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I've read about this topic on numerous discussion sites, but I can't seem to find a clear definitive (up-to-date) answer, and hopefully this will me some more insight:

I've read the excellent game loop time article on Fix your timestep!, but it dosn't take any consideration of the CPU usage, so it will run at 100%. My question then, is it BAD to run at 100% CPU in your game loop?

  • If no, why? for example what about gaming on battery-driven devices like laptops? what about computer temperatures/fans/etc, and other windows applications?
  • If yes, why dosn't the article mention it, because surely that would impact it significantly? what is the best way to fix this on desktops/PC - is there only the unreliable sleep()? How would it affect the game loop suggested by the article?

Big thanks

I've read about this topic on numerous discussion sites, but I can't seem to find a clear definitive (up-to-date) answer, and hopefully this will me some more insight:

I've read the excellent game loop time article on Fix your timestep!, but it dosn't take any consideration of the CPU usage, so it will run at 100%. My question then, is it BAD to run at 100% CPU in your game loop?

  • If no, why? for example what about gaming on battery-driven devices like laptops? what about computer temperatures/fans/etc, and other windows applications?
  • If yes, why dosn't the article mention it, because surely that would impact it significantly? what is the best way to fix this on desktops/PC - is there only the unreliable sleep()? How would it affect the game loop suggested by the article?

Big thanks

I've read about this topic on numerous discussion sites, but I can't seem to find a clear definitive (up-to-date) answer, and hopefully this will me some more insight:

I've read the excellent game loop time article on Fix your timestep!, but it dosn't take any consideration of the CPU usage, so it will run at 100%. My question then, is it BAD to run at 100% CPU in your game loop?

  • If no, why? for example what about gaming on battery-driven devices like laptops? what about computer temperatures/fans/etc, and other windows applications?
  • If yes, why dosn't the article mention it, because surely that would impact it significantly? what is the best way to fix this on desktops/PC - is there only the unreliable sleep()? How would it affect the game loop suggested by the article?
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CPU usage, game loop and sleep()

I've read about this topic on numerous discussion sites, but I can't seem to find a clear definitive (up-to-date) answer, and hopefully this will me some more insight:

I've read the excellent game loop time article on Fix your timestep!, but it dosn't take any consideration of the CPU usage, so it will run at 100%. My question then, is it BAD to run at 100% CPU in your game loop?

  • If no, why? for example what about gaming on battery-driven devices like laptops? what about computer temperatures/fans/etc, and other windows applications?
  • If yes, why dosn't the article mention it, because surely that would impact it significantly? what is the best way to fix this on desktops/PC - is there only the unreliable sleep()? How would it affect the game loop suggested by the article?

Big thanks