Spodi, about Double Tick Count

[Matt]

You could easily just do it once every minute or two. It doesn't have to be often.

I have no idea how threading would help at all, unless you are using the thread in a completely stupid manner like spawning a new thread just to send the packet after an elapsed amount of time.

threads are not bad. in vb.net, you would do something like

Code:

dim T as Threading.Thread
sub form1_Load(byval sender as object, byval e as system.eventArgs) handles form1.load
T = new threading.thread(addressof CheckClientsSpeed)
T.Priority = Priority.low
t.Start
end sub

Code:

sub CheckClientsSpeed()

while true
threading.thread.currentThread.sleep(40000) ' 40 seconds
'um using my engine as an example

Dim myEnumerator As IDictionaryEnumerator = _USERS.GetEnumerator()
  While myEnumerator.MoveNext()
   If UserOnline(DirectCast(myEnumerator.Value, clsPlayer)) Then
    SendTo(DirectCast(myEnumerator.Value, clsPlayer), PTD.TimeRequest)
   End If
End While

end while
end sub

or if you were more oop

Code:

sub CheckClientsSpeed()

while true
threading.thread.currentThread.sleep(40000) ' 40 seconds
'um using my engine as an example

SendToAll(PTD.TimeRequest)

end while
end sub

threads reduce the strain on a program and can speed things up alot, but you run into lots of problems accessing forms with other threads and stuff.

This is NOT VB.Net. So nobody cares what you can do or how you would do it in .Net.