Oh, forgot to mention they're the instructions for the SPANIM command ^_^' ... You can refer it here: http://smilebasic.com/en/reference/

Yeah I'm aware you didn't do that hehe. Anyway there are 2 I also don't understand: "Adding 8 to the target numerical value will cause the value to be treated as being relative to the run time" & "Suffixing the character string with "+" will also cause the value to be treated as being relative to the run time" What do they mean? Maybe I'll know if I'm already above n00b level...

lol... "just shut up and put it" .-. A bit insulting don't ya think?

OK I'll try to use that as my 2nd reference, as my current reference was this Halloween "Screen Saver"-type program: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAADVHkiYhoPww And one thing to self-learn was tweaking the values of the SPANIM commands & do some trial-and-error runs, but I'm still having lots of questions later...

One thing I don't understand is the Time thing (the in-game help only says "Animation data itself"), and also maybe the Item(s). How does SM detect if there's Item 2 or not?

Hmm, boy at the top looks a bit like Charlie Brown with different color of clothes :p

There's one actually, but it's kinda weird, finicky, & clumsy... you need to convert it to sound waves and etc...

Thanks :)

OK thanks TN21... BTW what command will I execute to temporarily clear all the SP page? Just being curious :p

But would it be easier if I'll just start on a blank page like G0 or G1? Because the "SP" page is usually already filled with other sprites (another question... how do I clear the "SP" page?)

I think what I meant is how & where do I start making sprites from the very beginning? Is it the one I said in the OP (start either in G0 or G1)?

Kinda depends on your programming experience I guess. I have a TI-89 graphing calculator here and I'm having some basic programming experiences about it (more on Inputs, Outputs, looping commands like For; While; If-Then; etc...), so I think the difficulty might be in the middle for me at least. And the prog language for those TI calculators is TI-BASIC, which isn't much different lol.

How do I start making sprites? Do I have to choose the empty G0 or G1? and it doesn't matter if I choose either one right? How about the SP page?

I see. BTW how do you switch display & drawing? IIRC, was it using the SPPAGE command?

OK, so are they always hidden?

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