From 162e53a6d9c56d521ad6eaab0b47a2e0554c77ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Richards <taylor@icculus.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 23:29:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] use SDL hint for timer resolution (not needed; do it anyway)

---
 src/freespace2/freespace.cpp | 7 -------
 src/io/timer.cpp             | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/freespace2/freespace.cpp b/src/freespace2/freespace.cpp
index c97fac8..7ffbd3d 100644
--- a/src/freespace2/freespace.cpp
+++ b/src/freespace2/freespace.cpp
@@ -2557,9 +2557,6 @@ void game_init()
 //	Game_music_paused = 0;
 	Game_paused = 0;
 
-#ifndef PLAT_UNIX
-	timeBeginPeriod(1);	
-#endif
 
 	nprintf(("General", "Ships.tbl is : %s\n", Game_ships_tbl_valid ? "VALID" : "INVALID!!!!"));
 	nprintf(("General", "Weapons.tbl is : %s\n", Game_weapons_tbl_valid ? "VALID" : "INVALID!!!!"));
@@ -6863,10 +6860,6 @@ void game_launch_launcher_on_exit()
 //
 void game_shutdown(void)
 {
-#ifndef PLAT_UNIX
-	timeEndPeriod(1);
-#endif
-
 	// don't ever flip a page on the standalone!
 	if(!(Game_mode & GM_STANDALONE_SERVER)){
 		gr_reset_clip();
diff --git a/src/io/timer.cpp b/src/io/timer.cpp
index 096748c..5614f3b 100644
--- a/src/io/timer.cpp
+++ b/src/io/timer.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ void timer_init()
 {
 	if ( !Timer_inited )	{
 		SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_TIMER);
-		
+
+		SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_TIMER_RESOLUTION, "1");
+
 		Timer_inited = 1;
 
 		atexit(timer_close);
-- 
2.39.2