Routines
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965B: Turn: Print The Location Text
Used by the routine at YouSeePreposition.
Prints the location text, draws the picture, waits for a key, and lists the exits and what is here.
From here starts the "intro" to a location;
  • Print the "You see[0x16]" text
  • Handle printing the location data message for this location (if one exists)
  • Handles initiating the location graphics/ drawing (if it exists)
  • Handles waiting for a keypress (if something was drawn)
  • Prints available exits
YouSeeStart 965B LD B,A Store A in B temporarily.
965C CALL LocateLocation Call LocateLocation to set IX to point to the appropriate location data for the current location.
965F CALL PrintMessage Call PrintMessage to print message.
9662 LD L,(IX+$08) Load the location data offset for the current location description.
9665 LD H,(IX+$09)
9668 LD A,H Use byte 9 of this object again.
9669 OR L Combine this flag with the low byte.
966A CALL YouSeePrint Call YouSeePrint to print the location description.
966D LD A,B Call Drawing with the location id.
966E CALL Drawing
9671 LD A,($7F77) Test if LocationID contains FF, call Turn_WaitForAKey if it does not (i.e. wait for a keypress only if something has been drawn).
9674 INC A
9675 CALL NZ,Turn_WaitForAKey
9678 CALL Print_LineBreak Call Print_LineBreak to print a newline.
967B LD A,B Call MessageListTheObjects with the location id.
967C CALL MessageListTheObjects
This entry point is used by the routine at YouSeeController.
YouSee_Exits 967F LD A,B Call DisplayExits with the location id.
9680 CALL DisplayExits
9683 JP TurnDescribeWhatIsHere Jump to TurnDescribeWhatIsHere to describe what is here.
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