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		<webMaster>matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</webMaster>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>This program is running extremely slow, even though my pc is a beast...<br />I think it has to do because of it having to do too much every timer event, but I can&#39;t manage to do it any other way.<br />I need to draw some text and a bullseye, which stays in the same location until it&#39;s clicked so it doesn&#39;t really need to be constantly redrawn, and a crosshair which is used as cursor (ALLEGRO_CURSOR won&#39;t work but I&#39;m looking into it soon) and needs to be redrawn every tick.<br />I really don&#39;t get why everythink takes so long, because when I press escape or ALT+F4, it takes 3 to 20 seconds to close, depending on how long it has ran.<br />Don&#39;t bother looking at the rest of the code because I&#39;m still messing around and testing stuff.</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"><span class="button numbers"><b>#</b></span><span class="button select">Select</span><span class="button expand">Expand</span></div><div class="inner"><span class="number">  1</span><span class="p">#include &lt;iostream&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  2</span><span class="p">#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  3</span><span class="p">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  4</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5\allegro.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  5</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5\allegro_image.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  6</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5\allegro_primitives.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  7</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5\allegro_native_dialog.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  8</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5\allegro_ttf.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  9</span>
<span class="number"> 10</span><span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">int</span> window_w <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">800</span>,
<span class="number"> 11</span>        window_h <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">600</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 12</span>
<span class="number"> 13</span><span class="k1">using</span> <span class="k1">namespace</span> std<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 14</span>
<span class="number"> 15</span><span class="k1">int</span> main<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 16</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init"><span class="a">al_init</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 17</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_primitives_addon"><span class="a">al_init_primitives_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> 
<span class="number"> 18</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_image_addon"><span class="a">al_init_image_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 19</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_font_addon"><span class="a">al_init_font_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 20</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_ttf_addon"><span class="a">al_init_ttf_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 21</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_install_keyboard"><span class="a">al_install_keyboard</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 22</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_install_mouse"><span class="a">al_install_mouse</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 23</span>  <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_739.html" target="_blank">srand</a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_821.html" target="_blank">time</a><span class="k2">(</span>NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 24</span>
<span class="number"> 25</span>  <span class="k1">bool</span> running <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span>,
<span class="number"> 26</span>     hit <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span>,
<span class="number"> 27</span>     redraw_bullseye <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 28</span>  <span class="k1">int</span> test <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">50</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 29</span>  <span class="k1">int</span> score <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 30</span>  <span class="k1">unsigned</span> <span class="k1">int</span> bullseye_x,bullseye_y<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 31</span>  <span class="k1">int</span> crosshair_x,crosshair_y<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 32</span>  <span class="k1">enum</span> direction <span class="k2">{</span>UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT<span class="k2">}</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 33</span>
<span class="number"> 34</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_DISPLAY"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_DISPLAY</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> main_display<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 35</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> main_queue <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_event_queue"><span class="a">al_create_event_queue</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 36</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_TIMER"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_TIMER</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> main_timer <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_timer"><span class="a">al_create_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">1</span>.<span class="n">0</span><span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">60</span>.<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 37</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_BITMAP"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_BITMAP</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> bullseye <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_load_bitmap"><span class="a">al_load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"bullseye.png"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 38</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_BITMAP"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_BITMAP</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> crosshair <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_load_bitmap"><span class="a">al_load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"crosshair.png"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> 
<span class="number"> 39</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT</span></a> window_event<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 40</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_DISPLAY_MODE"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_DISPLAY_MODE</span></a> display_data<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 41</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_FONT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_FONT</span></a><span class="k3">*</span> arialblack <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_load_ttf_font"><span class="a">al_load_ttf_font</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"ariblk.ttf"</span>,<span class="n">20</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 42</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_COLOR"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_COLOR</span></a> white <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">255</span>,<span class="n">255</span>,<span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 43</span>
<span class="number"> 44</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_mode"><span class="a">al_get_display_mode</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_num_display_modes"><span class="a">al_get_num_display_modes</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span>,<span class="k3">&amp;</span>display_data<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 45</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_set_new_display_flags"><span class="a">al_set_new_display_flags</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>ALLEGRO_FULLSCREEN<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 46</span>  main_display <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_display"><span class="a">al_create_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display_data.width,display_data.height<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 47</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_queue,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_display_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 48</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_queue,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_timer_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_timer_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 49</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_queue,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_keyboard_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_keyboard_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 50</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_queue,<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_mouse_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_mouse_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 51</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_clear_to_color"><span class="a">al_clear_to_color</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 52</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_hide_mouse_cursor"><span class="a">al_hide_mouse_cursor</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 53</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_start_timer"><span class="a">al_start_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 54</span>  bullseye_x <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">500</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 55</span>  bullseye_y <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">500</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 56</span>
