r1284 - trunk/code/client

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Author: thilo
Date: 2008-03-26 23:00:49 -0400 (Wed, 26 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 1284

Modified:
   trunk/code/client/cl_main.c
Log:
Fix flashing connect screen, see https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3425.


Modified: trunk/code/client/cl_main.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/code/client/cl_main.c	2008-03-27 02:42:17 UTC (rev 1283)
+++ trunk/code/client/cl_main.c	2008-03-27 03:00:49 UTC (rev 1284)
@@ -778,7 +778,11 @@
 		Q_strncpyz( cls.servername, "localhost", sizeof(cls.servername) );
 		cls.state = CA_CHALLENGING;		// so the connect screen is drawn
 		Key_SetCatcher( 0 );
+		/* Execute next line twice, so that the connect image gets written into both, front- and
+		 * back buffer. This is necessary to prevent a flashing screen on map startup, as the UI gets
+		 * killed for a short time and cannot update the screen. */
 		SCR_UpdateScreen();
+		SCR_UpdateScreen();
 		clc.connectTime = -RETRANSMIT_TIMEOUT;
 		NET_StringToAdr( cls.servername, &clc.serverAddress);
 		// we don't need a challenge on the localhost