Kurt Griffin wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to test the users processor and OS with lingo and not an Xtra
>
> ... I
> think it was James Newton that posted an answer to that within the last few
> days. The essence was, start a timer, run a processor intensive operation,
> check the timer - really a much better approach than trusting in a processor
> version, since there are many other variables than can slow down the
> processing of your stuff.
Also, if what you're testing for involves animation, your test routine
should include some number of updateStage and/or other drawing commands.
Video card performance is likely to be the gating factor for animation
on most machines.
on updatespeedtest
set the timer to 0
repeat with x = 1 to 100
updateStage()
go the frame
end repeat
foo = the timer
return foo
end
I used this recently to decide how many steps it would take to slide a
menu onto the screen, I wanted it to take about the same amount of time
regardless of the speed of the machine but be as smooth as the machine
would allow so I took updatespeedtest() and multiplied it by an
appropriate number and moved the menu that many pixels per updateStage
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