive Pirate, non-innocent bounty hunter If there is no I.F.F. system fitted, the index returned in X is always 0.LOADcode ORG &0B00Name: LOADcode [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Encrypted LOAD routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0B00 to be runContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls LOADcode.LOAD \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDX #LO(LTLI) \ Set (Y X) to point to LTLI ("L.T.CODE") \ LDY #HI(LTLI) \ \ JSR OSCLI \ Call OSCLI to run the OS command in LTLI, which loads \ \ the T.CODE binary (the main docked code) to its load \ \ address of &11E3 \ \ LDA #LO(S%+11) \ Point BRKV to the fifth entry in the main docked \ STA BRKV \ code's S% workspace, which contains JMP BRBR1 \ LDA #HI(S%+11) \ STA BRKV+1 \ \ LDA #LO(S%+6) \ Point WRCHV to the third entry in the main docked \ STA WRCHV \ code's S% workspace, which contains JMP CHPR \ LDA #HI(S%+6) \ STA WRCHV+1 \ \ SEC \ Set the C flag so the checksum we calculate in A \ \ starts with an initial value of 18 (17 plus carry) \ \ LDY #0 \ Set Y = 0 to act as a byte pointer \ \ STY ZP \ Set the low byte of ZP(1 0) to 0, so ZP(1 0) always \ \ points to the start of a page \ \ LDX #&11 \ Set X = &11, so ZP(1 0) will point to &1100 when we \ \ stick X in ZP+1 below \ \ TXA \ Set A = &11 = 17, to set the initial value of the \ \ checksum to 18 (17 plus carry) \ \.l1 \ \ STX ZP+1 \ Set the high byte of ZP(1 0) to the page number in X \ \ ADC (ZP),Y \ Set A = A + the Y-th byte of ZP(1 0) \ \ DEY \ Decrement the byte pointer \ \ BNE l1 \ Loop back to add the next byte until we have added the \ \ whole page \ \ INX \ Increment the page number in X \ \ CPX #&54 \ Loop back to checksum the next page until we have \ BCC l1 \ checked up to (but not including) page &54 \ \ CMP &55FF \ Compare the checksum with the value in &55FF, which is \ \ in the docked file we just loaded, in the byte before \ \ the ship hangar blueprints at XX21 \ \IF _REMOVE_CHECKSUMS \ \ NOP \ If we have disabled checksums, then ignore the result \ NOP \ of the checksum comparison \ \ELSE \ \IF _STH_DISC OR _IB_DISC \ \ BNE P% \ If the checksums don't match then enter an infinite \ \ loop, which hangs the computer \ \ELIF _SRAM_DISC \ \ NOP \ The sideways RAM variant ignores the result of the \ NOP \ checksum comparison \ \ENDIF \ \ENDIF \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDX #LO(LTLI) \ Set (Y X) to point to LTLI ("L.1.D") LDY #HI(LTLI) JSR OSCLI \ Call OSCLI to run the OS command in LTLI, which loads \ the 1.D binary (the main docked code) to its load \ address of &11E3 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> JMP S%+3 \ Jump to the second entry in the main docked code's S% \ workspace to start a new game .LTLI \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUS "L.T.CODE" \ This is short for "*LOAD T.CODE" \ EQUB 13 \ \ EQUS "Does your mother know you do this?" \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUS "L.1.D" \ This is short for "*LOAD 1.D" EQUB 13 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> COPYBLOCK LOAD, P%, LOADcode ORG LOADcode + P% - LOADName: LOAD [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Load the main docked code, set up various vectors, run a checksum and start the gameContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls LOAD.PLL1 \ The following loop iterates CNT(1 0) times, i.e. &300 \ or 768 times, and draws the planet part of the \ loading screen's Saturn LDA VIA+&44 \ Read the 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 low-order STA RAND+1 \ counter (SHEILA &44), which decrements one million \ times a second and will therefore be pretty random, \ and store it in location RAND+1, which is among the \ main game code's random seeds in RAND (so this seeds \ the random number generator) JSR DORND \ Set A and X to random numbers, say A = r1 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = r1^2 STA ZP+1 \ Set ZP(1 0) = (A P) LDA P \ = r1^2 STA ZP \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #LO(OSBmod) \ As part of the copy protection, the JSR OSB \ STA OSBjsr+1 \ instruction at OSBjsr gets modified to point to OSBmod \ \ instead of OSB, and this is where we modify the low \ \ byte of the destination address \ --- End of removed code -----------------------------> JSR DORND \ Set A and X to random numbers, say A = r2 STA YY \ Set YY = A \ = r2 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = r2^2 TAX \ Set (X P) = (A P) \ = r2^2 LDA P \ Set (A ZP) = (X P) + ZP(1 0) ADC ZP \ STA ZP \ first adding the low bytes TXA \ And then adding the high bytes ADC ZP+1 BCS PLC1 \ If the addition overflowed, jump down to PLC1 to skip \ to the next pixel STA ZP+1 \ Set ZP(1 0) = (A ZP) \ = r1^2 + r2^2 LDA #1 \ Set ZP(1 0) = &4001 - ZP(1 0) - (1 - C) SBC ZP \ = 128^2 - ZP(1 0) STA ZP \ \ (as the C flag is clear), first subtracting the low \ bytes LDA #&40 \ And then subtracting the high bytes SBC ZP+1 STA ZP+1 BCC PLC1 \ If the subtraction underflowed, jump down to PLC1 to \ skip to the next pixel \ If we get here, then both calculations fitted into \ 16 bits, and we have: \ \ ZP(1 0) = 128^2 - (r1^2 + r2^2) \ \ where ZP(1 0) >= 0 JSR ROOT \ Set ZP = SQRT(ZP(1 0)) LDA ZP \ Set X = ZP >> 1 LSR A \ = SQRT(128^2 - (a^2 + b^2)) / 2 TAX LDA YY \ Set A = YY \ = r2 CMP #128 \ If YY >= 128, set the C flag (so the C flag is now set \ to bit 7 of A) ROR A \ Rotate A and set the sign bit to the C flag, so bits \ 6 and 7 are now the same, i.e. A is a random number in \ one of these ranges: \ \ %00000000 - %00111111 = 0 to 63 (r2 = 0 - 127) \ %11000000 - %11111111 = 192 to 255 (r2 = 128 - 255) \ \ The PIX routine flips bit 7 of A before drawing, and \ that makes -A in these ranges: \ \ %10000000 - %10111111 = 128-191 \ %01000000 - %01111111 = 64-127 \ \ so that's in the range 64 to 191 JSR PIX \ Draw a pixel at screen coordinate (X, -A), i.e. at \ \ (ZP / 2, -A) \ \ where ZP = SQRT(128^2 - (r1^2 + r2^2)) \ \ So this is the same as plotting at (x, y) where: \ \ r1 = random number from 0 to 255 \ r2 = random number from 0 to 255 \ (r1^2 + r2^2) < 128^2 \ \ y = r2, squished into 64 to 191 by negation \ \ x = SQRT(128^2 - (r1^2 + r2^2)) / 2 \ \ which is what we want .PLC1 DEC CNT \ Decrement the counter in CNT (the low byte) BNE PLL1 \ Loop back to PLL1 until CNT = 0 DEC CNT+1 \ Decrement the counter in CNT+1 (the high byte) BNE PLL1 \ Loop back to PLL1 until CNT+1 = 0Name: PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Drawing planets Summary: Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the planet) Deep dive: Drawing Saturn on the loading screenContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls PLL1\ The following loop iterates CNT2(1 0) times, i.e. &1DD \ or 477 times, and draws the background stars on the \ loading screen .PLL2 JSR DORND \ Set A and X to random numbers, say A = r3 TAX \ Set X = A \ = r3 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = r3^2 STA ZP+1 \ Set ZP+1 = A \ = r3^2 / 256 JSR DORND \ Set A and X to random numbers, say A = r4 STA YY \ Set YY = r4 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = r4^2 ADC ZP+1 \ Set A = A + r3^2 / 256 \ = r4^2 / 256 + r3^2 / 256 \ = (r3^2 + r4^2) / 256 CMP #&11 \ If A < 17, jump down to PLC2 to skip to the next pixel BCC PLC2 LDA YY \ Set A = r4 JSR PIX \ Draw a pixel at screen coordinate (X, -A), i.e. at \ (r3, -r4), where (r3^2 + r4^2) / 256 >= 17 \ \ Negating a random number from 0 to 255 still gives a \ random number from 0 to 255, so this is the same as \ plotting at (x, y) where: \ \ x = random number from 0 to 255 \ y = random number from 0 to 255 \ (x^2 + y^2) div 256 >= 17 \ \ which is what we want .PLC2 DEC CNT2 \ Decrement the counter in CNT2 (the low byte) BNE PLL2 \ Loop back to PLL2 until CNT2 = 0 DEC CNT2+1 \ Decrement the counter in CNT2+1 (the high byte) BNE PLL2 \ Loop back to PLL2 until CNT2+1 = 0Name: PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Drawing planets Summary: Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the stars) Deep dive: Drawing Saturn on the loading screenContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file\ The following loop iterates CNT3(1 0) times, i.e. &333 \ or 819 times, and draws the rings around the loading \ screen's Saturn .PLL3 JSR DORND \ Set A and X to random numbers, say A = r5 STA ZP \ Set ZP = r5 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = r5^2 STA ZP+1 \ Set ZP+1 = A \ = r5^2 / 256 