Speed of the jewels dropping varies...still...

[rogerkang]

I'm playing the latest version of Bejeweled on my new Clie, and for some reason, when the jewels drop, there is still a delay sometimes...sometimes the jewels drop slower, sometimes faster...even when they're all dropping. Was this problem ever fixed? Or is this "okay" and I'm just posting silliness? I just thought it was kind of weird...weird enough to "notice" when playing the game.

[DECx]

It seems to me that the dropping gems gets slower when there are more dropping, other than that I haven't really noticed any difference in dropping speed (between dropping gems of similar number and distances).

DECx

[Howard]

Its done by columns - if the column has some moving gems, then it has to be redrawn.

Thus - vertical matches make only 1 column move, but horizontal matches make three (or more) move.

When the machine is underpowered (as they all are, I'm afraid) it does its best, but doesn't always manage to redraw the whole screen fast enough.

I'm going to try another few tricks for the next release, which should help a bit.

All the best,

Howard.

[Kintama]

Thanks much Howard ! I can't wait for that new version.


James