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Hello,

I am new to slick2D and I was wondering about http://slick.cokeandcode.com/wiki/doku.php?id=controlling_game_updates

My first goal when making a game is to reach a constant logic rate with a maximum rendering rate. So reading about minimumLogicRate and maximumLogicRate, these functions appear to be obvious but only if both are set to same value, is there any interest setting both with different rate values ?

While I'm actually a beginner too, I suppose one could want to make it so the game tries to update at LEAST every 30th of a second, but they want to cap it at 60, so it doesn't look jumpy on the FPS.

I don't know really, but that's just my guess

I think Crockeo is right, the updates are bounded as described, but as for your question...



This is probably the mindset that makes these two methods seem mutually dependent. You say you want a constant logic rate, and this can certainly be done in Slick. However, most of slick is designed around the idea that a game may have a variable logic rate. This is done through the variable "delta", the last parameter of the update method. It is a long integer representing the number of milliseconds passed, and can be used to time things like movement. This allows the game to run on fast machines and slow machines without a speed change in the games logic, while still allowing the game to take advantage of the speeds of a faster computer.

If you find it easier to use a fixed logic update interval, and are not worried that your game will be too intense for slower systems, then you can continue to use a fixed logic interval. But for many, these methods are quite useful separately.

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