ORG &0E41 .WP SKIP 0 \ The start of the WP workspace .FRIN SKIP NOSH + 1 \ Slots for the ships in the local bubble of universe \ \ There are #NOSH + 1 slots, but the ship-spawning \ routine at NWSHP only populates #NOSH of them, so \ there are 13 slots but only 12 are used for ships \ (the last slot is effectively used as a null \ terminator when shuffling the slots down in the \ KILLSHP routine) \ \ See the deep dive on "The local bubble of universe" \ for details of how Elite stores the local universe in \ FRIN, UNIV and K% \ \ [Show more]Name: WP [Show more] Type: Workspace Address: &0E41 to &12A9 Category: Workspaces Summary: Ship slots, variablesContext: See this workspace in context in the source code Variations: See code variations for this workspace in the different versions References: No direct references to this workspace in this source file\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DEATH \ * DEEOR \ * DEEORS \ * FRMIS \ * KILLSHP \ * KS2 \ * KS4 \ * Main flight loop (Part 4 of 16) \ * NWSHP \ * NWSPS \ * STATUS \ * WARP \ * WPSHPS \ * ZERO \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.MANY SKIP SST \ The number of ships of each type in the local bubble \ of universe \ \ The number of ships of type X in the local bubble is \ stored at MANY+X \ \ See the deep dive on "Ship blueprints" for a list of \ ship types \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * KILLSHP \ * Main game loop (Part 3 of 6) \ * Main game loop (Part 4 of 6) \ * MJP \ * NWSHP \ * TACTICS (Part 2 of 7) \ * TACTICS (Part 3 of 7) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SSPR SKIP NTY + 1 - SST \ "Space station present" flag \ \ * Non-zero if we are inside the space station's safe \ zone \ \ * 0 if we aren't (in which case we can show the sun) \ \ This flag is at MANY+SST, which is no coincidence, as \ MANY+SST is a count of how many space stations there \ are in our local bubble, which is the same as saying \ "space station present" \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * COMPAS \ * DOCKIT \ * KS4 \ * Main flight loop (Part 14 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ * Main game loop (Part 2 of 6) \ * Main game loop (Part 3 of 6) \ * RES2 \ * TACTICS (Part 3 of 7) \ * WARP \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.JUNK SKIP 1 \ The amount of junk in the local bubble \ \ "Junk" is defined as being one of these: \ \ * Escape pod \ * Alloy plate \ * Cargo canister \ * Asteroid \ * Splinter \ * Shuttle \ * Transporter \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * KILLSHP \ * Main game loop (Part 2 of 6) \ * NWSHP \ * STATUS \ * WARP \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.auto SKIP 1 \ Docking computer activation status \ \ * 0 = Docking computer is off \ \ * Non-zero = Docking computer is running \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * cntr \ * DOKEY \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.ECMP SKIP 1 \ Our E.C.M. status \ \ * 0 = E.C.M. is off \ \ * Non-zero = E.C.M. is on \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * ECMOF \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 16 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.MJ SKIP 1 \ Are we in witchspace (i.e. have we mis-jumped)? \ \ * 0 = no, we are in normal space \ \ * &FF = yes, we are in witchspace \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 12 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 14 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ * Main game loop (Part 2 of 6) \ * MJP \ * TT151 \ * WARP \ * ypl \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.CABTMP SKIP 1 \ Cabin temperature \ \ The ambient cabin temperature in deep space is 30, \ which is displayed as one notch on the dashboard bar \ \ We get higher temperatures closer to the sun \ \ CABTMP shares a location with MANY, but that's OK as \ MANY+0 would contain the number of ships of type 0, \ and as there is no ship type 0 (they start at 1), the \ byte at MANY+0 is not used for storing a ship type \ and can be used for the cabin temperature instead \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DIALS (Part 4 of 4) \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LAS2 SKIP 1 \ Laser power for the current laser \ \ * Bits 0-6 contain the laser power of the current \ space view \ \ * Bit 7 denotes whether or not the laser pulses: \ \ * 0 = pulsing laser \ \ * 1 = beam laser (i.e. always on) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 16 of 16) \ * TTX66K \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.MSAR SKIP 1 \ The targeting state of our leftmost missile \ \ * 0 = missile is not looking for a target, or it \ already has a target lock (indicator is not \ yellow/white) \ \ * Non-zero = missile is currently looking for a \ target (indicator is yellow/white) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * ABORT2 \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 11 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.VIEW SKIP 1 \ The number of the current space view \ \ * 0 = front \ * 1 = rear \ * 2 = left \ * 3 = right \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * ESCAPE \ * LOOK1 \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * PLUT \ * SIGHT \ * STARS \ * TTX66K \ * WARP \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LASCT SKIP 1 \ The