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From: sosman@terratron.com (Steven Osman)
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Subject: Re: New Game:  pingping
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 14:37:43 GMT
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Hey, maybe when you're ready to show off your warez I can take a look
and see if I figure anything out -- or if you're just imagining it!

Steven

On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:24:17 +0100, "John \( QuietBloke \)"
<quietbloke@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Aye.. Ive done that. Ive defined update to just call paint and paint write
>everything to the
>background image then does copies it to the display. But the sprites still
>seem to occasionally flicker...
>Each sprite holds 32 images for the animated sprite at various angles and
>the flicker seems to occur
>when I switch to display a different image . <shrug> maybe Im just imagining
>it.
>
>"Steven Osman" <sosman@terratron.com> wrote in message
>news:3b95c768.42387730@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
>> Some flicker is caused by the fact that when update() is called
>> instead of paint(), the screen is first painted with the background
>> color, and then it is repainted.  I alleviate that by having both
>> update and paint call the same routine to draw the screen.  If you've
>> got double buffering going on, then both need only copy the active
>> frame, which keeps things fairly simple.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:37:13 +0100, "John \( QuietBloke \)"
>> <quietbloke@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> >hmmm.. yeah.. I guess as long as you know you will be converting to
>> >C++ it should be fairly painless. Of course in my case both my Java and
>C++
>> >are very rusty so thats easier said than done.
>> >Im still trying to remember how to do simple stuff like load a graphic up
>> >in Java. . You wouldnt believe how long I spent trying to code something
>> >that
>> >would split a single image up into the individual sprites held within it.
>> >I have actually managed to knock out some basic code for an applet which
>> >is now on my WebSite which ( fingers crossed ) wont cause any problems.
>> >I got the double bufering of the screen but if you watch it sometimes a
>> >sprite
>> >or two still seems to flicker. Any idea what it could be ? I seems to
>settle
>> >down
>> >after a while but I cant think what can be causing it or how to stop it.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Steven Osman" <sosman@terratron.com> wrote in message
>> >news:3b942f4a.3445093@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
>> >> Actually, almost completely a rewrite, but not so bad.  Lately, I've
>> >> been trying to write more of my yaroze stuff in C++, so the more I use
>> >> objects -- and the less I use pointers -- it should be a pretty easy
>> >> adaptation.
>> >>
>> >> What does come pretty easily is some of the game logic.  I've found
>> >> that drawing and input is dependent on the platform, but actually
>> >> processing the input, moving characters, checking for game over, and
>> >> code like that is pretty straight-forward -- this is particularly the
>> >> case when you're going from java to yaroze.
>> >>
>> >> Most people will tell you I'm crazy for my "religion" on Java versions
>> >> -- so you may want to go and get other opinions.  I've been using it
>> >> more than most people (since version 0.9x) and I've had to deal with
>> >> tonnes of compatability issues.  Just think -- if you don't like
>> >> downloading for three hours, how would visitors to your site like to
>> >> be told that they have to install a 10-20 meg plugin just to use your
>> >> web site...  Some (probably many) will just move right along to
>> >> another game.
>> >>
>> >> People argue that browsers change,  features change, etc, but have no
>> >> clue just how long it takes for a browser update to propagate.
>> >>
>> >> I like 1.1, it offers a lot.  Unfortunately, even swing is not
>> >> standard with 1.1, so depending on how much you want to minimize
>> >> downloads, you may want to avoid using swing and just stick to awt.
>> >>
>> >> Sauce
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>