PlusROM function (online gaming) support for batari Basic

[+Al_Nafuur]

Yesterday I modified @Philsan's batari Basic game L.E.M. (Lunar Excursion Module) to send the score online to the PlusCart High Score Club. Therefor I added experimental PlusROM support to batariBasic.

 

PlusROM functions are supported by Gopher2600, Javatari and the PlusCart

 

If someone is interested in making a batari Basic online game, here are the docs:

http://pluscart.firmaplus.de/pico/?PlusROM#batariBasic

 

The batari Basic fork with PlusROM support can be found here:

https://github.com/Al-Nafuur/batari-Basic

 

To add PlusROM functions support to your existing batariBasic installation just replace (or add) these files in your bB includes folder with the ones from the Github fork above:

• /includes/2600basicfooter.asm
• /includes/banksw.asm
• /includes/score_graphics.asm
• /includes/PlusROM_functions.asm

 

@RevEng, @batari I can send a pull request, if you want to add PlusROM support to the main batari Basic repository.

[gambler172]

Online gaming would be great ?

[RevEng]

 

38 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said:

@RevEng, @batari I can send a pull request, if you want to add PlusROM support to the main batari Basic repository.

Sure, I took a quick look and it looks like you made the new features assemle-time conditional, which works for me. ?

[+Al_Nafuur]

28 minutes ago, RevEng said:

 

Sure, I took a quick look and it looks like you made the new features assemle-time conditional, which works for me. ?

yes mostly, but unfortunately the size parameter in "/includes/banksw.asm" cannot be made assemble-time conditional..
?

[RevEng]

Ah, I see. When I get a sec I'll see if that size= stuff can be changed. It dates back to before dasm was good with rom shifting around, but I don't think we need to do it that way anymore.

[+Al_Nafuur]

Attached some example batari Basic code that uses PlusROM functions to load a random 32x32 pixel playfield picture from an internet backend. The binary and backend php code are attached too.

 

This version loads 8 bytes of playfield pixel per request and paints them with the pfpixel command. Before sending a new request the ROM waits 3 frames, so the picture builds up nice and slow.

 

The binary can be run with Gopher2600 or at the javatari here: https://pluscart.firmaplus.de/javatari/index.html

 

PlusCart user can find the binary in the PlusStore folder: "Public ROMs/PlusROMs"

 

PlusROM painter.bas PlusROM painter.bas.bin api.php

[+Al_Nafuur]

13 hours ago, RevEng said:

Ah, I see. When I get a sec I'll see if that size= stuff can be changed. It dates back to before dasm was good with rom shifting around, but I don't think we need to do it that way anymore.

That would be cool. I already bothered @Omegamatrix, @Thomas Jentzsch and @Andrew Davie to save the 3 bytes (to free the PlusROM hotspots) in the batari Basic bankswitching code for F8/F6/F4

But removing that ";size=" parameter and make it assemble-time conditional would be a much better solution.

 

[Mr SQL]

17 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said:

Attached some example batari Basic code that uses PlusROM functions to load a random 32x32 pixel playfield picture from an internet backend. The binary and backend php code are attached too.

 

This version loads 8 bytes of playfield pixel per request and paints them with the pfpixel command. Before sending a new request the ROM waits 3 frames, so the picture builds up nice and slow.

 

The binary can be run with Gopher2600 or at the javatari here: https://pluscart.firmaplus.de/javatari/index.html

 

PlusCart user can find the binary in the PlusStore folder: "Public ROMs/PlusROMs"

 

PlusROM painter.bas 2.48 kB · 2 downloads PlusROM painter.bas.bin 8 kB · 4 downloads api.php 1.96 kB · 1 download

Awesome demo example for the api - I will try to implement this for Flashback BASIC (CBS RAM) and SuperCharger BASIC, I think I should be able to recreate the demo using the same stub to picture-fill and test the new commands against!  

 

Question - do the following PlusROM hotspots stay the same for the CBS RAM Plus and SuperCharger format memory schemes?  

PlusROM_functions = 1
	WriteToBuffer = $1ff0
	WriteSendBuffer = $1ff1
	ReceiveBuffer = $1ff2
	ReceiveBufferSize = $1ff3
	MAC SET_PLUSROM_API ; {1} = path, {2} = domain
	PlusROM_API
	.byte {1}, 0, {2}, 0
	ENDM

 

[+Al_Nafuur]

23 minutes ago, Mr SQL said:

Awesome demo example for the api - I will try to implement this for Flashback BASIC (CBS RAM) and SuperCharger BASIC, I think I should be able to recreate the demo using the same stub to picture-fill and test the new commands against!  

 

Question - do the following PlusROM hotspots stay the same for the CBS RAM Plus and SuperCharger format memory schemes?  

PlusROM_functions = 1
	WriteToBuffer = $1ff0
	WriteSendBuffer = $1ff1
	ReceiveBuffer = $1ff2
	ReceiveBufferSize = $1ff3
	MAC SET_PLUSROM_API ; {1} = path, {2} = domain
	PlusROM_API
	.byte {1}, 0, {2}, 0
	ENDM

 

The PlusROM hotspots in CBS RAM Plus are at the same addresses. In fact these are the PlusROM hotspot addresses for all supported bankswitchings.

 

PlusROM functions for SuperCharger is not yet supported by the PlusCart, but it might be supported in the future.

 

 

[+Al_Nafuur]

On 12/8/2020 at 12:55 AM, Al_Nafuur said:

The binary can be run with Gopher2600

 

There is a bug in the current release of Gopher2600 so that this PlusROM binary will not be detected correctly. @JetSetIlly has already found this bug and will hopefully fix it soon.

 

 

[JetSetIlly]

16 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said:

There is a bug in the current release of Gopher2600 so that this PlusROM binary will not be detected correctly. @JetSetIlly has already found this bug and will hopefully fix it soon.

 

 

Fixed: https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/tag/0.7.3

[+Al_Nafuur]

Another batar Basic PlusROM example.

 

"batari maps" is like google maps just with 8 bits ?.

 

The backend serves a 640x331 pixel world map in 32x32 pixel chunks. First tile send by the backend is the center of the country the PlusCart or emulator is requesting from. The map can be traveled with the joystick.

 

PlusCart user can find the binary in the PlusStore folder "/Public ROMs/PlusROMs"

 

The binary can also be run with Gopher2600 or Javatari (Javatari seems to have a bug in the receive buffer, which screws up the map with old data after a few request.)

 

 

batari maps NTSC.bas batari maps PAL60.bas batari maps NTSC.bas.bin batari maps PAL60.bas.bin

Edited December 16, 2020 by Al_Nafuur

[+Al_Nafuur]

New version in Git repository:

https://github.com/Al-Nafuur/batari-Basic

 

with a bugfix for the PlusROM API definition only worked in the first bank.