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General / Re: Drawing outside the window

« on: July 18, 2017, 03:47:18 am »

Ok, it doesn't look like SFML can do what I need it to. Thank you!

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General / Drawing outside the window

« on: July 18, 2017, 03:16:12 am »

Is it possible to use SFML (+OpenGl if necessary) to read/draw from/to the screen 'directly'? I would like to be able to query the screen state (like a big 2d array of RGB values, or similar) and write to the screen (manipulate specific pixels).

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Graphics / Re: Why sprites?

« on: October 14, 2016, 05:39:10 am »

Ahh - that makes sense. Thanks!

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Graphics / Re: Why sprites?

« on: October 13, 2016, 06:21:49 am »

Yeah, RectangleShapes can do just straight colors with borders, and sprites have to be textured it seems. Are there any other differences?

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Graphics / Why sprites?

« on: October 13, 2016, 04:22:15 am »

Why would one use a

sf::Sprite

instead of a

sf::RectangleShape

Reading the graphics module tutorial doesn't reveal any obvious difference between the two?