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Programming Rant
Topic Started: Jul 5 2007, 11:49 PM (146 Views)
VirusLord
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I was going over sprites in my (current) programming textbook, and it really ticked me off. USE :censored: TRANSPARENCY, BLOCKHEADS, NOT :censored: MASKS! TRANSPARENCY IS WAY :censored: EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH ALL THE :censored: TROUBLE OF USING :censored: MASKS! WHY THE :censored: WOULD YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE OF MAKING A SEPARATE :censored: MASK BITMAP WHEN YOU CAN JUST USE TRANSPARENCY NICE AND :censored: SIMPLY?!

...Sorry bout that, but it REALLY ticked me off. I went over sprites before in a different programming textbook, and it used the simple answer of transparency, so when this one started spouting off this load about masks...
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The only parts I understood were the :censored: emotes. :sweat:
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I know about transparency, at least, I think I know how you're using it here, but I've never so much as even heard of masks.
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Ok, I do know what transparency is, but when I got to 'masks' I was like 'Ok, brain shutting down now'.
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Basically, a mask is where you take the sprite that you want to use, then make a copy of it where all of the parts that you want to use (in other words, everything that is NOT the background) is one solid color, making a sort of 'mask'.
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"If my back had lips and could reach around to my face, it would kiss me right now." - Me
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." ~Ben Franklin
Hama (about Misha talking in her sleep): "Like 'Ungh' or 'Moheh' or 'Ah, no...' or 'Lyner, not in there...' or..." ~Ar Tonelico
"Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality." - Emil, ToS:DotNW
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Ok.

I still don't get it. Trust me, if I don't get it, don't bother explaining, 'cause I never will.
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Here. A is the original bitmap, B is the mask, C is the final product.

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I can scientifically prove that boredom can kill you. However, by the time I figure out how to prove it, I'd have already died of boredom.
"If my back had lips and could reach around to my face, it would kiss me right now." - Me
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." ~Ben Franklin
Hama (about Misha talking in her sleep): "Like 'Ungh' or 'Moheh' or 'Ah, no...' or 'Lyner, not in there...' or..." ~Ar Tonelico
"Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality." - Emil, ToS:DotNW
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