[Scummvm-cvs-logs] SF.net SVN: scummvm:[35115] scummvm/trunk/engines/sword1

[Max Horn]

Am 18.11.2008 um 18:48 schrieb eriktorbjorn at users.sourceforge.net:

> Revision: 35115
>          http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/scummvm/? 
> rev=35115&view=rev
> Author:   eriktorbjorn
> Date:     2008-11-18 17:48:19 +0000 (Tue, 18 Nov 2008)
>
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Committed by patch #2219361 ("BS1: Simplified subtitles"). It uses the
> lockScreen() / unlockScreen() backend API, instead of  
> copyRectToScreen().
> Before, it had to copy a piece of the engine's screen to draw on to  
> simulate
> transparency, which was awkward.
>
> However, this means we're now forcing full-screen updates on each  
> frame. There
> may be performance regressions, particularly if the frames are much  
> smaller
> than the screen. Hopefully, it's the decoding that's the bottleneck,  
> but if
> this causes problems on low-end devices... well, Fingolfin had some  
> ideas about
> that when he first proposed the lockScreen() / unlockScreen() API.

I did? Well, in any case, I recommend you notify scummvm-devel about  
this change and ask porters to specifically test this change, so that  
we find out early whether it makes things unusable for them or not...

Bye,
Max