I have been having a hell of a time getting my program to update at a 60Hz cycle and be able to normalize it so that an object will move 1 unit in 1 second. Does anyone have any advice or sample code I could take a look at? I'm using Obj-C in a SDL main loop. I tried using the callback-thing OSC gave me some time ago, but it isn't working out anymore. Thanks a lot!

EDIT: Wow, kicking myself for this one. I didn't multiply movement by time delta yet. This may not completely solve my problem, but for future reference, I'm getting closer...

This is the standard link on the subject.

http://www.sacredsoftware.net/tutorials/...tion.xhtml

With SDL, use SDL_GetTicks() (and remember that it returns milliseconds elapsed).

OneSadCookie Wrote:This is the standard link on the subject.

http://www.sacredsoftware.net/tutorials/...tion.xhtml

With SDL, use SDL_GetTicks() (and remember that it returns milliseconds elapsed).

Wow, that link is freaking cool! Thanks for the advice. I looked into SDL_GetTicks() before reading this a figured it out from there, but the article you provided should give some really cool insight into proper frame syncing. Thanks again, OSC!

Well, with that in mind, I now have a functional physics engine built in Obj-C. It took me about 2 days of heavy programming and quite a bit of scratch notebook paper, but it's now ready for a complete overhaul. Thank you guys for always having the right answers, and for being willing to help out.