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#95502 - 23/05/2002 12:41 Flickering when bootup anim playing
snoopstah
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Registered: 07/01/2002
Posts: 339
Loc: Squamish, BC
Hey,

Just recently decided to get rid of the Hijack penguin bootup animation, and replace it with one of the Pioneer ones - cut it down to 30 frames, and uploaded. Now, whenever the player switches on, I get flickerings of the 'Rio Car initialising tuner...' etc. etc. bit popping up in front of the anim for a second or two.

I don't know if this is to do with the animation, or because I updated to Hijack 267 at approximately the same time, but it seems to happen every time the animation plays. Anyone else experienced this?

Cheers,

A.
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#95503 - 23/05/2002 13:31 Re: Flickering when bootup anim playing [Re: snoopstah]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
The animation is too long. Cut it down to 30 frames or less.

For those Pioneer animations, this means deleteing every other frame.
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#95504 - 23/05/2002 13:33 Re: Flickering when bootup anim playing [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
Wait, you said you cut it down to 30 frames.

Oh wait, if there's only one or two flashes, that's a known thing in Hijack, it does that to me. It's because he made a longer startup delay. He should cut that back again.
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#95505 - 23/05/2002 17:22 Re: Flickering when bootup anim playing [Re: tfabris]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
Did the longer delay cure your Empeg, Tony?

Thanks (email reply is most likely to be noticed)

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#95506 - 23/05/2002 17:27 Re: Flickering when bootup anim playing [Re: mlord]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
I have not had a repeat of the "missing startup animation" since the delay was implemented. However, it was very intermittent to begin with so I can't be sure.

Perhaps a delay time that's only slightly longer than the default is what's called for here?
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#95507 - 23/05/2002 17:30 Re: Flickering when bootup anim playing [Re: tfabris]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
I'm thinking of just redoing that whole sequence someday.. (late June?). The Hijack pop-up should disappear at that point.

Cheers

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#95508 - 27/05/2002 07:41 Re: Flickering when bootup anim playing [Re: snoopstah]
suomi35
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Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 290
Loc: Denver, CO
I did the same as you , upgrade to hijack 267 and change boot anim back to the original empeg anim. My problem occurs only on reboot...the whole screen gets flooded with a strange pattern right at the beginning. It's just a cosmetic issue on my end, but it does not happen if I cycle power, only when I reboot.
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