On: High resolution timers and high uptime headaches

[sehugg]

Windows CE has a 32-bit uptime counter (GetTickCount()) that wraps after ~49 days, but on startup it sets the value so that it wraps around in three minutes, increasing the likelihood that overflow bugs will be sussed out during development. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3231781

[zamalek → sehugg]

On Windows proper it has a resolution of 15ms, which is nowhere precise enough for games.