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What do you do if your gameUpdate() method can't update fast enough?

Thompson Lee · 2012-09-09T02:59:19

Regardless of what language any programmer is using, they would have to come to some point in the development stages where their game would not update fast enough. I realized that my game isn't updating quick enough, and causes the game play to stutter. The more objects, the heavier stuttering it gets. Below is a picture of me benchmarking my game loop. "Start" means the CPU has entered the game loop, and "Finish" means the CPU has left the game loop. I have utilized two concurrent threads. One is for rendering the objects onto the screen, and the other is for updating the objects' properties. I only benchmarked the updating thread, and not the rendering thread. I find that there's a noticable, average lag of 0.07 seconds. That's enough for the game to stutter, since I can easily see it stutter. I am now pondering what techniques the more experienced developers did to mitigate this issue? Thanks in advance.

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Started by tom_mai78101 September 05, 2012 11:33 AM

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September 09, 2012 02:59 AM

Thank you, everyone.

To answer SimonForsman, the question itself is about a general problem, so I wouldn't think it is helpful to post my codes, as it might make the topic more specific than what I intended.

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