SDL problem

[Avishaiozeri]

Hi guys, i need your help. i'm beginning with SDL now...
I loaded an img using SDL_LoadBMP, and before blitting it to the screen i converted it to the screen->format using SDL_ConvertSurface, But it crashes! it compiles okay, and when i run it through the project folder it runs fine, but when i run it through the visual studio debugger, it crashes and tells me "Unhandled exception at 0x68129759 in hyjkn.exe(a name i called a project i made to test it..): 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000c." and it only happens with bmp surfaces, because when i'v created one using SDL_CreateRGBSurface, it all worked fine... It happened also when i tried to use SDL_DisplayFormat, but i guess its because it uses SDL_ConvertSurface internally. anybody know what to do?
thanks

[X Abstract X]

Is your .bmp file in the right place?

[Avishaiozeri]

Is your .bmp file in the right place?

yes, its in the same directory. I made it write to me the SDL_GetError if the surface will be NULL (it wasn't loaded), and it didn't... it was loaded fine...
Edit:
If i write for example this, it happens:

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#include "SDL.h"

SDL_Surface *screen = NULL;

SDL_Event Event;
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
	SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);

	screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640,480,0,SDL_ANYFORMAT);

	SDL_Surface *img = SDL_LoadBMP("a.bmp");
	SDL_Surface *ConvertedImg = SDL_ConvertSurface(img,screen->format,SDL_HWSURFACE);

	while (true)
	{
		if (SDL_PollEvent(&Event) == 0)
		{
		}else{
			if (Event.type == SDL_QUIT)
				break;
		}
	}
	
	return 0;
}

[X Abstract X]

I can't see a problem but do you realise that SDL_ConvertSurface returns the newly converted surface?

[Avishaiozeri]

Lol, i know, but thats not my program, i wrote it here to show you the problem, in my program the pointer is stored in an object of a player class...
Edit:
changed it, lol

[X Abstract X]

Oh I think maybe it's because your loading a 24 bit bmp then trying to convert it to a 32 bit format (likely your screen will get created at 32bpp).

[Avishaiozeri]

Oh I think maybe it's because your loading a 24 bit bmp then trying to convert it to a 32 bit format (likely your screen will get created at 32bpp).

It can't be done? How do i make a 32bpp bmp?
Edit: You're write, it is 24 bit. maybe i'll create a 24 bit screen...

[X Abstract X]

No, don't make the screen 24 bit. I'm not sure if it can be done or not, I don't use SDL. When you blit the surface onto the screen surface, they don't have to be the same format, do they?

Can't you just blit the 24 bit surface onto the 32 bit screen?

[Avishaiozeri]

I think they do, don't they? i mean, how can you add pixels from one format to a frame buffer of a different one?
Edit:
I tried making the screen 24 bit, but the error remains... maybe its VS? i mean, when i'm running it directly from the EXE and not from the debugger, it works.. maybe its a problem that doesn't do any harm...

[X Abstract X]

.

[Avishaiozeri]

check out SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha

Isn't it the same as SDL_DisplayFormat?
Edit: still happening...
I hate runtime errors about memory locations! how am i supposed to understand them??

[X Abstract X]

SDL_Surface *image = SDL_LoadBMP("pic.bmp");
SDL_Surface *goodImage = SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha(image);

[Avishaiozeri]

SDL_Surface *image = SDL_LoadBMP("pic.bmp");
SDL_Surface *goodImage = SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha(image);

Tried that...
i think all those functions use SDL_ConvertSurface internally...
Thanks for the help.
I think i just won't convert images... or i'll make a function that converts them myself, pixel by pixel...

[X Abstract X]

Heh I don't know then. I'm just spitting out whatever crap I can think of.

[Avishaiozeri]

Heh I don't know then. I'm just spitting out whatever crap I can think of.

lol, thanks for all your help

I think i just won't convert images... or i'll make a function that converts them myself, pixel by pixel...