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Posted: **Sun May 02, 2021 8:31 pm**

Hi there,

I've got a basic 32x app loop running like

while (1)
{
    // input
    // draw
    Hw32xScreenFlip(1); // 1 is for wait
}

where Hw32xScreenFlip

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void Hw32xScreenFlip(int wait)
{
    // Flip the framebuffer selection bit
    MARS_VDP_FBCTL = currentFB ^ 1;
    if (wait)
    {
        while ((MARS_VDP_FBCTL & MARS_VDP_FS) == currentFB) ;
        currentFB ^= 1;
    }
}

I believe is originally from Chilly Willy's SDK. I'm using marsdev, which is a descendant.

If I wanted to update some MD planes, which is typically done during vblank, when would that be done? It's not clear to me when vblank happens in the screen flip. I've seen one example doing a screen flip without waiting, modify a plane, then waiting.

Or is waiting for vblank something other than flipping and waiting?

Can anybody shed some light on this? Thanks!

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2021 12:18 am**

pouring through the docs again:
"Frame buffer can be switched only in VBlank. During display, even when writing to the FS bit, the buffer does not switch until VBlank occurs; "

It says DRAM can be accessed after confirming the FS bit (from the Frame Buffer Control Register, which indicates which frame buffer it's pointing to) has changed.

So, I guess, if I flip and wait, then after that point I should be in vblank and should be ok to modify the MD VDP.

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