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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 09:57:50 -0700
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Subject: Re: allegro datafiles still won't work
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Well the source looks okay. It should work.
But, then again, when you program, SHOULD and
WILL are two entirely seperate tings....

My first question is:  Is the data file there?

My second is:  Is it corrupted?

My third question would be:  Was it saved correctly
to begin with?  Maybe the array isn't saved correctly,
and you're trying to access parts in an array that
just aren't there.

TackMast wrote:
> 
> i got the grabber working, and made a different datafile containing the same
> things, but my program still won't work. It seems to not find the datafile or
> not load it, because the dos screen just sits there with the cursor blinking,
> doing nothing. if i do set_gfx_mode before i load the datafile, it switches to
> the graphics mode and freezes, because (what i think) the datafile won't load
> properly. can someone please help??
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> #include "allegro.h"
> #include "game.h"
> 
> main()
> {
> DATAFILE *datafile;
> 
> allegro_init();
> install_keyboard();
> install_timer();
> 
> datafile = load_datafile("game.dat");
> 
> set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 320, 200, 0, 0);
> 
> blit(datafile[MAIN].dat, screen, 0, 0, 0, 0, 320, 200);
> 
> readkey();
> 
> return 0;
> }