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Fps problem

Started by fishleg003 Dec 1, 2005 at 6:59 PM 1 replies 400+ views

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Dec 1, 2005 at 6:59 PM

Ive been trying to get independent frame rate running for my side scrolling shooter. Ive finally got it updating 60 times a second but my problem is that delta_time is not always a constant value. At the moment the delta_time comes out as 20.3 18.4 16.7 i base my player movement off that and because these values are quite different the player speeds up and slows down randomly well thats what i think is happening. Its hard to explain but it doesnt seem smooth for 60fps theres a slight judder every so often so i must be calculating the frame rate wrong some how. thanks alot for any help Heres my idle function

void idle(void)
{	
	static float Old_Time = 0;
	float delta_time = 0;
	static int fps = 0;
 	static float starttime = 0;
	static float LastSecond = 0;

	if(starttime == 0)
	{
		starttime = glutGet(GLUT_ELAPSED_TIME);
		LastSecond = starttime;
	}

	Act_Time=glutGet(GLUT_ELAPSED_TIME) - starttime;

	delta_time = Act_Time - Old_Time;

	while(delta_time >= 16.6)//FRAME_TIME)
	{
	printf("delta time %f \n", delta_time);
	Player_UpdateMovement(delta_time, &P);

	fps++;
	delta_time = delta_time - 16.6;
	}

	if(Act_Time - LastSecond >= 1000)
	{//calc fps
	LastSecond = Act_Time;

print out new fps
			fps = 0;
	}

	Old_Time = Act_Time - delta_time;

	glutPostRedisplay();
}

void Player_UpdateMovement(float elapsed_t, Player *p)
{
	p->Pos.x += p->dx * elapsed_t/1000;
	p->Pos.y += p->dy * elapsed_t/1000;
}

MaulingMonkey

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MaulingMonkey

Dec 1, 2005 at 7:05 PM

Here's ~~the~~ a problem:

while(delta_time >= 16.6)//FRAME_TIME){	printf("delta time %f \n", delta_time);	Player_UpdateMovement(delta_time, &P);	fps++;	delta_time = delta_time - 16.6;}

Taking an example of delta_time == 40:

first the loop runs once with delta_time == 40 - player is moved by 40, delta decreased by 16.
then the loop runs once with delta_time == 23.4 - player is moved by 23.4, delta is decreased by 16.

Total movement: 63.4 - change in delta_time: -32 (2 x -16)

If you call Player_UpdateMovement( delta_time , &P ), this does all the movement for that entire timeslice, and delta_time should be zeroed accordingly (instead of only subtracted by 16.6).

If you call Player_UpdateMovement( 16.6 , &p ), this would move the player only for that 16.6 timeslice, and the remainder of your code would work as expected.

fishleg003

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fishleg003

Dec 1, 2005 at 7:29 PM

rrr well spotted :)

So really i want something like,

if(delta_time >= 16.6)//FRAME_TIME)
{
Player_UpdateMovement(delta_time, &P);

fps+= delta_time / 16.6;
delta_time = 0;
}

instead of that while loop ?

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