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Connect four help

hello... i'm writing a C++/Win32 connect four program... its still in development... but the source can be found here[link]... i'm doing alright... except with updating the board... I used InvalidateRect(hWnd,NULL,true) to update it... the problem is that this updates the entire screen and causes it to flicker... does anyone know any better methods?

Re: Connect four help

Please don't double post your question.

Re: Connect four help

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Originally Posted by 09jyoung (Post 137951)

I'm not a C++ user, but I had something similar with my chess program, in C. The problem was I was updating the entire chessboard every time a single piece was moved.

The answer to get rid of the flicker was to just update two squares on the board - the piece's from square, and the square the piece is moving to. End of annoying screen flicker. :)

You might be able to use InvalidateRect, as you do now, but send it the parameters of the two squares that need updating, in two calls.