laser pulse count for the current laser \ \ This is a counter that defines the gap between the \ pulses of a pulse laser. It is set as follows: \ \ * 0 for a beam laser \ \ * 10 for a pulse laser \ \ It gets decremented by 2 on each iteration round the \ main game loop and is set to a non-zero value for \ pulse lasers only \ \ The laser only fires when the value of LASCT hits \ zero, so for pulse lasers with a value of 10, that \ means the laser fires once every four iterations \ round the main game loop (LASCT = 10, 6, 2, 0) \ \ In comparison, beam lasers fire continuously as the \ value of LASCT is always 0 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DEATH \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 16 of 16) \ * Main game loop (Part 5 of 6) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.GNTMP SKIP 1 \ Laser temperature (or "gun temperature") \ \ If the laser temperature exceeds 242 then the laser \ overheats and cannot be fired again until it has \ cooled down \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DIALS (Part 4 of 4) \ * DOENTRY \ * LASLI \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main game loop (Part 5 of 6) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.HFX SKIP 1 \ A flag that toggles the hyperspace colour effect \ \ * 0 = no colour effect \ \ * Non-zero = hyperspace colour effect enabled \ \ When HFX is set to 1, the mode 1 screen that makes \ up the top part of the display is temporarily switched \ to mode 2 (the same screen mode as the dashboard), \ which has the effect of blurring and colouring the \ hyperspace rings in the top part of the screen. The \ code to do this is in the LINSCN routine, which is \ called as part of the screen mode routine at IRQ1. \ It's in LINSCN that HFX is checked, and if it is \ non-zero, the top part of the screen is not switched \ to mode 1, thus leaving the top part of the screen in \ the more colourful mode 2 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * IRQ1 \ * LL164 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.EV SKIP 1 \ The "extra vessels" spawning counter \ \ This counter is set to 0 on arrival in a system and \ following an in-system jump, and is bumped up when we \ spawn bounty hunters or pirates (i.e. "extra vessels") \ \ It decreases by 1 each time we consider spawning more \ "extra vessels" in part 4 of the main game loop, so \ increasing the value of EV has the effect of delaying \ the spawning of more vessels \ \ In other words, this counter stops bounty hunters and \ pirates from continually appearing, and ensures that \ there's a delay between spawnings \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BR1 (Part 2 of 2) \ * hyp1 \ * Main game loop (Part 4 of 6) \ * WARP \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.DLY SKIP 1 \ In-flight message delay \ \ This counter is used to keep an in-flight message up \ for a specified time before it gets removed. The value \ in DLY is decremented each time we start another \ iteration of the main game loop at TT100 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * CLYNS \ * Main flight loop (Part 12 of 16) \ * Main game loop (Part 2 of 6) \ * me1 \ * me2 \ * MESS \ * OUCH \ * TTX66K \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.de SKIP 1 \ Equipment destruction flag \ \ * Bit 1 denotes whether or not the in-flight message \ about to be shown by the MESS routine is about \ destroyed equipment: \ \ * 0 = the message is shown normally \ \ * 1 = the string " DESTROYED" gets added to the \ end of the message \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * CLYNS \ * mes9 \ * MESS \ * OUCH \ * TTX66K \ * ZERO \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LSX2 SKIP 256 \ The ball line heap for storing x-coordinates (see the \ deep dive on "The ball line heap" for details) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BLINE \ * CIRCLE \ * RES2 \ * WP1 \ * WPLS2 \ * WPSHPS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LSY2 SKIP 256 \ The ball line heap for storing y-coordinates (see the \ deep dive on "The ball line heap" for details) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BLINE \ * RES2 \ * WPLS2 \ * WPSHPS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LSO SKIP 200 \ The ship line heap for the space station (see NWSPS) \ and the sun line heap (see SUN) \ \ The spaces can be shared as our local bubble of \ universe can support either the sun or a space \ station, but not both \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EDGES \ * FLFLLS \ * HLOIN2 \ * NWSPS \ * SUN (Part 2 of 4) \ * SUN (Part 3 of 4) \ * SUN (Part 4 of 4) \ * WPLS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.BUF SKIP 90 \ The line buffer used by DASC to print justified text \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * HME2 \ * MT17 \ * TT26 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SX SKIP NOST + 1 \ This is where we store the x_hi coordinates for all \ the stardust particles \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * FLIP \ * nWq \ * STARS1 \ * STARS2 \ * STARS6 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SXL SKIP NOST + 1 \ This is where we store the x_lo coordinates for all \ the stardust particles \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * STARS1 \ * STARS2 \ * STARS6 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SY