Clock Weirdness

[RocketSquid]

I haven't yet experienced the "clock weirdness" that happens once the time overflows, but I'd like to know when that happens (in-game time), and if it varies between 64-bit and 32-bit builds.

[Rocket In My Pocket]

Well...once you've got your DeLorean up to 88mph and your flux capacitor charged with 1.21 gigawatts you can expect some serious flux dispersal to happen.

You should be time travelling shortly thereafter.

Best of luck!

[Gojira1000]

@ 70 years in 32 bit and never in 64

[Vanamonde]

Please keep the discussion to serious questions and answers in this section of the forum. 

[RocketSquid]

This is an actual question, not a joke. The clock does, in fact, get screwy at some point, and I'm trying to learn when.

[FullMetalMachinist]

There was a discussion on this a while back. Feel free to read through it and see if it answers your question, though I'm not sure if all the info is still current. Even if it is it might change when 1.1 comes out. 

 

[pincushionman]

 

On March 23, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Gojira1000 said:

@ 70 years in 32 bit and never in 64

Does 64-bit make a difference? There's nothing stopping a 32-bit application from defining a time variable as a 64-bit-based value. Likewise, a 64-bit application is free to assign it to a 32-bit one. Or 16-bit. Or whatever. Does Unity use a different type for its time variable between the versions?

[Gojira1000]

64 bit (well, in U5 at least) does make the difference - Roverdude explained it to me, once. I just nodded lots and remembered 70 years/120-million-years or whatever it was.

[Vanamonde]

The question is serious, but some of the answers were not and have been removed from this thread. Second warning, guys: keep it on-topic.