<span class="number"> 57</span>  <span class="k1">while</span><span class="k2">(</span>running<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 58</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_next_event"><span class="a">al_get_next_event</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_queue,<span class="k3">&amp;</span>window_event<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 59</span>    <span class="k1">switch</span><span class="k2">(</span>window_event.type<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 60</span>        <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_CLOSE:
<span class="number"> 61</span>        running <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">false</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 62</span>        <span class="k1">break</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 63</span>      <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN:
<span class="number"> 64</span>        <span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>window_event.keyboard.keycode <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 65</span>          running <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">false</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 66</span>        <span class="k1">else</span> <span class="k1">break</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 67</span>      <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_TIMER:
<span class="number"> 68</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_mouse_cursor_position"><span class="a">al_get_mouse_cursor_position</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span>crosshair_x,<span class="k3">&amp;</span>crosshair_y<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 69</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_clear_to_color"><span class="a">al_clear_to_color</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 70</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_bitmap"><span class="a">al_draw_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>bullseye,bullseye_x,bullseye_y,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 71</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_textf"><span class="a">al_draw_textf</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>arialblack,purple,<span class="n">10</span>,<span class="n">30</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="s">"bullseye_x: %d"</span>,bullseye_x<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 72</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_textf"><span class="a">al_draw_textf</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>arialblack,purple,<span class="n">10</span>,<span class="n">60</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="s">"bullseye_y: %d"</span>,bullseye_y<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 73</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_bitmap"><span class="a">al_draw_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>crosshair,crosshair_x-25,crosshair_y-25,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 74</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_flip_display"><span class="a">al_flip_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 75</span>        <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>hit <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 76</span>          bullseye_x <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_821.html" target="_blank">time</a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k3">*</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_821.html" target="_blank">time</a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k3">/</span> window_h <span class="k3">+</span> window_w<span class="k3">*</span><span class="n">3</span><span class="k2">)</span> % <span class="k2">(</span>window_w <span class="k3">-</span> <span class="n">200</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 77</span>          bullseye_y <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k2">(</span>bullseye_x<span class="k3">*</span><a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_821.html" target="_blank">time</a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k3">/</span> <span class="n">4</span><span class="k2">)</span> % <span class="k2">(</span>window_h <span class="k3">-</span> <span class="n">200</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 78</span>          hit <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">false</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 79</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 80</span>      <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_DOWN:
<span class="number"> 81</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_mouse_cursor_position"><span class="a">al_get_mouse_cursor_position</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span>crosshair_x,<span class="k3">&amp;</span>crosshair_y<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 82</span>        <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">(</span>window_event.mouse.x<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">25</span> <span class="k3">&gt;</span> bullseye_x <span class="k3">&amp;</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span> window_event.mouse.x<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">25</span> <span class="k3">&lt;</span> bullseye_x<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">200</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 83</span>          <span class="k3">&amp;</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span> <span class="k2">(</span>window_event.mouse.y<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">25</span> <span class="k3">&gt;</span> bullseye_y <span class="k3">&amp;</span><span class="k3">&amp;</span> window_event.mouse.y<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">25</span> <span class="k3">&lt;</span> bullseye_y<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">200</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 84</span>          hit <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">;</span> 
<span class="number"> 85</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 86</span>        
<span class="number"> 87</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 88</span>  <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 89</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_bitmap"><span class="a">al_destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>bullseye<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 90</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_bitmap"><span class="a">al_destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>crosshair<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 91</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_display"><span class="a">al_destroy_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 92</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_timer"><span class="a">al_destroy_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 93</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_event_queue"><span class="a">al_destroy_event_queue</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>main_queue<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 94</span>  <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_SUCCESS<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 95</span><span class="k2">}</span>
</div></div><p>

Thanks in advance <img src="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/smileys/smiley.gif" alt=":)" />
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (xirb22)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Load bitmaps after creating the display, not before. If you load them before, you load them as memory bitmaps which are very slow to draw.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (SiegeLord)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Totally fixed it!<br />thanks again, you already helped me on my other thread xD
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (xirb22)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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