disable_all_sprites

Prototypevoid disable_all_sprites(void)

disable_all_sprites() is supposed to disable all sprites on the current screen but does not work as intended. The equivalent of this function is setting sp_disabled() to 1 for all sprites.

Here is a nice work around that will accomplish the true intention of this command, and will disable all sprites instantly.

 //there can be a maximum of 299 actve sprite numbers
 //we'll start at 2 to exlude Dink.
 //If you want to disable Dink as well, change the following line to 'int &getsp = 1;'
 int &getsp = 2;
 int &sprite_exist;
loop:
 //check if a sprite exists with this active sprite number
 &sprite_exist = sp_active(&getsp, -1);
 if (&sprite_exist > 0)
 {
  //this sprite exists - so disable it.
  sp_disabled(&getsp, 1);
 }
 if (&getsp < 299)
 {
  //increment active sprite number '&getsp' and loop.
  &getsp += 1;
  goto loop;
 }

To re-enable all disabled sprites, check out enable_all_sprites().