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How do you get the screen mode from XSCREEN?

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PlancakeCreated:
Plancake#1
I've been trying to get the value from XSCREEN to put into a variable, but nothing seems to work. This is what I'm getting (comments are the output): 
XSCREEN OUT A
'Illegal function call(XSCREEN)
XSCREEN 4
A = XSCREEN
PRINT A
'0
As you can see, the variable A should be 4, but it stays as 0 for some reason. Is there another way to get the current screen mode, or is it not possible to do this?
Yolkai#2
It's not possible. SB is bad: https://smilebasicsource.com/forum?fpid=17138#post_17138
12Me21#3
Also, it's important to know that variables aren't related to functions with the same name.
Plancake#4
Thanks for helping out, I'm trying to make an input recorder that can be used in any game, and I just wanted to support games that use XSCREEN, but it looks like it's not possible.
chicken#5
Thanks for helping out, I'm trying to make an input recorder that can be used in any game, and I just wanted to support games that use XSCREEN, but it looks like it's not possible.
I know you're thinking it's impossible, but you could do multiple things here:
  • Create a different version of your program for every XSCREEN mode
  • Parse through the program first and add an XSCREEN = M after every XSCREEN assignment where M is the mode
  • Ignore XSCREEN assignments and only support the good mode (3)
12Me21#6
I don't think it's too much work to just require the user to insert a custom function after every XSCREEN change, especially since you're only going to use XSCREEN once anyway. 
XSCREEN 4
SET_XSCREEN 4

in your library:
COMMON DEF SET_XSCREEN mode
 'do whatever
END