Re: [pygame] Semi-Neophyte requires jerky animation assistance

["Rene Dudfield" <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've heard of this happening on some laptops.


Are you using pygame.time.Clock.tick() ?

If so, try not using it.  If not try using it.

What OS/computer are you using?



On 4/10/06, Kevin Turner <darian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been working on a pygame based game for a project, and I've
> encountered a weird phenomen in terms of animation. Every second or so,
> there's a "jerk" where everything stops animating for about a quarter
> of a second and then resumes. This isn't a full fledged freeze but more
> a drop in fps to 0 for the quarter second.
>
> I initially thought it was related to garbage collection, but my
> efforts in that area did not change the oddity.
>
> Has anyone else encountered a similar problem before?
>
> -Kevin Turner
>
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