SDL_image

[Ceset]

damn this .h it gives me a lot of probs lately.

load_image func

SDL_Surface *load_image( string filename ){
    SDL_Surface* loadedImage = NULL;

    SDL_Surface* optimizedImage = NULL;

    loadedImage = IMG_Load( filename.c_str() );

    if( loadedImage!=NULL ){
        optimizedImage = SDL_DisplayFormat( loadedImage );

        SDL_FreeSurface( loadedImage );
    }

    return optimizedImage;
}

i have a load_files func shown below

bool load_files(){
    image = load_image( "x.png" );

    if( image == NULL ){
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

and here is the check at main func

if( load_files() == false ){
        return 2;
    }

and error output

Checking for existence: C:\Users\Ceset\Desktop\Game\3\bin\Debug\3.exe
Executing: "C:\Users\Ceset\Desktop\Game\3\bin\Debug\3.exe"  (in C:\Users\Ceset\Desktop\Game\3\.)
Process terminated with status 2 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)

the prob is when i try it with x.bmp it works fine so no prob with the func. compiler doesnt giving any error about not finding SDL_image or such. So what the prob is. IMG_Load func is used for loading other types of images it shouldnt be. Does SDL_image sucks that giving all the troubles to me last few days(of course not). help me pls.
thx in advance

[Dy7SLyTq]

sdl_image works fine with me. your code must not be right

[S6k9GNh0]

Or there just isn't an x.png.

[TinyTeeTree]

yes it seems as though your code cant find "x.png" just a wild guess, try x.png.png because sometimes windows does shit! make sure the picture is in the same folder as the project, and ofcoarse make sure the picture is a png picture.

if all else failes, try giving full path. something like
" C:\Users\ppcompany\Desktop\folder\x.png"

and sometimes you need a backslash to escape a backslash. which means you need two backslashes \\ or // in linux i believe. whetever its a bunch of fundge that has nothing to do with being a good programer.

[Ceset]

well there is a x.png and i checked it sure is .png file

and i tried it as load_image( "C:\\Users\\Ceset\\Desktop\\Game\\3\\x.png" ); which is still fine with .bmp but doesnt works with .png

is IMG_Load func not for loading .png, .jpg and such files

EDIT : might that be a bug about SDL_image??

[Ceset]

well i recopy the .dll files to the folder where .exe exist. and it worked is this something about my hardware or i did something wrong when copying dont know maybe i need some fresh air.

[N36fSL3A]

I'm guessing you don't have libpng.dll and/or zlib.dll.

Same mistake I had.

[Dy7SLyTq]

just an fyi... the zlib from the ttf library and the sdl_image library are exactly the same