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Showing CP while game is paused
Howard_Casto:
Thanks for the help guys.
I found a new dll(or new to me anyway, the last time I checked in on this project it was crap) called freeimage. It has lib png, lib mng, lib whatever, and even zlib all rolled into one, with a handy .bas file to run it all from.
This is what I've been looking for, a single dll I can include in my projects with minimal code that'll cover everything I need to do. I need to research it a bit more as it seems to have trouble with picture boxes when outputting to png, but other than that it works great.
Think I might drop the irfanview support if I can get this working properly.
MikeQ:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on April 19, 2006, 09:17:29 am ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on April 18, 2006, 06:05:28 pm ---Unfortunately no... the only plugins/dlls/ect that let you encode to png require a liscense. And since I'm not willing to pay 500 bucks to write pngs I think I'll pass. ;)
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libpng does support writing png's. I've used libpng at work for some automated testing tools and had to write png files with it.
png_write_image is the interface. There is a bunch of other stuff you need to do before calling this though. You needs to setup some structures and compression information.
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No the one I use. It is GPL and writes em' just fine.
Buddabing:
--- Quote from: RobotronNut on April 12, 2006, 03:28:09 am ---for you guys who can display a control panel while paused - how often do you use the feature?
i liked the idea at first, but after some thought, it seemed to me that you'd only really look at the control panel right at startup. since putting static j5-generated imgs into mamewah seemed like the path of least resistance, that's what i'm doing now, and i don't feel like i'm missing much.
once in a while, i start a game, realize i don't know the controls, immediately pop back out to the FE, and then immediately restart the game. but that's rare and painless. i don't think i've ever wanted to look at the control panel after getting well into a game.
also, i like looking at a photo of the original arcade panel, together with a j5 image simultaneously. do any of the paused cp viewers support that?
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screen shot..................
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