[rook21]

I am trying to print out the color of a pixel (200,200). Ultimately I am trying to check the health of my player in a game based on the color of the pixel. However I have different resolutions on my laptop and desktop and I want the code to be able to find the right pixel.

This is what I have so far:

    HDC hdcScreen = GetDC(0);
    COLORREF color = GetPixel(hdcScreen, 200, 200);
    ReleaseDC(NULL, hdcScreen);
    int iRed = GetRValue(color);
    int iBlue = GetBValue(color);
    int iGreen = GetGValue(color);
    cout << iRed << "\n";
    cout << iBlue << "\n";
    cout << iGreen << "\n";

It doesn't get the same pixel on my laptop because of the resolution difference. What should I do?

[Skydiver]

Does your game change its window size based on the capabilities of display? Or are you guaranteed that you character health indicator will always be at pixel 200,200?

[rook21]

Skydiver, on 17 January 2013 - 11:12 AM, said:

Does your game change its window size based on the capabilities of display? Or are you guaranteed that you character health indicator will always be at pixel 200,200?

It's actually in full screen and yes the pixel is at 200,200 on my desktop but not on my laptop because of the different resolution. Should I try to convert the coordinate based on the resolution?

[Skydiver]

And does the game change screen layout depending on whether it's wide screen or 4:3 screen ratio?

[rook21]

Skydiver, on 17 January 2013 - 12:05 PM, said:

And does the game change screen layout depending on whether it's wide screen or 4:3 screen ratio?

Yes it does

[jimblumberg]

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Should I try to convert the coordinate based on the resolution?

Yes.

Jim