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DarkPhear
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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 21:32
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I would like to suggest a new command:
PLAY BITMAP TO IMAGE Bitmap Number,Image,Left,Top,Right,Bottom
(like play animation to image)
It would be very useful to quickly change the contents of an image, since there's no way to draw directly to the image.
You could tell me to draw it to a bitmap and then use GET IMAGE, but it can't be used at every frame cause it's too slow. Play bitmap to image would automatically redirect the contents of a bitmap to an image every time the bitmap is changed. It would be very useful for split screens, 3d glasses, texture/tile/sprite animation effects, etc.

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Andy Igoe
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Posted: 12th Nov 2003 12:15 Edited at: 12th Nov 2003 12:18
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ignore my original post and edit I was missing your point.

Play bitmap to image would work how? Copy the contents of a screen into an image? That is exactly what get image does. I find get image works pretty quickly. I dont think changing the name of the command would make it faster, or am I missing the point.


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IanM
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Posted: 12th Nov 2003 14:35
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I think that he means to draw lines/boxes/circles etc directly to an image.

There *is* a way to directly access images ... I've just not finished the plugin yet
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Andy Igoe
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Posted: 12th Nov 2003 16:11
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effectively then a set current bitmap to image command?


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IanM
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Posted: 12th Nov 2003 19:21
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I'm hoping that it does turn out to be that simple ...
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DarkPhear
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 02:17
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That's great!
Think about a fighting game (like street fighter). You could draw the life/energy bars and score to a bitmap, play it to an image and then quickly draw it to the screen using sprite or paste image.

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