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cephalo

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Question about the new graphics modes.
« on: June 04, 2010, 05:37:35 pm »
Ok, I have some questions about the new SDL stuff that Baughn made. I prefer to use the character set over the graphics creatures. If I turn the graphics option off, does that mean there is no performance increase over the older non-SDL versions? Though I prefer to use normal characters for aesthetic reasons, I'm not sure its worth a frame-rate hit. Is the graphics mode alot faster than the normal mode?
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Re: Question about the new graphics modes.
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2010, 06:27:11 pm »
No; if anything, having graphics off is faster.

The same code runs in both cases, there are just fewer (different) tiles to display.
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