Re: Best method for large animating pixmaps

[u07ih abdn ac uk]

Hi, you might want to check gnome-forest by Tim Janik. I think it's
ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/users/timj/gnome-forest-0.2.0.tar.gz

This solution would be better than gnome-canvas I think.
Thats my answer for your first question. 

iain
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I'm writing a breakout clone for GNOME, and I'm wondering which would be the
> best method to impliment the actual graphics in. The game will:
>  - Probably be running at ~20 fps minimum
>  - Have animated objects. The pixmap for the ball will probably change every
>    frame to simulate rotation, and the blocks will be animated randomly.
>  - Rock. But that mainly depends on whether you like breakout as much as I do :)
> 
> I've already fleshed out a good deal of the game code, and it's not heavily
> dependant on GNOME, so changing graphics methods will be relatively easy. I was
> going to impliment it using gnome-canvas, but I can't seem to find a way to
> destroy/free a GnomeCanvasItem.
> 
> In summary, what I'm asking is this:
>  - What's the best way to impliment a rapidly changing playfield in GNOME?
>  - If it's gnome-canvas, how do I destroy a GnomeCanvasItem?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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