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| Filename: | !AWOct92/Goodies/DemoMaker/!Help |
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| File size: | 04E3 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
DEMO MAKER
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(C) Archimedes World 1992
Creator version 1.00 - Scrolling text demo creator 26th May 1992
Written and Produced by Craig Beech
This program can be used to produce Scrolling text demos, the way
it works is easy. This Creator program is used to set up the Demo
directory. The user enters into the demo directory and then edits the text file that stores the scrolling message. Don't worry about how many lines you use, just remember to put on the last line "End of scrolling text". The user then saves the textfile with its new scrolling message.
You can edit the text scrolling across the bottom by using paint and editing the sprite file. The sprite name corresponds to the character you put in the message in the text file. Please note that for the scrolling message "space" equals "_".
Tracker music files can be played along side the demo, this is
done by putting the tracker tune into the demo directory, then renaming
the file to tune, finally loading edit up, dragging the !run file from
the demo directory into edit, then removing the "|" from the 7th line
and then saving the file. Now when the directory is run the music will
load up as well.
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 44 45 4d 4f 20 4d | DEMO M| 00000020 41 4b 45 52 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |AKER. | 00000030 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d | =| 00000040 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |=========. | 00000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 43 29 | (C)| 00000060 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 6f 72 6c | Archimedes Worl| 00000070 64 20 31 39 39 32 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 43 72 65 61 74 |d 1992.....Creat| 00000080 6f 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 30 20 |or version 1.00 | 00000090 2d 20 53 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 74 65 78 74 |- Scrolling text| 000000a0 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 63 72 65 61 74 6f 72 20 32 36 | demo creator 26| 000000b0 74 68 20 4d 61 79 20 31 39 39 32 0a 57 72 69 74 |th May 1992.Writ| 000000c0 74 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 50 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 |ten and Produced| 000000d0 20 62 79 20 43 72 61 69 67 20 42 65 65 63 68 0a | by Craig Beech.| 000000e0 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 63 61 |.This program ca| 000000f0 6e 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 70 72 6f |n be used to pro| 00000100 64 75 63 65 20 53 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 74 |duce Scrolling t| 00000110 65 78 74 20 64 65 6d 6f 73 2c 20 74 68 65 20 77 |ext demos, the w| 00000120 61 79 0a 69 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 69 73 20 65 |ay.it works is e| 00000130 61 73 79 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 43 72 65 61 74 6f |asy. This Creato| 00000140 72 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 |r program is use| 00000150 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 |d to set up the | 00000160 44 65 6d 6f 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e 20 |Demo.directory. | 00000170 54 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 65 6e 74 65 72 73 20 |The user enters | 00000180 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 64 69 |into the demo di| 00000190 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e |rectory and then| 000001a0 20 65 64 69 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 | edits the text | 000001b0 66 69 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 74 6f 72 65 73 |file that stores| 000001c0 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d | the scrolling m| 000001d0 65 73 73 61 67 65 2e 20 44 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 6f |essage. Don't wo| 000001e0 72 72 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 61 |rry about how ma| 000001f0 6e 79 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 75 73 65 |ny lines you use| 00000200 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 |, just remember | 00000210 74 6f 20 70 75 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 |to put on the la| 00000220 73 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 22 45 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 |st line "End of | 00000230 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 74 65 78 74 22 2e |scrolling text".| 00000240 20 54 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 74 68 65 6e 20 73 | The user then s| 00000250 61 76 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 66 69 6c |aves the textfil| 00000260 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 73 20 6e 65 77 20 73 |e with its new s| 00000270 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 |crolling message| 00000280 2e 20 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 65 64 69 74 20 |. .You can edit | 00000290 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 |the text scrolli| 000002a0 6e 67 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f |ng across the bo| 000002b0 74 74 6f 6d 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 70 61 |ttom by using pa| 000002c0 69 6e 74 20 61 6e 64 20 65 64 69 74 69 6e 67 20 |int and editing | 000002d0 74 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2e |the sprite file.| 000002e0 20 54 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 | The sprite name| 000002f0 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 | corresponds to | 00000300 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 79 6f |the character yo| 00000310 75 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 |u put in the mes| 00000320 73 61 67 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 |sage in the text| 00000330 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 6e 6f | file. Please no| 00000340 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 |te that for the | 00000350 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 |scrolling messag| 00000360 65 20 22 73 70 61 63 65 22 20 65 71 75 61 6c 73 |e "space" equals| 00000370 20 22 5f 22 2e 0a 0a 54 72 61 63 6b 65 72 20 6d | "_"...Tracker m| 00000380 75 73 69 63 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 |usic files can b| 00000390 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 73 |e played along s| 000003a0 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 2c 20 74 68 |ide the demo, th| 000003b0 69 73 20 69 73 0a 64 6f 6e 65 20 62 79 20 70 75 |is is.done by pu| 000003c0 74 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 61 63 6b 65 |tting the tracke| 000003d0 72 20 74 75 6e 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |r tune into the | 000003e0 64 65 6d 6f 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2c 20 |demo directory, | 000003f0 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 69 6e 67 0a 74 68 |then renaming.th| 00000400 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 74 75 6e 65 2c 20 |e file to tune, | 00000410 66 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 |finally loading | 00000420 65 64 69 74 20 75 70 2c 20 64 72 61 67 67 69 6e |edit up, draggin| 00000430 67 20 74 68 65 20 21 72 75 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 |g the !run file | 00000440 66 72 6f 6d 0a 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 64 69 |from.the demo di| 00000450 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 65 64 69 |rectory into edi| 00000460 74 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 69 6e 67 |t, then removing| 00000470 20 74 68 65 20 22 7c 22 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 | the "|" from th| 00000480 65 20 37 74 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 0a 61 6e 64 20 74 |e 7th line.and t| 00000490 68 65 6e 20 73 61 76 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 |hen saving the f| 000004a0 69 6c 65 2e 20 4e 6f 77 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 |ile. Now when th| 000004b0 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 73 20 72 |e directory is r| 000004c0 75 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 77 69 6c |un the music wil| 000004d0 6c 0a 6c 6f 61 64 20 75 70 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c |l.load up as wel| 000004e0 6c 2e 0a |l..| 000004e3
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