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But in gaming, real time means something different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_in_games#Real-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_in_ga
by hansworst 1y ago
But in gaming, real time means something different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_in_games#Real-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_in_games#Real-time
Context matters.
- meheleventyone 1y agoIn game development we still care about the distinction between soft and hard realtime. Almost all games are soft realtime, even if the gameplay itself is turned based as we're processing user input, updating UI, animating things and so on.
- dontlaugh 1y agoA lot of gameplay elements are firm realtime in practice, not unlike something like video decoding.