[Allegro 4.2.3, DOS] makecol() returns wrong colors

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[Allegro 4.2.3, DOS] makecol() returns wrong colors

nolemretawxd

Member #23,407

June 2022

Hi,
My game right now is only displaying a text with Allegro version.
But the color doesn't match with what Google's color picker shows.
In color picker color is dark red, but in the game, it's bright green.
And cleared bitmap with no color provided is white.

Color depth is set to 24 which should be 16M colors, like on a modern screen.

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

Show code. makecol has worked fine for decades.

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nolemretawxd

Member #23,407

June 2022

It's attached to this thread (main.c)

GullRaDriel

Member #3,861

September 2003

Do not set_palette except in 256 colors mode.

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nolemretawxd

Member #23,407

June 2022

The issue was that my code was changing color depth after switching to 640x400 video mode

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

Correct. set_color_depth needs to be called before set_graphics_mode.