4.1 Low Resolution Graphics
Low resolution is 40x28 characters and the default mode on start. To get in to low resolution mode, use the command;
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text- puts Oric in to low resolution text mode and resets the software sprite system (more on this later)
In this mode, dflat has a few commands to help with putting stuff on the low resolution screen;
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cursor off:<int>- simply this command enables the disables the system cursor which can be a distraction in games - 0 enables and non-zero disables -
plot x:<int>,y:<int>,s:<string>- this command puts a string on the screen at position x,y - not the same as print@ because special characters are not translated but plotted as-is. Also this is a bit faster than printat -
plot x:<int>,y:<int>,c:<char>- this variation of plot puts a single character on the screen with the value of c. Useful for single character updates (e.g. a game sprite) as it a little bit faster than plotting a single character string
That's all there is to putting stuff on the screen - basically it is the plot command, which works a lot like the Oric BASIC version.
But often it's useful to know what is at a particular location on the screen, and another Oric BASIC inspired function is useful here;
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c=scrn(x:<int>, y:<int>)- this function returns the character value at location x,y
