Problem with weapon fire rate

[TruestBlu]

The way I do my firerate check is the following

shootCheck = function(dt)
	local canShoot = md

	if canShoot and (tick() - lastShot) >= (60 / module.cgun.gmod.firerate) then
		shoot()
		lastShot = tick()
	end
end

The problem is that this is ran in a RenderStepped loop, which isn’t good because if any gun firerates are < 0.1 (60 / 600) then they fire at 0.1 RPS.

Is there any solution to this?
(I am aware ROBLOX has added an official FPS unlocker so this is obsolete, but oh well)

Video of this happening:

Keep an eye on the goal and actual firerates ^

[dthecoolest]

You can use an accumulator so sometimes in one frame you fire 2 bullets to compensate for low framerates.

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 directl…

[TruestBlu]

I’ll see what I can do. Thanks for the suggestion

[TruestBlu]

It works! Thank you for fixing this miniscule bug.