[squeakland] Re: Tick Rate not accurate

[Bert Freudenberg]

There is no visible indication if this is enabled. If you want a script to run multiple times per tick, use a times-repeat block. At least there it is in plain sight what's happening.

I think this obscure "feature" comes from a time when there was no repeat block.

- Bert -


Am 03.06.2010 um 06:07 schrieb Ricardo Moran <richi.moran at gmail.com>:

> Why is it hidden? It seems like a very nice feature to me.
> 
> Richo
> 
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki at vpri.org> wrote:
> At Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:18:19 -0400,
> Steve Thomas wrote:
> >
> > Bert, thanks for the explanation.
> >
> > So if the default max Tick Rate is 50, should remove 100 from the list of selectable tick rates?
> >
> > "Other..." still makes sense (especially 0.1 for ticking every 10 seconds), but we should have some warning so folks
> > know the limitations. The warning could be when you select Other in the dialog box that pops up. ex: "Max Rate is 50 per
> > second, can change in preferences").
> >
> > My major purpose for using Etoys is playing around ;) no specific need at this point in time. I noticed the problem when
> > running Randy's Dice Roll project and was simply trying to figure out how things worked.
> 
>  Just FYI, there is a hidden feature called "fires per tick" (only
> present in the scriptor menu when etoyFriendly preference is off) to
> specify how many times the script should be executed per tick.  For
> example, if you set the number high in Randy's Dice Roll, the bar
> graph grows more rapidly.
> 
> -- Yoshiki
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