From:	"Andrew R. Gillett" <arg AT whangomatic DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro Bitmap Colour Problem
Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2001 18:31:56 +0100
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, PM wrote:
> When I blit more than 1 bitmap on the screen, the colour is messed up
> big time on all bitmaps except the last bitmap that I opened.

That's because you're in 256 (8 bit) colour mode, and each bitmap is 
using a different palette. Either convert your bitmaps so that they are 
all using the same palette, or run your program in high/true colour mode 
(see set_color_depth function in Allegro documentation).


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