Change: allow video-drivers to miss deadlines slightly

Before, every next frame was calculated from the current time.
If for some reason the current frame was drifting a bit, the
next would too, and the next more, etc etc. This meant we rarely
hit the targets we would like, like 33.33fps.

Instead, allow video-drivers to drift slightly, and schedule the
next frame based on the time the last should have happened. Only
if the drift gets too much, that deadlines are missed for longer
period of times, schedule the next frame based on the current
time.

This makes the FPS a lot smoother, as sleeps aren't as exact as
you might think.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/video/dedicated_v.cpp b/src/video/dedicated_v.cpp
index 057c0daa8..7b1abbadd 100644
--- a/src/video/dedicated_v.cpp
+++ b/src/video/dedicated_v.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void VideoDriver_Dedicated::MainLoop()
 {
 	auto cur_ticks = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 	auto last_realtime_tick = cur_ticks;
-	auto next_tick = cur_ticks;
+	auto next_game_tick = cur_ticks;
 
 	/* Signal handlers */
 #if defined(UNIX)
@@ -292,8 +292,14 @@ void VideoDriver_Dedicated::MainLoop()
 			last_realtime_tick += delta;
 		}
 
-		if (cur_ticks >= next_tick || _ddc_fastforward) {
-			next_tick = cur_ticks + std::chrono::milliseconds(MILLISECONDS_PER_TICK);
+		if (cur_ticks >= next_game_tick || _ddc_fastforward) {
+			if (_ddc_fastforward) {
+				next_game_tick = cur_ticks + std::chrono::milliseconds(MILLISECONDS_PER_TICK);
+			} else {
+				next_game_tick += std::chrono::milliseconds(MILLISECONDS_PER_TICK);
+				/* Avoid next_game_tick getting behind more and more if it cannot keep up. */
+				if (next_game_tick < cur_ticks - std::chrono::milliseconds(ALLOWED_DRIFT * MILLISECONDS_PER_TICK)) next_game_tick = cur_ticks;
+			}
 
 			GameLoop();
 			InputLoop();