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From: Denis Lamarche <brainwav AT hotmail DOT com>
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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 05:41:39 GMT
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Ok...I've a big problem (but aren't they all).  I mage a myst type game
that just loads pcx
files from my hard drive to simulate motion.  Works fine, but if I load
a pcx into the same 
buffer(BITMAP *buffer) then it stops loading the pcx.  The code below
should explain it all.
when the for loop gets to 800(or so) it doesnt load the pcx any more. 
What am I doing wrong?
Do I have to close the pcx file or something?


Denis Lamarche



#include <stdio.h>
#include <allegro.h>

BITMAP *buffer;
PALETTE pal;

int main()
{
allegro_init();
set_gfx_mode(GFX_VGA, 320, 200, 0, 0);
buffer=create_bitmap(320,200);

for (int i=0;i<10000;i++)
    {
    buffer=load_bitmap("c:\\flc\\rm1t10.pcx", pal); //Or any 320x200x256
pcx file
    if (buffer==NULL)
       {
       textprintf(screen, font, 10, 40, 20, "cannot load pcx at %d 
",i);
       }
    else
       {
       set_palette(pal);
       textprintf(buffer, font, 10, 10, 20, "%d ", i);
       blit(buffer, screen, 0, 0, 0, 0, 320, 200);
       }
    }


getchar();
destroy_bitmap(buffer);
allegro_exit();
return 69;
}