Ok, I have searched the site for a step by step tutorial on how to load a 24bit .bmp image onto the screen and found none. I am looking for a very simple example to display it for background purposes. I have not gotten far enough in the OpenGL Game Programming book to be sure, but if someone knows for sure let me know if they cover it in the book? I am limited on time this summer due to college summer semester going on! Thanks Please forgive me! =)

I dont have an opengl solution, but pretty soon i am gonna be releasing a kinda 2D menu system (that uses directX), but you will be able to display bmps in the background or whatever you want. It could just show you how to do it too. if interested just keep an eye on my site, it should be up there in a couple of days. later-

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