Multiple screes

[Lee DaBee]

Hello,

How can i have two screens where the background can be seen through the foreground screen.

Ie the background is scrolling while the foreground screen has all the bobs etc.

Or if that can't be done then how do you keep bobs in place while the screen is scrolling

Thanks

[Volvo_0ne]

Hello,

How can i have two screens where the background can be seen through the foreground screen.

Ie the background is scrolling while the foreground screen has all the bobs etc.

Or if that can't be done then how do you keep bobs in place while the screen is scrolling

Thanks

You need to look at the "Dual Playfield" instruction in the AMOS manual

It has a few restrictions in format and colour palette, but it works quite well.

Experiment with it a while and it should do what you want.

[Lee DaBee]

Thanks I'll have a fiddle around with that

[Lee DaBee]

Hello,
I've used the Dual Playfield command, which works in giving me the see through screen at the front, but the background screen which is scrolling using Amal, becomes split horizontally with each half being a copy of the other, also the display starts to creep up vertically too.

[Volvo_0ne]

Hello,
I've used the Dual Playfield command, which works in giving me the see through screen at the front, but the background screen which is scrolling using Amal, becomes split horizontally with each half being a copy of the other, also the display starts to creep up vertically too.

I think this is a "feature" of Amiga screen handling, if you research the problem I've seen s few discussions on the subject, but never used any.

Try typing "amiga corkscrew scroller" into a search engine, to see if anyone has a suitable solution.

Regards
V1

[Lonewolf10]

Hello,
I've used the Dual Playfield command, which works in giving me the see through screen at the front, but the background screen which is scrolling using Amal, becomes split horizontally with each half being a copy of the other,

Can you post a screenshot to illustrate this?

so the display starts to creep up vertically too.

That happens because you are scrolling the screen continuously and not resetting the X position to 0.
Consider a screen that is 320 pixels wide and set the x position to -320. It has now been scrolled 1.0 screens to the left and will have moved up by 1 pixel.

[Volvo_0ne]

That happens because you are scrolling the screen continuously and not resetting the X position to 0.
Consider a screen that is 320 pixels wide and set the x position to -320. It has now been scrolled 1.0 screens to the left and will have moved up by 1 pixel.

To be fair, it shouldn't happen, but it does, that's the way it is, so ALWAYS reset the X position and you'll be ok.