How can i use DeltaTime to make better timers?

[Windsonnes (Hexer)]

I saw there is a way of using DeltaTime to make timers that can compensate for FPS drops, and in general just be better than using wait(), but i don’t know how to apply it.

I’ve looked into the DevHub and into some topics, still can’t visualize whats going on; i’m very confused. Can anyone explain it in detail?

I’m trying to make a function does something exactly every one second, forever on

[Isaque232]

Hi! I recommend reading this page:

Using DeltaTime

I haven’t seen anything about this, so I will make this my first tutorial. What is DeltaTime? DeltaTime is the time between events. This is extremely useful, often used to make sure frame rate makes no difference on what happens. The focus of this thread will be on DeltaTime with RunService events, wait, spawn, and delay. Why use DeltaTime? Since DeltaTime is the time in between events, this can be used with RunService events/wait when timing is important. RunService events are tied directly …

As it explains that very well, it will definetly help you!

[Cosmental (Evelyn)]

While DeltaTime is a solution to your question, I would personally recommend using ticks instead of DeltaTimes.

Ticks will help compensate for FPS drops, lag and any other sort of freeze time between frames.
I personally have used ticks for live timers and I am yet to see a flaw with them.

You can most likely get an accurate timer by using the CurrentTick - StartTick method.
Example:

local StartTick = tick();
wait(1)
print(tick() - StartTick.." seconds have passed!")

[CoderHusk]

in physics for each time step we get the time dilation and multiply that by our acceleration.