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Message: 4234
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 16/05/2004
Subject: Re: Manic Miner Flickering (RealSpectrum emulator)
Some possible causes of your flickering problem:
* You may be running RealSpectrum on a slow PC. Try closing down all
other applications, and even restarting before running RealSpectrum.
* Are you running RealSpectrum in windowed mode or full-screen mode?
This is controlled by "Fullscreen" in the file "realspec.ini".
* Try adjusting "ThreadPriority" in "realspec.ini". It may be that
your operating system is running RealSpectrum with too low a
priority, although if you set the priority too high, the keyboard
may become unresponsive (particularly in Windows XP as opposed to
Windows 98, in my experience). Experiment to determine what works
best for you.
* RealSpectrum 0.97.11 sounds like a development-build, and hence
may be unstable. I use the latest "beta-version", 0.96.16
[ http://www.ramsoft.bbk.org/realspec.html ].
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Simon Fraser"
> Hey ppls!
in the
>
> I've been a member of this group for a few months now, and delight
> inventivness of the ppl here, and having very fond members of both
MM and
> JSW from my younger days, I enjoy playing all the new
interpretations being
> written by you clever people.
somebody
>
> However, I have a very interesting question for you, that I hope
> can help with. Firstly, let me say I think it's probably down to
my
> emulator or it's settings (I'm using RealSpectrum 0.97.11 for
Windows), but
> I'm wondering if it's maybe just a 'feature' of the game.
48K
>
> Okay! Here's the problem. Way back when, when I played MM on my
> spectrum hehe, I remember the game being 'super smooth' and very
cool it was
> too!
getting
> However, without fail, every time I play the game emulated, I'm
> flickering. And I'm not talking just a little, I'm talking loadsa
noticeable on
> flickering - Mainly effecting Miner Willy himself, but also
> most monsters. Levels such as 'Eugene's Lair' are probably worst -
the
> toliets look like they where drawn as two seperate sprites as they
move.
>
or is it
> Basically, I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about this,
> just a fact of the game and I never noticed it playing on a fuzzy
telly!
>
> Many thanks in Advance, and keep up the good work!
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Fraser
>
>
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