Rotating images
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:12 amIf you could rotate or flip an image, it would be verry helpful!!
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:12 amPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:37 amYeah, it would be usefull, so you dont have to do all the animation.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:54 amDon't forget - transforming an image takes lots of CPU power.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:43 ammeh, whatever. I've seen plenty of games that just rotate images fine...jazz_e_bob wrote:Don't forget - transforming an image takes lots of CPU power.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:44 pmrotating at multiples of 90 degrees is easy enough; its when you want to do say 17 degrees or some odd number that it gets slow. also, at sizes like 16x16 tiles, or even 32x32, rotated tiles dont looks so great.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:21 pmI have thought of SOOO many things that I could use rotating with, BUT, I can't
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:39 pmMaby you could render the rotations BEFORE you start the game?