scrolling

[kevkevg]

in lua I need help with a scrolling screen. I cant figure out how to make a scrolling view just like mario. I wanted to use this in alot of my games but could not figure out how. please help me out

[dangee]

suggest you start off with a 512×512 Image,
and use the Analog stick to control which subsection of the image
you blit to the screen for each new frame.

[kevkevg]

wait so your saying to have a very large image of the entire map and then only show the part we need to. I'm guessing that would work unless I use a really really big image?

[dangee]

thats the crudest implementation of the concept.
As you suspect, this isnt an ultimate solution,
coz Lua, & RAM impose image size limits.
So as a 2nd step , consider 2 images side by side,
each 470×272 (yes, 470 , not 480).
for X scrolling, you need to blit a subsection from
each of the 2 images to make the full screen background.