[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#8073) win32: unit moves aren't smooth

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8073 >

James Canete wrote:

> Looks like 10ms resolution, which I suppose is alright, especially when
> you take into account that that's the equivalent of a 100hz refresh rate.

Should be okay.

> It fixes the animation, but we waste a lot of time erasing and redrawing
> the sprite when it hasn't moved.  Other programs might want to have that
> time.  :)

Err, oops.  I guess I didn't consider that we might be spinning in 
place.  This is easy enough to fix, though it does mean a few ugly lines 
of code.

> So the timers are good for just animation, but are there any situations
> in the code where we'll need 1ms resolution?

Doubtful.  Of course if you can find a better function we can use it.

jason