Double Buffering

[peter11]

I am using a game tutorial, wac-a-rat. This program draws to a picture box prior to drawing to the form.

What is the benefit of this and does anyone know of any resources on Double Buffering?

 

[chiph]

Double Buffering is an animation technique that reduces the amount of flicker.

The idea is that you draw all your individual objects to a non-visible buffer. And then you draw the buffer to the screen all at once.

Chip H.