#include "../core/Timer.h"
Timer::Timer() {
m_fStartTime = getMilliSeconds();
}
Timer::~Timer() {
}
void Timer::start() {
m_fStartTime = getMilliSeconds();
}
f64 Timer::getInterval() {
return (getMilliSeconds()-m_fStartTime);
}
f64 getMilliSeconds() {
#ifdef LINUX_X86
struct timeval tm;
struct timezone tz;
gettimeofday(&tm, &tz);
return (((double)(tm.tv_sec) + (double)(tm.tv_usec) * 0.000001))*1000;
#endif
}
Timing in linux
Author
Here is the meat of my timer class:
I used this time to rotate a cube, to test how accurate the timing is. But it is not accurate at all. It is very inconsistant, and jerky. Really nast on the eyes.
Any ideas why it is like this?
(BTW, f64 is double)
/* Returns the time in milliseconds */unsigned long int getTicks(timeval &start){ timeval now; unsigned long int ticks; gettimeofday(&now, NULL); ticks=(now.tv_sec-start.tv_sec)*1000+(now.tv_usec-start.tv_usec)/1000; return ticks;}int main(){ // timer data static timeval start; // timer vars unsigned long int beg, end; // get current time gettimeofday(&start, NULL); // time beg = getTicks(start); doBenchMark1(); end = getTicks(start); cout << "BenchMark 1 took " << end-beg << " milliseconds or " << (end-beg)/1000.0 << " seconds." return 0;}
Author
Actually, I checked back, compiled in release mode, and close a couple of x apps, and it was much better.
But it still isn't as good as I want/need it to be. Does anyone have a snippet of how Quake 3 does it? Since now it is GPL. I'd rather not look it up myself if someone has it handy, but I will if I have to.
But it still isn't as good as I want/need it to be. Does anyone have a snippet of how Quake 3 does it? Since now it is GPL. I'd rather not look it up myself if someone has it handy, but I will if I have to.
gettimeofday is about as good as it gets for getting the time under Linux. Keep in mind your scheduler...you may notice 20ms of variation from frame to frame, depending on your system. If you are rotating your cube at, say, 60hz, then this should be more than accurate enough to smoothly rotate. If not, then you might want to look elsewhere in your code. I don't suppose you have a profiler?
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