frame rate measurement
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I'm writing a maze game, and I'd like an easy way to compare its frame rate to that of Unreal. Unfortunately, the "fraps" utility doesn't work on my PC - it says I need a processor that supports "SSE" instructions.
Does anyone know of any good alternatives to fraps? I've looked, and so far, nothing's turned up.
Mike C.
http://www.coolgroups.com/zoomer/
Here's what I do (programming in Windows, Dev-C++):
And if you want to control your frame rate, use a while loop with a condition that checks if a certain amount of time has passed since FRAME_START.
//Global Variables:ULONG FRAME_START;float FPS; //It can have floating-point frame-rates//Beginning of the frameFRAME_START=GetTickCount(); //This time is measured in milliseconds...//End of the frameif (FRAME_START!=GetTickCount()) FPS=(float)1000/(GetTickCount()-FRAME_START);And if you want to control your frame rate, use a while loop with a condition that checks if a certain amount of time has passed since FRAME_START.
Be warned:
For most projects it may not matter, but GetTickCount isn't especially accurate. It's (I believe) preferred to use QueryPerformanceCounter. But once again, it may not matter if it's 10ms off for your project. It probably doesn't.
Good luck.
For most projects it may not matter, but GetTickCount isn't especially accurate. It's (I believe) preferred to use QueryPerformanceCounter. But once again, it may not matter if it's 10ms off for your project. It probably doesn't.
Good luck.
Here is a function that I call each frame to calculate FPS (updates every second) and calculates the elapsed time from previous frame to current frame which I use for movement calculations. You will have to alter it to fit your project.
Edit: To ensure you get 1ms accuracy with timeGetTime, you need to put this at the beginning of your program:
timeBeginPeriod(1);
and this at the end:
timeEndPeriod(1);
I believe you also have to link to winmm.
void CBApp::CalculateFrameTime() { mFrameCount++; DWORD time = timeGetTime(); if ((time-1000)>mBeginTime) { mFPS=mFrameCount; mFrameCount=0; mBeginTime+=1000; } mElapsedTime = time - mLastFrameTime; mLastFrameTime = time;}Edit: To ensure you get 1ms accuracy with timeGetTime, you need to put this at the beginning of your program:
timeBeginPeriod(1);
and this at the end:
timeEndPeriod(1);
I believe you also have to link to winmm.
ricekrispyw >> I never knew about QueryPerformanceCounter... What's the scale for this? Milliseconds (1/1000 second), Nanosecond (1/? second)? How would I implement this in a similar form as my code above?
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Interesting. Is there a way to measure Unreal's frame rate though?
Mike C.
http://www.coolgroups.com/zoomer/
Mike C.
http://www.coolgroups.com/zoomer/
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