SKIP NOST + 1 \ This is where we store the y_hi coordinates for all \ the stardust particles \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * FLIP \ * MLU1 \ * nWq \ * STARS1 \ * STARS2 \ * STARS6 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SYL SKIP NOST + 1 \ This is where we store the y_lo coordinates for all \ the stardust particles \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * PIX1 \ * STARS1 \ * STARS2 \ * STARS6 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SZ SKIP NOST + 1 \ This is where we store the z_hi coordinates for all \ the stardust particles \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DV42 \ * FLIP \ * nWq \ * STARS1 \ * STARS2 \ * STARS6 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SZL SKIP NOST + 1 \ This is where we store the z_lo coordinates for all \ the stardust particles \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * STARS1 \ * STARS6 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LASX SKIP 1 \ The x-coordinate of the tip of the laser line \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * LASLI \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LASY SKIP 1 \ The y-coordinate of the tip of the laser line \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * LASLI \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.XX24 SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .ALTIT SKIP 1 \ Our altitude above the surface of the planet or sun \ \ * 255 = we are a long way above the surface \ \ * 1-254 = our altitude as the square root of: \ \ x_hi^2 + y_hi^2 + z_hi^2 - 6^2 \ \ where our ship is at the origin, the centre of the \ planet/sun is at (x_hi, y_hi, z_hi), and the \ radius of the planet/sun is 6 \ \ * 0 = we have crashed into the surface \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DIALS (Part 4 of 4) \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SWAP SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used to store a flag that records \ whether or not we had to swap a line's start and end \ coordinates around when clipping the line in routine \ LL145 (the flag is used in places like BLINE to swap \ them back) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BLINE \ * LL145 (Part 1 of 4) \ * LL145 (Part 4 of 4) \ * LOIN (Part 1 of 7) \ * LOIN (Part 2 of 7) \ * LOIN (Part 3 of 7) \ * LOIN (Part 4 of 7) \ * LOIN (Part 5 of 7) \ * LOIN (Part 6 of 7) \ * LOIN (Part 7 of 7) \ * WPLS2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.XP SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .YP SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .YS SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .BALI SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .UPO SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .boxsize SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .distaway SKIP 1 \ Used to store the nearest distance of the rotating \ ship on the title screen \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * TITLE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.XSAV2 SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .YSAV2 SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused IF _COMPACT .NMI SKIP 1 \ Used to store the ID of the current owner of the NMI \ workspace in the NMICLAIM routine, so we can hand it \ back to them in the NMIRELEASE routine once we are \ done using it \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * NMICLAIM \ * NMIRELEASE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveENDIF .NAME SKIP 8 \ The current commander name \ \ The commander name can be up to 7 characters (the DFS \ limit for filenames), and is terminated by a carriage \ return \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * cmn \ * DFAULT \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.TP SKIP 1 \ The current mission status \ \ * Bits 0-1 = Mission 1 status \ \ * %00 = Mission not started \ * %01 = Mission in progress, hunting for ship \ * %11 = Constrictor killed, not debriefed yet \ * %10 = Mission and debrief complete \ \ * Bits 2-3 = Mission 2 status \ \ * %00 = Mission not started \ * %01 = Mission in progress, plans not picked up \ * %10 = Mission in progress, plans picked up \ * %11 = Mission complete \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BRIEF \ * BRIEF2 \ * BRIEF3 \ * DEBRIEF \ * DEBRIEF2 \ * DOENTRY \ * KILLSHP \ * Main game loop (Part 4 of 6) \ * PDESC \ * SVE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ0 SKIP 1 \ The current system's galactic x-coordinate (0-256) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOENTRY \ * jmp \ * ping \ * THERE \ * TT105 \ * TT111 \ * TT14 \ * TT23 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ1 SKIP 1 \ The current system's galactic y-coordinate (0-256) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOENTRY \ * jmp \ * MJP \ * THERE \ * TT105 \ * TT111 \ * TT14 \ * TT23 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ21 SKIP 6 \ The three 16-bit seeds for the current galaxy \ \ These seeds define system 0 in the current galaxy, so \ they can be used as a starting point to generate all \ 256 systems in the galaxy \ \ Using a galactic hyperdrive rotates each byte to the \ left (rolling each byte within itself) to get the \ seeds for the next galaxy, so after eight galactic \ jumps, the seeds roll