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Twinsen
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Posted: 13th Mar 2008 20:08 Edited at: 13th Mar 2008 20:51
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well here's what happens:

- I have 2 IDENTICAL pieces of code as follows

CODE 1
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CODE 2

- inside CODE 1 ( or CODE 2 cause they are the same ), I load an image like this: LOAD IMAGE Filename, Image Number 1 ... so I have Image 1 loaded ....
- between the 2 codes ( CODE 1 and CODE 2 ) I delete the image and the sprite which is attached to it
- now when I run the program, even though both codes are the same, the second one won't work ... WHY ???? I know I've deleted the image and sprite but since the 2 codes are identical, the image and sprite should load again as it did the first time ... what's the problem ??? please help me as it's driving me crazy (((

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Twinsen
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Posted: 13th Mar 2008 20:11 Edited at: 13th Mar 2008 20:52
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to explain better, here's what I do:

load image "xxxxxxxxxxxxx" ,1
=== do some stuff here ===

delete sprite 1
delete image 1

load image "xxxxxxxxxxxxx" ,1
=== do the same stuff here ===

so as you can see, the DELETE SPRITE 1 and DELETE IMAGE 1 commands are placed between 2 identical code blocks, so even though the image is gone for a moment, the second block should work because first of all, it loads it back up, right ???

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Twinsen
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Posted: 13th Mar 2008 21:47
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so it's a sort of a bug then ??? also, I know how to make it work but it's just that I don't get what could go wrong ... anyway, if I load another image in number 1 while there's another image inside, will it overwrite it or give some other unexpected error ??? thanks WindowsKiller

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TDK
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Posted: 13th Mar 2008 23:22
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Yes, you can reload an image into an existing DB image slot without deleting it first. The first image will be overwritten.

As Windowskiller says, it's probably down to your computer trying to execute lines before a previous action has been completed. You can test this by putting a Wait line in:

delete sprite 1
delete image 1
Wait 1000

I know this probably isn't any use as a solution, but if it then works, at least you know what the problem is.

If that does solve the problem, then you might get away with using something like Wait 10 which could work, but have no visible delay.

Or you can go with the suggestions WindowsKiller gave - which are better.

TDK_Man

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Twinsen
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Posted: 13th Mar 2008 23:34
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again, thanks a million I'll try and see what I can dig up

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