BASIC SETSPRITE Statement

SET SPRITE

TYPE: plusBASIC graphics statement

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FORMAT: SETSPRITE spritedef commandlist [ ; commandlist ...]

Action: Sets the properties of a sprite.

• spritedef is a string containing the sprite definition.
• commandlist is a series of the following commands that set various properties of the sprite.
  • ATTR attrlist
    • attrlist is a string of attributes to created with the DEF ATTRLIST statement.
  • PALETTE palletelist
    • palletelist is a string of palette numbers created with the DEF PALETELIST statement.
  • TILE tilelist
    • tilelist is a string of tiles indexes created with the DEF TILELIST statement.
  • ON
    • Enables the sprite, making it visible on the screen.
  • OFF
    • Disables the sprite, making it no longer visible.
  • POS x , y
    • Moves the sprite to screen pixel coordinate x , y.

Examples:

SET SPRITE S$ TILE T$ ATTR$ A$ POS X,Y ON

Sets tile and attributes for the individual spritles, positions the sprite at coordinates X,Y and enables the sprite.

SET SPRITE S1$ POS X1,Y1; S2$ X2,Y2; S3$ X3,Y3

Moves sprites S1$, S2$, and S3$ to coordinates (X1,Y1), (X2,Y2), and (X3,Y3), respectively.

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FORMAT: SETSPRITE * command

Action: Sets properties of all spritles.

• command can be either of the following.
  • CLEAR
    • Clears all spritles, setting all of their properties to 0.
  • OFF
    • Disables all spritles, making them no longer visible.

Examples:

SET * OFF

Disables all spritles.

SET * CLEAR

Clears all spritles.