application:getFps() always "60"

UglyOwl

I've been digging for the answer, couldn't find why

application:getFps()

always returns "60". It stays the same if I change Hardware Frame Rate in the Player or change FPS in the project settings.

(But I figured out how event.deltaTime works It's a neat one)

SinisterSoft

it works for me. What are you using OSX or Windows?

UglyOwl

It's under Windows, Gideros 2015.10.
The code is like this:

stage:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, function(event) bmp:setRotation(bmp:getRotation()+50*event.deltaTime); text:setText(tostring(application:getFps()) .. ", deltaTime=" .. tostring(event.deltaTime)) end)

SinisterSoft

I have this at the beginning of the code:

local frameRate=application:getFps()

Then this in the enter_frame event...

local skip=event.deltaTime*frameRate if skip>1.2 then if frameBalancer<(#objectsAvailable-8) then frameBalancer=frameBalancer+5 end end if skip>1.5 then skip=2 else skip=1 if frameCounter%30==0 and frameBalancer>0 then frameBalancer=frameBalancer-1 end end   local usage=(application:getTextureMemoryUsage()/1024) if usage~=oldUsage then oldUsage=usage print("Texture usage: "..usage.."MB") end local fps = 1/event.deltaTime if fps<40 then print("FPS: "..floor(fps)) end   frameCounter=frameCounter+1

SinisterSoft

The balancer routine is just for me to limit the number of moving object on screen automatically to within only having 3 objects.

My game never goes over 2 frames - if it did then the skip would be too much - so I limit the skip to 2. I then multiply every movement by skip - so skip would either mult by 1 (the same number) or by 2 (I skipped a frame).

SinisterSoft

You will need oldUsage, frameBalancer somewhere in the main program = 0.

UglyOwl

Thank you for code snippets @SinisterSoft !

So it seems that

application:getFps()

only returns what was set by

application:setFps()

I was wrongly assuming that it's a dynamic value determined by the actual viewer

john26

Yes, that is exactly right. And the only options you can set are 30 or 60.

UglyOwl

I'm still a little bit confused. How does Project Properties FPS come into play?

SinisterSoft

that should be the value returned by getFps()

tkhnoman

I probably wrong, but i think currently it's like this:

Desktop export : Project Properties is the only value that would be looked on, so setFps won't do anything.
Mobile export : setFps works as it should be.

john26

Project Properties sets the initial value of FPS when the app starts. You can then change it using setFps. This is the case for both desktop and mobile devices. Note that the value you set in setFps is a target value. The device will never run faster than this but it may be slower if the app cannot keep up.

UglyOwl

Now it makes sense

Thank you for clarification!