around to the first galaxy again \ \ See the deep dives on "Galaxy and system seeds" and \ "Twisting the system seeds" for more details \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Ghy \ * TT81 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.CASH SKIP 4 \ Our current cash pot \ \ The cash stash is stored as a 32-bit unsigned integer, \ with the most significant byte in CASH and the least \ significant in CASH+3. This is big-endian, which is \ the opposite way round to most of the numbers used in \ Elite - to use our notation for multi-byte numbers, \ the amount of cash is CASH(0 1 2 3) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * csh \ * LCASH \ * MCASH \ * SVE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ14 SKIP 1 \ Our current fuel level (0-70) \ \ The fuel level is stored as the number of light years \ multiplied by 10, so QQ14 = 1 represents 0.1 light \ years, and the maximum possible value is 70, for 7.0 \ light years \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DIALS (Part 4 of 4) \ * EQSHP \ * ESCAPE \ * fwl \ * hyp \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ * TT14 \ * TT18 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.COK SKIP 1 \ Flags used to generate the competition code \ \ See the deep dive on "The competition code" for \ details of these flags and how they are used in \ generating and decoding the competition code \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DFAULT \ * MJP \ * SVE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.GCNT SKIP 1 \ The number of the current galaxy (0-7) \ \ When this is displayed in-game, 1 is added to the \ number, so we start in galaxy 1 in-game, but it's \ stored as galaxy 0 internally \ \ The galaxy number increases by one every time a \ galactic hyperdrive is used, and wraps back around to \ the start after eight galaxies \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOENTRY \ * Ghy \ * MT28 \ * PDESC \ * tal \ * THERE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.LASER SKIP 4 \ The specifications of the lasers fitted to each of the \ four space views: \ \ * Byte #0 = front view \ * Byte #1 = rear view \ * Byte #2 = left view \ * Byte #3 = right view \ \ For each of the views: \ \ * 0 = no laser is fitted to this view \ \ * Non-zero = a laser is fitted to this view, with \ the following specification: \ \ * Bits 0-6 contain the laser's power \ \ * Bit 7 determines whether or not the laser pulses \ (0 = pulse or mining laser) or is always on \ (1 = beam or military laser) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * refund \ * SIGHT \ * STATUS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveSKIP 2 \ These bytes appear to be unused (they were originally \ used for up/down lasers, but they were dropped) .CRGO SKIP 1 \ Our ship's cargo capacity \ \ * 22 = standard cargo bay of 20 tonnes \ \ * 37 = large cargo bay of 35 tonnes \ \ The value is two greater than the actual capacity to \ make the maths in tnpr slightly more efficient \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * tnpr \ * TT213 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ20 SKIP 17 \ The contents of our cargo hold \ \ The amount of market item X that we have in our hold \ can be found in the X-th byte of QQ20. For example: \ \ * QQ20 contains the amount of food (item 0) \ \ * QQ20+7 contains the amount of computers (item 7) \ \ See QQ23 for a list of market item numbers and their \ storage units \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BAD \ * ESCAPE \ * Main flight loop (Part 8 of 16) \ * OUCH \ * SOLAR \ * tnpr \ * TT210 \ * TT219 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.ECM SKIP 1 \ E.C.M. system \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * &FF = fitted \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * STATUS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.BST SKIP 1 \ Fuel scoops (BST stands for "barrel status") \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * &FF = fitted \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * Main flight loop (Part 7 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 15 of 16) \ * STATUS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.BOMB SKIP 1 \ Energy bomb \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * &7F = fitted \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * LOOK1 \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 5 of 16) \ * Main flight loop (Part 13 of 16) \ * STATUS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.ENGY SKIP 1 \ Energy unit \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * Non-zero = fitted \ \ The actual value determines the refresh rate of our \ energy banks, as they refresh by ENGY+1 each time (so \ our ship's energy level goes up by 2 each time if we \ have an energy unit fitted, otherwise it goes up by 1) \ \ The enhanced versions of Elite set ENGY to 2 as the \ reward for completing mission 2, where we receive a \ special naval energy unit that recharges at a fast \ rate than a standard energy unit, i.e. by 3 each time \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DEBRIEF2 \ * EQSHP \ * Main flight loop (Part 13 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.DKCMP SKIP 1 \ Docking computer \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * &FF = fitted \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.GHYP SKIP 1 \ Galactic hyperdrive \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * &FF = fitted \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * Ghy \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.ESCP SKIP 1 \ Escape pod \ \ * 0 = not fitted \ \ * &FF = fitted \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * ESCAPE \ * IRQ1 \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * STATUS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveSKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .TRIBBLE SKIP 2 \ The number of Trumbles in the cargo hold \ \ The Master version doesn't actually have Trumbles, but \ the Trumble code from the other versions was kept when \ the Master version was put together \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * SOLAR \ * tnpr \ * TT210 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.TALLYL SKIP 1 \ Combat rank fraction \ \ Contains the fraction part of the kill count, which \ together with the integer in TALLY(1 0) determines our \ combat rank. The fraction is stored as the numerator \ of a fraction with a denominator of 256, so a TALLYL \ of 128 would represent 0.5 (i.e. 128 / 256) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EXNO2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.NOMSL SKIP 1 \ The number of missiles we have fitted (0-4) \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * ABORT2 \ * EQSHP \ * FRMIS \ * Main flight loop (Part 3 of 16) \ * msblob \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.FIST SKIP 1 \ Our legal status (FIST stands for "fugitive/innocent \ status"): \ \ * 0 = Clean \ \ * 1-49 = Offender \ \ * 50+ = Fugitive \ \ You get 64 points if you kill a cop, so that's a fast \ ticket to fugitive status \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * ESCAPE \ * Ghy \ * Main flight loop (Part 12 of 16) \ * Main game loop (Part 3 of 6) \ * SOLAR \ * STATUS \ * TACTICS (Part 3 of 7) \ * TT110 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.AVL SKIP 17 \ Market availability in the current system \ \ The available amount of market item X is stored in \ the X-th byte of AVL, so for example: \ \ * AVL contains the amount of food (item 0) \ \ * AVL+7 contains the amount of computers (item 7) \ \ See QQ23 for a list of market item numbers and their \ storage units, and the deep dive on "Market item \ prices and availability" for details of the algorithm \ used for calculating each item's availability \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * GVL \ * TT151 \ * TT219 \ * var \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ26 SKIP 1 \ A random value used to randomise market data \ \ This value is set to a new random number for each \ change of system, so we can add a random factor into \ the calculations for market prices (for details of how \ this is used, see the deep dive on "Market prices") \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * GVL \ * TT151 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.TALLY SKIP 2 \ Our combat rank \ \ The combat rank is stored as the number of kills, in a \ 16-bit number TALLY(1 0) - so the high byte is in \ TALLY+1 and the low byte in TALLY \ \ There is also a fractional part of the kill count, \ which is stored in TALLYL \ \ If the high byte in TALLY+1 is 0 then we have between \ 0 and 255 kills, so our rank is Harmless, Mostly \ Harmless, Poor, Average or Above Average, according to \ the value of the low byte in TALLY: \ \ Harmless = %00000000 to %00000011 = 0 to 3 \ Mostly Harmless = %00000100 to %00000111 = 4 to 7 \ Poor = %00001000 to %00001111 = 8 to 15 \ Average = %00010000 to %00011111 = 16 to 31 \ Above Average = %00100000 to %11111111 = 32 to 255 \ \ If the high byte in TALLY+1 is non-zero then we are \ Competent, Dangerous, Deadly or Elite, according to \ the high byte in TALLY+1: \ \ Competent = 1 = 256 to 511 kills \ Dangerous = 2 to 9 = 512 to 2559 kills \ Deadly = 10 to 24 = 2560 to 6399 kills \ Elite = 25 and up = 6400 kills and up \ \ You can see the rating calculation in the STATUS \ subroutine \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DEBRIEF2 \ * DOENTRY \ * EXNO2 \ * KILLSHP \ * STATUS \ * SVE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SVC SKIP 1 \ The save count \ \ When a new commander is created, the save count gets \ set to 128. This value gets halved each time the \ commander file is saved, but it is otherwise unused. \ It is presumably part of the security system for the \ competition, possibly another flag to catch out \ entries with manually altered commander files \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * SVE \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveSKIP 2 \ The commander file checksum \ \ These two bytes are reserved for the commander file \ checksum, so when the current commander block is \ copied from here to the last saved commander block at \ NA%, CHK and CHK2 get overwritten NT% = SVC + 3 - TP \ This sets the variable NT% to the size of the current \ commander data block, which starts at TP and ends at \ SVC+3 (inclusive), i.e. with the last checksum byte SKIP 1 \ This byte appears to be unused .MCH SKIP 1 \ The text token number of the in-flight message that is \ currently being shown, and which will be removed by \ the me2 routine when the counter in DLY reaches