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From: <stuart@macdonald4798.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: minimap & dynamic tims
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:17:21 -0000
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stuart@macdonald4798.freeserve.co.uk wrote in message
<86hv54$kug1@chuka.playstation.co.uk>...
>I'm trying to create a minimap for tanx2. The first attempt was using
>Moveimage to copy 2x2 16-bit info onto the screen to compose the map on the
>screen buffers, but they flicker badly. I was wondering how I could go
about
>dynamically creating a tim, possibly using LoadImage to set pixel data on a
>sprite and then drawing it to both split screens.

Got it working folks, ended up using LoadImage to load pixels onto a tim in
vram. Works fine.
Hopefully I'll have a tanx2 alpha soon...
Stuart.