Comments on: Dirty Coding Tricks http://gamesfromwithin.com/dirty-coding-tricks Living the indie life Tue, 15 May 2012 19:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RV http://gamesfromwithin.com/dirty-coding-tricks/comment-page-1#comment-3464 RV Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:07:37 +0000 http://gamesfromwithin.com/?p=604#comment-3464 I definitely "like" the static char buffer trick. Seems like "reserving" 2 megs might be a good idea... Hmmmm... I definitely “like” the static char buffer trick. Seems like “reserving” 2 megs might be a good idea… Hmmmm…

]]> By: Noel http://gamesfromwithin.com/dirty-coding-tricks/comment-page-1#comment-2795 Noel Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:53:36 +0000 http://gamesfromwithin.com/?p=604#comment-2795 Better do it right now, early in the project, before anyone notices! :-) Better do it right now, early in the project, before anyone notices! :-)

]]> By: Michael http://gamesfromwithin.com/dirty-coding-tricks/comment-page-1#comment-2794 Michael Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:52:39 +0000 http://gamesfromwithin.com/?p=604#comment-2794 I definitely "like" the static char buffer trick. Seems like "reserving" 2 megs might be a good idea... Hmmmm... I definitely “like” the static char buffer trick. Seems like “reserving” 2 megs might be a good idea… Hmmmm…

]]> By: Noel http://gamesfromwithin.com/dirty-coding-tricks/comment-page-1#comment-2790 Noel Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:25:04 +0000 http://gamesfromwithin.com/?p=604#comment-2790 Yeah, that's pretty great too. I've never seen the sleep trick, but I've heard of people doing float fps = GetFPS() - 5.0f; and just "fixing" the counter when it looked like it was impossible to get any more performance back. LOL! Yeah, that’s pretty great too. I’ve never seen the sleep trick, but I’ve heard of people doing float fps = GetFPS() – 5.0f; and just “fixing” the counter when it looked like it was impossible to get any more performance back. LOL!

]]> By: mos http://gamesfromwithin.com/dirty-coding-tricks/comment-page-1#comment-2789 mos Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:04:37 +0000 http://gamesfromwithin.com/?p=604#comment-2789 I noticed Ken Demarest was one of the first commenters. One of his dirty tricks was to sprinkle sleeps throughout the code. When it came time to fix up the framerate, reducing or eliminating those sleeps always seemed to do the trick (and make Ken the hero, too!). I always thought it was a little "shady", not "dirty". Or maybe "dirty" is the right word, just not the same connotation. I noticed Ken Demarest was one of the first commenters. One of his dirty tricks was to sprinkle sleeps throughout the code. When it came time to fix up the framerate, reducing or eliminating those sleeps always seemed to do the trick (and make Ken the hero, too!).

I always thought it was a little “shady”, not “dirty”. Or maybe “dirty” is the right word, just not the same connotation.

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