RE:[pygame] Difference between flip and update?

[Yann Thorimbert <Yann.Thorimbert@xxxxxxxx>]

"short answer: update() is usually faster than flip()."

==> I do not agree. It depends on the area of the surface to be updated. In most cases, update() is really needed only if one needs to update only a few fractions of the screen each frame. Moreover, even in that case, flip() could be sufficient ; however, sometimes performance is critical for other reasons (assume we make a lot of computations each frame for some reasons), and it that case the use of update is really relevant if not all the screen needs to be updated.
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Objet : Re: [pygame] Difference between flip and update?

short answer: update() is usually faster than flip().


On 8/26/15, Bob Irving <bobirv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What is the difference? Is there a reason to use one over the other?
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> Thanks!
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