Re: [gl4java-usergroup] Errors

[Artiste on t. W. <a1...@So...>]

Sven Goethel wrote:
> Virgil Wall wrote:
> > > Really ?
> > > I thought that even 50ms precision should be enough
> > > -> about 20 fps (more or less :-) !

No, for a game, 30 fps is the minimum ! And it's often quickier 50 - 60
- ... 100 !

> > The visual quality of using the more precise clock is pretty apparent in
> > some situations.  The human eye is pretty good at catching "glitches" in
> > anticipated  motion.  Pretty much any commercial game uses more accurate
> > timing.

Personaly i use the average time of the ten last rendering, returned by
System.currentTimeMillis(), but i know your way is better... Such a time
function will be very interesting.

> > By the time I'm done, I'm also probably
> > going to be using DirectInput on windows (so I can poll the keyboard
> > directly and use a force feedback joystick).  I might also use
> > directsound....  So, a native timing function is the least of my concern.
> >
> 
> Puhh ...
> Well, this looks very native .. may be not interesting.
> But all the parts, like timing funcs etc. :-), are portable ..

I think that for changing screen resolution or joystick, SDL (free) is
better than directX because of its portability (at least window + Linux,
i'm not sure for Mac).

A11W