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

[Kevin Turner <darian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I took Rene's suggestion and instead of using tick, I made my own 
method of ticking. It looks something like the following.

time0 = pygame.time.get_ticks()

stuff happens

time1 = pygame.time.get_ticks()
totaltime = time1 - time0

pygame.time.wait(16 - totaltime)

I used the wait function after pondering the documentation on 
Clock.tick(). I theorized that because Clock.tick() was using delay() 
and not freeing up the CPU for other processes the "jerk" was the 
system forcing a hold on my program so that other necessary processes 
could do their respective duties.

Testing my hypothesis proved fruitful, as using delay() instead of wait 
continued the "jerk" phenomena, while using wait() resulted in smooth 
animation.

The lesson? Let other processes have fun.

Thanks for all your help.

-Kevin Turner