I think the flicker might be a little too much to take for this to be
viable. It's borderline. I guess it depends on the individual.
What you might experiment with is interleaving the sprites like this:
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
and then alternate this even/odd pattern so it would be like a "closed
venitian blind" technique.
That way on every frame you'll have graphics on both sides. There is
something about the flicker right now that when I shift my focus from side
to side, the sprites seem to jump around as an optical illusion. If the
flickering were more interleaved I think the mind would help fill in the
blanks better. But I'd like to see this with a monochrome image first
because I suspect that a monochrome bitmap, in the end, might be more
viable because you'd only have one level of flicker. In fact, you might
then be able to stack three sprites next to eachother that way to fill the
full width of the screen and still have an acceptable amount of flicker.
At 02:11 AM 2/28/2003 +1100, you wrote:
I'm up way way too late - major bug had me guessing for hours. Here's a
slight variation on the theme - this is a super-wide bitmap. Won't look too
crash-hot on the emulators. I'm suspecting it will look OK on the real
thing. Confirmation, anyone? This is a first-effort... I believe the
'join' can be further improved.
Cheers
A
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