I put that if-then statement and no errors came up so I know the image is loading, but not sure what else to make of it
An error isn't SUPPOSED to come up. It's supposed to print "There is a problem with your imports" in the console. And it does, because there is a problem with your imports. Also the import didn't change anything either :( EDIT: okay that fixed the LoadImage, but not the LoadAnimImages there is a major bug or something in BlitzMax if this happening
It is not a major bug in BlitzMAX (or any bug at that). Remove all your import and framework statements and it'll work fine, because it's a problem with your imports.