this stupid thing doesn't want to work for me.

**~~digistr~~** · 08-10-2010, 12:15 AM

alright if i leave it on a 500 , 1000 , 1500 , 2000, 2500 , 3000 TICK etc..

then it works perfectly fine the way i want it.

however if i tried doing any number that isn't in an increment of 500 it gets all messed up and isn't providing the numbers i desire.

basically i made this so all things processed would go accuratly on a tick instead of being for example with 500

496 504 502 497 492 500 502 498
itll be

500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

you can run it on 500 and then run it on 600 to see what i mean.

Code:

public class Process extends Thread {

	private static final double TICK = 500.0;
	private static long currentTime;
	private static long firstTime;
	private static long lastTime;
	private static long lastTime2;
	private static Process process;
	private static boolean notShutdown = true;

	public static void main(String[] s) {
		process = new Process();
	}

	private Process() {
		new Thread(this).start();
	}

	public void run() {
		firstTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        	while (notShutdown) {
			/*Start Of Process*/
				sendMessage();
			/*End Of Process*/
			currentTime =  System.currentTimeMillis();
			double sleep = ((currentTime - firstTime) / (TICK));
			int sleep2 = (int)((sleep - ((int) sleep)) * (TICK));
			System.out.println("Time: "+(currentTime - firstTime)+" sleep: "+(int)((TICK)-sleep2)+" sleep1: "+sleep+" sleep2: "+sleep2);
			try {
				Thread.sleep((int)(TICK) - sleep2);
			} catch (Exception e){ }
        	}
	}

	private static void sendMessage() {
		lastTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - firstTime;
		System.out.println("Time: "+(lastTime)+" DIF: "+(lastTime - lastTime2));
		lastTime2 = lastTime;
	}
}

Example Code Of What It Does.

Code:

Time: 142000 DIF: 500
Time: 142000 sleep: 500 sleep1: 284.0 sleep2: 0
Time: 142500 DIF: 500
Time: 142609 sleep: 391 sleep1: 285.218 sleep2: 109
Time: 143000 DIF: 500
Time: 143094 sleep: 407 sleep1: 286.188 sleep2: 93
Time: 143500 DIF: 500
Time: 143500 sleep: 500 sleep1: 287.0 sleep2: 0
Time: 144000 DIF: 500
Time: 144000 sleep: 500 sleep1: 288.0 sleep2: 0
Time: 144500 DIF: 500
Time: 144500 sleep: 500 sleep1: 289.0 sleep2: 0
Time: 145000 DIF: 500
Time: 145000 sleep: 500 sleep1: 290.0 sleep2: 0
Time: 145500 DIF: 500
Time: 145500 sleep: 500 sleep1: 291.0 sleep2: 0
Time: 146000 DIF: 500

**7Swipe** · 08-10-2010, 01:43 AM

why have all of your variables static?

**Zee Best** · 08-10-2010, 01:51 AM

Code:

int sleep2 = (int)((sleep - ((int) sleep)) * (TICK));

You sure you are ment to be taking away var sleep from itself?

I know you are rounding it by casting it to int but then you are left with

Code:

(< 1) * TICK

I don't understand what you are trying to do.

Im assuming you are trying to do something like;

Code:

long startTime = 0;
long processStart = 0;
long processFinish = 0;
long elapsed = 0;

public void run()
{
	startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
	while (running)
	{
		elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
		processStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
		sendMessage();
		processFinish = System.currentTimeMillis();
		long processTime = (processFinish - processStart);
		int sleep = (int) (TICK - processTime);
		try {
			Thread.sleep(sleep);
		} catch(Exception e) {	
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

**~~digistr~~** · 08-10-2010, 02:03 AM

Well in most servers iv'e downloaded when u do somthing every 600ms

its like

594 598 593 599 600 601 595 604 616 584

etc.. so its not always on a 600 mark even if your minus i have it checking the first time the loop was created and then minus's all that stuff now

running on a 500ms tick it works perfectly however... if i put it on a 600ms tick i start getting the following.

600 16 594 16 578 16 609 or somthing like that.. either way the only the 1st part works.

-------------------------------------

I basically just want a server tick that will be accurate and not somthing where it ticks every 600ms but the actual difference between ticks is 600ms for each thing being processed because it really isn't accurately 600ms its a few numbers less or few number more even if you sleep it correctly.

Running the program on a 500ms tick works out perfectly if you want to see what i mean.

Originally Posted by 7Swipe

why have all of your variables static?

Are you serious?

**Zee Best** · 08-10-2010, 02:06 AM

Then use my example above, that will make sure that it sleeps for the remainder of the tick time, try it.

**~~digistr~~** · 08-10-2010, 02:31 AM

meh forget it i'll just study a bunch of different timer related things till i find somthing that keeps the DIF at 600

This is the above post. the difference is when the sendmessage is told to print out.

the below pretty much represents like all servers thats why i wanna try fixin this issue.

so it'll be 600 600 600 600 every time.

Code:

Time: 0 DIF: 0
Time: 609 DIF: 609
Time: 1203 DIF: 594
Time: 1797 DIF: 594
Time: 2406 DIF: 609
Time: 3000 DIF: 594
Time: 3609 DIF: 609
Time: 4203 DIF: 594
Time: 4812 DIF: 609
Time: 5406 DIF: 594
Time: 6000 DIF: 594
Time: 6609 DIF: 609
Time: 7203 DIF: 594
Time: 7812 DIF: 609
Time: 8406 DIF: 594
Time: 9015 DIF: 609
Time: 9609 DIF: 594
Time: 10219 DIF: 610
Time: 10812 DIF: 593
Time: 11406 DIF: 594
Time: 12015 DIF: 609
Time: 12609 DIF: 594
Time: 13219 DIF: 610
Time: 13812 DIF: 593
Time: 14422 DIF: 610

**~~Colby~~** · 08-10-2010, 04:49 AM

You need to use a CYCLE BASED event manager.

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