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Hello,
My purpose: I have an external jpg image that is 500x500. When game first starts, I want to have a 100x100 object that looks identical to the upper left corner of that image - basically take a 100x100 capture off of the original external image.
What I tried was loading that image outside the playfield and using screen capture object, however that doesn't work. Any ideas on how to go about this?
Thanks!
Capture it in the frame (whilst it is hidden behind a popup etc.):P
Nod, that would work, but for the game that I'm doing it's a bit inefficient. Thanks for your input though.
Overlay. Load your source picture into a first overlay that is offscreen. Then paste your area from the source overlay in an overlay in the screen area.
You can also use the Active Picture object to add a backdrop in a similar way.
I also suggest the active picture. Although the overlay object is great, I generally don't like the idea of adding a complex extension with a whole lot of features if you're not planning to use most of them. The active picture does exactly what you're after, and you won't have to use two instances.
Overlay works. Thanks!
About active picture, I can load the 500x500 background away from playfield, but how do you grab only a 100x100 segment of it from there?
As far as I know, the only way to do it using the Active Picture is to use "Create new backdrop" from the Active Picture's actions (it's called something like that, anyway).