I haven't tried what you're doing myself, but have a look at setting the DoubleBuffered property of TWinControl descendants to True and see if that helps.
You probably also want to be painting directly to the canvas of the form itself if you're not already. Dave may be right about using DirectX if you're really worried. HTH, Conor -----Original Message----- From: Gajo Istvan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a problem with making my program (game) "look better". I have one image, which is the background. Then there are three images on the bottom of the form. To create the feeling that the map is "moving", the three images on the bottom are moving to the left, and each time one of them falls out of the form it is placed on the right end of the form, so it reappears again. Sort of like the Flinstones, you always see the same rocks reappearing when Fred drives :) I use a Timer of course, the speed can be relative but I'd like it to be 10 ms, and the length at which one image is moving is 2 points, although I'm probably going to change that. It all works ok, except that the images "flicker". This occurs because when one of the images is moved to the left, the form is repainted, then the background image, and finally the moving image itself. And this is just plain ugly! So my question is: is there a way to make moving images without all the flickering? I of course need to repaint because otherwise the moving images would leave a trail after them, but is it really neccessary for the Form to be repainted too? Because it is hidden anyway by the background image... I was thinking: how can I disable the form to repaint itself? But I'm not sure if that would solve anything. Any suggestions? This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
