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Started by ed209 January 29, 2008 02:29 PM

2 comments, last by ZachE84 16 years, 2 months ago

ed209

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January 29, 2008 02:29 PM

What exactly is a surface? Is it a frame with sprites? I don't understand!

Machaira

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January 29, 2008 03:47 PM

A surface is a chunk of memory which contains image data.

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ed209

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January 29, 2008 04:57 PM

so it's anything that contains image data...like a bitmap or background, anything.

ZachE84

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January 29, 2008 05:38 PM

A surface is what was stated, just image data. As far as a background, etc, thats up to the programmer. You can use the surface as a background, sprite, tile, etc.

It performs no functions, just a placeholder/pointer to image(s).

You would have to use the Sprite class (recommended for 2D), DirectDraw, or Direct3D to apply the surface to your screen (backbuffer).

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