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Erratic frames per second =|

Started by neurokaotix Jul 27, 2002 at 10:46 PM 4 replies 400+ views

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Jul 27, 2002 at 10:46 PM

The frames per second on my game, aside from being low as it is (averages between 30-60) is very erratic and I don''t know why it can''t keep up a steady rate. Here is the code for my RenderAll() function:

  
HRESULT RenderAll()
{

	CHAR	InfoText[255];

	// Input

	if(FAILED(XInput->UpdateInputData())) return E_FAIL;
	if(SUCCEEDED(XInput->IsKeyDown(DIK_ESCAPE))) return E_FAIL;  	
	if(SUCCEEDED(XInput->IsKeyDown(DIK_A))) XView->MoveCamera(D3DXVECTOR3((1.2f*XFrameRate->speedfactor),0.0f,0.0f)); 
	if(SUCCEEDED(XInput->IsKeyDown(DIK_D))) XView->MoveCamera(D3DXVECTOR3((-1.2f*XFrameRate->speedfactor),0.0f,0.0f)); 



	// Camera

	if(FAILED(XView->UpdateCamera())) return E_FAIL;
	
	// Stuff

	sprintf(InfoText,"X:%ld Y:%ld Z:%ld B0:%d B1:%d B2:%d Fps:%d SF:%d",XInput->MouseX,XInput->MouseY,XInput->MouseZ,XInput->MouseB[0],XInput->MouseB[1],XInput->MouseB[2],(INT)XTimer->TimeFpsReal,XFrameRate->speedfactor);
	

	// Clear

	if(FAILED(lpD3DDevice->Clear(0,NULL,D3DCLEAR_TARGET|D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(20,26,70),1.0f,0))) return E_FAIL;

	// RENDER

	if(FAILED(lpD3DDevice->BeginScene())) return E_FAIL;
	XFrameRate->SetSpeedFactor();
	// Meshes with given Tex and Cull Test

	XTexture[0]->SetActive();
		if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[0]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[0]->BBox.vMax))
		if(FAILED(XMesh[0]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;

	// General store

	XTexture[2]->SetActive();
	if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[1]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[1]->BBox.vMax))
	if(FAILED(XMesh[1]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;
	// Weapons shop

	XTexture[1]->SetActive();
	if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[2]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[2]->BBox.vMax))
	if(FAILED(XMesh[2]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;
	// Crate

	XTexture[3]->SetActive();
	if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[4]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[4]->BBox.vMax))
	if(FAILED(XMesh[4]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;
	// Sky-box

	XTexture[4]->SetActive();
	if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[6]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[6]->BBox.vMax))
	if(FAILED(XMesh[6]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;
	// Hospital

	XTexture[5]->SetActive();
	if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[3]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[3]->BBox.vMax))
	if(FAILED(XMesh[3]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;
	// House

	XTexture[6]->SetActive();
	if(!XView->TestCulling(XMesh[5]->BBox.vMin,XMesh[5]->BBox.vMax))
	if(FAILED(XMesh[5]->RenderMesh())) return E_FAIL;

	if(FAILED(lpD3DDevice->EndScene())) return E_FAIL;
	
	XSprite[1]->Render();
	XSprite[0]->Render();
	XSprite[2]->Render();

	// Text

	if(FAILED(XFont->RenderText(InfoText,0,0,300,20,D3DCOLOR_ARGB(255,0,0,0)))) return E_FAIL;

	// Mouse Pointer

		if(FAILED(XInput->RenderMouseCursor(D3DCOLOR_ARGB(180,255,255,255)))) return E_FAIL;

	// Show

    if(FAILED(lpD3DDevice->Present(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL))) return E_FAIL;

	// Timer

	XTimer->WaitNextFrame(TRUE);

	return S_OK;
}

I don''t know whether you''d be able to tell from this code but perhaps it will help

Thanks

DrunkenHyena

Jul 27, 2002 at 11:55 PM

G''day!

I would guess that your erratic FPS may have to do with:
XTimer->WaitNextFrame(TRUE);

Are you trying to cap your frame rate with this? Wait is it doing internally?

filisoft

Aug 1, 2002 at 11:00 PM

The problem is that you are trying to get the time between 2 consecutive frames, and the time varies a lot. What you have to do is update your framerate only once per second. Maybe this code helpes (it works, i''m using it):

DWORD Time_Elapsed,Time_Last,Time_First;
DWORD Time_Frames;
float Time_FPS;
float Time_Elapsed_Sec;

void Time_Init()
{
Time_Last=Time_First=timeGetTime();
Time_FPS=1;
Time_Frames=1;
}
void Time_Update()
{
DWORD fTime=timeGetTime();
Time_Frames++;

Time_Elapsed=fTime-Time_Last;
Time_Elapsed_Sec=Time_Elapsed/1000.0;
Time_Last=fTime;

if (fTime-Time_First>1000)
{
Time_FPS=(float)Time_Frames/(float)(fTime-Time_First)*1000.0;
// Time_FPS=1000.0*Time_Frames/(fTime-Time_First);
Time_First=fTime;
Time_Frames=0;
}
}

Before the first frame, you use Time_Init() to initialize all the variables. Then in each frame you call Time_Update(), then you display on the screen Time_FPS.

I hope it works for you too!

Arild Fines

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Arild Fines

Aug 1, 2002 at 11:06 PM

<ignoreme>crap, I thought this was about erotic frames...

</ignoreme>

Moe

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Moe

Aug 2, 2002 at 1:36 AM

I am having a bit of trouble understanding that last bit of code:

quote:

if (fTime-Time_First>1000)
{
Time_FPS=(float)Time_Frames/(float)(fTime-Time_First)*1000.0;
// Time_FPS=1000.0*Time_Frames/(fTime-Time_First);
Time_First=fTime;
Time_Frames=0;
}

Maybe I am just tired, but what exactly is happening here?

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walkingcarcass

Aug 2, 2002 at 6:17 AM

if you want to smooth out your framerate, keep a buffer of the time for the last X frames and take an average

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