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Sketchy Cornwall UK Registered 06/11/2004 Points 1971	24th April, 2011 at 12:54:23 - Personally, I think you should do what you can to make sure the game will run at full speed on as low a spec computer as possible (include options to disable special effects, etc if need be) - and then if the player's computer isn't fast enough, that's their problem. There's no point trying to make a game run normally but at slow speed. n/a
Duncan Thelonious Dunc Registered 18/05/2002 Points 552	24th April, 2011 at 13:29:59 - There's no point trying to make a game run normally but at slow speed. But that's what MMF does for everything else by default. Can you really account for everything that might trigger the tinest dip in performance? The inconsistency is just going to lurk in the shadows until it gets an opportunity to break the game. If a game's perfectly playable with those special effects enabled, but for some reason I can't make a particular jump while something's exploding (edit: or because the midi file playing changes or whatever), I'm going to be inclined to think it's the developer's fault. Edited by Duncan n/a
nim Registered 17/05/2002 Points 7234	24th April, 2011 at 14:23:16 - This is an awful lot of talk for such a simple problem. Personally I'd use the method suggested by Assault Andy in the first reply. //
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	24th April, 2011 at 14:39:25 - So would I Never use timers. Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	24th April, 2011 at 14:42:18 - 'Cept for when you need to access real time. Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	24th April, 2011 at 15:04:21 - I still wouldn't use timers, since they don't let you access real time anyway (see rest of thread). I'm pretty sure TimeX can get time independent of framerate. Edited by an Administrator Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Chris Burrows Registered 14/09/2002 Points 2396	24th April, 2011 at 19:07:20 - This is how I do it. http://www.whenthereisnoroominhellthedeadwalktheearth.com/MMF/firingspeedtutorial.mfa n/a
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	25th April, 2011 at 03:12:17 - Chris - that looks good but remove the "Every 00-01"" from everywhere. Your code will run exactly the same, except it will be consistent on slow machines Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Chris Burrows Registered 14/09/2002 Points 2396	25th April, 2011 at 06:06:09 - How slow of a machine are we talking? I've run games I've made on so many pieces of shit and they still run the same. But yeah I need to get in that habit of using always instead. Thanks! happy easter n/a
Assault Andy Administrator I make other people create vaporware Registered 29/07/2002 Points 5686	25th April, 2011 at 15:12:25 - Anything that runs below the target FPS will run differently. It's not likely that someone is using a computer that slow, but it's not just that. If you freeze the app (such as with grabbing the title bar - I think), or your computer happens to lag for a second (due to some other process), it will run differently if you use timers. If you use counters/MMF framerate instead then it will run the same on all machines, albeit slower. In your code, there's no point in having the Every 00-01 in there. Creator of Faerie Solitaire: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792 Also creator of ZDay20 and Dungeon Dash. http://www.Jigxor.com http://twitter.com/JigxorAndy
Jenswa Possibly Insane Registered 26/08/2002 Points 2723	25th April, 2011 at 15:35:14 - I just really like timed events like: every 02'13, they just add some unpredictable behaviour in your game. But I recommend Andy's method too. jenswa.neocities.org
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	25th April, 2011 at 15:49:09 - Originally Posted by Jenswa I just really like timed events like: every 02'13, they just add some unpredictable behaviour in your game. But I recommend Andy's method too. It's even more unpredictable with a Counter=Random(3276*Random(23)! Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.

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