Routines
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62178: Deal with ERIC when he's sitting or lying down
Used by the routine at 63405 when bit 2 at 32763 is set (by the routine at 62094, 62423 or 64460). Makes ERIC stand up if 'S' is pressed, or open a desk (and collect any contents) if 'O' is pressed.
62178 LD HL,32755 32755 holds ERIC's main action timer
62181 DEC (HL) Is it time to deal with ERIC yet?
62182 RET NZ Return if not
62183 LD A,(32734) 32734 holds 255 if we're in demo mode, 0 otherwise
62186 INC A Are we in demo mode?
62187 JR NZ,62240 Jump if not
We're in demo mode. Figure out ERIC's next move depending on what little boy no. 10 is doing.
62189 CALL 63166 Exit demo mode and start a new game if a key was pressed; otherwise return here with ERIC's animatory state in A
62192 LD HL,50944 Point HL at byte 0 of little boy no. 10's buffer
62195 CP 4 4: Is ERIC sitting in a chair?
62197 JR Z,62203 Jump if so
62199 CP 133 133: Is ERIC sitting on the floor facing right?
62201 JR NZ,62216 Jump if not
62203 ADD A,64 A=68 (little boy sitting on a chair) or 197 (little boy sitting on the floor facing right)
62205 CP (HL) Compare ERIC's animatory state with that of little boy no. 10
62206 LD HL,32732 32732 holds the counter that determines the delay between little boy no. 10 standing up and ERIC standing up
62209 JR NZ,62214 Jump if ERIC's not doing what little boy no. 10 is doing
62211 LD (HL),45 Initialise the stand-up delay counter at 32732 to 45
62213 RET
62214 DEC (HL) Decrement the stand-up delay counter at 32732
62215 RET NZ Return if it's not time for ERIC to stand up
62216 LD HL,32763 32763 holds ERIC's status flags
62219 LD (HL),0 Clear all of them (ERIC is no longer sitting or lying down)
This entry point is used by the routine at 24175.
62221 CALL 29012 Make a sound effect
62224 LD H,210 210=ERIC
62226 CALL 25012 Update the SRB for ERIC's current animatory state and location
62229 AND 128 A=0/128: ERIC standing up
This entry point is used by the routines at 23907, 24133, 64242 and 64416.
62231 CALL 24880 Update ERIC's animatory state and location and update the SRB
62234 LD A,6 Set ERIC's main action timer (at 32755) to 6
62236 LD (32755),A
62239 RET
We're not in demo mode.
62240 CALL 29118 Collect the code of the last key pressed in A
62243 RET Z Return if no keys were pressed
62244 RES 5,A Normalise the code to upper case
62246 CP 83 Was 'S' pressed?
62248 JR Z,62216 Make ERIC stand up if so
62250 CP 79 Was 'O' pressed?
62252 RET NZ Return if not
62253 LD A,(53760) A=ERIC's animatory state
62256 CP 4 4: Is ERIC sitting in a chair?
62258 RET NZ Return if not
ERIC is sitting in a chair and 'O' (open desk) was pressed. Compute the ID of the desk ERIC is sitting at so we can determine whether he's found the water pistol or the stinkbombs.
62259 LD A,(54785) Pick up the x-coordinate of whatever object is using buffer 214
62262 CP 192 Is this buffer being used at the moment?
62264 RET C Return if so
62265 LD DE,(53761) Pick up ERIC's coordinates in DE
62269 LD A,D A=ERIC's y-coordinate
62270 CP 10 Is ERIC on the middle floor?
62272 JR Z,62294 Jump if so
62274 CP 3 Is ERIC on the top floor?
62276 RET NZ Return if not
62277 LD A,E A=ERIC's x-coordinate
62278 CP 22 Is ERIC in the Blue Room?
62280 JR C,62290 Jump if so
62282 SUB 27
62284 CP 34 Is ERIC in the Yellow Room?
62286 JR C,62290 Jump if so
62288 SUB 106
62290 SUB 9
62292 JR 62303
62294 LD A,E A=ERIC's x-coordinate
62295 CP 53 Is ERIC in the Science lab?
62297 JR C,62301 Jump if so
62299 SUB 113
62301 SUB 2
62303 RRA
62304 LD B,A
At this point B holds the identifier of the desk that ERIC's sitting at.
Desk IDs Room
1-6 Blue Room
7-12 Yellow Room
13-18 Top-floor room in the girls' skool
19-25 Science Lab
26-31 Middle-floor room in the girls' skool
Now we check whether the water pistol has been placed in a desk yet.
