Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/08/11/05:33:06
Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
> Jonathon Ralston (j DOT ralston AT cat DOT csiro DOT au) writes:
> > Hello Allegro programmers!
> >
> > I wanted to write a 640 x 480 x 256 horizontal scrolling program, like
> > the ex19.c demo. I increased the screen bitmap size and changed the
> > other screen size variables accordingly. However, I found that
> > *everything* on the screen was scrolled, including the text line.
> >
> > Is it possible to scroll only *part* of the screen while in an SVGA
> > mode, e.g., a 640 x 400 window? I noticed that ex19.c uses a mode X
> > modex_split type function. Does this mean that the split screen
> > text/scrolling only exists in mode X? Is there a version of
> > scroll_screen() that scrolls only part of the screen, or a BITMAP
> > buffer?
>
> In SVGA modes? I think the only easy way to do it in SVGA is to
> keep the stuff you want to not scroll in a memory bitmap and
> blit it to the screen after each scroll. Of course it might
> then flicker a bit.
You could use a virtual buffer to create the final image
to be blitted to the "screen" bitmap. This would avoid
the flicker.
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