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #HI(OSBmod) \ As part of the copy protection, the JSR OSB \ STA OSBjsr+2 \ instruction at OSBjsr gets modified to point to OSBmod \ \ instead of OSB, and this is where we modify the high \ \ byte of the destination address \ --- End of removed code -----------------------------> JSR DORND \ Set A and X to random numbers, say A = r6 STA YY \ Set YY = r6 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = r6^2 STA T \ Set T = A \ = r6^2 / 256 ADC ZP+1 \ Set ZP+1 = A + r5^2 / 256 STA ZP+1 \ = r6^2 / 256 + r5^2 / 256 \ = (r5^2 + r6^2) / 256 LDA ZP \ Set A = ZP \ = r5 CMP #128 \ If A >= 128, set the C flag (so the C flag is now set \ to bit 7 of ZP, i.e. bit 7 of A) ROR A \ Rotate A and set the sign bit to the C flag, so bits \ 6 and 7 are now the same CMP #128 \ If A >= 128, set the C flag (so again, the C flag is \ set to bit 7 of A) ROR A \ Rotate A and set the sign bit to the C flag, so bits \ 5-7 are now the same, i.e. A is a random number in one \ of these ranges: \ \ %00000000 - %00011111 = 0-31 \ %11100000 - %11111111 = 224-255 \ \ In terms of signed 8-bit integers, this is a random \ number from -32 to 31. Let's call it r7 ADC YY \ Set A = A + YY \ = r7 + r6 TAX \ Set X = A \ = r6 + r7 JSR SQUA2 \ Set (A P) = A * A \ = (r6 + r7)^2 TAY \ Set Y = A \ = (r6 + r7)^2 / 256 ADC ZP+1 \ Set A = A + ZP+1 \ = (r6 + r7)^2 / 256 + (r5^2 + r6^2) / 256 \ = ((r6 + r7)^2 + r5^2 + r6^2) / 256 BCS PLC3 \ If the addition overflowed, jump down to PLC3 to skip \ to the next pixel CMP #80 \ If A >= 80, jump down to PLC3 to skip to the next BCS PLC3 \ pixel CMP #32 \ If A < 32, jump down to PLC3 to skip to the next pixel BCC PLC3 TYA \ Set A = Y + T ADC T \ = (r6 + r7)^2 / 256 + r6^2 / 256 \ = ((r6 + r7)^2 + r6^2) / 256 CMP #16 \ If A >= 16, skip to PL1 to plot the pixel BCS PL1 LDA ZP \ If ZP is positive (i.e. r5 < 128), jump down to PLC3 BPL PLC3 \ to skip to the next pixel .PL1 \ If we get here then the following is true: \ \ 32 <= ((r6 + r7)^2 + r5^2 + r6^2) / 256 < 80 \ \ and either this is true: \ \ ((r6 + r7)^2 + r6^2) / 256 >= 16 \ \ or both these are true: \ \ ((r6 + r7)^2 + r6^2) / 256 < 16 \ r5 >= 128 LDA YY \ Set A = YY \ = r6 JSR PIX \ Draw a pixel at screen coordinate (X, -A), where: \ \ X = (random -32 to 31) + r6 \ A = r6 \ \ Negating a random number from 0 to 255 still gives a \ random number from 0 to 255, so this is the same as \ plotting at (x, y) where: \ \ r5 = random number from 0 to 255 \ r6 = random number from 0 to 255 \ r7 = r5, squashed into -32 to 31 \ \ x = r6 + r7 \ y = r6 \ \ 32 <= ((r6 + r7)^2 + r5^2 + r6^2) / 256 < 80 \ \ Either: ((r6 + r7)^2 + r6^2) / 256 >= 16 \ \ Or: ((r6 + r7)^2 + r6^2) / 256 < 16 \ r5 >= 128 \ \ which is what we want .PLC3 DEC CNT3 \ Decrement the counter in CNT3 (the low byte) BNE PLL3 \ Loop back to PLL3 until CNT3 = 0 DEC CNT3+1 \ Decrement the counter in CNT3+1 (the high byte) BNE PLL3 \ Loop back to PLL3 until CNT3+1 = 0 \ The following code is not required, as we copy the \ title images to their correct places on-screen when \ we return from the subroutine, overwriting the copy \ that we do here LDA #&00 \ Set ZP(1 0) = &6300 STA ZP LDA #&63 STA ZP+1 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #LO(ELITE) \ Set P(1 0) = ELITE \ STA P \ LDA #HI(ELITE) \ STA P+1 \ \ LDX #8 \ Call MVPG with X = 8 to copy 8 pages of memory from \ JSR MVPG \ ELITE to &6300 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDA #&62 \ Set P(1 0) = &2A62 STA P LDA #&2A STA P+1 LDX #8 \ Call MVPG with X = 8 to copy 8 pages of memory from JSR MVPG \ &2A62 to &6300 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------>Name: PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Drawing planets Summary: Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the rings) Deep dive: Drawing Saturn on the loading screenContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file.DORND LDA RAND+1 \ r1´ = r1 + r3 + C TAX \ r3´ = r1 ADC RAND+3 STA RAND+1 STX RAND+3 LDA RAND \ X = r2´ = r0 TAX \ A = r0´ = r0 + r2 ADC RAND+2 STA RAND STX RAND+2 RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: DORND [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Maths (Arithmetic) Summary: Generate random numbers Deep dive: Generating random numbers Fixing ship positionsContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) calls DORND * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) calls DORND * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) calls DORND
Set A and X to random numbers (though note that X is set to the random number that was returned in A the last time DORND was called). The C and V flags are also set randomly. This is a simplified version of the DORND routine in the main game code. It swaps the two calculations around and omits the ROL A instruction, but is otherwise very similar. See the DORND routine in the main game code for more details..RAND EQUD &34785349Name: RAND [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing planets Summary: The random number seed used for drawing SaturnContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * DORND uses RAND * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) uses RAND.SQUA2 BPL SQUA \ If A > 0, jump to SQUA EOR #&FF \ Otherwise we need to negate A for the SQUA algorithm CLC \ to work, so we do this using two's complement, by ADC #1 \ setting A = ~A + 1 .SQUA STA Q \ Set Q = A and P = A STA P \ Set P = A LDA #0 \ Set A = 0 so we can start building the answer in A LDY #8 \ Set up a counter in Y to count the 8 bits in P LSR P \ Set P = P >> 1 \ and C flag = bit 0 of P .SQL1 BCC SQ1 \ If C (i.e. the next bit from P) is set, do the CLC \ addition for this bit of P: ADC Q \ \ A = A + Q .SQ1 ROR A \ Shift A right to catch the next digit of our result, \ which the next ROR sticks into the left end of P while \ also extracting the next bit of P ROR P \ Add the overspill from shifting A to the right onto \ the start of P, and shift P right to fetch the next \ bit for the calculation into the C flag DEY \ Decrement the loop counter BNE SQL1 \ Loop back for the next bit until P has been rotated \ all the way RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: SQUA2 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Maths (Arithmetic) Summary: Calculate (A P) = A * A Deep dive: Shift-and-add multiplicationContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) calls SQUA2 * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) calls SQUA2 * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) calls SQUA2
Do the following multiplication of signed 8-bit numbers: (A P) = A * A This uses a similar approach to routine SQUA2 in the main game code, which itself uses the MU11 routine to do the multiplication. However, this version first ensures that A is positive, so it can support signed numbers..PIX TAY \ Copy A into Y, for use later EOR #%10000000 \ Flip the sign of A LSR A \ Set A = A >> 3 LSR A LSR A LSR CHKSM+1 \ Rotate the high byte of CHKSM+1 to the right, as part \ of the copy protection ORA #&60 \ Set ZP+1 = &60 + A >> 3 STA ZP+1 TXA \ Set ZP = (X >> 3) * 8 EOR #%10000000 AND #%11111000 STA ZP TYA \ Set Y = Y AND %111 AND #%00000111 TAY TXA \ Set X = X AND %111 AND #%00000111 TAX LDA TWOS,X \ Fetch a pixel from TWOS and poke it into ZP+Y STA (ZP),Y .out RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: PIX [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Drawing pixels Summary: Draw a single pixel at a specific coordinateContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) calls PIX * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) calls PIX * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) calls PIX
Draw a pixel at screen coordinate (X, -A). The sign bit of A gets flipped before drawing, and then the routine uses the same approach as the PIXEL routine in the main game code, except it plots a single pixel from TWOS instead of a two pixel dash from TWOS2. This applies to the top part of the screen (the monochrome mode 4 space view). See the PIXEL routine in the main game code for more details.
Arguments: X The screen x-coordinate of the pixel to draw A The screen y-coordinate of the pixel to draw, negated
Other entry points: out Contains an RTS.TWOS EQUB %10000000 EQUB %01000000 EQUB %00100000 EQUB %00010000 EQUB %00001000 EQUB %00000100 EQUB %00000010 EQUB %00000001Name: TWOS [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing pixels Summary: Ready-made single-pixel character row bytes for mode 4Context: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * PIX uses TWOS
