All I want to know is how to load a dumb bitmap, but everything is sooo confusing, I read a bunch or tutorials and when i reached the end of the night i shouted "Thats it, im too dumb for this, I will annoy the people a Gamdev with my dumb questions" and that cheered me up . So if its not obviose, I want the most simple way to display a bitmap (all i want if for it to show up and thats it) it will probably still be incredably difficult for me even with its simplisety so u might have to explain something 2 or 3 hunderd times.

Simplest way? Ha! Use Allegro!

BITMAP* Bmp;
PALLETE Pal;
Bmp=load_bitmap("myfile.bmp",Pal);
blit(Bmp,screen,0,0,Xpos,Ypos,Bmp->w,Bmp->h);

That's about as simple as you're gonna get...

Martee
Magnum Games


Edited by - Martee on August 10, 2000 10:31:52 PM

it depends... what compiler and libraries are you using? DJGPP? Visual C++? Allegro (already been answered..)? DirectX? Windows? DOS? Linux?
i''ll help you if i can..

allegro, allegro, allegro! All the way

Seriously, as already mentioned, use the allegro library! If yuou think you''re too dumb to load a bitmap (like I am/was then get stuck in with djgpp and the allegro library... it''s simple, fast, and fun.
Get them both here

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I strongly advise getting a good book and a good compiler if you want to do windows programming. Get Visual C++ and get a book like "Windows Game Programming for Dummies" or "Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus" by Andre Lamothe. He is a very good writer and make everything seem a lot easier.

Or you could always get Allegro....

- Daniel
VG Games

Thanks guys, I use the compiler that came with MV C++, is allegro a library or compiler? And if its a compiler is there an easy way to do it with a VC++ compiler?

It''s a library, that you can only really use with DJGPP (a free dos compiler). There is the WinAllegro library, but I don''t trust that as far as I can cyber-throw it


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I dont understand the downloading, it doesnt mention allegro, if i dload djgpp will i get allegro?

quote: Original post by McChuie

I dont understand the downloading, it doesnt mention allegro, if i dload djgpp will i get allegro?

on the delorie.com website use the zip-picker to download djgpp... then at the same time check the box asking if you want to download the allegro library, and any other bits ''n bobs you want



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Is there a way to display a bitmap with a Microsoft compiler?