Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:11 pm
Oh sorry I didn’t test in the metal. I’ll do that in a bit for ya. Stay tuned
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Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 7:39 am
When the save is attempted, do you receive an error message in the Internet adapter?
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:05 am
no - nothing at all. It just sits there.
When I reset the service, the log shows "Releasing 3 RetroNet file handles" (CPM, A and C:) I can tell because that's what it shows as opening again after the reset and I switch to C:
Have you seen any error messages or the same symptoms. It would be good to know if the problem happens on more than just my NABU machine.
When I reset the service, the log shows "Releasing 3 RetroNet file handles" (CPM, A and C:) I can tell because that's what it shows as opening again after the reset and I switch to C:
Have you seen any error messages or the same symptoms. It would be good to know if the problem happens on more than just my NABU machine.
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:54 am
The first time I ran it, there was an error about the drive image not being large enough - which was my issue. I'm not using a makefile, so my batch file didn't create the eight mb disk image.
I reran it with the correct image size and kept receiving the same error of a timeout with the internet adapter's connection. I didn't get a chance to look into it because the room I was in needed Visual Studio to be updated before loading the project. I set it to update, and I'll check tomorrow. We'll get it
It's just zeros and ones, ha.
I reran it with the correct image size and kept receiving the same error of a timeout with the internet adapter's connection. I didn't get a chance to look into it because the room I was in needed Visual Studio to be updated before loading the project. I set it to update, and I'll check tomorrow. We'll get it
It's just zeros and ones, ha.Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:01 am
I did sometimes see a timeout in the IA. Not always though and in my most recent test, I did not see the timeout message.
Do you know where I can find the logs for the IA? Do they get recorded in a text file somewhere?
Also do you have more verbose logging that can be enabled when I start the adapter? Some kind of secret commandline switch maybe?
I saw you had updated the example project to include the DD command. I guess I should have mentioned this. It's also a gotcha for when these are in A: User Area 3. Folks who want to *keep* their high scores should move the game over to C:
*** UPDATE ***
So I have been working on my own here and decided to try moving the save function back to before the play crash sound. And would you know it, it's working again.
I have pushed this code into a branch: https://github.com/linuxplayground/nabu ... ke/snake.c
Have a look at the end of the game function.
So is there something funky with the way z88dk handles these `out` instructions... I did try injecting a push iy and pop iy but that just broke everything. Or back to the serial handler on the IA, being funky with the bits.
Do you know where I can find the logs for the IA? Do they get recorded in a text file somewhere?
Also do you have more verbose logging that can be enabled when I start the adapter? Some kind of secret commandline switch maybe?
I saw you had updated the example project to include the DD command. I guess I should have mentioned this. It's also a gotcha for when these are in A: User Area 3. Folks who want to *keep* their high scores should move the game over to C:
*** UPDATE ***
So I have been working on my own here and decided to try moving the save function back to before the play crash sound. And would you know it, it's working again.
I have pushed this code into a branch: https://github.com/linuxplayground/nabu ... ke/snake.c
Have a look at the end of the game function.
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/* We have crashed - update and save high score */
if (high_score < score ) {
high_score = score;
setHighScore(high_score);
}
// play crash sound
ayWrite(6, 0x0f);
ayWrite(7, 0b11000111);
ayWrite(8, 0x1f);
ayWrite(9, 0x1f);
ayWrite(10, 0x1f);
ayWrite(11, 0xa0);
ayWrite(12, 0x40);
ayWrite(13, 0x00);
/* NOTE XXX
* If I try to save the high score here (after playing the crash sound) The game crashes.
* It does not crash when I try to save the high score immediately before these
* ayWrite() calls.
* Which is a pain, because there is this short delay before the crash audio when the high
* score is saved to disk.
*/
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1183 ; ---------------------------------
1184 ; Function ayWrite
1185 ; ---------------------------------
1186 _ayWrite:
1187 0170 fd210000 ld iy,2
1188 0174 fd39 add iy, sp
1189 0176 fd7e00 ld a,(iy+0)
1190 0179 d300 out (_IO_AYLATCH), a
1191 017b fd7e00 ld a,(iy+0+1)
1192 017e d300 out (_IO_AYDATA), a
1193 0180 c9 ret
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:32 pm
I didn’t review the code yet and I’m using my phone rn. But it looks like you’re talking to the ay directly. Can you verify the registers that you’re changing are not affecting the ioportA or ioportB in/out. I’m not in front of my computer so I can’t check for you. But there’s a reg that configured the ay I/o and if you accidentally disabled it, it would cause issues with using hcca
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:35 pm
!!! I FOUND IT !!!
You have really helped - When you said I might be messing with the registers it got me thinking.
In order to generate a crash sound, I needed to enable the Noise channel. The way to do that is to write a bitmask to REGISTER 7 - The mixer.
Bits 7 and 6 are used to enable / disable IO PORTA and IO PORTB. I was just disabling them because I didn't need them.
When I had a look at the initNabuLibAudio() function in NABU-LIB, I see that you are leaving PORTA enabled. You have explained why in your previous reply and so I knew what I needed to do.
the reason things worked before when I was playing the crash sound after saving the high score was because I am calling initNABULIBAudio(); when I set up the game every time a player starts the game again.
Here was the offending line in my code:
and the correction:
You have really helped - When you said I might be messing with the registers it got me thinking.
In order to generate a crash sound, I needed to enable the Noise channel. The way to do that is to write a bitmask to REGISTER 7 - The mixer.
Bits 7 and 6 are used to enable / disable IO PORTA and IO PORTB. I was just disabling them because I didn't need them.
When I had a look at the initNabuLibAudio() function in NABU-LIB, I see that you are leaving PORTA enabled. You have explained why in your previous reply and so I knew what I needed to do.
the reason things worked before when I was playing the crash sound after saving the high score was because I am calling initNABULIBAudio(); when I set up the game every time a player starts the game again.
Here was the offending line in my code:
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ayWrite(7, 0b11000111); //mixer DISABLE IOPORTA, DISABLE IOPORTB, ENABLE NOISE A, B and C, DISABLE TONE A,B and C
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ayWrite(7, 0b01000111); //mixer ENABLE IOPORTA, DISABLE IOPORTB, ENABLE NOISE A, B and C, DISABLE TONE A,B and C
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:05 pm
yeah you got it! Port A should be set for output and port b is input.
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:09 pm
Thanks DJ.
I have released a new version with this fix and made a different post. Happy Easter! (Sunday here already)
I have released a new version with this fix and made a different post. Happy Easter! (Sunday here already)
Re: Version 3.1 of Nabu Games ** FIXED **
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:54 am
happy easter to you as well!