Snow help

[jamescyrus]

hey im in grade 10. I need help with my program.so far we only learnt drawfill...etc. and basic stuff like var, 3 types of loop, case construsct.
My problem is that im trying to put snow in the background without making the whole thing flicker. Can someone help me.

[Delos]

View.Update is your friend.

No more screen flickers! by tony

[jamescyrus]

that doesnt really help

[Delos]

code:

setscreen ("offscreenonly")

Draw what you need, bg first, followed by foreground.

code:

View.Update

Updates screen. Time.Delay() for a bit. Redraw, View.Update again.

[SuperGenius]

If you're trying to simulate a lot of snowflakes at once you'll be asking the computer to do a lot of calculatons. You are probably used to nice, speedy computers at home, but it is possible your computers at school are not so quick. Also, this is something you should keep in mind when your summative project rolls around, because it you haven't tested it at school it might look really crummy when the teacher tries to run it.