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Newcomers DBPro Corner / need to add images and sound

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needing_help
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Posted: 18th Nov 2013 10:42
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Extremely new and confused. I've looked at the DBP examples but still have trouble. I want to add a simple image as a background to my game. Right now, it's a jpg but I could change that. I tried load bitmap and the name but nothing happened. How can I add this image?

Next, I liked the sound image in the DBP example but you had to click on the music note icon then the icon was animated. I want just the sound when a player guesses a correct answer or a wrong answer. How can I do this?

Thanks for the help!!
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BMacZero
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Posted: 18th Nov 2013 23:38 Edited at: 18th Nov 2013 23:41
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When you use the load bitmap command, that doesn't actually display anything on the screen. All that does is load the image from your disk into memory (the help file is very misleading for this command, as a lot of the help files unfortunately are). To actually draw it, you need to use another command.

I recommend using load image instead of load bitmap, by the way. Use load bitmap if you want to edit an image, and use load image if you just want to draw it on the screen.

For example:


EDIT: code tags

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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 19th Nov 2013 00:45 Edited at: 19th Nov 2013 00:46
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For .WAV files, use PLAY SOUND to play after loading with LOAD SOUND.
LOAD MUSIC AND PLAY MUSIC works for .MP3 files.

(Be sure to hit F1 in your editor to see the list of commands.)

D.D.
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needing_help
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Posted: 20th Nov 2013 10:40
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Thanks for the help. Still having a issue with the graphics. I received an error message that the loop wasn't in the right location. Am I suppose to add more of a loop or do something more to load the image?

Thanks so much!
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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 20th Nov 2013 18:23
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BMac's code should have worked.

Here's an even more basic example:



D.D.
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needing_help
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Posted: 21st Nov 2013 02:39
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Thanks. Got it. My image was extremely large. All this worry and it was something that basic. Thanks for the help.
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