Ready-made bytes for plotting one-pixel points in mode 4 (the top part of the split screen). See the PIX routine for details..CNT EQUW &0300 \ The number of iterations of the PLL1 loop (768)Name: CNT [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing planets Summary: A counter for use in drawing Saturn's planetary bodyContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) uses CNT
Defines the number of iterations of the PLL1 loop, which draws the planet part of the loading screen's Saturn..CNT2 EQUW &01DD \ The number of iterations of the PLL2 loop (477)Name: CNT2 [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing planets Summary: A counter for use in drawing Saturn's background starsContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * PLL1 (Part 2 of 3) uses CNT2
Defines the number of iterations of the PLL2 loop, which draws the background stars on the loading screen..CNT3 EQUW &0333 \ The number of iterations of the PLL3 loop (819)Name: CNT3 [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing planets Summary: A counter for use in drawing Saturn's ringsContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) uses CNT3
Defines the number of iterations of the PLL3 loop, which draws the rings around the loading screen's Saturn..PROT3 LDA CHKSM \ Update the checksum AND CHKSM+1 ORA #&0C ASL A STA CHKSM RTS \ Return from the subroutine \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ JMP P% \ This would hang the computer, but we never get here as \ \ the checksum code has been disabled \ --- End of removed code ----------------------------->Name: PROT3 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Copy protection Summary: Part of the CHKSM copy protection checksum calculationContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls PROT3.ROOT LDY ZP+1 \ Set (Y Q) = ZP(1 0) LDA ZP STA Q \ So now to calculate ZP = SQRT(Y Q) LDX #0 \ Set X = 0, to hold the remainder STX ZP \ Set ZP = 0, to hold the result LDA #8 \ Set P = 8, to use as a loop counter STA P .LL6 CPX ZP \ If X < ZP, jump to LL7 BCC LL7 BNE LL8 \ If X > ZP, jump to LL8 CPY #64 \ If Y < 64, jump to LL7 with the C flag clear, BCC LL7 \ otherwise fall through into LL8 with the C flag set .LL8 TYA \ Set Y = Y - 64 SBC #64 \ TAY \ This subtraction will work as we know C is set from \ the BCC above, and the result will not underflow as we \ already checked that Y >= 64, so the C flag is also \ set for the next subtraction TXA \ Set X = X - ZP SBC ZP TAX .LL7 ROL ZP \ Shift the result in Q to the left, shifting the C flag \ into bit 0 and bit 7 into the C flag ASL Q \ Shift the dividend in (Y S) to the left, inserting TYA \ bit 7 from above into bit 0 ROL A TAY TXA \ Shift the remainder in X to the left ROL A TAX ASL Q \ Shift the dividend in (Y S) to the left TYA ROL A TAY TXA \ Shift the remainder in X to the left ROL A TAX DEC P \ Decrement the loop counter BNE LL6 \ Loop back to LL6 until we have done 8 loops RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: ROOT [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Maths (Arithmetic) Summary: Calculate ZP = SQRT(ZP(1 0))Context: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) calls ROOT
Calculate the following square root: ZP = SQRT(ZP(1 0)) This routine is identical to LL5 in the main game code - it even has the same label names. The only difference is that LL5 calculates Q = SQRT(R Q), but apart from the variables used, the instructions are identical, so see the LL5 routine in the main game code for more details on the algorithm used here..OSB LDY #0 \ Call OSBYTE with Y = 0, returning from the subroutine JMP OSBYTE \ using a tail call (so we can call OSB to call OSBYTE \ for when we know we want Y set to 0)Name: OSB [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Utility routines Summary: A convenience routine for calling OSBYTE with Y = 0Context: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls OSB.MVPG LDY #0 \ We want to move one page of memory, so set Y as a byte \ counter .MPL LDA (P),Y \ Fetch the Y-th byte of the P(1 0) memory block \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EOR #&A5 \ Decrypt it by EOR'ing with &A5 \ --- End of removed code -----------------------------> STA (ZP),Y \ Store the result in the Y-th byte of the ZP(1 0) \ memory block DEY \ Decrement the byte counter BNE MPL \ Loop back to copy the next byte until we have done a \ whole page of 256 bytes RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: MVPG [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Utility routines Summary: Move a page of memoryContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls MVPG * MVBL calls MVPG * PLL1 (Part 3 of 3) calls MVPG
Arguments: P(1 0) The source address of the page to move ZP(1 0) The destination address of the page to move.MVBL JSR MVPG \ Call MVPG above to copy one page of memory from the \ address in P(1 0) to the address in ZP(1 0) INC ZP+1 \ Increment the high byte of the source address to point \ to the next page INC P+1 \ Increment the high byte of the destination address to \ point to the next page DEX \ Decrement the page counter BNE MVBL \ Loop back to copy the next page until we have done X \ pages RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: MVBL [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Utility routines Summary: Move a multi-page block of memoryContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls MVBL
Arguments: P(1 0) The source address of the block to move ZP(1 0) The destination address of the block to move X Number of pages of memory to move (1 page = 256 bytes).MESS1 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUS "*DIR E" \ EQUB 13 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUS "DIR e" EQUB 13 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------>Name: MESS1 [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Loader Summary: The OS command string for changing the disc directory to EContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) uses MESS1.DIALS INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.DIALS.bin" .SHIP_MISSILE INCBIN "3-assembled-output/MISSILE.bin" .WORDS INCBIN "3-assembled-output/WORDS.bin"Name: Elite loader (Part 2 of 3) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Include binaries for recursive tokens, Missile blueprint and imagesContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file
The loader bundles a number of binary files in with the loader code, and moves them to their correct memory locations in part 1 above. There are two files containing code: * WORDS.bin contains the recursive token table, which is moved to &0400 before the main game is loaded * MISSILE.bin contains the missile ship blueprint, which gets moved to &7F00 before the main game is loaded and one file containing an image, which is moved into screen memory by the loader: * P.DIALS.bin contains the dashboard, which gets moved to screen address &7800, which is the starting point of the four-colour mode 5 portion at the bottom of the split screen There are three other image binaries bundled into the loader, which are described in part 3 below..TVT1code ORG &1100Name: TVT1code [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Code block at &1100-&11E2 that remains resident in both docked and flight mode (palettes, screen mode routine and commander data)Context: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls TVT1code.TVT1 EQUB &D4, &C4 \ This block of palette data is used to create two EQUB &94, &84 \ palettes used in three different places, all of them EQUB &F5, &E5 \ redefining four colours in mode 5: EQUB &B5, &A5 \ \ 12 bytes from TVT1 (i.e. the first 6 rows): applied EQUB &76, &66 \ when the T1 timer runs down at the switch from the EQUB &36, &26 \ space view to the dashboard, so this is the standard \ dashboard palette EQUB &E1, &F1 \ EQUB &B1, &A1 \ 8 bytes from TVT1+8 (i.e. the last 4 rows): applied \ when the T1 timer runs down at the switch from the \ space view to the dashboard, and we have an escape \ pod fitted, so this is the escape pod dashboard \ palette \ \ 8 bytes from TVT1+8 (i.e. the last 4 rows): applied \ at vertical sync in LINSCN when HFX is non-zero, to \ create the hyperspace effect in LINSCN (where the \ whole screen is switched to mode 5 at vertical sync) EQUB &F0, &E0 \ 12 bytes of palette data at TVT1+16, used to set the EQUB &B0, &A0 \ mode 4 palette in LINSCN when we hit vertical sync, EQUB &D0, &C0 \ so the palette is set to monochrome when we start to EQUB &90, &80 \ draw the first row of the screen EQUB &77, &67 EQUB &37, &27Name: TVT1 [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Drawing the screen Summary: Palette data for space and the two dashboard colour schemesContext: See this variable on its own page References: This variable is used as follows: * IRQ1 uses TVT1
