BGREAD

In PTC there was a command called "BGREAD" what is the smilebasic equivilant?

Not super familiar with PTC, but maybe the BGGET command is what you are after?

I did read that, or rather this https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ByVIMbeoNfpY7NjwHqUBqspQjbj1aR4CS-F2fZRtAtQ/edit, which is why I suggested BGGET. It seems to serve the same purpose, but I never used PTC so I'm guessing based on the documentation, hence my trepidation.

The reason I need to know this is because I'm translating tristones to smilebasic, and it uses BGREAD (and also COLREAD) a lot, so I will have to find a replacement. Progress: -transferred code to smilebasic -changed % to MOD, array() to array[], etc. (now code runs without immediately giving a syntax error) Next: -translate sprite and background (and color) commands -fix unknown incompatabilities. I found something like this: IF ... THEN X=1:@LABEL Which seems to work in PTC, but it isn't allowed in smilebasic

The reason I need to know this is because I'm translating tristones to smilebasic, and it uses BGREAD (and also COLREAD) a lot, so I will have to find a replacement. Progress: -transferred code to smilebasic -changed % to MOD, array() to array[], etc. (now code runs without immediately giving a syntax error) Next: -translate sprite and background (and color) commands -fix unknown incompatabilities. I found something like this: IF ... THEN X=1:@LABEL Which seems to work in PTC, but it isn't allowed in smilebasic EDIT: I found this in the documentation: BGREAD(layer0-1, xTile0-63 ,yTile0-63), userVariable , userVariable , userVariable , userVariable Apparently, BGREAD is like the OUT commands in smilebasic. Unfortunately, BGGET (the SB equvilant) outputs the result in only one variable for some reason: Variable=BGGET( Layer, X, Y [,Coordinate system flag] ) So I think I'll make a function: DEF BGREAD (layer,x,y) OUT id,palette,horizontalrotation,verticalrotation

Unfortunately, BGGET (the SB equvilant) outputs the result in only one variable for some reason: Variable=BGGET( Layer, X, Y [,Coordinate system flag] )

At least the smilebasic docs tell you which bits contain what values (lucky!). I suppose you could BGGET, and then just mask and shift each component in your function, but I'm sure you already figured that out. I never played Tristones, but it looks really neat. Good luck with your port!