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From: mperdue@iquest.net (Mario Perdue)
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Subject: Re: 16-bit sprites
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:03:49 GMT
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 18:21:15 -0400, Clint Kelly <clint@erols.com>
wrote:

>Am I correct in assuming that, if I use 16-bit sprites for my game, then 
>I don't have to mess around with a clut?  This would make writing my 
>program a lot easier!

You are correct that a CLUT is not required for 16-bit sprites, but
setting up the CLUT for 4 and 8 bit sprites is pretty painless.

>Are there any examples around that use 16-bit sprites?

None that I'm aware of, but it would be very easy to change one of the
existing examples over to 16 bit sprites.

Mario