Palette bytes for use with the split-screen mode (see IRQ1 below for more details). Palette data is given as a set of bytes, with each byte mapping a logical colour to a physical one. In each byte, the logical colour is given in bits 4-7 and the physical colour in bits 0-3. See p.379 of the Advanced User Guide for details of how palette mapping works, as in modes 4 and 5 we have to do multiple palette commands to change the colours correctly, and the physical colour value is EOR'd with 7, just to make things even more confusing. Similarly, the palette at TVT1+16 is for the monochrome space view, where logical colour 1 is mapped to physical colour 0 EOR 7 = 7 (white), and logical colour 0 is mapped to physical colour 7 EOR 7 = 0 (black). Each of these mappings requires six calls to SHEILA &21 - see p.379 of the Advanced User Guide for an explanation. The mode 5 palette table has two blocks which overlap. The block used depends on whether or not we have an escape pod fitted. The block at TVT1 is used for the standard dashboard colours, while TVT1+8 is used for the dashboard when an escape pod is fitted. The colours are as follows: Normal (TVT1) Escape pod (TVT1+8) Colour 0 Black Black Colour 1 Red Red Colour 2 Yellow White Colour 3 Green Cyan.LINSCN \ This is called from the interrupt handler below, at \ the start of each vertical sync (i.e. when the screen \ refresh starts) LDA #30 \ Set the line scan counter to a non-zero value, so STA DL \ routines like WSCAN can set DL to 0 and then wait for \ it to change to non-zero to catch the vertical sync STA VIA+&44 \ Set 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 low-order counter \ (SHEILA &44) to 30 LDA #VSCAN \ Set 6522 System VIA T1C-L timer 1 high-order counter STA VIA+&45 \ (SHEILA &45) to VSCAN (57) to start the T1 counter \ counting down from 14622 at a rate of 1 MHz LDA HFX \ If HFX is non-zero, jump to VNT1 to set the mode 5 BNE VNT1 \ palette instead of switching to mode 4, which will \ have the effect of blurring and colouring the top \ screen. This is how the white hyperspace rings turn \ to colour when we do a hyperspace jump, and is \ triggered by setting HFX to 1 in routine LL164 LDA #%00001000 \ Set the Video ULA control register (SHEILA &20) to STA VIA+&20 \ %00001000, which is the same as switching to mode 4 \ (i.e. the top part of the screen) but with no cursor .VNT3 LDA TVT1+16,Y \ Copy the Y-th palette byte from TVT1+16 to SHEILA &21 STA VIA+&21 \ to map logical to actual colours for the bottom part \ of the screen (i.e. the dashboard) DEY \ Decrement the palette byte counter BPL VNT3 \ Loop back to VNT3 until we have copied all the \ palette bytes LDA LASCT \ Decrement the value of LASCT, but if we go too far BEQ P%+5 \ and it becomes negative, bump it back up again (this DEC LASCT \ controls the pulsing of pulse lasers) PLA \ Otherwise restore Y from the stack TAY LDA VIA+&41 \ Read 6522 System VIA input register IRA (SHEILA &41) LDA &FC \ Set A to the interrupt accumulator save register, \ which restores A to the value it had on entering the \ interrupt RTI \ Return from interrupts, so this interrupt is not \ passed on to the next interrupt handler, but instead \ the interrupt terminates here .IRQ1 TYA \ Store Y on the stack PHA LDY #11 \ Set Y as a counter for 12 bytes, to use when setting \ the dashboard palette below LDA #%00000010 \ Read the 6522 System VIA status byte bit 1 (SHEILA BIT VIA+&4D \ &4D), which is set if vertical sync has occurred on \ the video system BNE LINSCN \ If we are on the vertical sync pulse, jump to LINSCN \ to set up the timers to enable us to switch the \ screen mode between the space view and dashboard BVC jvec \ Read the 6522 System VIA status byte bit 6, which is \ set if timer 1 has timed out. We set the timer in \ LINSCN above, so this means we only run the next bit \ if the screen redraw has reached the boundary between \ the space view and the dashboard. Otherwise bit 6 is \ clear and we aren't at the boundary, so we jump to \ jvec to pass control to the next interrupt handler ASL A \ Double the value in A to 4 STA VIA+&20 \ Set the Video ULA control register (SHEILA &20) to \ %00000100, which is the same as switching to mode 5, \ (i.e. the bottom part of the screen) but with no \ cursor LDA ESCP \ If an escape pod is fitted, jump to VNT1 to set the BNE VNT1 \ mode 5 palette differently (so the dashboard is a \ different colour if we have an escape pod) LDA TVT1,Y \ Copy the Y-th palette byte from TVT1 to SHEILA &21 STA VIA+&21 \ to map logical to actual colours for the bottom part \ of the screen (i.e. the dashboard) DEY \ Decrement the palette byte counter BPL P%-7 \ Loop back to the LDA TVT1,Y instruction until we have \ copied all the palette bytes .jvec PLA \ Restore Y from the stack TAY JMP (VEC) \ Jump to the address in VEC, which was set to the \ original IRQ1V vector by the loading process, so this \ instruction passes control to the next interrupt \ handler .VNT1 LDY #7 \ Set Y as a counter for 8 bytes LDA TVT1+8,Y \ Copy the Y-th palette byte from TVT1+8 to SHEILA &21 STA VIA+&21 \ to map logical to actual colours for the bottom part \ of the screen (i.e. the dashboard) DEY \ Decrement the palette byte counter BPL VNT1+2 \ Loop back to the LDA TVT1+8,Y instruction until we \ have copied all the palette bytes BMI jvec \ Jump up to jvec to pass control to the next interrupt \ handler (this BMI is effectively a JMP as we didn't \ loop back with the BPL above, so BMI is always true)Name: IRQ1 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Drawing the screen Summary: The main screen-mode interrupt handler (IRQ1V points here) Deep dive: The split-screen mode in BBC Micro EliteContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls IRQ1
The main interrupt handler, which implements Elite's split-screen mode (see the deep dive on "The split-screen mode in BBC Micro Elite" for details). IRQ1V is set to point to IRQ1 by the loading process..S1% EQUS ":0.E."Name: S1% [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Save and load Summary: The drive and directory number used when saving or loading a commander file Deep dive: Commander save filesContext: See this variable on its own page References: No direct references to this variable in this source file
The drive part of this string (the "0") is updated with the chosen drive in the GTNMEW routine, but the directory part (the "E") is fixed. The variable is followed directly by the commander file at NA%, which starts with the commander name, so the full string at S1% is in the format ":0.E.JAMESON", which gives the full filename of the commander file..NA% \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUS "JAMESON" \ The current commander name, which defaults to JAMESON \ EQUB 13 \ \ \ The commander name can be up to 7 characters (the DFS \ \ limit for filenames), and is terminated by a carriage \ \ return \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUS "NEWCOME" \ The current commander name, which defaults to NEWCOME EQUB 13 \ \ The commander name can be up to 7 characters (the DFS \ limit for filenames), and is terminated by a carriage \ return \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> \ NA%+8 is the start of the commander data block \ \ This block contains the last saved commander data \ block. As the game is played it uses an identical \ block at location TP to store the current commander \ state, and that block is copied here when the game is \ saved. Conversely, when the game starts up, the block \ here is copied to TP, which restores the last saved \ commander when we die \ \ The initial state of this block defines the default \ commander. Q% can be set to TRUE to give the default \ commander lots of credits and equipment EQUB 0 \ TP = Mission status, #0 EQUB 20 \ QQ0 = Current system X-coordinate (Lave), #1 EQUB 173 \ QQ1 = Current system Y-coordinate (Lave), #2 EQUW &5A4A \ QQ21 = Seed s0 for