How long are "ticks"

[Edrick]

I know this was posted not too long ago (relatively), but I can't remember where or what it was in relation to. Tried searching already, and it just didn't come up with much that I was looking for. Basically, someone had said that the ticks for refresh/regen/DOT/etc go on a repeating pattern like 2 sec, 3 sec, 2 sec, 2 sec, blah blah...

Anyone know exactly what that pattern is?

[Umbra]

pretty sure it's just 3 seconds

[Edrick]

Well, the "average" is 2.88, but some ticks are obviously longer than other ticks. Someone pointed out a concrete pattern... somewhere... lol. Some ticks were 2 seconds, others were 3 seconds... I wish I could find that post. lol

[Edrick]

Ok, I just did the math, and it looks like with 2.88 seconds average per tick, you come up with 17 seconds per "period", which sounds about how long it took for the pattern to repeat, if I remember correctly... And that makes for 6 ticks per 17 seconds...

Well, if someone remembers the thread it had the actual pattern in, that'd be nice to know, too.

[BerenTebogo]

4 posts in your own topic, and 3 are by you.

Nice.

[aurik]

Most likely: all ticks are the same length, and variation is due to lag / human reaction delay

[Tricen]

Most likely: all ticks are the same length, and variation is due to lag / human reaction delay

Aren't helixes like.... 10second tics or whatever?

[Tajin]

Aren't "ticks" in the same lenght than vanadiel minutes?

[Valisk]

Well, the "average" is 2.88, but some ticks are obviously longer than other ticks. Someone pointed out a concrete pattern... somewhere... lol. Some ticks were 2 seconds, others were 3 seconds... I wish I could find that post. lol

This?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25804&p=798044&hilit=length+of +ticks#p798044

Edit: took all of one tick to find

Edit2: Just gonna quote it so you dont have to go back and forth between pages/tabs.

1 Vana'Diel day is exact 3456 RL seconds. That'll make each game minute tick 2.4 seconds, which follows your rounded tick pattern.

Yeah, except as I mentioned before, the ticks are not equal in actual length. They are not 2.4 seconds each, the are in fact either 2 or 3 seconds. The 5 tick pattern is 12 seconds total and repeats itself exactly 288 times per in game day (24 hours * 60 ticks)/(pattern of 5 ticks) = 288. Also, 288*12 = 3456 seconds.

Its probabaly due to round, floor, or ceil used in their calculations.

[aurik]

In truth it's probably constant rate but it appears as 2 or 3 seconds because the server only sends updates only periodically (ie, every 60 frames).

It would be an extremely bizarre decision to spend additional effort programming for variable-length ticks.

[Starr]

How long is a hMP tick?

[Aerides]

healing/resting ticks are 10 secs real time.

[Seditedi]

I thought the first hMP tick took longer to tick than those after.

[Max™]

A tick is about 1/8th to 1/4th of an inch long.

A tic varies as was said in the replies above.

[Edrick]

Well, the "average" is 2.88, but some ticks are obviously longer than other ticks. Someone pointed out a concrete pattern... somewhere... lol. Some ticks were 2 seconds, others were 3 seconds... I wish I could find that post. lol

This?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25804&p=798044&hilit=length+of +ticks#p798044

Edit: took all of one tick to find

Edit2: Just gonna quote it so you dont have to go back and forth between pages/tabs.

1 Vana'Diel day is exact 3456 RL seconds. That'll make each game minute tick 2.4 seconds, which follows your rounded tick pattern.

Yeah, except as I mentioned before, the ticks are not equal in actual length. They are not 2.4 seconds each, the are in fact either 2 or 3 seconds. The 5 tick pattern is 12 seconds total and repeats itself exactly 288 times per in game day (24 hours * 60 ticks)/(pattern of 5 ticks) = 288. Also, 288*12 = 3456 seconds.

Its probabaly due to round, floor, or ceil used in their calculations.

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

Now I just need to remember why I needed that info. >.>

[Drex]

First resting tic is 20 seconds, each after is 10

[Koyangi]

How does Meditate with af1 helm + af2 hands sometimes produce 180 TP (seen it once on myself), but I've never seen 140 return?

[Vxsote]

Refresh/DoT/Etc. ticks are exactly 3 seconds long. They also have nothing to do with Vana time minutes. If you don't believe me, get a stopwatch and test it properly. 2.88 is total bullshit... quit fucking up the wiki with misinformation please.