help me please

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• Unknown

  March 2000

  : I am making a game like Final Fantasy 1 in C and need some help.
  
  : I am wondering how do I make a delay function that delays for any number of
  
  : seconds I choose? and how do I put in sprites into my game.
  
  : I am using djgpp and the allegro library.
  
  :
  
  
  
  Allegro has its own delay functions, use those.
  
  
  
  As for sprites, load the sprite into a BITMAP structure and blit it to the screen as a sprite.
  
  
  
  -Xotor-
  
  
  
• Unknown

  March 2000

  : : I am making a game like Final Fantasy 1 in C and need some help.
  
  : : I am wondering how do I make a delay function that delays for any number of
  
  : : seconds I choose? and how do I put in sprites into my game.
  
  : : I am using djgpp and the allegro library.
  
  
  
  For delays, you can use the internal clock
  
  
  
  unsigned short *Clock = (unsigned short *)0x0000046CL; // Clock pointer
  
  
  
  void pause(int T) // Pause for clock ticks
  
  {
  
  unsigned short Now = *Clock;
  
  while (*Clock - Now < T)
  
  {
  
  // Do nothing
  
  }
  
  }
  
  
  
  Or wait for the vertical retrace
  
  
  
  void vr()
  
  {
  
  while ((inp(0x03DA) & 0x08)) {};
  
  while (!(inp(0x03DA) & 0x08)) {};
  
  }
  
  
  
  Sprites? Are you asking how to define a sprite
  
  struct or how to draw a sprite? Sprite struct
  
  should appear something like this
  
  
  
  typedef struct _Sprite
  
  {
  
  int X, Y, W, H;
  
  unsigned char *Image;
  
  char Palette[768]; // optional
  
  int Visible, Life, Power, Speed;
  
  } Sprite;
  
  
  
  To draw the sprite, load an image file into
  
  the Image -- don't feel like getting the code
  
  -- then use a draw bitmap type function
  
  
  
  DrawBitmap(MySprite->Image);
  
  
  
• Unknown

  March 2000

  However one problem is that the internal clock (I'm assuming PC clock) is too slow for most games.
  
  
  
  But if you're not timer-intesive then it will do just fine.
  
  
  
  -Xotor-
  
  
  
  : : : I am making a game like Final Fantasy 1 in C and need some help.
  
  : : : I am wondering how do I make a delay function that delays for any number of
  
  : : : seconds I choose? and how do I put in sprites into my game.
  
  : : : I am using djgpp and the allegro library.
  
  :
  
  : For delays, you can use the internal clock
  
  :
  
  : unsigned short *Clock = (unsigned short *)0x0000046CL; // Clock pointer
  
  :
  
  : void pause(int T) // Pause for clock ticks
  
  : {
  
  : unsigned short Now = *Clock;
  
  : while (*Clock - Now < T)
  
  : {
  
  : // Do nothing
  
  : }
  
  : }
  
  :
  
  : Or wait for the vertical retrace
  
  :
  
  : void vr()
  
  : {
  
  : while ((inp(0x03DA) & 0x08)) {};
  
  : while (!(inp(0x03DA) & 0x08)) {};
  
  : }
  
  :
  
  : Sprites? Are you asking how to define a sprite
  
  : struct or how to draw a sprite? Sprite struct
  
  : should appear something like this
  
  :
  
  : typedef struct _Sprite
  
  : {
  
  : int X, Y, W, H;
  
  : unsigned char *Image;
  
  : char Palette[768]; // optional
  
  : int Visible, Life, Power, Speed;
  
  : } Sprite;
  
  :
  
  : To draw the sprite, load an image file into
  
  : the Image -- don't feel like getting the code
  
  : -- then use a draw bitmap type function
  
  :
  
  : DrawBitmap(MySprite->Image);
  
  :
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Unknown

  March 2000

  how do you draw sprites?
  
  
  
• Unknown

  March 2000

  how do you draw sprites?
  
  
  
  Allegro defines functions to delay the game and draw images... go figure.