spritemodule

#Sprite

##Description Sprites are a way of doing animation in Turing bypassing the Pic module. A sprite is essentially a picture with a specific location and "depth". You create a sprite by calling Sprite.New with a picID received from Pic.New. You can then move the sprite around by calling Sprite.SetPosition. When you are finished with the sprite, you call Sprite.Free.

Note that sprites work best when they are moderately small. If you have large sprites, you will continue to have flashing.

All subprograms in the Sprite unit are exported qualified (and thus must be prefaced with "Sprite.").

##Entry Points

sprite_new.html Creates a new sprite from a picture. sprite_free.html Disposes of a sprite and free up its memory. sprite_setheight.html Sets the height of a sprite. Sprites with a greater height appear above sprites with a lesser height. The background is considered height 0. The height may be negative. sprite_setposition.html Sets the location of the sprite. Can specify the center of the sprite or the lower-left corner. sprite_setframerate.html Sets the maximum number of times a second the sprites will be moved on screen. sprite_changepic.html Changes the picture associated with a sprite. sprite_animate.html Changes the location and the picture associated with a sprite. Used for animating a moving changing image. sprite_show.html Shows a previously hidden sprite. sprite_hide.html Hides a visible sprite.