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Chapter: 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/SCI Overview|1]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Resource Functions|2]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/List Functions|3]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Object Functions|4]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/System Functions|5]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/String Functions|6]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Picture Functions|7]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Save-Restore Game Functions|8]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Animation Functions|9]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Graphic Screen Functions|10]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Input Functions|11]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Menu Functions|12]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Window and Text Functions|13]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Sound Functions|14]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Arithmetic Functions|15]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/File Functions|16]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Debugging Functions|17]] | 
[[SCI Kernel Documentation/Index|Index]]
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 22pt">Resource Functions</span><br />
''Author: [[Jeff Stephenson]]''<br />
''Revision by: David Slayback''</div>

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==<br /> Resource Functions ==

Resources are the various components of a game: views, pictures, scripts, etc. and, except for the MEMORY resource, reside on disk, waiting to be loaded when needed. Resources are handled automatically by the kernel, but several functions are provided to allow the programmer a bit more control over how the handling is done.

===<br /> (Load resType resID) ===

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Loads a resource of type resType and ID (number) resID into hunk space. While any attempt to use a resource which is not loaded will cause the resource to be loaded, it is not generally a good idea to rely on this as it may cause a disk-access delay in the midst of a crucial animation sequence. It is best to do an explicit Load of all resources during the initialization phase of a room to insure that everything is in memory. The resource types are:

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VIEW<br />
PICTURE<br />
SCRIPT<br />
TEXT<br />
SOUND<br />
MEMORY (used internally by the kernel)<br />
VOCAB (used internally by the kernel)<br />
FONT<br />
CURSOR<br />
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Example: (Load SCRIPT forest) loads the script whose number is in the variable forest into memory.
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===<br /> (UnLoad resType resID) ===

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