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[dAND3h]

Hi, I am wondering if there is a function such as SDL_GetTicks() native to windows? I want to limit how often my update and draw methods execute inside my console application.

I am making an ascii game. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[fastcall22]

Off the top of my head:
timeGetTime (winmm.lib, millisecond resolution, and deprecated?)
GetPerformanceFrequency and GetPerformanceCounter (highest resolution timer, may be inconsistent across multiple cores)

There may be others...

Edited by fastcall22, 12 November 2012 - 04:56 PM.

[incertia]

GetTickCount()

is another, but it's not very reliable.

[ApEk]

Hi, I am wondering if there is a function such as SDL_GetTicks() native to windows? I want to limit how often my update and draw methods execute inside my console application.

If you are able to use the new c++11 standard try to use the new chrono date and time utilities found here: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono
Note that using chrono is a little less than straightforward but here is a complete chrono timer class: http://codepad.org/FHkSQKiO

[radioteeth]

I've been using the C function clock(), which is a part of the C include time.h.. There is also a define in time.h 'CLOCKS_PER_SEC' which allows you to effectively do something like:
[source lang="cpp"]#include <time.h>float gettime(){ return (float)clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;}[/source]
This has worked sufficiently well for the majority of my purposes, and being that it is a part of C itself it is as portable as portable can get.