The Physics world and Delta timing

[Nux]

Hiya,
I've been trying to make the physics world work within my game for about an hour now and I just... can't... do it! I have all the physics working at normal speed but when the player lags, the physics world slows down (which I know it should because of a lack of delta timing; it makes sense).

I know how to use delta timing, and that isn't the problem .. The problem is: how would I speed up the physics world on low FPS'?

I've tried using:

physics_world_update_speed(120*global.delta);

(120 is my game speed/room_speed) (global.delta is the variable from which the result of delta timing is stored)

However, it seems to make absolutely no difference; the physics world still slows down while the game world stays at a constant speed.

I'm not exactly savvy with the physics world quite yet.
Am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: I've found that setting my room_speed to the fps fixes the problem, but this is a bad idea.
If anyone knows how to fix this without altering the room_speed, that'd be great! QvQ

EDIT #2: I've decided to opt for:

if ( fps < global.framerate_limit )
    room_speed = fps;
else
    room_speed = global.framerate_limit;

Can someone who is more knowledgeable in how game maker functions below the bonnet tell me if this is a good/bad thing to do? Thank you!

 

[Nux]

Bumping to see if I can get some input regarding changing room_speed dynamically. Is it good/bad?

 

[Mornedil]

I'm also bumping this, as I'm surprised nobody has replied yet.. I've been watching this thread from day 1 because I'm wondering the same thing.

 

[Zerb Games]

Am I allowed to bump this? (no) Did you ever figure this out @Nux suffering the same issue rn!

 

[Nux]

@Zerb Games , I assume yes; what I had found was the gameSpeed/room_speed does need to be limited using an FPS limiter since the physics world is dependent on the room speed.

Another solution would be to constantly pause and unpause the physics world, but that doesn't sound very efficient.