Alright, thanks. Sorry for causing so much trouble.

No problem, if you decide you want to test it out i can help you out implementing it or feel free to look through my source, the Monopoly source is a bit cleaner, but the RPG code (a little dated, what was backed up from before my laptop crashed) is also available.

Quote from: chickendude on January 29, 2012, 06:08:16 pm

(Also, i'd prefer if you didn't use the pronoun "he" to talk about me)

What would you prefer?

Generally  "they" as a singular pronoun or a non-gender pronoun, typically "ze".

@Iambian: Yeah, it seems like the best way to understand it all (especially how things are stored in memory, which seems to be one of the more complicated issues) would be looking at the source along with your explanations. Also, thanks for that file, is it the same as the information available on the google code site? Anyway, i'll look through it, thanks. Take your time, there's no rush. And i don't want to take the control of the program (especially the creative control) away from you, i just want to help you finish it the way you envision it, so we'll se what we can do

@DJ:

Chickendude releases stunning graphical RPG for the TI-83 Plus

A few days ago, they finished their RPG project, after years of work and hiatuses, and uploaded it on Ticalc.org, who approved it just now. Featuring great artwork by Chickendude, the RPG features hours of gameplay, great story and more! Here is a screenshot of the game:

<insert pic here>

You can download the RPG here(link).

I hope you'll be able to post that one day!

I can give you mine, what are you looking for? I've got two versions, based on the same idea, though it also uses a lot of RAM. It's pretty small, though. Basically drawing an aligned tilemap with an extra column/row, then shifting in the fastcopy routine.
Here's some screenshots i posted here today of my tilemap routine:

and another of a more simplified version:


Here's the basic tilemapper source:
http://pastebin.com/hxtH1Vqu
..and here's the code to update the X offset in the fastcopy routine (the y offset is really simple, just inc/dec (hl) until it carries or = 16) and the fastcopy routine itself:
http://pastebin.com/Etv5dX8C

Depending on what you want to use it for, it could potentially be much faster. Currently, it redraws the entire map every cycle and displays the gbuf each cycle to simplify animated tiles. It's been a while since i've touched the code, but in the first program i think i actually run through the routine three times each frame: first to lay the ground/normal tiles, certain tiles (like the roof) don't cover the entire 16x16 box, so they are masked and a default tile is drawn below (grass, in that map). Next, i draw masked tiles drawn above the players coordinates, then i draw the player, and lastly i draw masked tiles drawn below the player (the effect of walking behind the house roof).

I use SafeRAM1 (saveSScreen) and part of SafeRAM2 (statVars) as gbuffer and save the 78 bytes or so in between somewhere else (saferam3/textShadow):
    ld hl,$89EC     ;byte after saferam1 (savesscreen) (creando nuestro "saferam")
    ld de,saferam3  ;guardar los valores aqui para no estropear todo
    ld bc,78
    ldir            ;guardarloand restore it when quitting.

Consider it public domain, so use it as you want for whatever you want. If you have any questions or want help getting it set up, let me know.

Yeah, i assume the contest ended the 22nd so hopefully that isn't an issue anymore. I remember that a couple years ago it was a team project, (was the first Lost Legends ever completed?) and has passed through the hands of quite a few people. I started a little RPG project (mostly just to get my feet wet again in asm) almost a year ago and'd like to get some more experience in RPG programming:

Anyway, if you decide you'd like to pick the project up again and wouldn't mind a little company, let me know

Most likely you would just have a RAM clear and everything would be set back to normal. Depending on what parts of the RAM you overwrote, however, you may just have changed some variables. Have you ever played any games that left junk on the homescreen? They used TextShadow to store information during their program without resetting it to what it was before. Things like this are harmless, you'll have to be careful about overwriting more important parts of RAM, though. (Unless you WANT to clear that person's RAM )

I can also help translate/proofread if Matrefeytontias decides they want help. Or if you want a Spanish version, i could help with that too