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From: mperdue@l4software.com (Mario Perdue)
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: errr GsBG anyone?
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 03:31:46 GMT
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:20:51 -0600, Ed Federmeyer
<fedeedw@charlie.cns.iit.edu> wrote:

>[snip]
>
>I can't seem to make my background "clip" properly.  I've tried all the
>GsSetClip() type functions (my manual isn't handy right now), and they
>all seem to clip *everything* or *nothing*.  What I want, is to set the
>clipping window, do my "GsSortSprite()" calls to get my background
>sprites on the screen drawn (clipped smaller then the screen), then
>return the clipping window back to the default full screen so I can put
>more stuff on the screen, like a border around the tiled background.
>
>The only way clipping seems to work is if it is on when you do your
>GsDrawOT() call, then *everything* gets clipped.
>
>Is there a way to set the clipping window so it only takes effect during
>the "Sort" phase?
>

Ed,

Clipping is a function of drawing, so it doesn't have any effect while
sorting the sprites. I don't know of any way around this.

If you're going to have a border, why not just draw the background
sprites on a 'layer' that is behind everything else?

Mario