C++ Timer, Call Function every seconds

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@Makotech222;245645

I’m making an RTS game that will rely on deterministic ticks on client side. I’d like my timers to tick every x amount of seconds, and be synchronized across clients in the game. Will timers be accurate in that sense? Can i rely on timers on different clients ticking at the same time?

Timers tick independently of one another, they aren’t synced over the network and doing it would likely throttle your connection. You want to look at ‘Lockstep’ programming, not using Timers. Starcraft uses a Lockstep system.