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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Trying To Add Frame Skipping But It's Not Working?

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JeZxLee
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 09:29
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Hi,

Trying to add frame skipping to the game, but it's not working:


It runs too fast, any ideas?
Thanks!
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JeZxLee
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 13:44
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Been fighting with this for hours...

I want to do frame skipping for slow computers.
Does anyone know how to properly do this, thanks!
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puzzler2018
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 14:00
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Would a half a second a 1 second timer() do



Maybe?
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Scraggle
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 18:15
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Why are you trying to skip frames? That's crazy talk!
Use frame rate independant movement. That way sprites will always move at the same speed but the movement will be smoother on faster processors.
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JeZxLee
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 18:20
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Hi,

I would have to rewrite most of the graphic core to do that.
I ended up with doing the following change which improved the FPS significantly:



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Jack
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 22:24
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Quote: " I would have to rewrite most of the graphic core to do that.
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This is akward, but Scraggle is right. Your keywords are: timer based movement, frame independent movement

You just optimized you rendering pass by reducing the sync(). Well, if it's enough, then hooray

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Ortu
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 23:05
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Quote: "I would have to rewrite most of the graphic core to do that."


You should do it anyway

Fix it now, never worry about it again.
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puzzler2018
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Posted: 27th Dec 2017 23:10
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Sorry to but in but thats correct also,

Use the sync for every frame and timer for independant workings of an app

i.e
do
every second move an object
every 3 seconds play a weary sound
every 5 seconds do something else
sync
loop

This is a must otherwise ones will feel the app is jumpy and quirky

Let synch do its magic and you control what to do on a timer based
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Posted: 28th Dec 2017 02:47 Edited at: 28th Dec 2017 02:48
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Quote: "Why are you trying to skip frames? That's crazy talk!"

lol balalalalapoontang!

Quote: "Let synch do its magic and you control what to do on a timer based "

Good advice

Start using those draw command spells and you will quickly learn the right way to use your sync() wand.

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