zero \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * me1 \ * me2 \ * MESS \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.COMX SKIP 1 \ The x-coordinate of the compass dot \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOT \ * SP2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.COMY SKIP 1 \ The y-coordinate of the compass dot \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOT \ * SP2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.dialc SKIP 14 \ These bytes appear to be unused .QQ24 SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used to store the current market \ item's price in routine TT151 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * TT151 \ * TT210 \ * TT219 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ25 SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used to store the current market \ item's availability in routine TT151 \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * EQSHP \ * gnum \ * TT151 \ * TT210 \ * TT219 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ28 SKIP 1 \ The current system's economy (0-7) \ \ * 0 = Rich Industrial \ * 1 = Average Industrial \ * 2 = Poor Industrial \ * 3 = Mainly Industrial \ * 4 = Mainly Agricultural \ * 5 = Rich Agricultural \ * 6 = Average Agricultural \ * 7 = Poor Agricultural \ \ See the deep dive on "Generating system data" for more \ information on economies \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BR1 (Part 2 of 2) \ * hyp1 \ * var \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ29 SKIP 1 \ Temporary storage, used in a number of places \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Main flight loop (Part 8 of 16) \ * NWDAV4 \ * tnpr \ * tnpr1 \ * TT167 \ * TT210 \ * TT219 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.gov SKIP 1 \ The current system's government type (0-7) \ \ See the deep dive on "Generating system data" for \ details of the various government types \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BR1 (Part 2 of 2) \ * hyp1 \ * Main game loop (Part 4 of 6) \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.tek SKIP 1 \ The current system's tech level (0-14) \ \ See the deep dive on "Generating system data" for more \ information on tech levels \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BR1 (Part 2 of 2) \ * EQSHP \ * hyp1 \ * NWSPS \ * qv \ * SOS1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.SLSP SKIP 2 \ The address of the bottom of the ship line heap \ \ The ship line heap is a descending block of memory \ extended downwards by the NWSHP routine when adding \ new ships (and their associated ship line heaps), in \ which case SLSP is lowered to provide more heap space, \ assuming there is enough free memory to do so \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * KS3 \ * NWSHP \ * RES2 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.QQ2 SKIP 6 \ The three 16-bit seeds for the current system, i.e. \ the one we are currently in \ \ See the deep dives on "Galaxy and system seeds" and \ "Twisting the system seeds" for more details \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * BR1 (Part 2 of 2) \ * hyp1 \ * ypl \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.safehouse SKIP 6 \ Backup storage for the seeds for the selected system \ \ The seeds for the current system get stored here as \ soon as a hyperspace is initiated, so we can fetch \ them in the hyp1 routine. This fixes a bug in an \ earlier version where you could hyperspace while \ docking and magically appear in your destination \ station \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * Ghy \ * hyp \ * hyp1 \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.frump SKIP 1 \ Used to store the number of particles in the explosion \ cloud, though the number is never actually used \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOEXP \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned above.JOPOS SKIP 1 \ Contains the high byte of the latest value from ADC \ channel 1 (the joystick X value), which gets updated \ regularly by the IRQ1 interrupt handler \ \ [Show more]\ \ This variable is used by the following: \ \ * DOKEY \ * IRQ1 \ * Main flight loop (Part 2 of 16) \ * RDJOY \ \ This list only includes code that refers to the \ variable by name; there may be other references to \ this memory location that don't use this label, and \ these will not be mentioned aboveSKIP 1 \ Contains the high byte of the latest value from ADC \ channel 2 (the joystick Y value), which gets updated \ regularly by the IRQ1 interrupt handler SKIP 1 \ Contains the high byte of the latest value from ADC \ channel 3 (the Bitstik rotation value), which gets \ updated regularly by the IRQ1 interrupt handler PRINT "WP workspace from ", ~WP," to ", ~P%
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Configuration variable NOSH = 12
The maximum number of ships in our local bubble of universe
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Configuration variable NOST = 20
The number of stardust particles in normal space (this goes down to 3 in witchspace)
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Configuration variable NTY = 33
The number of different ship types
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Configuration variable SST = 2
Ship type for a Coriolis space station