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crlf YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Flicker-free animation Aug 13th, 2008, 1:34am   Hi, Is there a simple way to do double-buffering/vertical-sync in processing? I found nothing by googling (other than some workaround methods that mean increased code complexity). Thanks!

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Flicker-free animation Reply #1 - Aug 13th, 2008, 4:52pm   Processing already double buffers by default. We don't do vertical sync (mostly) because that can only be controlled when you're running in full screen mode. Where are you seeing flicker?

crlf YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: Flicker-free animation Reply #2 - Aug 15th, 2008, 12:26pm   I'm actually seeing some tearing, not really ficker, bacause I have some objects that quickly appear and disappear from the screen. Without vsync, I guess I have to change things a bit. Not really a problem, thanks for the quick reply.