RXB - Rich Extended Basic

[+dhe]

Thanks Rich, I know you don't get the appreciation you deserve.

[apersson850]

It's an excellent effort. Had it been available before I ventured into p-code land I would have been all over it.

[+TheBF]

1 hour ago, apersson850 said:

It's an excellent effort. Had it been available before I ventured into p-code land I would have been all over it.

Indeed. I would have ditched XB in a heart beat. 

[+retroclouds]

Had a chance to play with RXB2022G yesterday and I really like it! Thanks for your hard work on this Rich.

Now I’m still a novice what RXB is concerned, and have a question on the batch file functionality.

It expects you to terminate the line with a carriage return if I’m not mistaking. Is there a particular reason for that?

I made a DV80 file on the TI-99/4a itself (using my Stevie editor) and the file gets interpreted as a single line.

Probably will enhance my editor so I can insert characters like cr, lf, etc. but just wondering.

 

Also would be cool if there’s a function to load a FG99 cartridge. That way you can jump back and forth between Stevie, Force Command, RXB.

(Could probably also be implemented as a small assembly program that is loaded from disk), anyway it’s just a suggestion.

 

[SteveB]

Perhaps I missed it  .. is there some kind of "What's new" file or posting?

[+retroclouds]

5 hours ago, SteveB said:

Perhaps I missed it  .. is there some kind of "What's new" file or posting?

 

Check here

 

[SteveB]

2 hours ago, retroclouds said:

 

Check here

 

I downloaded the ZIP file and wonder what has changed since 2022D I am currently using. I learned that SCROLL and ROLL routines have been tuned in Assembler. Any new commands I should know (without reading the full documentation all over again)?

 

[GDMike]

1 hour ago, SteveB said:

I downloaded the ZIP file and wonder what has changed since 2022D I am currently using. I learned that SCROLL and ROLL routines have been tuned in Assembler. Any new commands I should know (without reading the full documentation all over again)?

 

I think there's YouTube on it.

[Retrospect]

I've downloaded 2022G

 

I really need to make a game for this.   Let me get my thinking cap on ... I haven't made a game for non-compiled XB for years.   

 

[Retrospect]

RXB game project started today ... "Cosmic Hero".   So far the title screen makes use of the CALL SWAPCOLOR routine.  I must say there's some great commands in RXB, SWAPCHAR being one of them, I was experimenting late last night with that and it's great for graphical effects but could also be put to use in a game situation too.  After I've finished work today I'll be back on with this project it's a Lunar Rescue type game but it's gonna be suited for the standard TI console with just RXB and nothing else.  No 32K needed here.