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From: sceetech <ps_yaroze@interactive.sony.com>
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Subject: Re: Background Images
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:38:04 +0000
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Richard Haskey wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         Thanks for the source , I will give it a go.
>         Still if anyone has any idea how to rotate the background
>         (without using sprites) I would be glad to hear from you.
> 
>         It seems unlikely that the background structure would have
>         a field for rotation if none of the functions allow you to
>         use it, but you never know :)
> 
>                         Thanks again,
>                                         Richard Haskey


Although the GsBG structure includes a field for rotation this is a left
over from the full development environment, and there is no way of using
it on the Yaroze. The only other way of rotating a background without
using a sprite is to use a polygon.

Stuart