[SDL] SDL + OpenGL + Win98

[Mark Jenison]

Brian <brian.ripoff <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> How do you handle events? Remember to regularly (ideally once a frame)
> clear the SDL event queue. I believe what might be happening is that
> the OS is trying to send events to your program but your program can
> no longer respond to them as you do not handle them fast enough. That
> is just a guess though.

for the input startup, I do this:

SDL_EnableUnicode(1);
if (SDL_NumJoysticks())
{
  SDL_JoystickEventState(SDL_IGNORE);
  joystick = SDL_JoystickOpen(0);
}

The program runs in a tight loop
while (!finished)
{
 update sounds
 if (ready)
   drawScreen()

  while (framecount > 0)
  {
    advance_frame();
    handle_events();
    handle_input_state();
    updateScreen();
    --frame_count;
 }
}

In the handle_events:
while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)
{
  // check event types
  switch(event.type)
  {
    // check keyboard events, videoresize
  }
}

So I think everything is being handled frequently enough...any tips on how to
verify that this may be the issue? 

One I should mention is the WinXP environment doesn't have a joystick
connected...so maybe the Joystick routines are causing an issue?

-- 
Mark Jenison