Well, ive read and heard that DelphiX's FillRectAlpha method was slow as heck. And now that I actually try and use it, IT IS! In my RPG, I was trying to FillRectAlpha to darken the whole scene to simulate night time... And man it dropped to ~8 FPS... FROM 210 FPS! So im here hoping someone knows a better way to do the alpha recting, or possibly a suggestion on another way of darkening the picture to simulate night time. Thanks for all your help by the way, you've all be wonderfull here.