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HBProductions
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Posted: 7th Sep 2003 14:37
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Every sprite I put in the game has half the resolution it should have. Why is this?

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Posted: 7th Sep 2003 17:57
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have u tried load image "xxx.bmp" 1,1
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Posted: 8th Sep 2003 20:31 Edited at: 8th Sep 2003 20:35
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I see why you have told me to do this, because the sprite looks like it is stretched (the picels are 2 or 4 times bigger than they actually are) but the sprite is the same size.

DarkBASIC has given me a real smack on the head and I'm really confuzzled.

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The only way I can get an image to show with the correctly sized pixels is by loading it as a bitmap... but that defeats the object of having a sprite.

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Posted: 8th Sep 2003 20:44
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I thought that you load an image, say a bmp, then grab a portion of it as a sprite - I don't do too much 2d but I haven't seen this problem. Are you somehow grabbing an area that exceeds the original bmp size (if that's possible) It seems that it would be the only way for the image to be 1/2 resolution. Almost like zooming in 2x if you get me?

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Posted: 9th Sep 2003 12:36
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Quote: "have u tried load image "xxx.bmp" 1,1"


Quote: "I see why you have told me to do this, because the sprite looks like it is stretched "


I think you missed the point. The second integer tells DB to use the bitmap as it is, without trying to create Mipmaps for different distances and resolutions.

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Well yes, in answer to your question, I have tried that.. and everything else I can think of... soooooooo confused....

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show us your sprite creation code


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and a screen shot if possible.
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are you running in fullscreen desktop? that mode will stretch the images to the size of your desktop. if so try full screen exclusvise mode

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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 13:41
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I will send a screenie and code soon...

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Posted: 28th Sep 2003 21:54
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No need for a code snippet, I've found out some vital information that I hope someone will help me with:

On everybody's games, the sprites are strange looking... they look like they are stretched, but they're not, if you know what I mean.

It must be a problem with my graphics card - how do I fix it? (Also, on Max Payne (nothing to do with DB), the graphic novel pictures are all blurry too... what the hell can I do?

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you sure its not just becuase you have your screen res set wrong? DBs defualt res is 640x480.. i think.. maybe 800x600..... idk, the first thing i write into any prog is set display mode 1024,768,32 :p
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It is not anything to do with the screen resolution, my graphics card is showing sprites in all darkbasic projects and some other comercial games "stretched". How can I set up my graphics card to work properlly?

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Do you have the latest drivers?
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I have the latest direct X drivers, if that's what you mean... explain.

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