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problem using my FPS function
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I have the following function
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// function that returns the framerate //
/////////////////////////////////////////
int GetFramerate()
{
frameratecounter++ ;
if (Framerate.getMsEllapsed()>=1000)
{
Framerate.reset() ;
frameratecounter=0 ;
} // end of if Framerate.getMsEllapsed()
return frameratecounter ;
} // end of getframerate()
and in my gameloop I have
Framerate=GetFramerate() ;
and
a function that shows Framerate
but when I run my game i see a counter that counts to +/- 70 and then restarts
so I guess my framerate is +/- 70
but what am I doing wrong
how do I get a steady number
(I already looked in the forum, but because I want to use my own function I want to solve this problem)
thanx in advance
Well that''s exactly what you have programmed 
Let''s look at the code : each time the function is called, it increments the counter by one, and returns the value, unless 1 second has elapsed, in which case it just resets the counter...
You need to decompose the problem as follow :
- increment a private counter every frame
- every second, copy the private counter into a public counter and reset the private counter.
- calls to your FPS function returns the value of the public counter.
Let''s look at the code : each time the function is called, it increments the counter by one, and returns the value, unless 1 second has elapsed, in which case it just resets the counter...
You need to decompose the problem as follow :
- increment a private counter every frame
- every second, copy the private counter into a public counter and reset the private counter.
- calls to your FPS function returns the value of the public counter.
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