system 0, galaxy 0 (Tibedied), #3-4 EQUW &0248 \ QQ21 = Seed s1 for system 0, galaxy 0 (Tibedied), #5-6 EQUW &B753 \ QQ21 = Seed s2 for system 0, galaxy 0 (Tibedied), #7-8 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \IF Q% \ EQUD &00CA9A3B \ CASH = Amount of cash (100,000,000 Cr), #9-12 \ELSE \ EQUD &E8030000 \ CASH = Amount of cash (100 Cr), #9-12 \ENDIF \ \ EQUB 70 \ QQ14 = Fuel level, #13 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> IF Q% EQUD &00CA9A3B \ CASH = Amount of cash (100,000,000 Cr), #9-12 ELSE EQUD &88130000 \ CASH = Amount of cash (500 Cr), #9-12 ENDIF EQUB 60 + (15 AND Q%) \ QQ14 = Fuel level, #13 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> EQUB 0 \ COK = Competition flags, #14 EQUB 0 \ GCNT = Galaxy number, 0-7, #15 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB POW+(128 AND Q%) \ LASER = Front laser, #16 \ \ EQUB (POW+128) AND Q% \ LASER+1 = Rear laser, #17 \ \ EQUB 0 \ LASER+2 = Left laser, #18 \ \ EQUB 0 \ LASER+3 = Right laser, #19 \ \ EQUW 0 \ These bytes appear to be unused (they were originally \ \ used for up/down lasers, but they were dropped), \ \ #20-21 \ \ EQUB 22 + (15 AND Q%) \ CRGO = Cargo capacity, #22 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUB &9C AND Q% \ LASER = Front laser, #16 EQUB &9C AND Q% \ LASER+1 = Rear laser, #17 EQUB 0 \ LASER+2 = Left laser, #18 EQUB 0 \ LASER+3 = Right laser, #19 EQUB 0 \ This byte appears to be unused, #20 EQUB 8 AND Q% \ cmdr_type = Type of our current ship, #21 EQUB Q% \ CRGO = I.F.F. system, #22 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> EQUB 0 \ QQ20+0 = Amount of food in cargo hold, #23 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+1 = Amount of textiles in cargo hold, #24 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+2 = Amount of radioactives in cargo hold, #25 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+3 = Amount of slaves in cargo hold, #26 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+4 = Amount of liquor/Wines in cargo hold, #27 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+5 = Amount of luxuries in cargo hold, #28 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+6 = Amount of narcotics in cargo hold, #29 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+7 = Amount of computers in cargo hold, #30 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+8 = Amount of machinery in cargo hold, #31 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+9 = Amount of alloys in cargo hold, #32 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+10 = Amount of firearms in cargo hold, #33 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+11 = Amount of furs in cargo hold, #34 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+12 = Amount of minerals in cargo hold, #35 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+13 = Amount of gold in cargo hold, #36 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+14 = Amount of platinum in cargo hold, #37 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+15 = Amount of gem-stones in cargo hold, #38 EQUB 0 \ QQ20+16 = Amount of alien items in cargo hold, #39 EQUB Q% \ ECM = E.C.M. system, #40 EQUB Q% \ BST = Fuel scoops ("barrel status"), #41 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB Q% AND 127 \ BOMB = Energy bomb, #42 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUB Q% \ BOMB = Hyperspace unit, #42 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> EQUB Q% AND 1 \ ENGY = Energy/shield level, #43 EQUB Q% \ DKCMP = Docking computer, #44 EQUB Q% \ GHYP = Galactic hyperdrive, #45 EQUB Q% \ ESCP = Escape pod, #46 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUD 0 \ These four bytes appear to be unused, #47-50 \ \ EQUB 3 + (Q% AND 1) \ NOMSL = Number of missiles, #51 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUW 0 \ cmdr_cour = Special cargo mission timer, #47 EQUB 0 \ cmdr_courx = Special cargo destination x-coord, #49 EQUB 0 \ cmdr_coury = Special cargo destination y-coord, #50 EQUB 0 \ NOMSL = Number of missiles, #51 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> EQUB 0 \ FIST = Legal status ("fugitive/innocent status"), #52 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB 16 \ AVL+0 = Market availability of food, #53 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUB 0 \ AVL+0 = Market availability of food, #53 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> EQUB 15 \ AVL+1 = Market availability of textiles, #54 EQUB 17 \ AVL+2 = Market availability of radioactives, #55 EQUB 0 \ AVL+3 = Market availability of slaves, #56 EQUB 3 \ AVL+4 = Market availability of liquor/Wines, #57 EQUB 28 \ AVL+5 = Market availability of luxuries, #58 EQUB 14 \ AVL+6 = Market availability of narcotics, #59 EQUB 0 \ AVL+7 = Market availability of computers, #60 EQUB 0 \ AVL+8 = Market availability of machinery, #61 EQUB 10 \ AVL+9 = Market availability of alloys, #62 EQUB 0 \ AVL+10 = Market availability of firearms, #63 EQUB 17 \ AVL+11 = Market availability of furs, #64 EQUB 58 \ AVL+12 = Market availability of minerals, #65 EQUB 7 \ AVL+13 = Market availability of gold, #66 EQUB 9 \ AVL+14 = Market availability of platinum, #67 EQUB 8 \ AVL+15 = Market availability of gem-stones, #68 EQUB 0 \ AVL+16 = Market availability of alien items, #69 EQUB 0 \ QQ26 = Random byte that changes for each visit to a \ system, for randomising market prices, #70 EQUW 0 \ TALLY = Number of kills, #71-72 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB 128 \ SVC = Save count, #73 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUB 32 \ SVC = Save count, #73 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------>Name: NA% [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Save and load Summary: The data block for the last saved commander Deep dive: Commander save files The competition codeContext: See this variable on its own page References: No direct references to this variable in this source file
Contains the last saved commander data, with the name at NA% and the data at NA%+8 onwards. The size of the data block is given in NT% (which also includes the two checksum bytes that follow this block). This block is initially set up with the default commander, which can be maxed out for testing purposes by setting Q% to TRUE. The commander's name is stored at NA%, and can be up to 7 characters long (the DFS filename limit). It is terminated with a carriage return character, ASCII 13. The offset of each byte within a saved commander file is also shown as #0, #1 and so on, so the kill tally, for example, is in bytes #71 and #72 of the saved file. The related variable name from the current commander block is also shown..CHK2 \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB &03 EOR &A9 \ The checksum value for the default commander, EOR'd \ \ with &A9 to make it harder to tamper with the checksum \ \ byte, #74 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUB &58 EOR &A9 \ The checksum value for the default commander, EOR'd \ with &A9 to make it harder to tamper with the checksum \ byte, #74 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------>Name: CHK2 [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Save and load Summary: Second checksum byte for the saved commander data file Deep dive: Commander save files The competition codeContext: See this variable on its own page References: No direct references to this variable in this source file
Second commander checksum byte. If the default commander is changed, a new checksum will be calculated and inserted by the elite-checksum.py script. The offset of this byte within a saved commander file is also shown (it's at byte #74)..CHK \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB &03 \ The checksum value for the default commander, #75 \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> EQUB &58 \ The checksum value for the default commander, #75 \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------>Name: CHK [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Save and load Summary: First checksum byte for the saved commander data file Deep dive: Commander save files The competition codeContext: See this variable on its own page References: No direct references to this variable in this source file
