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Subject: Re: get_ms() bug

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 15:41:53 05/13/04

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On May 13, 2004 at 16:11:34, Jeff GAZET wrote:

>hi,
>
>All versions of my engine have got a bug since a few hours : you can't set a
>fixed depth :-(
>
>for those who are using something like this :
>
>int stop_time;
>stop_time=get_ms()+1000;
>
>this is buggy now, as get_ms()>2146589376
>and long is 2147483647

I had a similar bug in Falcon, and I discovered it just one day before the Graz
WCCC! I don't remember what exactly went wrong there, but since then I am using
Windows' GetTickCount() function.





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