Not quite sure if you want to

create a bitmap the size you need for mygamegrid.

something like this perhaps :-

Sorry if that's a headache

sorry chap. I'm not sure what that code is doing.

The code above takes a bitmap and loads it onto the screen.
Then it splits the contents of the screen in tiles wich are loaded in an array.
Then it loads random values in my game grid, and finally shows the content of the game grid. The do ... loop statement clears the screen, pastes the images from the grid and flips the screen buffer.
How would I do the same with C++ and Allegro?

Bye, Berserk.
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P.S.: Try the posted code with a trial of darkbasic professional and the attached blocks.bmp.

I just don't know allegro, I also tryed with SDL with a little more luck.
I would like someone converting the code as I don't have a clue of what the posted code does.
Plus I have another problem, I have while (!key[KEY_ESC] && !done) { as the main loop but the program wont quit hitting the esc key. why?

Bye, Berserk.
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No, done is not == true.
But if false and true should return false, so the loop should quit.
Please help me with the tile slicing code as this is my first allegro project.
Thanks.

Bye, Berserk.
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Please don't misunderstand me. I wrote an entyre gameplay in C++ and I know the C++ language.
The only thing I don't know is the Allegro programming library, so I'm in front of a wall trying to develop my first real game (by real I mean a C++ game).
I programmed other games before, either in darkbasic professional or in C++ console mode.
The game is ready, it just misses the graphics, sound and input management in order to be playable.
I explained what the code I wish to do, just post a code wich does it please.

Thanks in advance.

Bye, Berserk.
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P.S.: However, here is a C++ + pseudocode snippet to work on.
[code]
// Project: example
// Created: 23/05/2009 17.05.59

// ***** Main Source File *****

set display mode 800, 600, 32 // this is clear, sets the display mode to 800x600 32 bits
set window on // this sets windowed mode
hide mouse // this hides the mouse cursor
sync on // this is dbpro only: sets manual syncing of the screen

dim grid(7, 23) // this would be equivalent to int grid[7][23];

load image "blocks.bmp", 1 // loads an image
paste image 1, 0, 0 // paste such image onto the screen. please note the next operations are done on the screen and not on the image

for (int x = 1; x <= 4; x++) {
for (int y = 1; y <= 2; y++) {
get image (x + (y - 1) * 4), 32 * (x - 1), 32 * (y - 1), 32 * x, 32 * y
// this will get an image from the screen, the parameters are:
// get image (image number), (x left), (y top), (x right), (y bottom)
}
}

for (int x = 1; x <= 7; x++) {
for (int y = 1; y <= 23; y++) {
grid[x][y] = rand() % 7 + 1
}
}

while(!(escape_key)) {
cls // clear the screen
for (int x = 1; x <= 7; x++) {
for (int y = 1; y <= 23; y++) {
paste image grid(x, y), x * 32, (y - 1) * 32
// this will paste the tile on the screen. parameters are
// paste image (image number), (x coordinate), (y coordinate)
}
}
sync // update the screen
}
[/code]
Thanks.

In addition to reading the friendly manual, you might try altering the example programs in small ways to see what happens.

There should be a reason if I have not read the fucking manual as you sayd.
In fact I'm limited to 1 hour PC using a day, that's why I'm asking here instead of completing he "step by step guide on programming a game with allegro" book, wich I downloaded in my main language (italian) and I still have no time to read.
Thanks for your fucking help, fucking community.

Seems to me that it's a question of being realistic. If you want to write a game using allegro but you've got severely limited time with a PC then you've got a problem because you won't get anywhere if you can't learn (which means practice) some C programming.

People don't want to write your game for you because they know it won't help you in the long run.

My advice is spend the time you've got learning C and look at the examples and it'll become clear what you need to do.

Ok, I solved on another forum. Thanks for the exsprite but I already have it and I already gave it a look. Unfortunately I wasn't able to recognize ho to do a sub texture. Now, all I asked was simply create_sub_bitmap( function explanation, but I wasn't knowing that function. Nevermind, I solved on another forum. And no, I'm not gonna leave.

Bye, Berserk.
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So is the ability to think for yourself.

[code]
BITMAP *buf, *tiles[7], *blocks; // this is at the beginning of my main function
newGrid.redraw(tiles, buf); // this is in my main loop

void grid::redraw(BITMAP ** tiles, BITMAP * screen) {
for (int x = 0; x < 7; x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < 19; y++) {
blit(tiles[playground[x][y]], screen, 0, 0, (this->x + x) * 32, (this->y + y) * 32, tiles[playground[x][y]]->w, tiles[playground[x][y]]->h);
}
}
}

this code is where I split my image in tiles
for (int x = 0; x < 4; x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < 2; y++) {
tiles[x + y * 4] = create_sub_bitmap(blocks, x * 32, y * 32, 32, 32);
}
}
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I also added a vsync but all I get is a black screen. Why?

Bye, Berserk.
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