Timer

HELP! I need a timer that works better than the simple Timer, and I need it to be the SAME SPEED on ALL computers. I use DirectDraw in my game in case DX has one. I would like it to be able to give return any number of times per second up to at least 50.

It werks on every ms comp...well mostly all of them..
and it is better than the bland timer.


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(GetTickCount returns the number of miliseconds windows is running, however, you can use it instead of your timer if you wait for 1s / 50 frames = 20ms each frame:

Code:

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Dim Temp as Long

While Active
  'Start frame timer
  Temp = GetTickCount

  'Your main loop
  'Get input, animate,...
  'Draw stuff to buffer
 
  While Temp + 20 > GetTickCount
      'Do nothing while waiting, you could put DoEvents here...
  Wend

  'Flip to screen
Wend

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This will slow down the main loop to 50 cycles / second.

Hope this helps ;))