Function processTimeEvent

Engine/source/app/mainLoop.cpp:141–211

Process a time event and update all sub-processes

// Process a time event and update all sub-processes
void processTimeEvent(S32 elapsedTime)
{
   PROFILE_START(ProcessTimeEvent);

   // If recording a video and not playinb back a journal, override the elapsedTime
   if (VIDCAP->isRecording() && !Journal::IsPlaying())
      elapsedTime = VIDCAP->getMsPerFrame();   
   
   // cap the elapsed time to one second
   // if it's more than that we're probably in a bad catch-up situation
   if(elapsedTime > 1024)
      elapsedTime = 1024;
   
   U32 timeDelta;
   if(ATTS(gTimeAdvance))
      timeDelta = ATTS(gTimeAdvance);
   else
      timeDelta = (U32) (elapsedTime * ATTS(gTimeScale));
   
   Platform::advanceTime(elapsedTime);
   
   // Don't build up more time than a single tick... this makes the sim
   // frame rate dependent but is a useful hack for singleplayer.
   if ( ATTS(gFrameSkip) )
      if ( timeDelta > TickMs )
         timeDelta = TickMs;

   bool tickPass;
   
   PROFILE_START(ServerProcess);
   tickPass = serverProcess(timeDelta);
   PROFILE_END();
   
   PROFILE_START(ServerNetProcess);
   // only send packets if a tick happened
   if(tickPass)
      GNet->processServer();
   // Used to indicate if server was just ticked.
   Con::setBoolVariable( "$pref::hasServerTicked", tickPass );
   PROFILE_END();

   
   PROFILE_START(SimAdvanceTime);
   Sim::advanceTime(timeDelta);
   PROFILE_END();
   
   PROFILE_START(ClientProcess);
   tickPass = clientProcess(timeDelta);
   // Used to indicate if client was just ticked.
   Con::setBoolVariable( "$pref::hasClientTicked", tickPass );
   PROFILE_END_NAMED(ClientProcess);
   
   PROFILE_START(ClientNetProcess);
   if(tickPass)
      GNet->processClient();
   PROFILE_END();
   
   GNet->checkTimeouts();