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Firstly i'd like to point out that I did not install the Nov08 update, because of all the complaints I saw people posting in the thread. I believe I have the Dec07 version, but I'd like to know both 1) if someone knows how to deal with these problems with this version and 2) if these issues have been addressed

I can't seem to find any kind of dbSetImageColorKey() function, analogous to SET IMAGE COLORKEY. Does this exist?

dbPasteImage() apparently has only one option for transparency, which makes it ignore black pixels, and it does not acknowledge alpha transparency. Firstly, I need black pixels. Secondly, I need alpha-transparent pixels to be transparent. Is there a way to get that? As a secondary option I would just change the colorkey to 0xFFFF00FF, but I can't.

Hope someone can help me, thanks in advance.

dbSetImageColorKey() is definitely a command. It accepts three arguments, red, green, and blue (0-255). Using that command, it will set that color to be transparent in your image. As for alpha transparency, use PNG images. You should be able to control alpha layers that way.

Oh snap, that makes sense to use PNGs. I'm using the same memblock techniques to split up a spritesheet as I was in my Bitmap Font engine, but this time the sprite really IS a bitmap (24-bit bitmap as MSPaint saves), and I forgot that my Font was actually a PNG. I guess since it's a 24-bit format, it doesn't have an alpha channel to acknowledge.

Thanks for the suggestion