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From: Harald Ploch <harald.ploch@telecom.at>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics
Subject: Re: tiled background
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 23:16:15 +0100
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Lewis_Evans@Playstation.sony.com wrote:
> 
> From: Lewis_Evans@Playstation.sony.com
> To: news@playstation.co.uk
> 
> If you can say why you don't want to use GsSortFixBg16,
> it'll be easier to find something you might like.
> What don't you like about the GsSortFixBg16?
> 
>      Lewis
> 
> Hi!
> How to I render a tiled background. I found out that there is a GsBG
> structure (GsMAP, GsCELL) and I initialized it, but I don't know how to
> render it. I don't want to use GsSortFixBg16(...).
> Please Help!!!!
> Thanx,
> Harald.

According to the Library Reference GsSortFixBg16(...) limits the cell
size to 16x16 but in GsMAP I can specify an arbitrary cell size (cellw,
cellh). The Reference manual also says: No rotation & scaling with
GsSortFixBg16(...).

Thanx for the help,

Harald Ploch.