What platform? (linux/win32)? On linux realtime is just accumulating changes from repeated calls to gettimeofday() Have you compared gpGlobals->realtime to the output of Plat_FloatTime() ? Are they both slow/stopped or just realtime?
Has anyone else encountered this problem? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:10 PM > To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] gpGlobals->realtime standing still > > I've found that this bug seems to actually have two > components, neither of which the mod has seemingly any control over. > > The first I mentioned below is that realtime will stand still > before periods up to 1 seconds or so if something else on the > box is using lots of CPU. > > There is a second, rarer bug in the engine where realtime > will begin advancing more slowly. It is moving forward > monotonically, but at a rate of increase of about 1/10th > normal. Strangely this bug seems to fix itself if more > players join the server. Ie, 2 players will be on and the > bug suddenly occurs. The bug will then last for maybe 5 or > 15 minutes, and then when someone else joins, the core engine > wakes up and fixes the bug. > > At 2006/03/08 10:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I first noticed a symptom of this about a year ago when I > first began using the HL2 SDK. It wasn't until the last > couple days though that I realized exactly what was going on. > > > >Occasionally gpGlobals->realtime will stand still for some > period of time. As far as I can tell this is outside the > mod's control so I guess it's another bug in the srcds core, > similar, but seemingly distinct from the famous vphysics bug. > It's seemingly similar in that the some animations can get > screwed up if they rely on gpGlobals->realtime. > > > >It's easy to repro lots of little stops - just run some > other program that uses 100% cpu. Sometimes it will stop or > slow way down for minutes at a time. It's unclear though > what causes the leap from lots of little stops to long-term > slowdown and stops. > > > >Is there any way to fix this? > > > >I was considering going through all the places that > currently rely on gpGlobals->realtime, and switching them to > use system clock time or something, but it doesn't seem like > a realistic solution. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
