Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "JohnT" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics Subject: Re: tiled background Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 17:14:47 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 47 Message-ID: <6erjjj$l5r16@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <6erdt0$lbu1@emeka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.75.167.131 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Lewis_Evans@Playstation.sony.com wrote in message <6erdt0$lbu1@emeka.playstation.co.uk>... > via smtpd (for [194.203.13.2]) with SMTP; 19 Mar 1998 15:37:46 UT > by camsg001.camb.scee.sony.co.uk (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id PAA23803 > for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:37:30 GMT >From: Lewis_Evans@Playstation.sony.com >To: news@playstation.co.uk > >Yes, there are several things in the professional libs not >included with the Yaroze libs; but then again, many professional >developers ask us for extra functionality A1 <-> Z999 in the libraries. >Basically, everyone wants everything provided as a software >library, but it's very hard for any set of software libraries >to be all things to all developers. > >I appreciate your position, but the bottom line with development >environments is that you often have to write something yourself >to achieve your specific design; I've found this true of Yaroze, >of PSX devkits, on PC, Mac, etc. Ahh, but that is not the case with the background routines! I have read elsewhere in a news group that Sony did not want us Net Yaroze members to have these two functions. The reason was not given (or I have forgotten!!) Also, the reference guide tells us that the background functions that do the extras like rotation, scaling and variable cell sizes are not supported in the Yaroze libs which suggests these functions do exist in the libs for developers. Sure, Sony are right in cutting down the libs for Yaroze members to make things simpler and in some cases to restrict what we can do to stop us from producing stand alone games for anyone to play. But to severely restrict us on the background functionality is odd. I personally would not have minded if they had only restricted us with a few of the features of the background functions like rotation and scaling or perhaps had just taken out the GsSortBg function and left us with the GsSortFastBg which would have let us use any cell size. JohnT ------------------------------------------------ Contact me at http://wwp.mirabilis.com/9461567 Send e-mail to johnt@nettech.demon.co.uk Visit my web site at http://www.coco.net.uk/johnt ------------------------------------------------