In the Inspector palete, switch to the Colors&Patterns panel - the right-hand column of buttons is for setting colors, the left-hand column is for setting patterns.
Jan Schenkel ===== Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) --- On Tue, 7/14/09, Joe Lewis Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Joe Lewis Wilkins <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hexagonal Image Frame? > To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 9:50 PM > Richard, > > Whether you or Nicolas are correct, I found no way to set > the backgroundPattern property for a graphic object. Where > is that Property to be found? > > Joe Wilkins > > On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > Rick Harrison wrote: > >> I'm trying to create a game, and I > >> wanted to use hexagonal image > >> frames put tightly together to make > >> a kind of game board where the > >> images can change. Is this possible > >> to do with Revolution? > > > > You could use a hexagonal graphic, setting the > graphic's backgroundPattern property to the ID of an image > you want shown within it. > > > > Not only will that give you what you're looking for > but for game tiles it's a more efficient use of memory, > since there's only one actual image object which is copied > as the backgroundPattern of any graphic objects that use > it. For a few tiles this may not matter much, but if > your game space has dozens or hundreds of tiles this can be > quite a savings. > > > > -- > > Richard Gaskin > > Fourth World > > Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
