256 Colour Tutorial Part 2(V2.62): Difference between revisions

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 Now, how does this function work? Read the manual first:
-  '''CyclePalette'''
+<blockquote>
-  CyclePalette (int start, int end)
+'''CyclePalette'''<br>
-  This is used for special effects, like the flowing colours on the Space
+CyclePalette (int start, int end)<br><br>
-  Quest 4 title screen, and the Sierra logo of the later Sierra games.
+This is used for special effects, like the flowing colours on the Space Quest 4 title screen, and the Sierra logo of the later Sierra games.<br>
-  The palette indexes from START to END are cycled around one slot.
+The palette indexes from START to END are cycled around one slot.<br>
-  Using this call in a repeatedly_execute function gives the effect of
+Using this call in a repeatedly_execute function gives the effect of animation.<br><br>
-  animation.
+'''NOTE:''' This command only works in 256-colour games.
-  '''NOTE:''' This command only works in 256-colour games.
+</blockquote>
 (You may have noticed, that I omitted a paragraph from the manual text, which was about the colours cycling in both directions. I did that because there's a bug in AGS which prevents the colour cycling in backward direction to work properly, this bug is fixed in AGS V2.71.)