62305 LD HL,32730 32730 holds the ID of the desk containing the water pistol
62308 LD A,(HL) Has the water pistol been placed in a desk yet?
62309 AND A
62310 JR NZ,62326 Jump if so
The water pistol hasn't been placed in a desk yet. Pick one at random that doesn't match the desk containing the stinkbombs.
62312 CALL 25233 A=random desk ID from 1 to 31
62315 AND 31
62317 JR Z,62312
62319 LD L,219 HL=32731 (which holds the ID of the desk containing the stinkbombs)
62321 CP (HL) Is this the desk containing the stinkbombs?
62322 JR Z,62312 Get another random desk ID if so
62324 DEC L Otherwise place the newly determined ID of the desk containing the water pistol into 32730
62325 LD (HL),A
Check whether ERIC has found the water pistol.
62326 CP B Is ERIC sitting at the desk that contains the water pistol?
62327 JR NZ,62345 Jump if not
62329 LD (HL),0 Set 32730 to 0 (the water pistol is not in any desk now)
62331 LD L,235 HL=32747 (inventory flags)
62333 LD A,(HL) Pick these up in A
62334 AND 24 Keep only bits 3 and 4 (the pistol bits)
62336 LD A,44 44: animatory state of a desk lid
62338 JR NZ,62377 Jump if ERIC already has a water pistol
62340 SET 3,(HL) Give ERIC a water pistol (full of water)
62342 INC A 45: animatory state of a desk lid with a water pistol
62343 JR 62377
There was no water pistol in the desk. Check whether there are stinkbombs.
62345 INC L HL=32731 (which holds the ID of the desk containing the stinkbombs)
62346 LD A,(HL) Have the stinkbombs been placed in a desk yet?
62347 AND A
62348 JR NZ,62364 Jump if so
The stinkbombs haven't been placed in a desk yet. Pick one at random that doesn't match the desk containing the water pistol.
62350 CALL 25233 A=random desk ID from 1 to 31
62353 AND 31
62355 JR Z,62350
62357 LD L,218 HL=32730 (which holds the ID of the desk containing the water pistol)
62359 CP (HL) Is this the desk containing the water pistol?
62360 JR Z,62350 Get another random desk ID if so
62362 INC L Otherwise place the newly determined ID of the desk containing the stinkbombs into 32731
62363 LD (HL),A
Check whether ERIC has found the stinkbombs.
62364 CP B Compare the ID of the desk ERIC's sitting at (A) with the ID of the desk containing the stinkbombs (B)
62365 LD A,44 44: animatory state of a desk lid
62367 JR NZ,62377 Jump if ERIC isn't sitting at the desk that contains the stinkbombs
62369 LD L,235 HL=32747 (inventory flags)
62371 LD A,(HL) Set bits 5-7, giving ERIC three stinkbombs
62372 OR 224
62374 LD (HL),A
62375 LD A,46 46: animatory state of a desk lid with stinkbombs
Now A holds the animatory state of the desk lid: 44 (empty desk), 45 (with pistol), or 46 (with stinkbombs).
62377 LD HL,54803 Point HL at byte 19 of the desk lid's buffer
62380 LD (HL),8 Initialise the counter determining how long the desk lid stays up
62382 DEC E E=x-coordinate of the desk lid in front of ERIC
62383 CALL 30534 Update the SRB for the desk lid's appearance and place address 62386 (below) into bytes 17 and 18 of its buffer
The address of this entry point is placed into bytes 17 and 18 of the desk lid's buffer by the instruction above.
62386 LD L,19 Byte 19 of the desk lid's buffer holds the delay counter that determines when the desk lid will shut
62388 DEC (HL) Decrement this counter
62389 LD A,(HL) Copy its current value to A
62390 JP Z,29903 Jump if it's time for the desk lid to close
62393 SUB 6 Is it time for ERIC to collect the contents of the desk?
62395 RET NZ Return if not
62396 LD L,A L=0
62397 LD A,(HL) A=animatory state of a desk lid (with contents, if any)
62398 CP 44 44: Is the desk empty?
62400 RET Z Return if so
This entry point is used by the routines at 24028, 29462 and 29568.
62401 CALL 31746 Print the inventory
This entry point is used by the routine at 24348.
62404 LD C,5 Make a celebratory sound effect (ERIC has achieved something rather handy)
62406 LD B,3
62408 LD HL,65303
62411 LD D,H
62412 LD E,H
62413 CALL 62155
62416 DEC C
62417 JR NZ,62406
62419 RET
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