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| author | Hugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro> | 2021-09-12 23:04:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Hugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro> | 2021-09-12 23:07:40 +0200 |
| commit | 4a745aa0b8035abf69a2272ec544dc16b0b15de8 (patch) | |
| tree | dc2d9799148d39f41e1694c65f683a577b17b699 | |
| parent | 5f69218edc4f4af574c7a65f077e2e0bf1f28365 (diff) | |
Improve documentation for `Engine.get_process_frames/get_physics_frames()`
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/classes/Engine.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/classes/Engine.xml b/doc/classes/Engine.xml index 8b399f64c9..36590093bd 100644 --- a/doc/classes/Engine.xml +++ b/doc/classes/Engine.xml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <method name="get_frames_drawn"> <return type="int" /> <description> - Returns the total number of frames drawn. If the render loop is disabled with [code]--disable-render-loop[/code] via command line, this returns [code]0[/code]. See also [method get_process_frames]. + Returns the total number of frames drawn. On headless platforms, or if the render loop is disabled with [code]--disable-render-loop[/code] via command line, [method get_frames_drawn] always returns [code]0[/code]. See [method get_process_frames]. </description> </method> <method name="get_frames_per_second" qualifiers="const"> @@ -67,7 +67,13 @@ <method name="get_physics_frames" qualifiers="const"> <return type="int" /> <description> - Returns the total number of frames passed since engine initialization which is advanced on each [b]physics frame[/b]. + Returns the total number of frames passed since engine initialization which is advanced on each [b]physics frame[/b]. See also [method get_process_frames]. + [method get_physics_frames] can be used to run expensive logic less often without relying on a [Timer]: + [codeblock] + func _physics_process(_delta): + if Engine.get_physics_frames() % 2 == 0: + pass # Run expensive logic only once every 2 physics frames here. + [/codeblock] </description> </method> <method name="get_physics_interpolation_fraction" qualifiers="const"> @@ -79,7 +85,13 @@ <method name="get_process_frames" qualifiers="const"> <return type="int" /> <description> - Returns the total number of frames passed since engine initialization which is advanced on each [b]process frame[/b], regardless of whether the render loop is enabled. See also [method get_frames_drawn]. + Returns the total number of frames passed since engine initialization which is advanced on each [b]process frame[/b], regardless of whether the render loop is enabled. See also [method get_frames_drawn] and [method get_physics_frames]. + [method get_process_frames] can be used to run expensive logic less often without relying on a [Timer]: + [codeblock] + func _process(_delta): + if Engine.get_process_frames() % 2 == 0: + pass # Run expensive logic only once every 2 process (render) frames here. + [/codeblock] </description> </method> <method name="get_singleton" qualifiers="const"> |