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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 22:51
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I am making a nation game based on a forum game that I started. Would it be possible to have the game be able to distinguish the water colour (blue) and also the borders (black)? I want it to be able to not want to put a nation in the water, and move the borders.

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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 22:57
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You can use the POINT function to read the colour of a pixel on a bitmap or the screen.

That's the simple answer, but depending on exactly how you place these nations, that may not be the best way - you haven't provided enough info to tell though.

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I plan on making them be placed in a different Image software and a 1px thick black line would be the border.(for now) and then the game read the borders placed and determine the nations.

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Ah, I understand - you are drawing a map with the nations already marked out.

Do you have a method of determining which nation is selected?
That problem is one of the reasons that a lot of games with countries or nations use either a square or hex grid - it makes it easier to identify which nation is selected.

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It is a simulator.

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