Just a quick mock-up of Falcon ZX screen

[Art]

Just a quick graphic mock-up of a possible Falcon ZX screen. Based on the original Falcon for PC CGA from 1987. I am not able to program vector graphics, nor the flight model, I just wanted to see how it would look on the Spectrum. Colour attributes aren't exact.

[+3code]

That must be in zxart

https://zxart.ee

[Art]

That must be in zxart

https://zxart.ee

In that case, I should correct the colour positions and maybe some other bits according to that.

[4thRock]

I have some doubts about the vertical dither pattern used for the ground plane. Doesn't look that good because it covers most of the play area.
Most titles did the sky and ground as solid colours, and used patterns for smaller objects like the runway.

But I like the mockup a lot! Great work!

[Sol_HSA]

From tech point of view, the HUD would be way too slow to render like that; in practice you'd probably want a square clipping area inside the display. Wouldn't look as good, sure, but would be way faster to render. (haven't checked any grid issues etc, just a quick mockup edit)

[Art]

I have some doubts about the vertical dither pattern used for the ground plane. Doesn't look that good because it covers most of the play area. Most titles did the sky and ground as solid colours, and used patterns for smaller objects like the runway.

From tech point of view, the HUD would be way too slow to render like that; in practice you'd probably want a square clipping area inside the display.

Both quotes are true and I don't know how exactly it should be done right to be clear and fast. But I was partially inspired by Fighter Bomber, which does both things. But the Fighter Bomber ground pattern is better. For my screen test, I just took part of the outside scenery from the CGA version of Falcon which uses that vertical pattern.

[PaddyC13]

Stunning. It would be great on the Next in one of its turbo modes.

Kind regards

Paddy
UK