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Help => Graphics => Topic started by: ZeroAndOne on December 25, 2012, 10:40:46 pm

Title: WHAT DOES GetFrameTime() DO?
Post by: ZeroAndOne on December 25, 2012, 10:40:46 pm

What does GetFrameTime() do? and why don't I have this function in my SFML 2.0? If its been replaced by another function, what is the other function?

Title: Re: WHAT DOES GetFrameTime() DO?
Post by: Laurent on December 25, 2012, 10:44:50 pm

It does...

float frameTime = frameClock.GetElapsedTime();
frameClock.Restart();
return frameTime;

... that's why it was removed.

Title: Re: WHAT DOES GetFrameTime() DO?
Post by: ZeroAndOne on December 25, 2012, 10:54:54 pm

So is there a function that replaced it?

Title: Re: WHAT DOES GetFrameTime() DO?
Post by: G. on December 25, 2012, 11:00:00 pm

Nop. You'll have to do it yourself. See the end of the time tutorial (http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.0/system-time.php) or search the forums (it's a recurrent topic) for examples.

Title: Re: WHAT DOES GetFrameTime() DO?
Post by: eXpl0it3r on December 25, 2012, 11:01:47 pm

No not a direct function, but the equivalent what Laurent has posted... ::)

// Outside the game loop
sf::Clock frameClock;

// Inside the game loop
sf::Time frameTime = frameClock.restart();
float seconds = frameTime.asSeconds();
// Obviously this could also get done directly without a sf::Time object.

Then again if you need it for physics you should think about a fixed time step. ;)