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Re:How to Start Learning Computer Graphics Programming by ekianjo on Monday January 07, 2019 @06:05AM (#18844304)
Isnt the mouse pointer actually a hardware layer in most OSes nowadays?
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Re:How to Start Learning Computer Graphics Programming by vardump on Monday January 07, 2019 @06:14AM (#18844334)
Yeah, it is. Sprite originally meant a hardware layer, back from the ancient times. Nowadays it also sometimes means rasterized 2D objects.

C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, SNES, Sega Master System, etc. all supported hardware layer sprites back in the eighties.

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Re:How to Start Learning Computer Graphics Programming by kazinator on Monday January 07, 2019 @06:09AM (#18844319)
What's the difference? Size? If a hardware layer could be configured to be 32x32 pixels and offset to any position, wouldn't it become a sprite?
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