Timer Fix - Printable Version

Timer Fix - Printable Version

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Timer Fix - Slice - 10-19-2011

As seen on SA-MP forums..

I've recently been struggling with timers, and the fact that they aren't accurate by a damn sight. Here's an include that will make your timers accurate by ~5ms.

For example, it will turn this output from one 250ms timer and one 1500ms timer:

Code:
[17:54:33] Time since last call: 293ms (43 ms off)

[17:54:34] Time since last call: 292ms (42ms off)

[17:54:34] Time since last call: 292ms (42ms off)

[17:54:34] Time since last call: 292ms (42ms off)

[17:54:35] Time since last call: 292ms (42ms off)

[17:54:35] Time since last call: 1786ms (286ms off)

[17:54:37] Time since last call: 1756ms (256ms off)

[17:54:38] Time since last call: 1756ms (256ms off)

[17:54:40] Time since last call: 1756ms (256ms off)

[17:54:42] Time since last call: 1756ms (256ms off)

As you can see, the timer is roughly 25% off!

into this:

Code:
[17:55:11] Time since last call: 251ms (1ms off)

[17:55:11] Time since last call: 252ms (2ms off)

[17:55:12] Time since last call: 252ms (2ms off)

[17:55:12] Time since last call: 251ms (1ms off)

[17:55:12] Time since last call: 251ms (1ms off)

[17:55:12] Time since last call: 1498ms (2ms off)

[17:55:14] Time since last call: 1499ms (1ms off)

[17:55:15] Time since last call: 1499ms (1ms off)

[17:55:17] Time since last call: 1500ms (0ms off)

[17:55:18] Time since last call: 1499ms (1ms off)

Usage
You just have to add one single line of code after you included a_samp:

Code:
#include <timerfix>

Limitations
You can, by default, have only 128 timers running at the same time. If you feel the need to increase this, define TIMER_FIX_TIMER_SLOTS before you include the script.
Something to keep in mind is this include causes PAWN to work harder; therefore, you shouldn't have loads of timers running at the same time as it will require higher CPU usage.

Compatibility

Even though the KillTimer function is hooked, it works just fine for timers that weren't created by the hooked SetTimer function.
Currently, it works for SetTimerEx without strings and arrays. If you need to use strings and arrays in your timers, put this before you include timerfix:

Code:
#define TIMER_FIX_DISABLE_EX true

It works well with YSI only if you disable hooking SetTimer Ex (as described right above this). In fact, it increases the accuracy of tasks significantly.

Download
Here: timerfix.inc