To export data to a pic:

"Pic3"→Str1
GetCalc(Str1,768)→P
.Draw to the buffer
Copy(L6,P,768)
You can actually make pictures bigger than normally allowed. I accidentally made a Pic once that was 791 bytes in the memory menu.

To export data to a pic:

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"Pic3"→Str1
GetCalc(Str1,768)→P
.Draw to the buffer
Copy(L6,P,768)
You can actually make pictures bigger than normally allowed. I accidentally made a Pic once that was 791 bytes in the memory menu.

does that require pic3 to be already existing in ram, or does it create the var if it cant find it(and can it find it in arch now? i think there was an update about that...)
oh, and sorry about going off topic in your thread. i tend to do that fairly often it seems =[

Nice. I assume it's when the enemy attack he flashes? I used something like that in ROL3. At first, I wanted a different sprite for the animation, but I realized it would take too much space or look crappy (since I was mostly using 8x8) then I just made a square flash on him.

Another idea I got is to make the sprite move a few pixels closer to you when it's their turn.

I will be adding stuff like that.

I apologize for the lack of updates today. I wanted to make an update when I'd done more than throw the enemy flashing animation into the battle program.
There might be an update later tonight, but I can't guarantee screenies since it might be from my iPod.

Here's that progress I promised! And it has a spiffy 4-level greyscale slash!

For the final entry, I'll need to save the maps and other data in appvars probably, because the battle engine's code size is almost >9000 bytes!

size is irrelevant; this would be worth 60k
...im still a bit put off by the top tile in the battle line-up being inverted, though.

thanks for such prompt updates and good luck on having a demo together for the contest ending!

Pulling a RPG in 8 KB code seems like an hectic task.

To say the least

Thanks everyone!
@shimbs: I'll see if I can find a different way of putting emphasis on the turn order.

The battle engine is now officially >9000 bytes large!
On another note, I've almost got HP/MP display implemented, so I should have some more screenies coming in the near future.