Review of the main loop timer, converted timers from float to unsigned long,

corrected a number of timing bugs, improved client framerate stability.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/gameserver.h b/src/core/gameserver.h
index ab2bf92..2e1aa2a 100644
--- a/src/core/gameserver.h
+++ b/src/core/gameserver.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef __INCLUDED_CORE_GAMESERVER_H__
 #define __INCLUDED_CORE_GAMESERVER_H__
 
+#include "sys/timer.h"
 #include "core/gameinterface.h"
 #include "core/message.h"
 #include "core/module.h"
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ public:
 	void player_disconnect(Player *player);
 
 	/// run a game server time frame
-	void frame(unsigned long timestamp);
+	virtual void frame(const unsigned long timestamp);
+	
+	/// server timer
+	inline const sys::Timer & timer() {
+		return server_timer;
+	}
 
 	/// a player sends a chat message to the global chat channel
 	void shout(Player *player, std::string const &args);
@@ -70,11 +76,6 @@ public:
 	/// a player sends a command to the game server
 	void exec(Player *player, std::string const &cmdline);
 
-	/// time the server was started
-	inline const unsigned long startup() const {
-		return server_startup;
-	}
-
 	/// request info record with id 
 	virtual Info *request_info(const unsigned int id);
 	
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ private:
 	unsigned int		server_maxplayerid;
 
 	unsigned long		server_previoustime;
-	unsigned long		server_startup;
+	sys::Timer		server_timer;
 };
 
 inline GameServer *server()