what does mean: Warn: Entity delays (func_timer|#230) has wait.variance >= wait.time ?

[ghost]

Loading tremship gives this warning. I have searched a bit but could not guess what this warning is about exactly. @cu-kai any idea?

[cu-kai]

This could be a map bug, I see a func_timer without a wait period.

"classname" "func_timer"
"origin" "2296 -1144 64"
"targetname" "delays"
"target" "delay1"

[ghost]

but what is this variance thing?

[cu-kai]

According to the code, it is the wait time - FRAMETIME.

see:

Unvanquished/src/sgame/sg_spawn_shared.cpp

Lines 239 to 248 in 1a4716f

	if ( self->config.wait.variance >= self->config.wait.time && self->config.wait.variance > 0)
	{
	self->config.wait.variance = self->config.wait.time - FRAMETIME;
	if( g_debugEntities.Get() > -1)
	{
	Log::Warn( "Entity %s has wait.variance >= wait.time", etos( self ) );
	}
	}
	}

[ghost]

Oh! So, the problem would be delays that are too fast for the game to handle! It's probably intended to be something like "immediate" but then why would one use a delay anyway?
Maybe some trem mods had very low values for FRAMETIME?

[cu-kai]

Good question. We never had such cvars on Tremulous so this error never existed.

[ghost]

It is not a cvar, it's a define, i think

[cu-kai]

Sorry, specifically I was referring to g_debugEntities.

[ghost]

Apparently, entities with "random" or "wait" can have 2 values, 1st being a time, and 2nd the "variance".
Now, I can not see such situation in the bsp.