Object Hierarchy

    Object
    ╰── Tweener.ClutterFrameTicker
  

Description

The 'FrameTicker' object is an object used to feed new frames to Tweener so it can update values and redraw. The default frame ticker for Tweener just uses a simple timeout at a fixed frame rate and has no idea of "catching up" by dropping frames.

We substitute it with custom frame ticker here that connects Tweener to a Clutter.TimeLine. Now, Clutter.Timeline itself isn't a whole lot more sophisticated than a simple timeout at a fixed frame rate, but at least it knows how to drop frames. (See HippoAnimationManager for a more sophisticated view of continuous time updates; even better is to pay attention to the vertical vblank and sync to that when possible.)