I was being silly. A night's sleep has cleared things up. All I needed to do was draw less circles. In other words, check whether I'd already drawn a circle anywhere near the current drawing position, and if I had, don't draw a new circle. Gave me a blistering speed increase.
Thanks! Ian On 2/2/06, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Gregory, > Thanks for that. > > I am basically plotting/drawing a circle at each point the mouse moves > to while clicked. (This isn't a paint package, it's for something else > entirely - which is why I'm not drawing lines...) > > I had already got as far as trying rectangles - they are indeed a lot > faster, just not as pretty. :-) They are my fallback position if I can't get > anything better to work. > > I can't quite see why the MovieClip option would work - but I'm willing > to have a go. I'll let you know how it works out. > > Many thanks, > Ian _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

