Hmmm.. it has been so long since I did nametable loading I am forgetting the quirks. Say I wanted to cycle through nametables by pressing the start button. I can load the first two, but the third one gets all corrupted. I think I am forgetting something simple, but here is the basic idea I am going with:


jsr ldtitle ;completely loads 2 nametables (one at $2000, one at $2800)

;this sets up the PPU
lda #%10001000
sta $2000
lda #%00011110
sta $2001

jsr pollstrt ;poll for press start
jsr waitv2 ;wait for vblank
jsr swapnam0 ;swap nametables so we see 2nd screen
;(it works good so far)
jsr load1st ;loads the 3rd nametable at $2000 which is offscreen
;at this moment. This is the corrupted one.
jsr pollstrt ;Wait for press start
jsr waitv2 ;Wait for vblank
jsr swapnam0 ;swap nametables so we see screen 3
;However it looks like crap.


See what I'm getting at here? Do I have to turn off backgrounds or something while loading the third nametable?

-Pulper