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User typing in a picture file, and game using it. #216199 07/15/08 17:38 07/15/08 17:38
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 716 Canada, Toronto thegamedesigner OP User
thegamedesigner OP User Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 716 Canada, Toronto	Hello, I am making the editor for my game. I want the players to be able to type in a picture file's name, (in a str, using inkey) and have the game load that picture file. Now, how do I do this? I have a system now, where I make and define 100 picture files, and they just replace the file with another of the same name, and this works, but is not very easy to use. I also tried all sorts of combos of bmap* ptrs, creating and removing, etc, but I can't seem to get this to work. Thanks for all help, My games - www.spyeart.com

Re: User typing in a picture file, and game using it. [Re: thegamedesigner] #216343 07/16/08 16:16 07/16/08 16:16
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EpsiloN User Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 968	Manual : Quote: bmap_load(bmap*,string name,var mode) Loads a bitmap from a file during gameplay. Parameters: bmap bitmap or bitmap pointer name file name in .jpg, .png, .bmp, .tga, dds, or .dib format. mode 0 = clip to old bmap size, 1 = change bmap size. Remarks: The file must exist in the game folder. It can not be directly read from a resource or from the folder path. The original image can be restored by bmap_purge(). If mode is set at 0, the bmap size is unchanged. If the image file has a different size, parts of the image are clipped away or filled with black. If mode is set at 1, the bmap must be a power of two in size. Example: bmap_load(bmap_for_entity(player,0),"newskin.jpg",0); See also: bmap_purge I used this in a project for loading .jpg files. The only problem is that it stretches the images just a little if mode is set to 0 (Clip to old bmap size) no matter if the new image is the same width & height as the old one. But it works Extensive Multiplayer tutorial: http://mesetts.com/index.php?page=201