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by acsabo
Wed Jul 12, 2017 1:39 am
Forum: SGDK
Topic: SHMUP scrolling game
Replies: 12
Views: 9392

Re: SHMUP scrolling game

I finally managed to make it work the way I was expecting. Thanks to you guys, but as I am new into this, I took a while to understand what I had to do. That is a snippet of the result:

scrolled_tiles = scroll_down >> 3;
update_row = scrolled_tiles & 63;

VDP_setMapEx(PLAN_A, map, TILE_ATTR ...
by acsabo
Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:30 pm
Forum: SGDK
Topic: SHMUP scrolling game
Replies: 12
Views: 9392

Re: SHMUP scrolling game

Miquel wrote:Or perhaps you are asking SGDK do all this for you? I really ran out of ideas.
ok, I got it! I think I am comfortable enough to follow your tips for now. I'll give it a try and let you know if I have more questions. Thanks! :D
by acsabo
Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:44 pm
Forum: SGDK
Topic: SHMUP scrolling game
Replies: 12
Views: 9392

Re: SHMUP scrolling game

It works but VDP is then in low specs.

Yeah, not only is the screen narrower, but you get fewer sprites, and DMA runs slower. Of course, that may not be an issue with your game. We don't know how many sprites you need or how much DMA bandwidth. If you find you need more, you'll need to switch to ...
by acsabo
Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:53 pm
Forum: SGDK
Topic: SHMUP scrolling game
Replies: 12
Views: 9392

Re: SHMUP scrolling game

If you are using standart resolution (320x224 NTSC or 320x240 PAL) a plan of 32x? doesn't fit in the screen. 32x8=256 which is less than 320.

You could do what you want with a plan of 64x32 tiles for sure for NTSC, and I'm nearly sure it works for PAL too.

Just to make thinks simplier for now I ...
by acsabo
Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: SGDK
Topic: SHMUP scrolling game
Replies: 12
Views: 9392

SHMUP scrolling game

Hi, I’m newbie in MD game dev stuff, and have been watching SGDK project for a while, but I got extra motivation to start working on something right after the relauch of Mega Drive here in Brazil, months ago.
First of all I would like to say SGDK rocks! In a few days I was able to get some amazing ...