[Ohrrpgce] Overlay in screenshots when using autotest.py -p

[James Paige]

That is okay with me. My biggest use-case for autotest.py is comparing my
current working copy with the most recent subversion copy.

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On 1 June 2017 at 15:05, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 1 June 2017 at 08:08, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com> wrote:
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>>> I was testing using autotest.py with the -p command line option to
>>> replay a .ohrkey file
>>>
>>> I noticed that the recording info overlay gets included in the
>>> checkpoint screenshot about once every 24 frames... but I am guessing that
>>> this is based on some timer, and not actually counting frames, because
>>> between the two passes of autotest.py the frame numbers where the overlay
>>> appears vary slightly, causing the autotest to fail.
>>>
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>> Ah, this is because of frame-skipping. The overlays aren't drawn when a
>> frame is skipped, to save time.
>> The --recordoverlays option, which controls whether overlays appear on
>> screenshots, doesn't apply to --autosnap and the "_checkpoint" command,
>> because those aren't handled in allmodex, so they save the previous frame.
>> I think the easiest option is to just add a new --hideoverlays option,
>> which I'm doing now.
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> Hmm, it's not an ideal solution for autotest.py:
> -Originally there was no replay overlay
> -The overlay was added a bit over a year ago (r7731)
> -Some months ago (r8353 I think) frame skipping was added
> ---hideoverlays only exists as of today
> But I guess it's not worth worrying about. I can at least make autotest.py
> not pass the flag to older copies of game
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