Nice work 
Looks interesting. Is the character editor (for fonts and tiled graphics) planned too?
The question that we always have to ask ourselves is, is it easier to adapt an already existing tool instead of re-inventing the wheel. how many people actually still use the C64 to draw their chars/tiles, or how many people use a PC tool.
I think the question is justified, but then you have to ask yourself the same question about a sprite editor. 
I think it would be cool if there was also an editor for character set etc., but I understand the priority distribution.
All in all, good work, thanks!
I think the question is justified, but then you have to ask yourself the same question about a sprite editor.
You're absolutely right and that's when we research, what Commodore wanted to do.
They already implemented the SPRDEF command in their BASIC10. Even if the command wasn't implemented at the time the C65 prototypes went out, but we can be sure, that they wanted to provide the C65 with an in-built Sprite editor, because the C128s BASIC7 already had that command as well.
That's how we came up with the decision to implement the Sprite Editor in the freeze menu:
The C65s SPRDEF command would have supported the standard Sprites (HiRes/MultiCol) but not the
Sprites we're able to create with the MEGA65s VIC-IV (15 col. Sprites, up to 64 pixels wide, variable height, etc.).
So it was a logical choice to supply a Sprite Editor that is capable to support the MEGA65 full spectrum.
And that's the nice thing about the MEGA65 again. It's open-source, we (the MEGA65 team) will just supply ideas, of how we think the machine is nice, but every single enduser is/will be able to adjust the layout. So if somebody is fancy and got the neccessarry time and skills at hand he can create a font/tile editor and implement it in the freeze menu.
We will just provide the basic framework but everything we did is available at GitHub
sounds good, thx for answer 
Nice work! - Thank you 
Has anyone found a way to transfer sprites from the C128 to the mega65 (c65)? I do not want to redraw everything.
Many Thanks.
Has anyone found a way to transfer sprites from the C128 to the mega65 (c65)? I do not want to redraw everything.
Just BLOAD them to the correct address.
I saved the spirtes with bsave "sprite",b0,p3584 to P 4095. What must the bload command be.
Bload with name and address does not work.
Bload with name and address does not work.
What do you mean by that?
Is the C65's BLOAD command not working properly? Or did you try to load the sprites in C65 mode to the same address the C128 uses? BLOAD can load the data anywhere, so just look up where the C65 stores its sprites by default and use that address.
The Bload command works. If I load the sprites into the same address as the C128. I can't work with them anymore. (for example with movspr)
The Bload command works. If I load the sprites into the same address as the C128. I can't work with them anymore. (for example with movspr)
That's exactly what Mac Bacon said: You need to BLOAD them in the Memory Location the C65 uses for Sprites, NOT the Memory Location as in C128.
I've released a new version of the Sprite Editor (v0.8).
A post on the Mega65 official blog is coming soon. In the meantime you can check the video on my channel,
Cheers,
Hernan.
Very nice!
Is it possible to display the current sprite right beside the editor during creating it?
Very nice!
Is it possible to display the current sprite right beside the editor during creating it?
Preview in sidebar to be included in next version. It's highly requested it seems!
great work, thanks!
That looks really impressive!
