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From: "Alex Herbert" <alex@herbs.dabsol.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Backgrounds smaller than the visible screen
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 17:31:35 -0000
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Hi Tony,


Antony Arciuolo <antony.arciuolo@mail.trincoll.edu> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to prevent a small GsBG map from tiling?
>

No.

>
> What I want to do is have three GsBGs for parallax scrolling
>
> One will be the ground, one will be the rest of the background (a forest),
> and the last will be the mountains through the trees
>
> for the ground, I just want three rows of tiles across the entire width of
> my level,
> but do I need to define it with the (in 320x240 res) 12 rows of
transparent
> cells?

Yes.  Or you could use sprites instead of a BG.

>
>
> - Tony
>
>


Herbs