Windows Delta time

[YupYup]

I'm new to Game Maker 2.

Is sprite speed moving some pixels per Step the same on some game running 30fps and another running 60fps or in different hardware ?

Is Step function constant accross different hardware ? Will a sprite move 4 pixels per Step always have the same speed on different devices ?

Or should i use Steady Delta plugin and use (speed*delta_time) ?
https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/1149/steady-delta-time

 

[csanyk]

"Speed per step" will be the same, but if the fps is different, the number of steps per second will be different, so it will seem faster at higher fps.

GameMaker will try to achieve the fps called for by the Game FPS property (GMS2) or room_speed (GMS1.x and earlier) and if the hardware is capable of running the game at that speed, it will be the same. If the hardware can't keep up, it will slow down.

Delta time is an advanced concept which requires some deeper understanding, although certainly it's easier to work with if you have a plugin that does it for you, assuming it's well documented and you use the plugin properly.

I wrote an article on Delta Time not that long ago which is helpful to understand it if you're new to the concepts.

https://csanyk.com/2018/08/gamemaker-tutorial-delta-time/

Hope this helps!

 

[Amon]

I use this from the marketplace https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/1149/steady-delta-time

It hasn't let me down yet and is easy to implement. Just drag the deltatime object into your room and multiply movement by global.dt_steady.

 

[YupYup]

I use this from the marketplace https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/1149/steady-delta-time

It hasn't let me down yet and is easy to implement. Just drag the deltatime object into your room and multiply movement by global.dt_steady.

Do you need to control sprite animations and particles speed with steady delta time also ?
Do you use it only for movement and rotations ?

 

[Amon]

Sprite animation, no. Particle speed yes. You need to use it when anything needs to move i.e. a missile, a car, a cloud or particles; including rotations.

 

[YupYup]

Sprite animation, no. Particle speed yes. You need to use it when anything needs to move i.e. a missile, a car, a cloud or particles; including rotations.

You mean particle moving on screen speed, or particles emitter speed parameter ?

 

[NeZvers]

Step is basically game frame. room_speed is frame limiter (no more frames in second than room_speed) meaning slower device will be too slow to reach room_speed if your game is too poorly optimized for it or some calculation will drop FPS.
So if you want character move 1px per step and you have room_speed = 60, that mean you want to move character 60px per second but if device slows down you have moved way less than intended.