MASK_COLOR_8(3)

💅 MASK_COLOR_8(3) — the Allegro manual, but make it make sense 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual page for MASK_COLOR_8, MASK_COLOR_15, MASK_COLOR_16, MASK_COLOR_24, and MASK_COLOR_32 💖 this is the Allegro game programming library, and these constants are literally the mask value in sprites. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

MASK_COLOR_8, MASK_COLOR_15, MASK_COLOR_16, MASK_COLOR_24, MASK_COLOR_32 — constant representing the mask value in sprites. Allegro game programming library.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

#define MASK_COLOR_8 0

#define MASK_COLOR_15 (5.5.5 pink)

#define MASK_COLOR_16 (5.6.5 pink)

#define MASK_COLOR_24 (8.8.8 pink)

#define MASK_COLOR_32 (8.8.8 pink)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so these constants are the colors used to mask transparent sprite pixels for each color depth. think of them as the "invisible" color, bestie 🫥✨

• in 256-color resolutions this is zero.
• in truecolor modes it is bright pink (maximum red and blue, zero green). 💗

it's giving "transparent but make it iconic." periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• bitmap_mask_color(3)
• makecol(3)
• draw_sprite(3)
• masked_blit(3)

and that's the whole vibe! this page is from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, and it's literally MASK_COLOR_8(3). slay 💅✨