----------------------------------- Drewbie Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:17 pm Moving pictures in VB ----------------------------------- I am making a game that is basically like fly ribbon. The only problem that I seem to be having with it is the pictures i am using continously flash as they move across the screen. I have made them quite small and reduced them to 8 bit colour but they still flash. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks[/code] ----------------------------------- NikG Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:01 pm ----------------------------------- Add a timer control and use that to trigger the movement. ----------------------------------- Drewbie Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:29 am ----------------------------------- this is pretty much the code i have for moving the objects Private Sub Timer1_Timer() Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left - 10 End Sub when the picture moves across the screen it flashes, showing the square area behind it. the picture file is currently a GIF and i believe it is fairly small in size. is ther any way to fix this? ----------------------------------- cool dude Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:48 am ----------------------------------- when i take a random picture and do that it doesn't flash. post your program so i can see if there's anything else your doing to cause the flashing. also try this: Picture1.Move Picture1.Left - 10 ----------------------------------- cool dude Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:50 am ----------------------------------- actually i think i know wat the problem is. your using an image box!!! delete the image box and change it to picture box. see the difference :) ----------------------------------- Drewbie Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:34 pm ----------------------------------- I dont have the code on me. Its currently at school. However, do you think the fact that I have 8 images moving across the screen would make a difference? Also, as the pictures become visible the game gets much slower. Could thins be from only using one timer? If i cant figure it out ill post the program up Thanks