How would I go about allocating and freeing this memory? I have almost no experience with memory management :( (malloc and free?)
Caleb 'Ghoul' Delnay Project Leader: Kill Or Be Killed http://www.llamanade.net/kobk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] VGUI Image Problem > I encountered something similar to this a while back. Make sure you are > freeing any unused images, there is a limited amount of memory for image > storage (I think... something like this at least) (there is lots of > room, but if you keep allocating new images and never free one then it > quickly adds up). > > Cortex wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The first thing I had to suggest is to delete/re-set all the images > > you need > > every time a thing needs to change... It's a quite brute method, but for > > testing, it could be a good thing (you can try to draw a pict in the > > middle > > of the screen to test). > > > > Anyway, your HUD looks pretty cool :) > > > > - Cortex : HL ALBATOR coder & mapper > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] & ICQ : 71548738 > > > > Caleb 'Ghoul' Delnay wrote: > > > > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > >-- > > >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > >I've recently finished my VGUI HUD. The last thing I added in was a > > >VGUI version of the ammo history (displays items you pick up on the > > >right). This all works fine and dandy no problems.. at least not at > > >first. The whole HUD uses a considerable amount of images, 1 for > > >ammo (changed using setImage when you switch weapons), 12 for the > > >history (changed again using setImage), 2 for the armor and health, > > >and like 16 for each weapon. > > > > > >The HUD works perfectly without a flaw, at least for the first part. > > >As the game progresses and I pick up more and more items, suddenly > > >the wierdest happens. All the images that aren't completely static > > >(ammo, history, weapons) vanish. They refuse to be drawn, while the > > >armor and health images always stay perfectly fine. This completely > > >boggles me and leads me to almost think a VGUI image can only be > > >changed so many times with setImage before it causes "choas"? > > >Perhaps some pictures will help. > > > > > >Here is the HUD normally, all working correctly. > > > > > >http://www.llamanade.net/ghoul/pictures/error/vgui_image_bug0.jpg > > > > > >Normally if I had recently picked something up it would appear on the > > >right side like it should, but in when this picture was taken I had > > >not picked anything up, so of course there is no image. Also, the > > >browser for the weapons is not open, so nothing there. Now, the > > >bugged picture. > > > > > >http://www.llamanade.net/ghoul/pictures/error/vgui_image_bug1.jpg > > > > > >So then, now as you can see everything that isn't static is gone. I > > >had just picked up some trip mines and they of course didn't show up > > >in the history. In the weapon selector no images are present, at the > > >bottom the primary ammo isn't present. The secondary is because only > > >2 weapons use secondary ammo, and they are handled differently. The > > >health and armor are there still of course because they aren't > > >modified ever ingame. > > > > > >The only thing I can think of for such behavior is some wierd bug > > >with changing images (setImage and setPos). Either that or I'm just > > >completely missing something. :( > > > > > >If anyone has any ideas, please respond. :) > > > > > >Caleb 'Ghoul' Delnay > > >Project Leader: Kill Or Be Killed > > >http://www.llamanade.net/kobk/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > -- > Alfred Reynolds > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
