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>SDL_SetVideoMode</H1
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>SDL_SetVideoMode -- Set up a video mode with the specified width, height and bits-per-pixel.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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><CODE
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>SDL_Surface *<B
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>SDL_SetVideoMode</B
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>(int width, int height, int bpp, Uint32 flags);</CODE
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>Set up a video mode with the specified width, height and bits-per-pixel.</P
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>If <TT
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><I
>bpp</I
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> is 0, it is treated as the
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>The <TT
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>flags</I
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> parameter is the same as the <TT
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>flags</I
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>Create the video surface in system memory</TD
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>Enables the use of asynchronous updates of the display surface. This will
usually slow down blitting on single CPU machines, but may provide a speed
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>Normally, if a video surface of the requested bits-per-pixel (<TT
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> prevents this and causes SDL to use the video surface, regardless of its pixel depth.</TD
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>Enable hardware double buffering; only valid with SDL_HWSURFACE. Calling
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buffers and update the screen. All drawing will take place on the surface
that is not displayed at the moment. If double buffering could not be enabled
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>SDL will attempt to use a fullscreen mode. If a hardware resolution change is
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>Create an OpenGL rendering context. You should have previously set OpenGL video attributes with <A
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>Create an OpenGL rendering context, like above, but allow normal blitting
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must be used for updating changes to the screen surface. NOTE: This option
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><B
>Note: </B
>Whatever <TT
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><I
>flags</I
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> <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_SetVideoMode</TT
> could satisfy are set in the <TT
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>flags</I
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> member of the returned surface.</P
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><B
>Note: </B
>The <TT
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><I
>bpp</I
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> parameter is the number of bits per pixel,
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><I
>bpp</I
></TT
> of 24 uses the packed representation of
3 bytes/pixel. For the more common 4 bytes/pixel mode, use a
<TT
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>bpp</I
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> of 32. Somewhat oddly, both 15 and 16 will
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><A
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><TT
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>SDL_LockSurface</TT
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>,
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><TT
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>SDL_SetColors</TT
></A
>,
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><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_Flip</TT
></A
>,
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><SPAN
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>SDL_Surface</SPAN
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