5 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/resources/imagehelper.h b/src/resources/imagehelper.h
index a11a55e2e..83fc3e03c 100644
--- a/src/resources/imagehelper.h
+++ b/src/resources/imagehelper.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ class ImageHelper
 
         void dumpSurfaceFormat(const SDL_Surface *const image) const;
 
+        virtual SDL_Surface *create32BitSurface(int width, int height)
+                                                A_WARN_UNUSED = 0;
+
         static void setEnableAlpha(const bool n)
         { mEnableAlpha = n; }
 
diff --git a/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp b/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp
index 7e5c77c7f..badaf0223 100644
--- a/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/openglimagehelper.cpp
@@ -318,4 +318,26 @@ void OpenGLImageHelper::initTextureSampler(GLint id)
         mglSamplerParameteri(id, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
     }
 }
+
+SDL_Surface *OpenGLImageHelper::create32BitSurface(int width, int height)
+{
+#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
+    const int rmask = 0xff000000;
+    const int gmask = 0x00ff0000;
+    const int bmask = 0x0000ff00;
+    const int amask = 0x000000ff;
+#else
+    const int rmask = 0x000000ff;
+    const int gmask = 0x0000ff00;
+    const int bmask = 0x00ff0000;
+    const int amask = 0xff000000;
+#endif
+
+    width = powerOfTwo(width);
+    height = powerOfTwo(height);
+
+    return SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
+        width, height, 32, rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/resources/openglimagehelper.h b/src/resources/openglimagehelper.h
index 01ae7f66c..0036bf007 100644
--- a/src/resources/openglimagehelper.h
+++ b/src/resources/openglimagehelper.h
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ class OpenGLImageHelper final : public ImageHelper
         static void setUseTextureSampler(bool b)
         { mUseTextureSampler = b; }
 
+        SDL_Surface *create32BitSurface(int width, int height);
+
     protected:
         /**
          * Returns the first power of two equal or bigger than the input.
diff --git a/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp b/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp
index a5423bc62..82e476b8c 100644
--- a/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.cpp
@@ -302,3 +302,21 @@ int SDLImageHelper::useOpenGL()
 {
     return 0;
 }
+
+SDL_Surface *SDLImageHelper::create32BitSurface(int width, int height)
+{
+#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
+    const int rmask = 0xff000000;
+    const int gmask = 0x00ff0000;
+    const int bmask = 0x0000ff00;
+    const int amask = 0x000000ff;
+#else
+    const int rmask = 0x000000ff;
+    const int gmask = 0x0000ff00;
+    const int bmask = 0x00ff0000;
+    const int amask = 0xff000000;
+#endif
+
+    return SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
+        width, height, 32, rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
+}
diff --git a/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.h b/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.h
index 7c6cabaef..a0e19ca39 100644
--- a/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.h
+++ b/src/resources/sdlimagehelper.h
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class SDLImageHelper final : public ImageHelper
         static SDL_Surface* SDLDuplicateSurface(SDL_Surface *const tmpImage)
                                                 A_WARN_UNUSED;
 
+        SDL_Surface *create32BitSurface(int width, int height);
+
     protected:
         /** SDL_Surface to SDL_Surface Image loader */
         Image *_SDLload(SDL_Surface *tmpImage) const A_WARN_UNUSED;