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From: Tenchi <tenchi@cisco.com>
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Subject: Re: Putting 8-bit Sprites on-screen
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:50:15 -0700
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Make sure that you also:

	- have positioned the CLUT properly!
	- set the attribute flags to the correct TIM type

Good luck,
- e!

Craig Venz wrote:
> 
> Omar Metwally wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys, I'm really new to Yaroze, and I saw Ira Rainey and Scott
> > Campbell's awesome, not to mention popular, tutorials.  I tried using
> > their code to put a sprite that I made on-screen.  I got a black screen,
> > so I asked Scott.  He said that I would have to position the Sprite
> > correctly using TIMtool, so I did, and I STILL get a blank screen.
> > Please, someone tell me what's wrong.  I'm guessing that if I change the
> > sprite, I have to change the code.  If this is the case, please email me
> > at Metwally7@aol.com
> 
> Sounds like the first big mistake (tm) that I made. In the GsSPRITE
> struct, have you set the r,g and b values to anything? If they are 0,
> then the brightness of the sprite is set to BLACK, so you won't get
> anything! Make sure you initialize those values to 128. If that's not
> it, reply again.
> 
> Good luck,
> Craig