petrSchreiber
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4 years ago Good questions!
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I would like to target 60FPS, when possible.
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Using threads is not possible with thinBASIC, except for using FreeBASIC ones. I would like to keep the game single threaded, for simplicity.
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separating logic and render is a good idea, we could have
updateandrenderroutines for it -
TBGL already does offer way to fix framerate. We could stick with approach listed in the help file, that is:
' For optimal performance use approach called "dynamic V-Sync", ' featured for example in "Gears Of War" game title
DIM maxFrameRate AS LONG = TBGL_GetVSyncMaxFrameRate()
WHILE TBGL_IsWindow( hWnd ) ' -- Rendering loop start
FrameRate = TBGL_GetFramerate ' -- Retrieve FPS
' -- Condition, if FPS should be more than max, turn VSync on, else off TBGL_UseVSync IIF( FrameRate < maxFrameRate , 0, 1 )
' ... rendering here ...
WEND ' -- Rendering loop end
DirectuX
https://github.com/petrSchreiber/BetweenTheBubbles-tb/blob/2448a4ba78c7159cb3efa2a17ad43813004b6596/src/BetweenTheBubbles.tbasic#L28
regarding this comment and the frameRate I've seen here (+200) , do you think we can lower down the refresh rate to , say, 30-60fps, and use the extra idle time for other logics ?
is threading possible ?
Maybe not a good coding practice, or not possible, or not easy, I don't know, but, could we separate the display logic from other tasks ?
In the TBMain loop, we could then check if frameRate > 30 and skip the render, leaving more power for other parts of code ?