I've seen some MSX demos for MSX2 that show an image moving on background without delete the background (so, a kind of sprite...).
How could it be possible? With a COPY command or some register tricks?
Some demos (like the recent Woei demo by Team Bomba) use palette tricks to make it seem the background stays the same.
There are basically two ways to solve this with copy commands. Objects copied over the background are called 'software sprites'. I will refer to them as simply sprites from now on.
First method:
1. rebuild background on previous sprite position (usually with HMMM highspeed copy)
2. copy sprite over background with LMMM command in TIMP mode (TPSET in BASIC)
repeat each frame
Second method: 1. restore previously saved background (with HMMM) 2. Use HMMM to save background in non-displayed VRAM for new sprite position. 3. copy sprite over background with LMMM. repeat each frame
Method 1 is good when you have a background build up from tiles and many sprites. Method 2 is good when you have a fixed background and not many sprites on screen. Remember many small copies are slower than fewer large copies, so it might be a good idea to combine these methods.
To reduce flickering you could use page swapping (aka double buffering): Show page 0, draw in page 1. Then show page 1, draw in page 0. Repeat.
Greetz,
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