Need help with Applet: Images

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DUKESTARS HERE, YOU KNOW YOU WANNA
Hi,
I'm designing an applet for some extra credit and I need help.
This game that i have designed is called "Digit Place Game", but there is no need for me to explain the rules.
The problem is with images.
When I start the game using 'appletviewer', it goes to the main menu:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/946/menuhy0.png
Which is all good.
But I decided that when you hover your cursor over one of the options such as: Two-Digits or Three-Digits, that the words that are hovered on turn green.
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6231/select1ch3.png
So i use the mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) from awt.event;
The problem is that when i move the mouse around the applet has thick line blotches of gray/silver demonstrated below (note: these are not exact because my print screen doesn't take a picture of the blotches)
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4974/annoyingmt1.png
It also lags a little bit.
I have 4 images in my image folder that's in the folder of the source code
The first one has all text blue. The second one has the first option, Two-Digits green but rest blue. The third one has the second option, Three-Digits green but rest blue, etc.
this is my code
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class DigitPlaceGame extends Applet implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
     public boolean load = false;
     public boolean showStartUp = false;
     public boolean[] hoverButton = new boolean[3];
     Image load1;
     Image showStartUp1;
     Image showStartUp2;
     Image showStartUp3;
     Image showStartUp4;
     public void init() {
          load = true;
          this.resize(501, 501);
               try {
                    load1 = getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/load1.gif");
                    repaint();
               } catch (Exception e) {}
          load();
     public void start() {
     public void stop() {
     public void destroy() {
     public void paint(Graphics g) {
          if(load == true) {
               g.drawImage(load1, 0, 0, null, this);
          } else if(showStartUp == true) {
               if(hoverButton[0] == true) {
                    g.drawImage(showStartUp2, 0, 0, null, this);
               } else if(hoverButton[1] == true) {
                    g.drawImage(showStartUp3, 0, 0, null, this);
               } else if(hoverButton[2] == true) {
                    g.drawImage(showStartUp4, 0, 0, null, this);
               } else {
                    g.drawImage(showStartUp1, 0, 0, null, this);
                    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                         hoverButton[i] = false;
     public void load() {
          addMouseListener(this);
          addMouseMotionListener(this);
          showStartUp1 = getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/showStartUp1.gif");
          showStartUp2 = getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/showStartUp2.gif");
          showStartUp3 = getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/showStartUp3.gif");
          showStartUp4 = getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/showStartUp4.gif");
          showStartUp();
     public void showStartUp() {
          load = false;
          showStartUp = true;
     public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
          System.out.println("test");
     public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
          int x = e.getX();
          int y = e.getY();
          if(x >= 175 && x <= 330 && y >= 200 && y <= 235) {
               hoverButton[0] = true;
               repaint();
          } else if(x >= 175 && x <= 330 && y >= 250 && y <= 280) {
               hoverButton[1] = true;
               repaint();
          } else if(x >= 175 && x <= 330 && y >= 305 && y <= 335) {
               hoverButton[2] = true;
               repaint();
          } else {
                    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                         hoverButton[i] = false;
                    repaint();
     public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
     public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
     public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
     public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
     public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
}plox help me ploz, i need the extra credit for an A
can you help me demolish the lag and stop the screen from flickering? thanks!!!!!
BTW THIS IS EXTRA CREDIT NOT HOMework
DUKESTARS HERE, YOU KNOW YOU WANNA
Edited by: snoy on Nov 7, 2008 10:51 PM
Edited by: snoy on Nov 7, 2008 10:53 PM

Answer 1

Oh yes, I knew there could be some problem.......
Now try this:
boolean a,b,c;
if((a=(x >= 175 && x <= 330 && y >= 200 && y <= 235)) && !hoverButton[0]) {
               hoverButton[0] = true;
               repaint();
          } else if((b=(x >= 175 && x <= 330 && y >= 250 && y <= 280)) && !hoverButton[1]) {
               hoverButton[1] = true;
               repaint();
          } else if((c=(x >= 175 && x <= 330 && y >= 305 && y <= 335)) && !hoverButton[2]) {
               hoverButton[2] = true;
               repaint();
          } else if ((!a && !b && !c)&&(hoverButton[0] || hoverButton[1] || hoverButton[2]){
                    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                         hoverButton[i] = false;
                    repaint();
          }hope it works........
Edited by: T.B.M on Nov 8, 2008 10:41 PM