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From: Philip Gooch <philg@easynet.co.uk>
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Subject: 2 quick questions: CLUTS and 512 * 256 res
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:04:13 +0100
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Hello again

Could I ask a couple of quick questions:

1) Can a texture page have more than one CLUT? E.g. can I put multiple
TIM images, each with different CLUTS, into the same texture page area
(using TimTool). This is for a tile-based game I'm working on, where 4
bit is adequate so long as I group my tiles into a number of separate
TIMs with their own CLUT (e.g. one TIM for grass-type stuff, one for
rocky stuff, one for roads etc. However, it would be handy to keep all
these TIMs within one texture page so that I don't need to keep
relinking the sprite to a different texture page depending on what tile
is being displayed.

2) Using 512 * 256 res. I like this because it allows me to display more
tiles without having to use proper high-res mode. This causes problems
for displaying images created on a 640 * 480, or any 4:3, monitor
resolution. As the aspect ratio is different (2:1 as opposed to 4:3), my
32*32 tiles look stretched vertically. Is there a way round this, or
will I have to redesign my tiles to compensate?

Cheers

Phil