I think -pingboost 2 uses alarm(), -pingboost 1 uses select() Kveri
John wrote / napísal(a): >> 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. > > -John > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