Commander checksum byte. If the default commander is changed, a new checksum will be calculated and inserted by the elite-checksum.py script. The offset of this byte within a saved commander file is also shown (it's at byte #75)..BRBR1 \ The following loop prints out the null-terminated \ message pointed to by (&FD &FE), which is the MOS \ error message pointer - so this prints the error \ message on the next line LDY #0 \ Set Y = 0 to act as a character counter LDA #13 \ Set A = 13 so the first character printed is a \ carriage return .BRBRLOOP JSR OSWRCH \ Print the character in A (which contains a carriage \ return on the first loop iteration), and then any \ characters we fetch from the error message INY \ Increment the loop counter LDA (&FD),Y \ Fetch the Y-th byte of the block pointed to by \ (&FD &FE), so that's the Y-th character of the message \ pointed to by the MOS error message pointer BNE BRBRLOOP \ If the fetched character is non-zero, loop back to the \ JSR OSWRCH above to print the it, and keep looping \ until we fetch a zero (which marks the end of the \ message) BEQ P% \ Hang the computer as something has gone wrong \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ EQUB &64, &5F, &61 \ These bytes appear to be unused \ EQUB &74, &74, &72 \ EQUB &69, &62, &75 \ EQUB &74, &65, &73 \ EQUB &00, &C4, &24 \ EQUB &6A, &43, &67 \ EQUB &65, &74, &72 \ EQUB &64, &69, &73 \ EQUB &63, &00, &B6 \ EQUB &3C, &C6 \ --- End of removed code -----------------------------> COPYBLOCK TVT1, P%, TVT1code ORG TVT1code + P% - TVT1Name: BRBR1 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Loader break handler: print a newline and the error message, and then hang the computerContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file
This break handler is used during loading and during flight, and is resident in memory throughout the game's lifecycle. The docked code loads its own break handler and overrides this one until the flight code is run. The main difference between the two handlers is that this one display the error and then hangs, while the docked code displays the error and returns. This is because the docked code has to cope gracefully with errors from the disc access menu (such as "File not found"), which we obviously don't want to terminate the game..ELITE INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.ELITE.bin" .ASOFT INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.A-SOFT.bin" .CpASOFT INCBIN "1-source-files/images/P.(C)ASFT.bin"Name: Elite loader (Part 3 of 3) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Include binaries for the loading screen imagesContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file
The loader bundles a number of binary files in with the loader code, and moves them to their correct memory locations in part 1 above. This part includes three files containing images, which are all moved into screen memory by the loader: * P.A-SOFT.bin contains the "ACORNSOFT" title across the top of the loading screen, which gets moved to screen address &6100, on the second character row of the monochrome mode 4 screen * P.ELITE.bin contains the "ELITE" title across the top of the loading screen, which gets moved to screen address &6300, on the fourth character row of the monochrome mode 4 screen * P.(C)ASFT.bin contains the "(C) Acornsoft 1984" title across the bottom of the loading screen, which gets moved to screen address &7600, the penultimate character row of the monochrome mode 4 screen, just above the dashboard There are three other binaries bundled into the loader, which are described in part 2 above.CPU 1 .to_dd00 ORG &DD00Name: to_dd00 [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: BBC Master code for saving and restoring the MOS character set, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &DD00 to be runContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls to_dd00\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .do_FILEV JSR restorews \ Call restorews to restore the filing system workspace, \ so we can use the filing system .old_FILEV JSR &100 \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it calls the existing FILEV handler \ Fall through into savews to save the filing system \ workspace in a safe place and replace it with the MOS \ character set, so that character printing will work \ once again \ --- End of added code ------------------------------->Name: do_FILEV [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: The custom handler for OSFILE calls in the BBC Master versionContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * set_vectors calls do_FILEV\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .savews PHP \ Store the status register, A, X and Y on the stack, so PHA \ we can retrieve them later to preserve them across PHX \ calls to the subroutine PHY IF _BUG_FIX BIT wsstate \ If bit 7 of wsstate is set then the filing system BMI saverts \ workspace is already in its safe place, so jump to \ saverts so we don't save it again ENDIF \ --- End of added code -------------------------------> LDA #%00001000 \ Set bit 3 of the Access Control Register at SHEILA &34 TSB VIA+&34 \ to map the filing system RAM space into &C000-&DFFF \ (HAZEL), in place of the MOS VDU workspace (the TSB \ instruction applies the accumulator to the memory \ location using an OR) \ We now want to copy the first three pages from &C000 \ to the safe place that we obtained in the loader, and \ whose location we poked directly into the put0, put1 \ and put2 instructions below, back in part 1 of the \ loader LDX #0 \ Set a byte counter in X so we can copy an entire page \ of bytes, starting from 0 .putws LDA &C000,X \ Fetch the X-th byte from the first page of the &C000 \ workspace .put0 STA &C000,X \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it points to the first page of the safe \ place where we can copy the filing system workspace LDA &C100,X \ Fetch the X-th byte from the second page of the &C000 \ workspace (i.e. &C100) .put1 STA &C100,X \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it points to the second page of the safe \ place where we can copy the filing system workspace LDA &C200,X \ Fetch the X-th byte from the third page of the &C000 \ workspace (i.e. &C200) .put2 STA &C200,X \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it points to the third page of the safe \ place where we can copy the filing system workspace INX \ Increment the byte counter BNE putws \ Loop back until we have copied a whole page of bytes \ (three times) LDA LATCH \ Fetch the RAM copy of the currently selected paged ROM PHA \ from LATCH and save it on the stack so we can restore \ it below LDA #%10000000 \ Set the RAM copy of the currently selected paged ROM STA LATCH \ so it matches the paged ROM selection latch at SHEILA \ &30 that we are about to set STA VIA+&30 \ Set bit 7 of the ROM Select latch at SHEILA &30, to \ map the MOS ROM to &8000-&8FFF in RAM (ANDY) \ We now want to copy the three pages of MOS character \ definitions from the MOS ROM to &C000, so the \ character printing routines can use them LDX #0 \ Set a byte counter in X so we can copy an entire page \ of bytes, starting from 0 .copych LDA &8900,X \ Copy the X-th byte of the first page of MOS character STA &C000,X \ definitions at &8900 into the X-th byte of &C000 LDA &8A00,X \ Copy the X-th byte of the second page of MOS character STA &C100,X \ definitions at &8A00 into the X-th byte of &C100 LDA &8B00,X \ Copy the X-th byte of the third page of MOS character STA &C200,X \ definitions at &8B00 into the X-th byte of &C100 INX \ Increment the byte counter BNE copych \ Loop back until we have copied a whole page of bytes \ (three times) PLA \ Restore the paged ROM number that we saved on the STA LATCH \ stack and store it in LATCH so it matches the paged \ ROM selection latch at SHEILA &30 that we are about \ to set STA VIA+&30 \ Store the same value in SHEILA &30, to switch back to \ the ROM that was selected before we changed it above \ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> IF _BUG_FIX LDA #%10000000 \ Clear bit 7 of wsstate to denote that we have saved STA wsstate \ the filing system workspace .saverts ENDIF \ --- End of added code -------------------------------> PLY \ Restore the status register, A, X and Y from the PLX \ stack, so they are preserved by the subroutine PLA PLP RTS \ Return from the subroutineName: savews [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Save the filing system workspace in a safe place and replace it with the MOS character setContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * do_FSCV