Minimum timer period?

I forgot how much it is.
Was it 0.035 or 0.037 ?
I cant find it anywhere ...

zero

That was correct but was not funny.
Can someone give me the number plz?

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0.0 is the minimum timer period...

What kind of a timer would have a timeout 0 Vex? Daelin said that it's 0.035, but I think it goes all the way to 0.02, I'm not sure.......wait a minute, if that what Vex said was true, then a timer can have an infinitely small timeout. If not, then it doesn't make sense.

Ah so it is 0.035 after all.

What Vexorian meant is that when you put it to zero
game will revamp it to 0.035 by default.

Like I said not funny but correct nevertheless.

Dude, I use 0.0 timers all over the place.
Some things don't work directly on an event callback, like the actual damage of a damage event is always applied 0.0 after the event fires.
That means in cases where you need to PREVENT that damage, you need to run a timer for 0.0.
There are other times where it can be useful as well.

They're not lying to you. Zero is the minimum. If you're asking what's the best choice for a periodic timer, that's really your preference. Though, I wouldn't suggest zero unless you need it.

Edit:
Seriously? How did I not know this until now? If I'm understanding you correctly, that could make things much easier for me.

0.00 is not 0.02, and it definitely isn't 0.035 , 0 seconds timers are instant, they are called exactly after the current thread dies or sleeps (no delays at all), which is very useful.

If you want periodic timers + rendering then I've seen 0.001 use more executions per seconds than 0.01 which also does more executions per seconds than 0.035

It's the principle my passive mana shield works on.
So yeah. :p

So then what was that 0.035 number all about?
I can understand that 0.0 timer will fire instantly after current thread,
but there is a minimum to a non zero timers,
you cannot set it to 0.0000001 and expect it to fire million times a second,
it simply won't work.

So let me refraze my question:
Does anyone know what is the minimum non-zero timer period ?

EDIT:
I don't need this for rendering of course,
anyone using less than 0.04 for that is simply a dumbass.

I'm assuming that was a recommendation because 0.035 worked well with HandleVars. And the minimum is whatever the lowest precision the floating-point allows. I'd guess it to be 0.001, but that's just a guess based on my experience, I've never tried it. But, consider, "Is it really reasonable to use anything less than 0.01 anyway?" Unless you have a very specific need for a period that fast, I doubt it.

Edit: Using parallel arrays a 0.02 second timer is not uncommon. :P

Framerate is generally 0.033 (30 fps) for most computers.
Needing anything lower than that is retarded (Unless it's 0.0).
There might be case scenarios that need lower. *Shrugs*

I've never tested for accuracy past 0.01, which I know runs exactly 100 times per second.
So if you can use that as a gauge, the minimum is somewhere between 0.00 and 0.01

why exactly do you prevent damage 0.0 after its done again?

whenever I have spells like that, I just detect when the unit is damaged and heal it for the damage amount

what are you talking about?

Actually the human eye can only perceive up to 25 fps
(that is the reason almost all divx is encoded as 25 fps)
therefore 25fps = 0.04 period is the best value.

Now the reason I need 0.00001 period is because
I am making an atomic bomb "simulation"
I am from Korea btw.