Re: [Algorithms] Game loop timings

[Martin P. <mar...@re...>]

> Yes, of course. 20Hz was a Bad Idea. Just making a point of why input
> latency is bad. ("Moral of the story: don't introduce latency where you
> don't have to.") Triple buffering adds one frame of latency, so that's why
> triple buffering is not a good solution to smooth out CPU spikes caused by
> different number of physics steps between two frames. Better solution is 
> not
> to have CPU spikes, if possible. :)

Don't forget triple/quadruple buffering can be useful for smoothing out 
spikes in non-interactive sections, like cut scenes.