How do I get a consistent client-sided loop?

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#1

I’ve tried renderstepped, and it takes ~1 second to get a value to 100.
I then lowered my fps cap to 30, and it took ~3.5 seconds to get to 100.
I tried while task.wait() do, but the same thing. When I lower my fps cap it slows the loop.
I don’t want to use heartbeat because I think it has to rely on the server. (correct my if I’m wrong.)
How do I get a client-sided loop that doesn’t rely on the server nor framerate?

#4

Stick to one at a time, dont just create a bunch of topics.

#5

Ok well I have a lot of questions that no-one seemed to ask.

#6

btw what do you mean exactly by “Consistent Client-sided loop”?

so from what im reading, you want a loop to continue without FPS slowing it, not sure if thats possible

#7

a loop that runs in a local script that doesn’t rely on the server

#8

That’s a completely different question and belongs in a different thread.

@KUW_Alt1
The solution here is delta time, the first parameter of RenderStepped. It represents the elapsed time in seconds since the last frame, so it scales with FPS. At a theoretically stable and unchanging FPS of 55, it will be 1/55 of a second. Multiply it with number to make that number ‘per second’.

RenderStepped:Connect(function(dt)
    num += 100 * dt -- 100 per second
end)
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#9

Well I don’t need a value to reach 100 in one second, it’s going to be used for things like tweens, and more complex than just values.

#10

You can’t guarantee that anything happens exactly on time. That’s the nature of lag. The best you can do is use dt to compensate for it, or use task.wait with a more forgiving delay such as 0.1

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#11

You answered it yourself, create a loop in a local script and it will run on the client.

#12

The server and client share the load for physics simulation. Each one has their own independent Heartbeat/Stepped events. If you use either in a LocalScript it will be client-side.

What @JarodOfOrbiter said is completely correct. RenderStepped, BindToRenderStep, Heartbeat, Stepped, a while loop with a task.wait() (which returns the actual time it took!)—no matter what your loop is, you are fundamentally not guaranteed a consistent time step and have to scale whatever effect you have by the actual delta time.

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