Is it possible to alpha blend sprites ?

GfK - yeah I got it, just tried it on a single frame and looks soooo good that I'm wetting myself in anticipation of how good my animation is going to look! ;-)

Just need to write some sprite animation code now that works across all my different animations.

Thanks all

Still curious to know your feelings on my optimising question above.

I *LOVE* BlitzMax, its finally the product I wanted BlitzMax to be!! ;-)