calls savews * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls savews\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .do_FSCV JSR restorews \ Call restorews to restore the filing system workspace, \ so we can use the filing system .old_FSCV JSR &100 \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it calls the existing FSCV handler JMP savews \ Call savews to save the filing system workspace in a \ safe place and replace it with the MOS character set, \ so that character printing will work once again \ --- End of added code ------------------------------->Name: do_FSCV [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: The custom handler for filing system calls in the BBC Master versionContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * set_vectors calls do_FSCV\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .restorews PHA \ Store A and X on the stack, so we can retrieve them PHX \ later to preserve them across calls to the subroutine IF _BUG_FIX BIT wsstate \ If bit 7 of wsstate is clear then the filing system BPL restorerts \ workspace is already restored, so jump to restorerts \ so we don't restore it again ENDIF \ We now want to copy the first three pages from the \ safe place back to &C00), reversing the copy that we \ did in savews. As with savews, the location of the \ safe place was poked directly into the get0, get1 and \ get2 instructions below, back in part 1 of the loader LDX #0 \ Set a byte counter in X so we can copy an entire page \ of bytes, starting from 0 .getws .get0 LDA &C000,X \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it points to the first page of the safe \ place where we copied the filing system workspace in \ the savews routine STA &C000,X \ Copy the X-th byte from the first page of the safe \ place to the X-th byte of the first page of the &C000 \ block .get1 LDA &C100,X \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it points to the second page of the safe \ place where we copied the filing system workspace in \ the savews routine STA &C100,X \ Copy the X-th byte from the second page of the safe \ place to the X-th byte of the second page of the &C000 \ block (i.e. &C100) .get2 LDA &C200,X \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it points to the third page of the safe \ place where we copied the filing system workspace in \ the savews routine STA &C200,X \ Copy the X-th byte from the third page of the safe \ place to the X-th byte of the third page of the &C000 \ block (i.e. &C200) INX \ Increment the byte counter BNE getws \ Loop back until we have copied a whole page of bytes \ (three times) IF _BUG_FIX STZ wsstate \ Clear bit 7 of wsstate to denote that we have restored \ the filing system workspace .restorerts ENDIF PLX \ Retore A and X from the stack, so they are preserved PLA \ by the subroutine RTS \ Return from the subroutine \ --- End of added code ------------------------------->\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .do_BYTEV CMP #143 \ If this is not OSBYTE 143, the paged ROM service call, BNE old_BYTEV \ then jump to old_BYTEV to pass the call onto the \ default handler CPX #&F \ If the value of X is not &F ("vectors changed"), jump BNE old_BYTEV \ to old_BYTEV to pass the call onto the default \ handler JSR old_BYTEV \ This is OSBYTE 143 with X = &F (the "vectors changed" \ service call), so first of all call old_BYTEV so the \ service call can be processed by the default handler \ And then fall through into set_vectors to set the \ FILEV, FSCV and BYTEV vectors to point to our custom \ handlers \ --- End of added code ------------------------------->Name: do_BYTEV [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: The custom handler for OSBYTE calls in the BBC Master versionContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * set_vectors calls do_BYTEV\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .set_vectors SEI \ Disable interrupts while we update the vectors PHA \ Store A on the stack so we can retrieve it below LDA #LO(do_FILEV) \ Set the FILEV to point to our custom handler in STA FILEV \ do_FILEV LDA #HI(do_FILEV) STA FILEV+1 LDA #LO(do_FSCV) \ Set the FSCV to point to our custom handler in STA FSCV \ do_FSCV LDA #HI(do_FSCV) STA FSCV+1 LDA #LO(do_BYTEV) \ Set the BYTEV to point to our custom handler in STA BYTEV \ do_BYTEV LDA #HI(do_BYTEV) STA BYTEV+1 PLA \ Restore A from the stack, so the subroutine doesn't \ change its value CLI \ Enable interrupts again RTS \ Return from the subroutine \ --- End of added code ------------------------------->Name: set_vectors [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Set the FILEV, FSCV and BYTEV vectors to point to our custom handlersContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls set_vectors\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> .old_BYTEV JMP &100 \ This address is modified by the Master-specific code \ in part 1 of the loader (just after the cpmaster \ loop), so it calls the existing BYTEV handler and \ returns from the subroutine using a tail call \ --- End of added code ------------------------------->Name: old_BYTEV [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Call the default OSBYTE handlerContext: See this subroutine on its own page References: This subroutine is called as follows: * do_BYTEV calls old_BYTEV * Elite loader (Part 1 of 3) calls old_BYTEV\ --- Mod: Code added for Elite-A: --------------------> IF _BUG_FIX .wsstate EQUB 0 \ Bit 7 determines the state of the filing system \ workspace and MOS character definitions: \ \ * Clear = filing system workspace restored to &C000 \ so it is safe to do file operations \ \ * Set = filing system workspace saved to safe place \ and replaced by MOS character definitions \ at &C000 ENDIF \ --- End of added code -------------------------------> dd00_len = P% - do_FILEV COPYBLOCK do_FILEV, P%, to_dd00 ORG to_dd00 + P% - do_FILEVPRINT "S.ELITE ", ~CODE%, " ", ~P%, " ", ~LOAD%, " ", ~LOAD% SAVE "3-assembled-output/ELITE.bin", CODE%, P%, LOAD% PRINT "Addresses for the scramble routines in elite-checksum.py" PRINT "Load address = ", ~CODE% PRINT "TVT1code = ", ~TVT1code PRINT "ELITE = ", ~ELITE PRINT "LOADcode = ", ~LOADcode PRINT "DIALS = ", ~DIALS PRINT "ELITE = ", ~ELITE PRINT "End of ELITE4 file = ", ~P% PRINT "TVT1code = ", ~TVT1code PRINT "TVT1 = ", ~TVT1 PRINT "NA% = ", ~NA% PRINT "CHK2 = ", ~CHK2Save ELITE.bin
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Label ASOFT in subroutine Elite loader (Part 3 of 3)
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Variable B% (category: Drawing the screen)
VDU commands for setting the square mode 4 screen
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Configuration variable BRKV
The break vector that we intercept to enable us to handle and display system errors
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Configuration variable BYTEV
The BYTEV vector that we intercept on the BBC Master
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Variable CNT (category: Drawing planets)
A counter for use in drawing Saturn's planetary body
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Variable CNT2 (category: Drawing planets)
A counter for use in drawing Saturn's background stars
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Variable CNT3 (category: Drawing planets)
A counter for use in drawing Saturn's rings
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Configuration variable CRGO
The flag that determines whether we have an I.F.F. system fitted, matching the address in the main game code
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Label CpASOFT in subroutine Elite loader (Part 3 of 3)
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Label DIALS in subroutine Elite loader (Part 2 of 3)
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Subroutine DORND (category: Maths (Arithmetic))
Generate random numbers
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Variable E% (category: Sound)
Sound envelope definitions
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Label ELITE in subroutine Elite loader (Part 3 of 3)
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Configuration variable ESCP
The flag that determines whether we have an escape pod fitted, matching the address in the main game code
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Configuration variable FILEV
The FILEV vector that we intercept on the BBC Master
