Simple way to get frames per second..?

[powerpup118]

Hi,

I know there is a base.setFrameRateMeter(True) call you can make to show the FPS…

I want a more pretty way of displaying it, and I want to add it to some of my own DirectGui elements, I was wondering if there is a way I can get the FPS number?

i.e. base.getFrameRateNumber() <-- would return 60.0 or something similar?

I’ve looked around and thought that maybe just posting would be the best option…

Thanks,
powerpup118

[bigfoot]

globalClock.getAverageFrameRate()

[drwr]

Try globalClock.getAverageFrameRate().

David

[powerpup118]

Hi wow thank you both!

such a speedy reply!

[drwr]

Also note, for the record, that you can create a FrameRateMeter object, which is a subclass of TextNode and therefore has all of the formatting properties that TextNode has (including font, color, what-have-you), except that it automatically updates itself with the current frame rate. So all you have to do is parent a FrameRateMeter anywhere you want and you don’t even have to run a task to keep it updated.

David

[powerpup118]

@drwr

Also note, for the record, that you can create a FrameRateMeter object, which is a subclass of TextNode and therefore has all of the formatting properties that TextNode has (including font, color, what-have-you), except that it automatically updates itself with the current frame rate. So all you have to do is parent a FrameRateMeter anywhere you want and you don’t even have to run a task to keep it updated.

David

Oh! that helps alot, thank you very very much!

what a handy feature