Blitting in SDL
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Hello. I am trying to blit an image in SDL, yet before that, I am trying to blit an empty screen to erase the screen before blitting the image. It causes nasty flickering effects. My code is set up like this:
*blit empty surface to erase screen*
*blit image*
*swap buffers*
How do I do multiple blits in the same function without causing the screen to flicker? Or could it just be an outdated video card? I''d appreciate any answers you have. Thank you.
Are you using double buffering?
Make sure to pass
Instead of blitting an empty surface you might try using
Make sure to pass
SDL_DOUBLEBUF to SDL_SetVideoMode.Instead of blitting an empty surface you might try using
SDL_Rect to clear the background.
I don''t know if I can help you because I don''t know much about SDL, but the following is the first thing that popped into my mind:
please tell me that this empty screen is being blitted to the offscreen surface. If you were to blit the empty screen to the buffer that is currently on the screen it would cause the flickering that you describe.
please tell me that this empty screen is being blitted to the offscreen surface. If you were to blit the empty screen to the buffer that is currently on the screen it would cause the flickering that you describe.
quote:Original post by baumep
Are you using double buffering?
Make sure to passSDL_DOUBLEBUFtoSDL_SetVideoMode.
Instead of blitting an empty surface you might try usingSDL_Rectto clear the background.
Yea
SDL_Rect is the common practice to clearing the screen (the primary surface) in order to redraw it and definetly better than blitting a whole surface.Just a little addition to what baumep said... when you use the
SDL_DOUBLEBUF flag, make sure you also use the SDL_HWSURFACE flag otherwise the double buffering won''t work. _________________________________________________________________
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SDL_FillRect(screen, 0, 0);DrawScene();SDL_Flip(screen); Use fillrect, not a good idea to blit a whole surface onto the screen.
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