Commodore 128 - SECTION 6 Color, Animation and Sprite Graphics Statements Unique to the C128

SECTION 6
Color, Animation and Sprite Graphics
Statements Unique to the C128
GRAPHICS OVERVIEW ...............................................................6-3
Graphics Features......................................................................6-3
Command Summary .................................................................. 6-3
GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING ON
THE COMMODORE 128...............................................................6-4
Choosing Colors.........................................................................6-4
Types of Screen Display............................................................6-5
Selecting the Graphic Mode ..................................................... 6-6
Displaying Graphics on the Screen ........................................ 6-8
Drawing a Circle - The CIRCLE Command ........................ 6-9
Drawing a Box - The BOX Command............................... 6-10
Drawing Lines, Points and Other Shapes—
The DRAW Command.................................................... 6-10
PAINTing Outlined Areas - The PAINT Command ........ 6-11
Displaying Characters on a Bit-Mapped Screen—
The CHAR Command......................................................... 6-12
Creating a Graphics Sample Program .................................. 6-12
Changing the Size of Graphic Images—
The SCALE Command....................................................... 6-14
SPRITES: PROGRAMMABLE, MOVABLE OBJECT
BLOCKS ....................................................................................... 6-16
Sprite Creation......................................................................... 6-17
Using Sprite Statements in a Program .................................. 6-17
Drawing the Sprite Image....................................................... 6-18
Storing the Sprite Data with SSHAPE.................................... 6-19
Saving the Picture Data in a Sprite....................................... 6-20
Turning on Sprites .................................................................. 6-20
Moving Sprites with MOVSPR ............................................... 6-21
Creating a Sprite Program ..................................................... 6-23
Sprite Definition Mode—The SPRDEF Command............... 6-24
Sprite Creation Procedure in SPRite DEFinition M ode ...... 6-26
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