Yes, that makes sense. Thank you; I'll give that a try.

UPDATE: Another quick question: what type of object do I need to call my paint method using the dot operator?

Thank you very much, and I'll remember that.

sure:


package central;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.net.URL;



public class Master
{
     public static final int WIDTH = 1024;
     public static final int HEIGHT = 768;
     
     public Master()
     {
           JFrame DC = new JFrame ("Destiny Crystal");
           DC.setBounds(0,0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
           DC.setVisible(true);
     }
     
     
   public BufferedImage loadImage(String name)
   {

       URL url = null;
       
       try
           {
             url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(name);
             return ImageIO.read(url);
       }
       
       catch (Exception e)
           {
             System.out.println("Cannot load image " + name +" from "+url);
             System.out.println("The error was : "+e.getClass().getName()+" "+e.getMessage());
             System.exit(0);
             return null;
         }
       }

     public void paint(Graphics g)
     {
           BufferedImage oil = loadImage("oil.bmp");
           
           g.drawImage(oil, 800, 600, this);
     }
     
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
           Master DC = new Master();
     }
}

Why, oh why has no one posted in the 2D JAVA board lately! I really need help, but there aren't any new posts in that board....  :-/

Alright, I'm trying to import a bitmap to display using JFrame. Here's my paint method:

public void paint(Graphics g) {
     BufferedImage oil = loadImage("oil.bmp");
           
           g.drawImage(oil, 800, 600, this);
     }

My compiler is telling me that the draw Image method can't take in a BufferedImage...am I doing something wrong?


Oh, yeah, and here's what I'm importing:

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.net.URL;

I do know a bit of JAVA, but I'm still learning.

I do know how to create a main  :-/ I just thought there may be a different decleration to make it an application, like an exe.

I'd perfer it to run as an application: do you know where I can find a tutorial on that, or how would I do it?

How do you actaully import, play, etc. music in JAVA?

Hello, though I am new to creating games with JAVA, I'm not new to game creation or Java.  

My goal is to create a 2D RPG using JAVA. I'm not exactly sure how to go about it, so far I've just been working on my class hierarchies.

I've got a few questions:

-Can you/ how can you save data in such a game?

-Should I use an applet to run this?

-how do I begin to go about setting up 2d graphics?


I have a bit of experience with 2D graphics using C++; I've just never done it in JAVA.