10-28-2024, 03:31 AM
Hi all, new here, and relatively new to programming. I've been working for about a week on a 2D RPG engine, and even AI (of various sorts) can't see to help me on certain issues.
The first issue is that I can't figure out how to take a screenshot of one particular area of the screen. When I use _ScreenImage it just takes a shot of the last window that was open OTHER than the game I'm working on. GET seems useless for whatever reason, and _NewImage only starts from 0, 0, which is useless to me. And I don't even understand _CopyImage.
I'm working in a 32-bit window.
The purpose of this is for the second issue, and for all I know isn't needed at all. I made code to animate the opening of a text box by splitting it into thirds. It appears from top to bottom over a certain period of frames. But the problem is that the only way I've been able to make those images disappear is by making them all disappear at the same time. However I simply want the animation to reverse itself so the box appears to be closing.
I must've worked seven hours today to try and make this happen, to no avail. And Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini were all of no help. I'm desperate here!
Thank you.
Vespin
The first issue is that I can't figure out how to take a screenshot of one particular area of the screen. When I use _ScreenImage it just takes a shot of the last window that was open OTHER than the game I'm working on. GET seems useless for whatever reason, and _NewImage only starts from 0, 0, which is useless to me. And I don't even understand _CopyImage.
I'm working in a 32-bit window.
The purpose of this is for the second issue, and for all I know isn't needed at all. I made code to animate the opening of a text box by splitting it into thirds. It appears from top to bottom over a certain period of frames. But the problem is that the only way I've been able to make those images disappear is by making them all disappear at the same time. However I simply want the animation to reverse itself so the box appears to be closing.
I must've worked seven hours today to try and make this happen, to no avail. And Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini were all of no help. I'm desperate here!
Thank you.
Vespin
