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CookingMama
CookingMama

Reputation: 61

SDL FrameRate cap implementation

I've already made a few programs using SDL2. Frame rate wasn't much of an issue since I never planned to release those programs and just used the SDL_RENDER_PRESENTVSYNC to cap the frame rate to 60 (the refresh rate of my monitor). Now I want to make an application I can send to friends and I wanted to know if my frame-rate implementation is any good.

unsigned int a = SDL_GetTicks();
unsigned int b = SDL_GetTicks();
double delta = 0;

while (running)
{
    a = SDL_GetTicks();
    delta += a - b;

    if (delta > 1000/60.0)
    {
        std::cout << "fps: " << 1000 / delta << std::endl;

        Update();
        Render();
        delta = 0;
    }
    
    b = SDL_GetTicks();
}

I have a good feeling that I've messed up my calculations horribly but many of the other implementations I have found online usually seem pretty long winded. If possible I would like to keep the frame cap implementation within the game loop and as simple as possible.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 14590

Answers (1)

Bogdan
Bogdan

Reputation: 511

You should put the line b = SDL_GetTicks(); inside the if statement and before the Update();. And delta = a - b instead of delta += a - b. And you could also use b=a instead of calling the SDL_GetTicks() function.

while (running)
{
    a = SDL_GetTicks();
    delta = a - b;

    if (delta > 1000/60.0)
    {
        std::cout << "fps: " << 1000 / delta << std::endl;

        b = a;    

        Update();
        Render();
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

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