From:	"Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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<zack97 AT localnet DOT com> wrote:
> This is probably a really dumb question, but can I go without the
> vsync(); (in allegro) if my game will run very fast? Cause I'm making a
> game and it runs at 1000+ fps without the vsync and it runs at like 50
> with the vsync...I know 50 is still ok, but I'm not done yet.....

Anywhere between 50 and 70 fps is normal with vsync.
Vsync makes sure that the monitor can keep up with your
game. If you want a timer that's monitor-independent,
try using an Allegro timer handler.

> (by the way, its not like full screen, its 640x480 with only like
> 256x480 of the screen drawn to. (don't ask why its hard to explain))

I can guess why: Dirty rectangle double buffering?
Multiplayer? Or is it one of those supposedly "illegal"
(according to The Tetris Company LLC) Tetris(R) clones?
(Tetris is a registered trademark of The Tetris Company LLC.)
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/cloning.html


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