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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Save and load: MoveInMiddleColumn

[NES version, Bank 6]

       Name: MoveInMiddleColumn                                      [Show more]
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Save and load
    Summary: Process moving the highlight when it's in the middle column

    Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code
 References: This subroutine is called as follows:
             * MoveInLeftColumn calls MoveInMiddleColumn
             * MoveInRightColumn calls MoveInMiddleColumn




 Arguments:

   A                    The slot number in the middle column containing the
                        highlight (0 to 7)



.MoveInMiddleColumn

 JSR PrintNameInMiddle  ; Print the name of the commander file in A, so the
                        ; highlight is shown in the correct slot in the middle
                        ; column

 JSR UpdateSaveScreen   ; Update the screen

 JSR WaitForNoDirection ; Wait until the left and right buttons on controller 1
                        ; have been released and remain released for at least
                        ; four VBlanks

.mmid1

 JSR SetupPPUForIconBar ; If the PPU has started drawing the icon bar, configure
                        ; the PPU to use nametable 0 and pattern table 0

 LDX controller1Up      ; If the up button on controller 1 is not being pressed,
 BPL mmid2              ; jump to mmid2 to move on to the next button

                        ; If we get here then the up button is being pressed

 CMP #0                 ; If A = 0 then we are already in the top slot in the
 BEQ mmid2              ; column, so jump to mmid2 to move on to the next button
                        ; as we can't move beyond the top of the column

 JSR ClearNameInMiddle  ; Clear the name of the commander file from slot A in
                        ; the middle column, as we are about to move the
                        ; highlight elsewhere

 SEC                    ; Set A = A - 1
 SBC #1                 ;
                        ; So A is now the slot number of the slot above

 JSR PrintNameInMiddle  ; Print the name of the commander file in slot A in the
                        ; middle column, so the highlight moves to the new
                        ; position

 JSR UpdateSaveScreen   ; Update the screen

.mmid2

 LDX controller1Down    ; If the down button on controller 1 is not being
 BPL mmid3              ; pressed, jump to mmid3 to move on to the next button

                        ; If we get here then the down button is being pressed

 CMP #7                 ; If A >= 7 then we are already in the bottom slot in
 BCS mmid3              ; the column, so jump to mmid3 to move on to the next
                        ; button as we can't move beyond the bottom of the
                        ; column

 JSR ClearNameInMiddle  ; Clear the name of the commander file from slot A in
                        ; the middle column, as we are about to move the
                        ; highlight elsewhere

 CLC                    ; Set A = A + 1
 ADC #1                 ;
                        ; So A is now the slot number of the slot below

 JSR PrintNameInMiddle  ; Print the name of the commander file in slot A in the
                        ; middle column, so the highlight moves to the new
                        ; position

 JSR UpdateSaveScreen   ; Update the screen

.mmid3

 LDX controller1Left03  ; If the left button on controller 1 was not being held
 BPL mmid4              ; down four VBlanks ago, jump to mmid4 to move on to the
                        ; next button

                        ; If we get here then the left button is being pressed

 CMP #4                 ; We can only move left from the middle column if we are
 BNE mmid4              ; at the same height as the current commander slot in
                        ; the column to the left
                        ;
                        ; The current commander slot is to the left of slot 4
                        ; in the middle column, so jump to mmid4 to move on to
                        ; the next button if we are not currently in slot 4 in
                        ; the middle column

                        ; If we get here then we are in slot 4 in the middle
                        ; column, so we can now move left

 JSR ClearNameInMiddle  ; Clear the name of the commander file from slot A in
                        ; the middle column, as we are about to move the
                        ; highlight elsewhere

 LDA #9                 ; Set A = 9 to set the position of the highlight to slot
                        ; 9, which we use to represent the current commander in
                        ; the left column

 JSR SaveLoadCommander  ; Load the chosen commander file into NAME to overwrite
                        ; the game's current commander, so this effectively
                        ; loads the chosen commander into the game

 JSR UpdateIconBar_b3   ; Update the icon bar in case we just changed the
                        ; current commander to a cheat file, in which case we
                        ; hide the button that lets you change the commander
                        ; name

 JMP MoveToLeftColumn   ; Move the highlight to the left column (the current
                        ; commander) and process any further button presses
                        ; accordingly

.mmid4

 LDX controller1Right03 ; If the right button on controller 1 was not being held
 BPL mmid5              ; down four VBlanks ago, jump to mmid5 to check the icon
                        ; bar buttons

                        ; If we get here then the right button is being pressed

 JSR ClearNameInMiddle  ; Clear the name of the commander file from slot A in
                        ; the middle column, as we are about to move the
                        ; highlight elsewhere

 JSR SaveLoadCommander  ; Save the commander into the chosen save slot by
                        ; splitting it up and saving it into three parts in
                        ; saveSlotPart1, saveSlotPart2 and saveSlotPart3

 JMP MoveInRightColumn  ; Move the highlight to the right column (the save
                        ; slots) and process any further button presses
                        ; accordingly

.mmid5

                        ; If we get here then neither of the left or right
                        ; buttons have been pressed, so we move on to checking
                        ; the icon bar buttons

 JSR CheckSaveLoadBar   ; Check the icon bar buttons to see if any of them have
                        ; been chosen

 BCS mmid1              ; The C flag will be set if we are to resume what we
                        ; were doing (so we pick up where we left off after
                        ; processing the pause menu, for example, or keep going
                        ; if no button was chosen), so loop back to mmid1 to
                        ; keep checking for left and right button presses

                        ; If we get here then the C flag is clear and we need to
                        ; return from the SVE routine and go back to the icon
                        ; bar processing routine in TT102, so the button choice
                        ; can be processed there

 RTS                    ; Return from the subroutine