help with flickering

[rsknights0]

code:

setscreen("graphics") var c,x,y:int loop for dots:1..1000 drawfillbox(0,0,299,maxy,brightblue) randint (x,300,maxx) randint (y,50,maxy) randint (c,41,44) drawfilloval(x,y,5,5,c) drawfillbox(0,50,maxx,0,brightgreen) end for end loop

here it is, its for the end of my program for my culminating program and i need help with stoping the flickering

[shakin cookie]

try putting the command View.Update

that should get rid of the flickering.

It goes at the bottom, before the end if.

[Sean]

You can add to your setscreen with an offscreenonly then put in a View.Update or change your setscreen to a View.Set ("graphics, offscreenonly") and still add in the View.Update to the program near the end.

[shakin cookie]

in addition to that, instead of setscreen("graphics")

put setscreen("offscreenonly")

it will stop the flickering. =)

[shakin cookie]

Either way works

[shakin cookie]

i have a question, what is this that you are making?

it seems to have no purpose...

[rsknights0]

its some kind of an explosion for a shooter game its not done yet tho

[shakin cookie]

oh ok, btw did that help?

[Sean]

Shakin beat me earlier by a minute, damn you!

[rsknights0]

yes thanks

[shakin cookie]

it's all in the wrist! =)

[SIXAXIS]

Turing:

setscreen ("graphics,offscreenonly") var c, x, y : int loop     for dots : 1 .. 1000         drawfillbox (0, 0, 299, maxy, brightblue)         View.Update         randint (x, 300, maxx)         randint (y, 50, maxy)         randint (c, 41, 44)         drawfilloval (x, y, 5, 5, c)         drawfillbox (0, 50, maxx, 0, brightgreen)     end for end loop

Is that what you wanted?

[ericfourfour]

Set your screen to offscreenonly.

Turing:

View.Set ("offscreenonly")

This implements what is called a backbuffer. It makes your program draw everything to the memory instead of the screen. When you want to take what was drawn in the memory and put it on the screen, you flip the backbuffer with this command:

Turing:

View.Update

Call this as soon as you are done drawing a frame.

[riveryu]

ericfourfour wrote:

Set your screen to offscreenonly.

Turing:

View.Set ("offscreenonly")

This implements what is called a backbuffer. It makes your program draw everything to the memory instead of the screen. When you want to take what was drawn in the memory and put it on the screen, you flip the backbuffer with this command:

Turing:

View.Update

Call this as soon as you are done drawing a frame.

So if you put both in, they cancel each other out and makes the computer do useless calculations?

[CodeMonkey2000]

I'm not sure what you are asking, so I'm just going to say no (a very confident no).