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Old 12-07-2011, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva View Post
It is time-based... a timer of 0.05 triggers every 0.05 seconds. Graal is 20fps, meaning it's running at 20 frames a second, so 1 second / 20 frames = 0.05, or the lowest timeout possible.
I don't mean frame-based in the sense that you input frame values, I mean that it doesn't compare against the computer's clock; it just subtracts .05 from a value each frame and runs the function when it hits zero, and thus is less reliable for anything that's time-based instead of frame-based.
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