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SPRDEF
n
1
SPRITE
—Enter the SPRite DEFinition mode to create and edit sprite
images.
SPRDEF
The SPRDEF command defines sprites interactively.
Entering the SPRDEF command, displays a sprite work area on the
screen which is 24 characters wide by 21 characters tall. Each char
acter position in the grid corresponds to a sprite pixel in the sprite
displayed to the right of the work area. Here is a summary of the
SPRite DEFinition mode operations and the keys that perform them:
User Input
1-8
A
CRSR keys
RETURN key
RETURN key
HOME key
CLR key
1-4
CTRL key, 1-8
Commodore key, 1-8
STOP key
SHIFT RETURN
X
Y
M
C
Description
Selects a sprite number.
Turns on and off automatic cursor
movement.
Moves cursor.
Moves cursor to start of next line.
Exits sprite designer mode at the SPRITE
NUMBER? prompt only.
Moves cursor to top left corner of sprite
work area.
Erases entire grid.
Selects color source.
Selects sprite foreground color (1-8).
Selects sprite foreground color (9-16).
Cancels changes and returns to prompt.
Saves sprite and returns to SPRITE
NUMBER? prompt.
Expands sprite in X (horizontal) direction.
Expands sprite in Y (vertical) direction.
Multicolor sprite.
Copies sprite data from one sprite to
another.
—Turn on and off, color, expand and set screen priorities for a sprite
SPRITE < number) [,[on | off][,[fgnd][,priority]f,[x-exp]
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The SPRITE statement controls most of the characteristics of a
sprite.
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