CompuServe Messages

Mark, flics are timed in "jiffies". A "jiffie" is a 1/70th of a second pause between frames. Thus, a playback speed of 7 would be 7/70ths or 1/10 of second pause between frame updates. The variable here, as in any digital, delta-compressed animation is the time it takes to load the next frame – usually represented by the amount of change from the previous frame. Here's a POCO routine that will more closely give you 30 frames per second (courtesy of James Hyde). You may have to adjust the SetSpeed value in parentheses depending on your hardware. This one works for me pretty well to get close as possible to 30fps, providing the frame updates in my animation aren't too big. Type this into the POCO editor, save it, and run it. main() { int frame_count; frame_count=GetFrameCount() * 1000; SetSpeed(31); PlayFlic(frame_count); }