Fast 2D blitting and frame buffering

[Andrew Crowe]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to create a 2D graphics engine by writing all the graphics to
a simple memory buffer (an array of 24 bit pixels) then blitting the
result to the screen display.

However I haven't been able to find any information on doing this (I'm
guessing there's a faster way to do it then plotting pixels using the
built in 2d graphics class).

Also what's the best datatype for the frame buffers (and the
tiles/sprites graphics) is it a byte array, or something else (like a
bitset?)



Any help much appreciated


Thanks

Andrew

 

[Tim Tyler]

I'm trying to create a 2D graphics engine by writing all the graphics to
a simple memory buffer (an array of 24 bit pixels) then blitting the
result to the screen display.

However I haven't been able to find any information on doing this (I'm
guessing there's a faster way to do it then plotting pixels using the
built in 2d graphics class).

There's MemoryImageSource - for one thing.

 

[Knute Johnson]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to create a 2D graphics engine by writing all the graphics to
a simple memory buffer (an array of 24 bit pixels) then blitting the
result to the screen display.

However I haven't been able to find any information on doing this (I'm
guessing there's a faster way to do it then plotting pixels using the
built in 2d graphics class).

Also what's the best datatype for the frame buffers (and the
tiles/sprites graphics) is it a byte array, or something else (like a
bitset?)



Any help much appreciated


Thanks

Andrew

Take a look at VolatileImage.