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Macro FNE (category: Sound)
Macro definition for defining a sound envelope
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Configuration variable FSCV
The FSCV vector that we intercept on the BBC Master
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Configuration variable HFX
A flag that toggles the hyperspace colour effect, matching the address in the main game code
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Subroutine IRQ1 (category: Drawing the screen)
The main screen-mode interrupt handler (IRQ1V points here)
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Configuration variable IRQ1V
The IRQ1V vector that we intercept to implement the split-screen mode
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Configuration variable LASCT
The laser pulse count for the current laser, matching the address in the main game code
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Subroutine LOAD (category: Loader)
Load the main docked code, set up various vectors, run a checksum and start the game
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Subroutine LOADcode (category: Loader)
Encrypted LOAD routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0B00 to be run
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Variable MESS1 (category: Loader)
The OS command string for changing the disc directory to E
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Subroutine MVBL (category: Utility routines)
Move a multi-page block of memory
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Subroutine MVPG (category: Utility routines)
Move a page of memory
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Configuration variable N%
N% is set to the number of bytes in the VDU table, so we can loop through them in part 1 below
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Configuration variable NETV
The NETV vector that we intercept as part of the copy protection
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Subroutine OSB (category: Utility routines)
A convenience routine for calling OSBYTE with Y = 0
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Configuration variable OSBYTE
The address for the OSBYTE routine
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Configuration variable OSCLI
The address for the OSCLI vector
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Configuration variable OSWORD
The address for the OSWORD routine
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Configuration variable OSWRCH
The address for the OSWRCH routine
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Subroutine PIX (category: Drawing pixels)
Draw a single pixel at a specific coordinate
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Label PL1 in subroutine PLL1 (Part 3 of 3)
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Label PLC1 in subroutine PLL1 (Part 1 of 3)
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Label PLC2 in subroutine PLL1 (Part 2 of 3)
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Label PLC3 in subroutine PLL1 (Part 3 of 3)
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Subroutine PLL1 (Part 1 of 3) (category: Drawing planets)
Draw Saturn on the loading screen (draw the planet)
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Label PLL2 in subroutine PLL1 (Part 2 of 3)
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Label PLL3 in subroutine PLL1 (Part 3 of 3)
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Subroutine PROT3 (category: Copy protection)
Part of the CHKSM copy protection checksum calculation
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Configuration variable Q%
Set Q% to TRUE to max out the default commander, FALSE for the standard default commander
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Variable RAND (category: Drawing planets)
The random number seed used for drawing Saturn
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Subroutine ROOT (category: Maths (Arithmetic))
Calculate ZP = SQRT(ZP(1 0))
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Configuration variable S%
The address of the main entry point workspace in the main game code
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Subroutine SQUA2 (category: Maths (Arithmetic))
Calculate (A P) = A * A
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Variable TVT1 (category: Drawing the screen)
Palette data for space and the two dashboard colour schemes
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Subroutine TVT1code (category: Loader)
Code block at &1100-&11E2 that remains resident in both docked and flight mode (palettes, screen mode routine and commander data)
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Variable TWOS (category: Drawing pixels)
Ready-made single-pixel character row bytes for mode 4
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Configuration variable VEC
VEC is where we store the original value of the IRQ1 vector, matching the address in the elite-missile.asm source
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Configuration variable VIA
Memory-mapped space for accessing internal hardware, such as the video ULA, 6845 CRTC and 6522 VIAs (also known as SHEILA)
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Configuration variable VSCAN
Defines the split position in the split-screen mode
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Label WORDS in subroutine Elite loader (Part 2 of 3)
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Configuration variable WRCHV
The WRCHV vector that we intercept with our custom text printing routine
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Workspace ZP (category: Workspaces)
Important variables used by the loader
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Label copy_d7a in subroutine Elite loader (Part 1 of 3)
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Label cpmaster in subroutine Elite loader (Part 1 of 3)
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Subroutine do_BYTEV (category: Loader)
The custom handler for OSBYTE calls in the BBC Master version
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Subroutine do_FILEV (category: Loader)
The custom handler for OSFILE calls in the BBC Master version
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Subroutine do_FSCV (category: Loader)
The custom handler for filing system calls in the BBC Master version
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Subroutine iff_index (category: Dashboard)
Return the type index for this ship in the I.F.F. system
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Subroutine iff_index_code (category: Dashboard)
The iff_index routine, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &0D7A to be run
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Label iff_missle in subroutine iff_index
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Label loop1 in subroutine Elite loader (Part 1 of 3)
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Label not_master in subroutine Elite loader (Part 1 of 3)
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Subroutine old_BYTEV (category: Loader)
Call the default OSBYTE handler
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Label restorerts in subroutine restorews
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Subroutine restorews (category: Loader)
Restore the filing system workspace
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Subroutine savews (category: Loader)
Save the filing system workspace in a safe place and replace it with the MOS character set
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Subroutine set_vectors (category: Loader)
Set the FILEV, FSCV and BYTEV vectors to point to our custom handlers
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Subroutine to_dd00 (category: Loader)
BBC Master code for saving and restoring the MOS character set, bundled up in the loader so it can be moved to &DD00 to be run
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Label tube_go in subroutine Elite loader (Part 1 of 3)
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Variable tube_run in subroutine Elite loader (Part 1 of 3)
The OS command for running the Tube version's I/O
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Variable wsstate (category: Utility routines)
Flag to keep track of whether we have saved or restored the filing system workspace