My paint method is moody today

[Wes McClintock]

I have literally no idea whats wrong here. The applet launches and runs fine, but doesn't display anything.

public void paint(Graphics g){
	offscr.setColor(Color.black);
	offscr.drawRect(0, 0, w, h);
	offscr.drawImage(torso, 0, 0, this);
	
	g.drawImage(offscreenImage,0,0,this);
	}

and here i declare my stuff in init()

 torso = getImage(getDocumentBase(), "/home/wes/GAME/pics/torso1.png");
offscreenImage = createImage(w, h);
offscr = offscreenImage.getGraphics();

and i have this stuff declared as well

Graphics offscr;
Image offscreenImage;
Image torso;

Im new to java, so if having another "fix my code" thread bugs you Im sorry. your help is really appreciated.

[Paul Clapham]

If you override the paint() method with something simpler, like just colouring everything green, does that work?

[Wes McClintock]

Paul Clapham wrote:If you override the paint() method with something simpler, like just colouring everything green, does that work?

no, I tried removing anything involving images and just drew a a line, but it didn't work. I find this extremely weird because the code is taken almost line for line from my pong program, and than runs fine.

[Spencer Zelle]

Try making a call to the super classes's paint method. Something like this.

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
   super.paint(g);

   // Your paint code here
}

Also depending on what component your using to draw (if your using Swing or AWT) it is usually better to override paintComponent(). The reason for this is AWT uses paint() which handles other things like painting the components border, and the components "children", not just painting the component itself. Swing however, uses three paint methods paintComponent(), paintBorder(), and paintChildren() to do all the painting. So if your using a Swing component overriding paintComponent() means your not messing with the component's border and child painting.

public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
   super.paintComponent(g);

   // Your paint code here
}