From:	Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro screen fades
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:36:56 +0000
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Ted Gress writes:
>Has anyone else had problems with screenfading in Allegro 3.0 using 24 
>bit true color??

If you mean using the fade_in() and fade_out() routines, they won't work
in truecolor modes because there is no palette to do the fade with. I
know this sounds silly, but a simple fade-to-black is quite a tricky
thing to implement in a truecolor mode. It can be done by repeatedly
drawing translucent black rectangles to gradually darken the image, or
using the lighting code to blit a series of images onto the screen while
changing the brightness, but I think this will be too slow to get a nice
smooth fade. Your best bet is probably just to think of some other cool
transitional effect, and avoid the fade altogether!


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