mandel-6502/todo.md
Brooke Vibber 0fc5ba914f fix pan/zoom bug
was missing an rts on update_palette

this happened to fall through to keycheck
which if timing was wrong would dutifully process the viewport
change and return to update_palette's caller

which in turn was -not- expecting to reset the outer loop

fixed
2024-12-29 12:29:36 -08:00

846 B

things to try:

  • add some preset viewports that can be switched via number keys (1, 2, 3 etc)

  • patch the entire expanded-ram imul8xe on top of imul8 to avoid the 3-cycle thunk penalty :D

  • square-root special case of multiplication for zxzx and zyzy

    • the hi1hi2 and lo1lo2 8-bit muls can be optimized into a 512-byte lookup table
    • jamey on mastodon tried this but had some problems. see what happens on our version!
  • double-check rounding behavior is correct

  • try 3.13 fixed point instead of 4.12 for more precision

    • can we get away without the extra bit?
  • y-axis mirror optimization

  • 'wide pixels' 2x and 4x for a fuller initial image in the tiered rendering

  • rework the palette cycling to look more like an advancing flow

  • extact viewport for display & re-input via keyboard

  • fujinet screenshot/viewport uploader