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Loader: LoadShipFiles

[BBC Micro disc version, Sideways RAM Loader]

Name: LoadShipFiles [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Loader Summary: Load all the ship blueprint files into sideways RAM
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * MakeRom calls LoadShipFiles

Arguments: ZP(1 0) The address in sideways RAM to load the ship files
.LoadShipFiles LDA #'A' \ Set the ship filename to D.MOA, so we start the STA shipFilename+4 \ loading process from this file .ship1 LDA #'.' \ Print a full stop to show progress during loading JSR OSWRCH LDA #LO(XX21) \ Set the load address in bytes 2 and 3 of the OSFILE STA osfileBlock+2 \ block to XX21, which is where ship blueprint files LDA #HI(XX21) \ get loaded in the normal disc version STA osfileBlock+3 \ LDA #&FF \ We set the address to the form &FFFFxxxx to ensure STA osfileBlock+4 \ that the files are loaded into the I/O Processor STA osfileBlock+5 LDA #0 \ Set byte 6 to zero to terminate the block STA osfileBlock+6 LDX #LO(osfileBlock) \ Set (Y X) = osfileBlock LDY #HI(osfileBlock) LDA #&FF \ Call OSFILE with A = &FF to load the file specified JSR OSFILE \ in the block, so this loads the ship blueprint file \ to XX21 \ We now loop through each blueprint in the currently \ loaded ship file, processing each one in turn to \ merge them into one big ship blueprint file LDX #0 \ Set a loop counter in X to work through the ship \ blueprints .ship2 TXA \ Store the blueprint counter on the stack so we can PHA \ retrieve it after the call to ProcessBlueprint JSR ProcessBlueprint \ Process blueprint entry X from the loaded blueprint \ file, copying the blueprint into sideways RAM if it \ hasn't already been copied PLA \ Restore the blueprint counter TAX INX \ Increment the blueprint counter CPX #31 \ Loop back until we have processed all 31 blueprint BNE ship2 \ entries in the blueprint file INC shipFilename+4 \ Increment the fifth character of the ship blueprint \ filename so we step through them from D.MOA to D.MOP LDA shipFilename+4 \ Loop back until we have processed files D.MOA through CMP #'Q' \ D.MOP BNE ship1 RTS \ Return from the subroutine