Originally Posted by Raze
Casting Bless, I got slightly different times the first try than on subsequent ones (subsequent times differed by less than a second). I don't know if that is because I didn't move or do anything else between casts, or if a couple programs I left running in the background were slowing the game down, or something.

Bless level 1 (15 time units)
Direct3D - 20s first try, 18-19s subsequent (~1.2s/time unit)
DirectDraw - 25.5s first try, 24s 2nd/3rd (~1.6s/time unit)

Bless level 5 (120 time units)
Direct3D - 172s first try, 181s 2nd/3rd (~1.5s/time unit)
DirectDraw - 238s first try, 210s 2nd/3rd (~1.75s/time unit)


thanks Raze man!

now it would be awesome if i could get my game to run at 1.75 sec per time unit. it would make things so much easier.

and while you are here raze, what does frost(5) mean? 5 time units? also lightening(5) and poison(5) and so on.