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(SDL) Surface Question

Engines and Middleware Programming

Started by Sir Sapo July 18, 2004 12:53 AM

2 comments, last by Sir Sapo 19 years, 11 months ago

Sir Sapo

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July 18, 2004 12:53 AM

Ok guys , I am relatively new to SDL and I have a question I hope someone can answer. If I create a surface and place a bitmap on it , do I have to create a surface for every object in my game, even if it has the same image as the first one I made? What I am trying to say is can I create a surface and blit it multiple times in one rendering loop.

My Current Project Angels 22 (4E5)

alnite

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July 18, 2004 09:29 AM

Quote: Original post by Sir Sapo
If I create a surface and place a bitmap on it , do I have to create a surface for every object in my game, even if it has the same image as the first one I made?

No.

Quote: What I am trying to say is can I create a surface and blit it multiple times in one rendering loop.

Yes, and that's exactly how it's done.

Gyrbo

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July 18, 2004 10:08 AM

I'm not entirely sure what your asking. You can think of blitting as simply copying all pixels from the source surface to the destination surface. I hope this provides some help.