time synchronisation

[hell_bird]

if i dont use the, that are synchronized, but make my own funktions: is it possible to synchronize the movement etc. ?

if i use 1/FPS, there are bad things happening in the first second

[Isometric God]

Take the time when you start your game up ( you could usie the Irrlicht timer functions ) and measure the amout of time that passed until the last frame / beginning. Multiply this value with your movement vectors etc.. and your game should run more or less framerate-independent ...

[hell_bird]

if i do so, the program isnt running smooth. i think the engine takes the average of one second.

@nico: How are the engines funktions implemented? which value is multiplied with the movement vectors?

[Isometric God]

This is my timer code :

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m_DeltaTime = g_pDevice->getTimer()->getTime() - m_Time;
m_Time += m_DeltaTime;

In my movement code I multiply the velocity with that value

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m_Pos += m_Vel * g_pTimer->GetTimeDelta();

Thats it