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Started by kiketom March 16, 2006 11:04 AM

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kiketom

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March 16, 2006 11:04 AM

Hi! I'm programming a isometric game in Windows with SDL. And i can't create a screen surface in Hardware. The flags that i use are: SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_DOUBLEBUF When i call this funtion bool isHWSurface() { return (surface->flags & (SDL_HWSURFACE)) ? true : false; } returns false. [wow] How can i create a hardware surface in windows????? Thx. Note: the game is in windowed mode.

Tomy

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March 16, 2006 01:08 PM

From the SDL Wiki:

Quote:Be aware that you may request a hardware surface, but receive a software surface. Many platforms can only provide a hardware surface when using SDL_FULLSCREEN.

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rip-off

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March 16, 2006 01:11 PM

Quote:Original post by kiketom
Note: the game is in windowed mode.

I'm not sure, but I think you may only be able to get a gardware surface in fullscreen (or is that on linux...).

Remember, depending on how you make your program software surfaces may be just as fast or even faster.

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