Thanks for pointing out the problem! As for problems loading bitmaps, if you can provide a test bitmap, it could help a lot. There were problems loading 24-bit bitmaps (as well as using this bitdepth in VTDb), but I've thought I fixed it (if they don't appear in VTDb tool then I might've included non-fixed DLL).
I've been thinking on making Asphyre to run without DLL, but I've almost finished new Software Renderer (very optimized and even uses MMX to speed things up... also supports more rendering effects than those possible in Direct3D) and since used automatically generated code (optimized for every possible effect combination) - the entire code is *VERY* long and Delphi takes quite time to compile it. Finally I decided to compile the software renderer and new optimized pixel conversion unit into a single DLL and provide it in like in previous PowerDraw versions. I hope not to include any related bugs in it....

Cheers,
Lifepower