Bit off topic here but, are we going to see a patch today? Regarding to TF2 hl2.exe crashing? Also, I heard there's some kind of high-five taunt crash, which will instantly crash out half of the players on the server.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2179130 On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Henry Goffin <[email protected]>wrote: > On Windows, we use QueryPerformanceCounter and QueryPerformanceFrequency to > calculate elapsed time in the main server loop. There is also some startup > code which measures CPU clock speed by calling QPC in a loop until 1/32 of a > second has elapsed, but we only use this to estimate CPU speed for crash > reports. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Stanley > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 2:23 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Max FPS > > At 04:11 PM 10/17/2011, Henry Goffin wrote: > >We rely on a stable OS timer, but we don't rely on CPU cycle counts > >or directly query the hardware clock. I don't know if that answers > >your question; I'm not familiar with these setups. We trust that > >when the OS gives us a high res timer value, that it is correct. I > >believe that modern Windows versions compensate for clock speed > >changes automatically. But please report if you think that you are > >having issues related to variable clock speed. > > > > Do you still use QueryPerformanceCounter() in a loop? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >
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