From: "Arthur" To: Subject: RE: Bad Flicker Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:49:44 +0100 Message-ID: <000a01bdf914$369a83c0$9d4b08c3@arthur> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <3626B192.AB909352@mindspring.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Or whack a vsync() in your main loop. James Arthur jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net ICQ#15054819 > The reasonf or the flicker, is the screen clear. When you clear > the screen > there is a little frame that is all black or whatever. If you do > this once it > probably wouldn't be noticed, but when you do it every other > frame, it sticks > out like a sore thumb. Simply put: don't clear the screen that often. > > Derek Greene > > Jameson wrote: > > > I am trying to make a program that utilises allegro's GFX > abilities,but I > > have a terrible flicker because I make the program clear the > screen every > > frame.Does anyone know how to prevent this??Or even another way > to do it?? > >