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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:11:55 -0000
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Subject: Re: [amos-list] Sprite Banks
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From: Ashley Clarke <[e-mail]>

On 12-May-99, Gavin Qureshi wrote:
>From: Gavin Qureshi <[e-mail]>

>I've just started amos and was wondering how you put more than one
>sprite into a bank. I'm making a Zelda style RPG and I also need to know
>how to create icon banks. I'm using the Object Editor and Amos Pro so
>could some one please help me. Cheers,
>-Gav

   I don't know off-hand ('just quickly looking through message list), but
I have got the Amos Pro Reference manual here:

Sprite Bank = Bank 1 only. Permanent Bank type (means it is created with the
program
and saved to Disk, rather than being generated by the program at run time).
The Bank will be allocated Chip Memory automatically. Chip Memory = Amigas own
(not
added Memory, like Cards, etc').

1) Draw some Images on the Screen using the current Amos program, or
   define the Screen using a seperate Paint program and load it as a
   visable IFF file;
2) Grab the seperate Bob / Sprite Data from this Screen using
   "Get Bob X, , , To , ,"... in a Loop "X",incremented by the number of
   images you want to save in the Object Bank;
   ("Get Sprite..." is identical / interchangeable to "Get Bob...")
3) When the program returns to the Editor, save it to Disk.
   Bank 1 (Sprite Bank) will be automatically generated and saved with
   the program!
4) You can then alter the program to utilise the Image Bank/s further.

   Icons can be generated and stored nearly exactly as the Sprites
mentioned above, but they use Bank 2, instead of Bank 1.
Use the "Get Icon..." command instead of "Get Sprite..." to do it.

   Amos Pro also has built in Help, so to get the correct syntax for
these commands, it might be worth looking them up and making notes
of them.

--

Ashley Clarke <[e-mail]>


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