>Chris Stasny wrote:
>
>>  >  >I need some clarification
>>  >
>>  >>What is the advantage of storing graphics as color icons as opposed to
>>  >  >PICT resources for animation?
>>
>>  Color icons are actually a poor way to handle graphics. They can't be
>>  used in offscreen grafports. Pictures can.
>>
>
>What about if it is to animate a small character for a platform game which
>only has
>3 cells to the animation. Is it more code or complicated to use offscreen
>grafports.
>
>I notice most of the foxchange games use cicons.

gWorlds make for smoother animation over a background. Yes, it's more 
complicated.

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