2 Icon/object banks?

volvo_0ne · 22 January 2018, 21:12

I appreciate that you can only have one object/icon bank at a given time, but does anyone know of a fast work-around to the problem as loading times are critical?

I thought about pre loading them to ramdisk and loading them from there but it's rather fiddly and not ideal for low memory systems.

I *could* have all the items in one large icon/object bank, but I do some grabbing during my program, which make the manipulation awkward again.

Any ideas gladly recieved

TIA
V1

Samurai_Crow · 23 January 2018, 08:50

Bank Swap is useful....

idrougge · 23 January 2018, 09:40

Yes, Bank Swap.

volvo_0ne · 23 January 2018, 19:55

Thanks guys, for some reason I didn't think that would work, but it works perfectly.

Much appreciated

V1

volvo_0ne · 28 January 2018, 23:33

I Knew there was a reason...

If you try to load an object/Icon bank from disk to anywhere other than the same kind, it will not work so you need to load then swap then load again which works a treat.

Thanks guys

idrougge · 29 January 2018, 00:42

You can load one bank as sprites/bobs and one as icons and swap between them — at least basically. There may be some snags when AMOS treats your sprites as icons or vice versa.

Brick Nash · 24 April 2018, 10:06

I always felt that the singular image bank was one of Amos' weak points. Some sort of structured and order-movable folder type system for the images instead of just one huge container for absolutely everything would be a bit easier to keep track of. I realise that's just how things were back in the day, but maybe something for a future update?

In fact, I'm wondering just how hard it would be to write an extension that does this which is built on top of the existing image bank number system as a foundation? The theory would be pretty straightforward - make nameable containers with slots allocated to numbers in the image bank. If Folder 1 is images 0-9 and Folder 2 is images 10-20, then if Folder 2 was moved to Folder 1's position then the image numbers would be swapped (if that's even possible....I think it might be).

Adding an image slot into a Folder (Making say Folder 2 images 10-21) would activate some sort of nudge system where everything after in all folders would be shifted up an image number. This would probably render the image bank's numbers largely invisible unless specifically called on.

Some sort of GUI using Icons could maybe represent it on screen and some custom functions and instruction for animation to make use of the system.

I'm probably talking bullshit, but it's just an idea.

22 January 2018, 21:12	#1
volvo_0ne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 360	2 Icon/object banks? I appreciate that you can only have one object/icon bank at a given time, but does anyone know of a fast work-around to the problem as loading times are critical? I thought about pre loading them to ramdisk and loading them from there but it's rather fiddly and not ideal for low memory systems. I could have all the items in one large icon/object bank, but I do some grabbing during my program, which make the manipulation awkward again. Any ideas gladly recieved TIA V1

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Structure of CopList object?	earok	Coders. Blitz Basic	10	22 June 2019 05:37
Object not found	Brick Nash	support.WinUAE	5	22 March 2015 17:13
...file is not an object module	Vaninna	support.Apps	8	11 March 2015 11:53
Object width	mritter0	Coders. C/C++	2	19 September 2014 23:06
PNG Icon to Color Icon Converter?	Leandro Jardim	request.Apps	1	24 May 2010 04:39

23 January 2018, 08:50	#2
Samurai_Crow Total Chaos forever! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Waterville, MN, USA Age: 49 Posts: 2,186	Bank Swap is useful....

23 January 2018, 09:40	#3
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	Yes, Bank Swap.

23 January 2018, 19:55	#4
volvo_0ne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 360	Thanks guys, for some reason I didn't think that would work, but it works perfectly. Much appreciated V1

28 January 2018, 23:33	#5
volvo_0ne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 360	I Knew there was a reason... If you try to load an object/Icon bank from disk to anywhere other than the same kind, it will not work so you need to load then swap then load again which works a treat. Thanks guys

29 January 2018, 00:42	#6
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	You can load one bank as sprites/bobs and one as icons and swap between them — at least basically. There may be some snags when AMOS treats your sprites as icons or vice versa.

24 April 2018, 10:06	#7
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	I always felt that the singular image bank was one of Amos' weak points. Some sort of structured and order-movable folder type system for the images instead of just one huge container for absolutely everything would be a bit easier to keep track of. I realise that's just how things were back in the day, but maybe something for a future update? In fact, I'm wondering just how hard it would be to write an extension that does this which is built on top of the existing image bank number system as a foundation? The theory would be pretty straightforward - make nameable containers with slots allocated to numbers in the image bank. If Folder 1 is images 0-9 and Folder 2 is images 10-20, then if Folder 2 was moved to Folder 1's position then the image numbers would be swapped (if that's even possible....I think it might be). Adding an image slot into a Folder (Making say Folder 2 images 10-21) would activate some sort of nudge system where everything after in all folders would be shifted up an image number. This would probably render the image bank's numbers largely invisible unless specifically called on. Some sort of GUI using Icons could maybe represent it on screen and some custom functions and instruction for animation to make use of the system. I'm probably talking bullshit, but it's just an idea.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)