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On GUI-less servers the frame rate can be <1ms. Previously the minimum

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time-step size was 1 ms, which resulted in the world time advancing
faster than real time.  This caused problems in the communication
and synchronisation with clients.
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hiker 2018-01-23 08:30:23 +11:00
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src/main_loop.cpp
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@ -79,11 +79,22 @@ float MainLoop::getLimitedDt()
{
m_curr_time = device->getTimer()->getRealTime();
dt = (float)(m_curr_time - m_prev_time);
if (dt <= 0)
// On a server (i.e. without graphics) the frame rate can be under
// 1 ms, i.e. dt = 0. Additionally, the resolution of a sleep
// statement is not that precise either: if the sleep statement
// would be consistent < 1ms, but the stk time would increase by
// 1 ms, the stk clock would be desynchronised from real time
// (it would go faster), resulting in synchronisation problems
// with clients (server time is supposed to be behind client time).
// So we play it safe by adding a loop to make sure at least 1ms
// (minimum time that can be handled by the integer timer) delay here.
while (dt <= 0)
{
dt = 1; // at least 1 ms, otherwise with dt=0 bad things happen
break; // should not really happen
StkTime::sleep(1);
m_curr_time = device->getTimer()->getRealTime();
dt = (float)(m_curr_time - m_prev_time);
}
const World* const world = World::getWorld();
if (UserConfigParams::m_fps_debug && world)
{