Ha, I thought of doing that, but that's how it is in the original BBC Micro version, so I thought I'd leave it that way. Here it is in the original - oof! I can't be going around changing the quirkiness of this classic. I could accidentally break the magic... 😀
Fair enough if it's in the original. Great job though, so impressive.
It being off centre was the first thing that I noticed, I wonder why they did that as it really triggers my OCD. I had forgotten that the Elk docking computer was an instant thing - my Elite memories must be a mix of Elk and Beeb disc Elite.
There's only one routine for displaying in-flight messages, so they all get shown at the same position. I guess they chose this position so that most messages would look OK, but it means that the short ones end up being to the left and the long ones end up being to the right. So it's a memory thing.
And I love it that you are able to answer my question Mark, you've given new life to a 40+ year old game with the code deep dives and enhancements it's an amazing achievement 👍
Thank you Rob! 😀