frame times

[jimerickson]

how does one go about determining frame times? is there a utility that will do this? thank you and best regards.

[Zagen30]

The most direct method would be to find the log file for your client; this is found in the folder where the client is installed and is called "FAHlog.txt" The client writes various information here, mostly updates about it completing a frame. You can manually calculate the frame times from the timestamps on each frame completion.

Much easier, though, would be to use a third-party monitoring client like FahMon. FahMon, at least (haven't used any others), keeps track of benchmarks for every project that you've run, including the frame times.

[bruce]

Sample:

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[04:35:23] Writing local files
[04:35:23] Completed 90000 out of 1500000 steps  (6%)
[05:35:22] Writing local files
[05:35:22] Completed 105000 out of 1500000 steps  (7%)
[06:35:15] Writing local files
[06:35:15] Completed 120000 out of 1500000 steps  (8%)
[07:35:08] Writing local files
[07:35:08] Completed 135000 out of 1500000 steps  (9%)
[08:35:02] Writing local files
[08:35:02] Completed 150000 out of 1500000 steps  (10%)

The 7% frame is from [04:35:23] to [05:35:22] so it's 59m 59s
The 8% frame is from [05:35:22] to [06:35:15] so it's 59m 53s
The 9% frame is from [06:35:15] to [07:35:08] so it's 59m 53s
The 10% frame is from [07:35:08] to [08:35:02] so it's 59m 54s

Or

Four frames are from [04:35:23] to [08:35:02] so that's 3h 59m 39s and if you divide by 4, that's an average of 59m 55 s (rounding).

Unless you enjoy calculating times like that, you'll get a program to do it for you.