Graphics

[Klaus Major]

Hi Scott,

> Recently, Shari  wrote:
>> Has anyone here every played iPoker?
>> I love the way they handle the player's chips and have been pondering
>> how to do it in Metacard.  If each chip were an object, you'd have a
>> helluva lot of objects.
>> I'm not familiar enough with other ways of handling graphics to do it
>> without objects.
>>
> What is so unique about the chips?  If they're separate then yes,  
> you would
> use a separate object for each chip.  If your question is how to  
> manage them
> efficiently, you could create your chips as buttons and set their icon
> properties to the appropriate source chip image stored in your  
> stack.  This
> way you can have a thousand chips (buttons) with virtually no  
> additional
> overhead since all the chips are only pointers original chip art.

Try to tell THAT the casino boss :-D

> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
> -----
> E: scott at tactilemedia.com
> W: http://www.tactilemedia.com

Best

Klaus Major
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