Is there an alpha dll for use in 2d mode and....

I have tried a few of the alpha in 2d examples eg pants on one was the best but it just can't the number of images i need to draw with them.

So i was wondering if anyone knows of a public dll for drawing alpha images realtime.

And is Blitz3D ever going to support this in the future or do we have to buy blitzplus and be happy....just wondering....?

I don't think Blitzplus has native 2D alpha, either.

Your best option would be nSprite2. Failing that, BlitzMax.

so does blitzmax have native alpha in 2d graphics mode

well, sort of.

Blitzmax uses 3d hardware even for 2d games. But don't let that put you off. My Blitzmax game works fine on an old PC with a 733mhz CPU, 256Mb RAM and 8mb shared graphics.

Try SpriteCandy or NSprite 2.
There's also the B2D Extended DLL which might be what you're looking for :

The Extended DLL is what I was racing here to suggest.



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Not sure why I posted, really. :o)

Ultrafast image.

You can find it at the userlibs forums, a extremely fast and useful lib for blitz3D that emulates the drawing methods of blitzmax. It's pixel perfect, very easy to use and it's free.

regards!