Re: Timer Precedence (Using Multiple Timers)

[Nate Smith <nthdesign at comcast dot net>]

> No, but I'd say the real question is: is this the right way to do it? 
> I think not.  Drive your game with just *one* timer (or a thread, or 
> whatever), and just keep track of how long it's been since the last 
> "drop".  On any frame where that time is a second or more, do your 
> drop in addition to the other animation.
Alright, alright...  I guess I'm not supposed to take the easy way out!

A couple of posts ago Phil suggested the same, using the microseconds() 
function to keep track of how much time has passed.  So, that is what 
I'm doing, and it seems to work very well.
Joe, thanks again for Armageddon.

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Nate Smith
http://www.nth-design.com

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