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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:34:21 -0500
From: sam <samirw AT connection DOT com>
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Subject: Re: GETTING A SPRITE TO MOVE AROUND WITHOUT KILLING THE BACKGROUND
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Peter Ketting wrote:

> Krogg <krogg DOT no DOT to DOT spam AT gtcom DOT net> wrote in message
> news:37E4294A DOT 8F44A4FC AT gtcom DOT net...
> > rpgmaletteallegro AT my-deja DOT com wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> How about allocating a buffer (for each sprite) the size of said sprite
> and copying the region of the background to it wherever your sprite
> is going to be displayed. saves alot of memory and time.
>
> Cheers,
> Pjotr

I was playing with sprites  myself to see how fast it is on my computer.
 http:\\www.connection.com\~samirw\files\quix.zip
Look at it may be it will help you, although it does not restore the
original background but another one. Can you fix it to restore the same
bitmap?
Good luck, Sam.