} -----Original Message----- } From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds_linux- } [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Stanley } Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:16 PM } To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list } Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] The 1000fps problem } } At 05:52 PM 11/12/2008, you wrote: } > > You're never going to get 1000 all the time, no matter who says what. } > > } > > from the usleep() man page: } > > BUGS } > > Probably not accurate on many machines down to the } > > microsecond. Count on precision only to -4 or maybe -5. } > } >It is not possible to achieve a forever constant 1000 in practice, no. } But } >as you have seen, it is possible to come very close. } > } >With -pingboost 2, HL1 actually uses select() for its delays. It likely } has } >some minor precision errors as well (though these have been reduced by } >recent improvements in the kernel), but regardless, most of the time this } >will be trumped by internal factors, such as the game simply taking } longer } >than 1ms to handle a tick, and external factors, such as a high overall } >machine load or delays in writing to the disk. } } -pingboost 2 uses alarm(), -pingboost 1 uses select()
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