Discussion Simple framerate independent method

Can this be considered a simple yet effective framerate independent method ?

Code (CSharp):

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2. void Update()
3. {
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5.         if (Time.deltaTime < SPECIFIC_AMOUNT_OF_FIXED_TIME) return;
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7. }

 

Time.deltaTime

is the time between frames.
So your if statement there wouldn't make sense.

If you want a fixed time update there's

FixedUpdate

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.FixedUpdate.html

What are you trying to achieve?

 

Absolutely not.

What if you never get a frame that takes longer than your interval? Your Update() would always early-out return.

Instead, set the framerate you want using the Unity API, or else keep a

float timeElapsed;

variable and steadily increase it by Time.deltaTime each frame.

Then check that variable, and when it exceeds your interval, subtract your interval (DO NOT ZERO the variable!) and do one update.