Re: [pygame] pygame.time.get_ticks() vs. time.clock()

[Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Wyatt wrote:
> the values returned by
> pygame.time.get_ticks() and the time module's clock() method are not
> consistent.
>
> The difference is pretty small, but it is enough to cause a networked
> game to go out of sync within a few seconds.

Even if this difference didn't exist, relying on the local
clocks of two machines to keep them in sync for an extended
period of time seems like a bad idea in the first place.
There needs to be some kind of communication to synchronise
them.

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