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From: morgan@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Alan Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Timing in a Game
Keywords: Tron, Timing
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Date: 23 Apr 91 08:54:34 GMT
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I am in the process of writing a Tron-style game to be released (I hope)
as freeware in the near future (it has a few improvements over other
such games I have seen like 2 player mode and saved high-scores to name
but two.  Anyway, even if you are sick of them, it won't stop me).
But I have a problem with the delay function.

I advance each little dude (players and bad-guys) and then have to wait
a little until I can advance them again.  They question is how to cause
this wait.  I was originally using the Delay function but it is far too
long even with Delay(1), so for right now I am forced to use a for
loop even though I know I will go to hell for it and have my genitals
roasted over an open fire (or something).

Ideally what I want is something that can give me a machine independent,
non-busy delay of about, say, 1/100 of a second.  Any takers?  Should I
be using the internal clock in some arcane way? HELP!

Alan Morgan
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Amiga and Macintosh users aren't *that* different.  They both hate IBM's.