Re: [glob2-devel] that damn SDL bug

[Kyle Lutze]

Matthew Marshall wrote:
> On Sunday 15 January 2006 12:29, Kyle Lutze wrote:
>
> > ok, another one that's been bugging some new people when they come and
> > try to play multiplayer is that SDL video takes up all the processing
> > power of the computer and makes multiplayer games unplayable. So, here's
> > my suggestion, but in an if statement that will deny multiplayer access
> > (and give the reason) if they have SDL chosen for video.
>
>
> -1
>
> There are many setups where DRI is either not available, not stable, or simply 
> not yet configrued, but SDL at a low resolution is still fast enough to be 
> playable.  (Or even plenty fast; on my AMD64 3000, 1024x764 SDL stays within 
> 100%.)
>
> MWM

when I didn't have GL working and was using SDL any 3 player maps ( 
while using 640x480) the game would be horribly slow, and I'm on an 
opteron 242. It really makes a difference