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Re: [pygame] Options for smooth-scrolling in X-Windows



On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 16:23, James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:02:58PM +0000, Weeble wrote:
>>
>> 1. Don't use/support Linux.
>> 2. Avoid scrolling backgrounds, so tearing isn't such a big deal.
>> 3. Use OpenGL for all rendering, abandoning easy to use surfaces.
>> 4. Super magic solution to get working VSYNC under X-windows.
>>
>> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>>
>
> I have been playing pygame games in Linux for years, and SDL games on
> Linux for years before that, and I have never once been bothered by
> tearing in scrolling games. Never. I'm not saying that no tearing is
> occuring, I'm just saying that if it has been occuring, it has never
> been enough of a problem to draw my attention away from the gameplay.

On the other hand, I'm always distracted and I dislike even very small
tearing while playing or watching video on linux, so I guess that it's
just a matter of taste. My advice, if you want to make an enjoyable
experience for everyone, you should try to make tearing disappear, or
at least minimize it.

thanks!
-- 
alecu