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Re: VECTOR: Asteroids display question


From: Kev ( )
Date: Sun Jul 16 2000 - 08:42:41 CDT


http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Circuit/2940/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html

The Star Tech page scan doesn't seem to work right now but that should have
pictures of your symptom.

Also look under Video, that should get you in the right area.

Chris Loggans wrote:

> I have an Asteroids board that has me stumped. The game plays fine, but as
> the asteroids move around the screen, it appears as though they are passing
> behind an invisible grid that covers the entire screen. You can only see it
> when rocks or a ship passes by and you will see a gap in the outline of the
> rock, corresponding to either a vertical or horizontal grid line. These gaps
> are extremely small (about 1 pixel if these were raster games) and do not
> follow the rocks when they move. Has anyone ever seen this or know what
> might be causing this?

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Kev                         >>REMOVE THE ? to REPLY

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