Ok, this is as basic as it gets. I'm just trying to write a simple game, but I'm not suing XNA or any other game library for it at the moment. I'm simply trying to do the following:

At the end of the constructor:

while (gameState != EXITING)
{
update();
}

In update:

if (DateTime.Now - lastUpdate >= updateFreq)
{

/...process

this.Refresh();
Application.DoEvents();
lastUpdate = DateTime.Now;

while (DateTime.Now - lastUpdate >= updateFreq) {}

}

And I override OnPaint.

It calls all of the logic, but never gets to OnPaint... So what am I screwing up?

This is in a c# WinForm, by the way. I know that's not the best framework for a game, but I was just trying to do something quickly. I might just scrap it and re-design what I can for XNA, since it makes all of the timing junk easier.

My problem ended up being trying to run my main game loop inside my constructor for the control, rather than after... I could still transition to XNA, but does anyone know of any good, free libraries for XNA which give basic user-controls, like text boxes (input/output), drop down combo-boxes, etc? If not, I may still wing it just for project velocity's sake :)