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Re: Fast mouse pointer

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Subject: Re: Fast mouse pointer
From: "Francesco Orsenigo, Xarvh Project" <xarvh@lombardiacom.it>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:54:12 +0100
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Gregor Mückl:
> Have you considered optimizing pointer redrawing? Usually you're much
> better off if you only redraw those screen regions that need to be
> updated.
I already do this.

[cut]
> I bet that you can double your framerate with this method right away.
Yes, in fact without this is unplayable...

For now, i got my best results with ALLEGRO and a custom timer (based on 
gettimeofday() calls)... ALLEGRO seems much faster than SDL....

Thanx anyway,
Francesco Orsenigo

References:
- Fast mouse pointer
  - From: "Francesco Orsenigo, Xarvh Project" <xarvh@lombardiacom.it>
- Re: Fast mouse pointer
  - From: Gregor Mückl <GregorMueckl@gmx.de>

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