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1.3 API proposals for audio subsystem. Nothing in here is guaranteed to stay as-is! And none of it is implemented yet! Use at own risk!
author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
date Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:34:05 +0000
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>#define TICK_INTERVAL    30

static Uint32 next_time;

Uint32 time_left(void)
{
    Uint32 now;

    now = SDL_GetTicks();
    if(next_time &#60;= now)
        return 0;
    else
        return next_time - now;
}


/* main game loop */

    next_time = SDL_GetTicks() + TICK_INTERVAL;
    while ( game_running ) {
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        next_time += TICK_INTERVAL;
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