From: "A Bester" <president AT whitehouse DOT gov>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Allegro True Color
Date: 23 Feb 1998 23:00:45 GMT
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I seem to be missing something about True Color graphics modes...

I've set_color_depth(15) and set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 0, 0).
How many palette registers should I have? Specifically, I'm trying to set
up a screen that I can treat as 256x256 with 512 palettes. Have I gone
wrong here?

After that, how can I go about generating the palette? Do I continue to use
set_color()? I need to be able to copy values from a table and copy them
into the palette. And how many bits per r, g, or b do I have?

Is the answer to create my own registers in an array, and then use
line[x][y]=makecol15(palette[reg]->r, palette[reg]->g, palette[reg]->b) as
the parameter?

I've RTFM, but I still don't get it.

Thanks for any help!