Scrolling Backgrounds?

[zaczac]

I'm a little new here, but i don't seem to find much docs on anything like this. I want a background to scroll on its own, at a certain speed, horizontally.
Can this be done? And is DSLUA good enough to make games in yet, and will it be in the near future? If i want to make a game, where would it be best to create it? I think dslua looks good, but i cant find any examples of how to move sprites / backgrounds.
So we could create a sprite or background that moves when you press D-PAD LEFT or something like that.
Thanks for the help!

[molster]

Check this out

http://www.bio-gaming.com/jeremy/dslua/index.php?act=tutorials

You want tutorial number 5: Sprites and Backgrounds

[TOAST]

Here are all the functions listed and explained.

http://www.bio-gaming.com/jeremy/dslua/documentation/xhtml/index.html

The actual programming skills are up to you (yes it actually requires some logic to use anything else than gamemaker).

[manu62300]

Code:

BGBotMap = Screen.LoadTileBG()
BGBotMap:LoadPalette( "bckgd.pal" )
BGBotMap:LoadTiles( "bckgd.raw", 256 )
BGBotMap:LoadMap( "bckgd.map", ( 560/8 ), ( 496/8 ))
Screen.Initialize( 0, BGBotMap )
x = 0
y = 496
BGBotMap:ScrollXY( x, y )
while Pads.Start() == false do
       If Pads.Right then
       x= x - 1
       x = math.min( x+1, 560-256 )
       BGBotMap:ScrollXY( x, y )
       for delay=1,3000 do
       end
end

a exemple for help U