Reduce CPU usage and increase FPS

[JeremyaFr]

WIP

Hello,
Here is a new WIP of the time hook.

Press Ctrl+Q to speed up the time.
Press Ctrl+A to slow down the time.

Download:

xwa_hook_time_WIP_2208031130.zip

[Ace Antilles]

WIP

Hello,
Here is a new WIP of the time hook.

Press Ctrl+Q to speed up the time.
Press Ctrl+A to slow down the time.

Download:
xwa_hook_time_WIP_2208031130.zip

The hook itself works fine @JeremyaFr.
I think the amount it's speeded up though is too fast.
It means you have little control and can overshoot things very quickly.
If the speed up time was reduced somewhat then it would be easier to know when to stop.

Would there be anyway of seeing a visual indicator of when the effect is active?

The slow down time works. I can't really tell if it's the right speed but it's ok.

Obviously this does have knock on effects as sounds play out of time or backlogged messages etc.
But it's handy for the times in the missions you are waiting for docking to finish etc.

[AngeI]

WIP

Hello,
Here is a new WIP of the time hook.

Press Ctrl+Q to speed up the time.
Press Ctrl+A to slow down the time.

Download:
xwa_hook_time_WIP_2208031130.zip

@JeremyaFr I just tested, CTRL+Q speeds up and slows down. CTRL+A doesn't do anything.

[JeremyaFr]

WIP

Hello,
Here is a new WIP.

I've reduced the speed up time multiplicator from 10 to 4. The slow down time divisor is 8.
I've added an indicator next to the "Time" HUD string. There is a "+" when the multiplicator is enabled and a "-" when the divisor is enabled.

Download:

xwa_hook_time_WIP_2208041917.zip

[Ace Antilles]

WIP

Hello,
Here is a new WIP of the time hook.

Press Ctrl+Q to speed up the time.
Press Ctrl+A to slow down the time.

Download:
xwa_hook_time_WIP_2208031130.zip

@JeremyaFr I just tested, CTRL+Q speeds up and slows down. CTRL+A doesn't do anything.

It did for me. I had wondered if any window modes cause issues.

Ctrl + A is select all I think in Windows.
So maybe it needs a different key?

Thank you @JeremyaFr those changes sound good. Not sure how soon I can test

[Ace Antilles]

WIP

Hello,
Here is a new WIP.

I've reduced the speed up time multiplicator from 10 to 4. The slow down time divisor is 8.
I've added an indicator next to the "Time" HUD string. There is a "+" when the multiplicator is enabled and a "-" when the divisor is enabled.

Download:
xwa_hook_time_WIP_2208041917.zip

It seems to work fine
Yes it's going to affect missions if used in the wrong places, but as a "cheat" option in right spot it's nice.
Well done Jeremy

[Roshengar]

Works great, thanks!

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've merged the WIP version of the time hook into the stable version.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated the time hook.

I've disabled the time speed in hangar.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated the time hook.

I've fixed a bug with the timeGetTime function.

The timeGetTime function returns the number of milliseconds since the system startup.
This function returns an integer. So the max value is 0x7fffffff.
It overlaps every 24 days. (2147483647 / 1000 / 3600 / 24).
There can be unpredictable things when this happens.

I've fixed this bug by replacing the time since the system startup with the time since the game startup.

[AngeI]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated the time hook.

I've fixed a bug with the timeGetTime function.

The timeGetTime function returns the number of milliseconds since the system startup.
This function returns an integer. So the max value is 0x7fffffff.
It overlaps every 24 days. (2147483647 / 1000 / 3600 / 24).
There can be unpredictable things when this happens.

I've fixed this bug by replacing the time since the system startup with the time since the game startup.

Does this explain why one time I went from fast time to very slow bullet time? I couldn't fix it without restarting.

[JeremyaFr]

Perhaps.

One thing I noticed was keyboard input being broken.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated the time hook.

I've fixed overlap time.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated the time hook.

The time multiplicator/divisor is written to *(float*)0x0781E60.