Topic: Scripted GetFPS() function

[Scorpiorus]

When I was using the built-in FPS counter it just occured to me that game designer may want to provide his game with a special option to show frames per second (FPS) speed. Using the internal one is possible but there are two events when you can't:

1. Using built-in FPS counter (Debug(4,1) is possible only if debug mode is turned on. But it should be disabled for finally released game.

2. You want to use another font/color for your game's fps textstring.

NOTE: You can't use GetGameSpeed() as it only returns currently set game speed not actual one.

So here is it:

GetFPS();
Returns current FPS speed.

Next the source script & installation instructions:
Place the next lines into the main global script:// main global script file

int var_fps=0;
int var_fpslast=0;
int var_prevtime=0;

function GetFPS() {
  return var_fpslast;
}

function FPS_Repeatedly() {
  var_fps++;
  int curtime = GetRawTime();
  if (curtime-var_prevtime>=1) {
     var_fpslast = var_fps;
     var_prevtime = curtime;
     var_fps=0;
  }
}


Place the next line into repeatedly_execute() function:// main global script file
function repeatedly_execute() {

   FPS_Repeatedly();


}

And finally into the script header part:import function GetFPS();



Now you may use it to display FPS speed using TextOverlays or something else:

repeatedly execute the next code:
...
string FPS_string;
StrFormat(FPS_string, "Game speed (FPS): %d", GetFPS());
//SetTextOverlay (int overlay_id, int x, int y, int width, int font, int color, string text)
SetTextOverlay (id, 5, 170, 150, 0, 15, FPS_string);
//note: you have to create TextOverlay first: id = CreateTextOverlay(...);
...

or just use GUI labels.

That's all. Have fun

EDIT:Since the GetFPS function calculates the number of calls (for each second) of repeatedly_execute() function it will not update the FPS value if the script is blocked. Just for reference.

-Cheers

Edit by strazer:

To make it update during blocking sequences, you can use repeatedly_execute_always now.