Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 16:38:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andrew Deren <aderen AT eecs DOT uic DOT edu>
To: Laine <laine AT iwn DOT fi>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: My sprites move too fast
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On 21 Sep 1997, Laine wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm doing a game with DJGPP and Allegro and
> I've got problems. Not much anymore, but still
> one. I've got too sprites, one is a falling object
> and the other is a board with wich the player tries
> to catch the object. I've managed to make them move
> at a different speed, but they both go too fast.
> So here's the QUESTION:
>  How can I slow them down. I don't think a for-loop
>  is a good idea, is it? What is a good idea?

The simplest way to do that is to put somewhere in your loop 
rest(some_time_in_miliseconds);

but the better way would be to use a timer.

> 
> PS. was this message too long? Thanks for reading
>       it. (I'm new here and I don't know how I'm
>       supposed to behave here :-)
> 
> Jarkko
> 


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