Amiga C manual and Hi-SoftC/C++ problem

[Sparticle]

Hi all,

I've been busy trying to code with the Amiga over the last few days.
Im on chapter 3 (Sprites) of the Amiga C manual, example 2.
I have tried everything, but the ChangeSprite() function just wont compile:

ChangeSprite( 0, &my_sprite, ship_data[ frame ] );

I just get the error "Illegal argument".
I've spent ages looking on the net for a solution and tinkering with the compiler settings, but to no avail.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[davideo]

I've got Hisoft installed on my system so I should be able to look at it tonight for you.

Dave G

[Sparticle]

Thanks Dave !!

[davideo]

@Sparticle

I've got the example to compile and run in both HisoftC and StormC. The only thiing I had to do was remove the chip keyword and insert the #pragma chip and #pragma fast

The only problem is the sprite doesn't show up Which must be something to do with the sprite data as the sprite is allocated correctly and the position is updated as it should be

I'm away now for a few days but I will look into it again when I get back and have got a bit more time.

Unless of course you or somebody else comes up with the answer before then

Dave G

[Sparticle]

Thanks Dave, I've sorted it mate.
All I needed to was cast the last parameter to an unsigned char*;

from:
ChangeSprite( 0, &my_sprite, ship_data[ frame ] );
to:
ChangeSprite( 0, &my_sprite, (unsigned char*)ship_data[ frame ] );

Strange really as the last parameter is described as an APTR pointer on the net.

Thanks again mate