[SDL] SDL-1.1.0, Win32, GDI, Fullscreen, 8-bit Again

Ryan C. Gordon icculus at icculus.org
Wed Oct 4 12:11:26 PDT 2006


> I do not understand exactly how SDL_HWPALETTE relates to the workings of 
> palette handling. I just asumed that
> it gives the best compatibility. ¿Am I wrong?

You're right about compatibility, but only on systems that are in 256 
color mode in general, which aren't many machines at this point.

I figured if you were having palette bugs, it might push the driver 
through a less buggy codepath. But if you're doing palette effects, 
HWPALETTE should give you better performance, too, when it works.

--ryan.





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