Trouble with gamewindow

[tinmanjo]

Im having trouble understanding why the game window wont display the backdrop image.

Sub App_Start
  centx=form1.Width/2
  centy=form1.Height/2
 Form1.Show
 flb.New1("form1",B4pobject(1))
 addbutton("form1","btn",centx-25,centy,50,50,"close")
 addevent("btn",click,"btn_click")
 btnm.text="still"
 gw.New1("form1",0,0,form1.width,form1.Height)
 gw.DrawBackgroundImage(appPath & "\Backdrop.jpg")
 gw.SetTransparentColor1(cBlack)
 myspr.New2(AppPath & "\block.bmp",1,30,30,1)
 myspr.X=100
 myspr.Y=100
 myspr.IsActive=true
gw.SpriteAdd(myspr.Value)

msgbox(appPath)
flb.FullScreen(cPPC)
End Sub

This does contain a gw.tick in timer1 sub.

Is the the formlib compatible with sprite.dll

all I get is a white blank window covering the main form plus the button ive created.

 

[tinmanjo]

:sign0104:

the tick wasnt working because timer.interval was 0

so basically you need a gw.tick with at least an interval for is to work.

 

[tinmanjo]

something else I'm having issue with is focus with the game window, when I click a form1 button the gw looses focus, how can I get back focus to game window?

Or is there another way i can display images and move them about similar, the problem i had in imagelib was there is no way of setting a small image to x,y location and move it around like a sprite. Dose anyone know of a better way than the sprite library.

 

[klaus]

You shouldn't have trouble when clicking on a button on the form.

Do you use a Timer to call GameWindow.Tick ?
As long as Timer.Enabled=True and GameWindow.Tick is called it works.
There is no Focus parameter for GameWindow.

You should post your project so we could have a closer look it and see what happens.

With the ImageLibEx you can draw small images onto the foreground of a form, erase it and redraw it on another place.

Best regards.

 

[tinmanjo]

Do you use a Timer to call GameWindow.Tick ?
As long as Timer.Enabled=True and GameWindow.Tick is called it works.
There is no Focus parameter for GameWindow.

Yes i put the gw.tick() in the timer procedure.

if there is not focus for gw, then how do i switch between the buttons on the form and the gw, i have a game window which is the main player screen and a quit button at the bottom plus a some arrow buttons for general movement, but as soon as the main form or buttons has focus then the gw cease to work.

 

[klaus]

Can you post your code, so we can have a look at it to see what happens.
What are you doing with the movement buttons ?
I had added a Button and a TextBox in the small sprite program I posted here, post #8, http://www.b4x.com/forum/questions-help-needed/5039-making-game-b4ppc.html with no problem when clicking on the Button or click in the TextBox. The display in the GameWindow is triggered by GameWindow.Tick.

Best regards.