Frame rate and timer: am I missing something?

[Microbe]

Hi everybody!

Many apps I made in MMF 1.5 use timer triggered events and actions. Before I convert those apps to MMF2, I wanted to see how the new frame rate option is reliable. So I made this little test, with 1000 FPS selected:

[events]

Clicking on the button start the "Test chrono" Group events

*Button clicked
-Hide list
-Set counter1 to timer
-Activate Group "Test chrono"

In the Group events "Test chrono", every 00.20, timer value is put in a new line in the list object for 5 seconds

.Test chrono
*Every 00.20
-Set counter2 to timer
-Add line Str$(value("counter2"))
*timer + 5000>=value("timer1")
-Deactivate group "Test chrono"
-show list [/g]

[/events]

And nothing shows up in the list, as the group is deactivated after 3ms, not 5 seconds...

Any cue?

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[Microbe]

Oops! My mistake! [blush]

Action should be: timer >=value("timer1") + 5000

Sorry!

Now, for your information, an app at 1000 RPS with a condition that says "always" capture timer for a 200ms duration returns about 70 captures. That's about a capture every 3ms. Which is fast. Not as fast as 1 every ms but still very fast!

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