Debugging in the emulator

[visrealm]

G'day.

I'm not sure how I got this far without it, but I'm getting to a stage where some form of debugger would help. I'm a complete newbee when it comes to assembly programming, so this might be obvious to others.

Currently, I've been resorting to outputting raster numbers, or hard-coding a brk. But, I've not found a reliable way to set a breakpoint and query registers or memory addresses. I assume due to my game using RAM or VRAM needed by the monitor when it breaks out.

"There must be there a better way?" *I'm in black and white, my hair all frizzy*

Those who are developing games in assembly... how are you debugging them?

Cheers

Troy

[SlithyMatt]

The emulator does have a built-in debugger. Just run it with the "-debug" option and hit F12 to see the debugger. The emulator doc has the list of commands.

[visrealm]

Thanks, Matt.

I should have... read the documentation 

I've had a quick look at it. Inserting $ff works as it says it should.  Looks great  Much better than what I was trying to do.

I expect a significant increase in productivity now.

Cheers

Troy