Just How Long...

5 replies · 1,403 views · Started 24 October 2003

Yoshiman 24 Oct 2003, 20:20

Just how long is a tic? How many tics does it take to equal a second? I'm sorta tired of guessing, and I just wanna know.

Dark Nation 24 Oct 2003, 20:34

Each tic is 1/60 of a second, I believe.

*b* 24 Oct 2003, 21:00

OOOOOH! well that's gonna help tremendously! I thought one tic was one second, or something like that. cool! that'll really help my intro, thanks DN!

fatcatfan 24 Oct 2003, 21:13

It's probably more accurate to say a tic is a single frame, and would be 1/60th of a second if you are running at full speed, 60Hz. Or are tics based on the timer rather than the frame counters? I'll have to check...

Raichu86 25 Oct 2003, 00:37

I think it's based on the frames. If you disable VSync (causing current ZC to go super fast), then the tic warps take place faster.

Dark Nation 25 Oct 2003, 22:34

Thanks for correcting me, FCF. A tic is 1 frame long, which is, as FCF said, 1/60 of a second if ZC is running at the right speed. 😊