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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/classes/Engine.xml')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/classes/Engine.xml b/doc/classes/Engine.xml index 8b399f64c9..6e22c58024 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"> @@ -186,6 +198,4 @@ Controls how fast or slow the in-game clock ticks versus the real life one. It defaults to 1.0. A value of 2.0 means the game moves twice as fast as real life, whilst a value of 0.5 means the game moves at half the regular speed. </member> </members> - <constants> - </constants> </class> |