Javascript - Can't Adjust FrameRate - requestanimationframe

Question

I start the loop

function gameLoop(){
   update();
   draw();
   requestAnimFrame(gameLoop);
}

var requestAnimFrame =  window.requestAnimationFrame ||
                  


        

Answer 1

A bit late to the party, but here's how to get the benefit of RAF while also controlling frames/second.

Note: requestAnimationFrame now has a better way of doing things than by using the code pattern in my original 3 year old original answer ... see my update below for the new and improved way.

[Update: requestAnimationFrame now has a better way of throttling]

The new version of requestAnimationFrame now automatically sends in a current timestamp that you can use to throttle your code execution.

Here is example code to execute your code every 1000ms:

var nextTime=0;
var delay=1000;

function gameLoop(currentTime){
    if(currentTime

}