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    Question DOS graphics help!!

    Can neone possiby tell me the mode number to be passed on to the setmode() function to initialize high resolution graphics mode in c++. 0x13 mode number increases the number of available colors to 256, but lowers the resolution to 320/200 pixels, significantly lower than even stangard BGI (640/480). But in 0x13 mode I can access video memory directly, at locaton 0xA000 which makes the refreshing of the screen super quick, compared with the slow BGI. I tried using different mode numbers, but the results are erratic. Sometimes resolution increases at the cost of the Y axis and (1152/150) pixels are allI get.

    Actually this is to improve a cricket game I made in BGI graphics. Higher resolution and a wider range of colors than the miserly 16 of BGI would do wonders for the game and the sport.
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    Hell!! Whats that supposed to mean???
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    Originally posted by kiss_psycho
    Hell!! Whats that supposed to mean???
    It means don't post the same thread on different boards.

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    Sorry man, didn't notice. Now can someone help me out please, instead of all these warnings.
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    As far as I know, those old DOS modes have only a max of 65536 bytes available, meaning you can't have both high-res and lots of colors.

    Mode 13 is 320x200 with 256 colors. Each color fits in one byte (2^8 = 256) so the total memory used for that is 1 * 320 * 200 = 64000 < 65536.

    I'm not an expert on BGI. Used it a little years ago, but IMO it stinks so I left it.

    There is SVGA for higher res, but don't ask me about that .

    I'd suggest DirectX or some similar API for high res multi color graphics.
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    I cant use Direct X in Turbo C++, can I?? Is there no way out of this 640 kb limit mess? Far pointers didn't help either. Erratic allocations occur beyond conventional core memory.

    This is really hell!!!! and i am in it -- burning.
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    Ever considered switching compiler?
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    Borland 5.0? Did but can't access beyond conventional mem there as well.
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