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Dark GDK / CPU @ 100% when DarkGDK window overlapped by another window

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Phoenix73
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Posted: 12th Jul 2008 18:31
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@sydbod - That's a crazy result. Who would have predicted that?
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kaedroho
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Posted: 12th Jul 2008 23:25
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I never get this with DBPro.

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Phoenix73
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Posted: 15th Jul 2008 04:06
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@IanM - I tried your dbSyncOff work-around and everything works fine when the screen is either minimised or obscured. As the documentation is pretty thin for dbSyncOn/dbSyncOff/dbSync, I am not sure what affect this will have on my program's performance though.
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Mahoney
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Posted: 15th Jul 2008 04:14
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Bug reports thread?
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Phoenix73
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Posted: 15th Jul 2008 04:22
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@Mahoney - Looked at the Bug Reports thread, but it seems that it is only for DBP, not DarkGDK.
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Mahoney
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I saw a few GDK threads, but, either way, I think it would be the best place.
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Phoenix73
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Posted: 17th Jul 2008 08:28
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I have reported this in the bug forum:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=133547&b=15
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IanM
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Posted: 17th Jul 2008 22:32
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Sync off works differently in DGDK than DBPro.

With DBPro, it causes the system to check to see if it should sync between every command (unless in a for loop). It also injects a small wait into the sync process to give other programs a chance.

In DGDK however, it only does the wait.

For the performance hit (if any) I'd suggest you benchmark it. I don't believe it will have any, but I can't say that for certain.

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Phoenix73
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@IanM - Thanks for the feedback. I will do some more performance testing of Sync Off - initial tests see no change in CPU or frame rate.
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