Pic Resources: Overview | ||
Pic resources are stored in a vector format as opposed to a bitmap. This means that rather than storing the image's 320x190 pixels, it stores steps to draw the picture. For example, it may store something like "set colour->blue", "draw line from (36,43) to (99,124)". This saved significant space, but is not as efficient speed-wise. Each pic can store up to three seperate screens in it: Visual, Priority and Control.
Though SCI0 games are only 14 colours, pic resources contain 4 palettes. Each palette contains 40 colours. The colours in the palettes are each made up of two of the 16 colours. One palette is displayed at a time. The best use of this feature would be for showing the picture with both a day and a night look. This was used frequently in Quest for Glory. You can use the picture editor To create and edit pics. |