Images not displaying

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Patch

(Posted 2005) [#1]

Hey,

I ran my code from the ide and all the images show up correctly and the game runs as it should. When i create an executable the images don't load its just black spaces.

Any ideas with whats wrong?

Thanks

WolRon

(Posted 2005) [#2]

Any ideas with whats wrong?

You aren't loading the images?

You know, you really could have supplied a lot more info.
-Is this a Graphics app or Windows app?
-Where are you placing the executable created? Is it located in the same place as your source .bb file?
-Are you referencing the images directly or indirectly? What I mean by that is using the images full path or the path in relation to the executable.
-Are you verifying that your images are being loaded?

If image1 = 0 Then RunTimeError("image1 did not load!")

Grey Alien

(Posted 2005) [#3]

Wolron's kinda said it all.

CS_TBL

(Posted 2005) [#4]

hm... I figure that if he creates an exe, runs it from another place on his harddisk, and thus can't find his images.. well, I figure that his app should crash when he performs any DrawImage/DrawBlock command, not draw 'black' instead..

Only alternative to this would be the creation of a temp-image when a loadable image can't be found.. like:

img=LoadImage(bla)
If Not img img=CreateImage(64,64)

This way things should at least never crash :P

WolRon

(Posted 2005) [#5]

Well, like I said, he should have supplied more info.

Patch

(Posted 2005) [#6]

I didn't explain this very well sorry.

When i run the code in debug enabled mode, the images show correctly. When i turn debug enabled off, or create an executable the images no longer show.

CS_TBL

(Posted 2005) [#7]

doesn't tell me anything useful..

Show us your image-loading-routine and image-draw-routine..

Patch

(Posted 2005) [#8]

Global SomeImage = LoadImage("image.bmp")
DrawImage SomeImage,0,0

This is what im doing to load images and display them.

CS_TBL

(Posted 2005) [#9]

hm. weird..

and it you put 'Notify SomeImage' right after loading the image.. what values do you get in debugmode, and releasemode?

CS_TBL

(Posted 2005) [#10]

more ways to debug..

put:

Notify Imagewidth(SomeImage)

Right before you're going to draw it.. (and test it @ releasemode!)

Somehow you need to make sure you do have an image in memory..

CS_TBL

(Posted 2005) [#11]

oh w8 !

now that I think about it.. do you *ever* access the image with Setbuffer Imagebuffer(SomeImage) ?

Perhaps you *think* you are back at a canvasbuffer or backbuffer and perform a CLS while in reality you're still focusing at that imagebuffer.. dunno why this could cause problems between debug- and releasemode.. but.. gotta check it all eh.. ^_^

Grey Alien

(Posted 2005) [#12]

When using Graphics (command) debug is in windowed mode whereas release mode is normally full screen unless you specifiy windowed mode with a flag.