[Kde-games-devel] Adventures with Palapeli

[Ian Wadham]

On Wednesday 09 December 2009 10:17:15 am Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Ian Wadham wrote:
> > The slowness in fitting one piece is reproducible, as is a simpler case
> > of slowness when just trying to drag the 800-odd pieces in the solved
> > part.
> 
> This, at least (slowness dragging 800 pieces) isn't /horribly/
> surprising, though... that gives me a thought; I wonder if the problem
> is Z ordering? Due to how the shadows work, does pala have to repaint
> all 800 pieces to join the 801'st?
> 
That's definitely a possibility.  ATM I am just familiarising myself with pala
code.  Then I'll start to play.  I think a lot will depend on just how the
game organizes its pieces, parts and images.

Cheers, Ian W.