How do i do flicker free animation with allegro. I made a white rectangle (40x40) move across the screen, an it flickered VERY much. I did not insert a vsync(), because in a game i would not like to wait for retraces. <br>
So, how can i create flicker free animation???

: How do i do flicker free animation with allegro. I made a white rectangle (40x40) move across the screen, an it flickered VERY much. I did not insert a vsync(), because in a game i would not like to wait for retraces. <br>
: So, how can i create flicker free animation???<br>
<br>
Flickering is caused by the VR (vertical<br>
retrace) or no double buffer. Every C/C++<br>
game waits for the VB and implmements a double<br>
buffer. You have no choice.<br>
<br>
// Animation example<br>
<br>
while (Animate)<br>
{<br>
Draw(); // Draw Sprites to DB<br>
Move(); // Change coordinates<br>
VR(); // Wait for VR<br>
CopyDB(); // Copy DB to screen<br>
}<br>
<br>
// VR function<br>
<br>
void VR()<br>
{<br>
while ((inp(0x03DA) & 0x08)) {};<br>
while (!(inp(0x03DA) & 0x08)) {};<br>
}<br>
<br>
(Personally, I wouldn't recommend C/C++ to<br>
beginning game programmers. Java is much easier, cuz everything is predefined. Check out: http://www.javagamepark.com).<br>
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