Addressing Mode Not Allowed Error

Alright well, I tried to make it so Knuckles has his own start positions this is the code (the routine was longer but RHS helped me shorten it).

loc_C17A:
 move.w (Current_ZoneAndAct).w,d0
 ror.b #1,d0
 lsr.w #5,d0
 lea Sonic_StartLoc(PC,d0.w),a1  ; Load Sonic into a1
 cmpi.w #3,(Player_mode).w  ; Are you Knuckles?
 bne.s Load_StartLoc   ; No?  Branch
 lea Knuckles_StartLoc(PC,d0.w),a1 ; Load Knuckles into a1 instead
       
Load_StartLoc:     ; Load character starting position using a1
 moveq #0,d1
 move.w (a1)+,d1
 move.w d1,(MainCharacter+x_pos).w
 moveq #0,d0
 move.w (a1),d0
 move.w d0,(MainCharacter+y_pos).w

Now it should buid but I get an error saying that  lea Knuckles_StartLoc(PC,d0.w),a1 ; Load Knuckles into a1 instead, addressing Mode Not allowed

Doesnt make much sense because it is the same addressing as  lea Sonic_StartLoc(PC,d0.w),a1 ; Load Sonic into a1 but replaced with Knuckles name before the StartLoc so the addrssing mode should work but doesnt. Any thoughts??

EDIT: Forgot to mention this is for Sonic 2.

 

PC can only be used when the target address is really close from the instruction ($80 to $7F bytes iirc, $80 being negative). So your knuckles_startloc is probably just too far to use the program counter there. You'll have to load the address of the array in a1 and add d0 to the address (adda.l d0,a1).

 

So this instead?   lea     Knuckles_StartLoc(addal,d0.a1),a1. If so It happens again but instead of 2 errors I get 1 saying that the addressing mode is not aloud.

 

No.

First you load the address in a1, then only you add d0 to a1. Adda is just like add and addi, but for address registers: lea (knuxstarloc).l,a1 then adda.l d0,a1.

 

Back to 2 addressing mode errors, when doing that.
EDIT: Wow Im dumb sorry Spirituinsanum, its fixed thanks.