J2ME - idea of a scroling game canvas?

[mchmiel]

I would like to write a game midlet similar to pinbal on n6310i or
siemens but i haven't got a good idea how to manage to put grafical
background and to scroll that background. If anyone has got an idea
please let me know. I would be greatful. Thanx.
Mchmiel

 

[Darryl L. Pierce]

I would like to write a game midlet similar to pinbal on n6310i or
siemens but i haven't got a good idea how to manage to put grafical
background and to scroll that background. If anyone has got an idea
please let me know. I would be greatful. Thanx.

What do you mean by "got an idea"? If you're looking for suggestions or
best practices, the only answer is that you're going to have to use the
javax.microedition.lcdui.Canvas class to do your game, and the
javax.microedition.lcdui.Image class to hold/render your background. The
logic for tiling, scrolling, etc. will have to be code by you as there's no
such thing as a Canvas larger than the display on the device.

 

[Tim Tyler]

: I am not familiar with microedition. But in regular Java the way you
: would handle this use a VolsatileImage, giant image that lives in the
: Video card's regen buffer. [...]

Don't try this approach in you're dealing with a large playing area,
though.