Moving pictures in VB

[Drewbie]

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?

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[NikG]

Add a timer control and use that to trigger the movement.

[Drewbie]

this is pretty much the code i have for moving the objects

code:

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]

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:

code:

Picture1.Move Picture1.Left - 10

[cool dude]

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]

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