Figma "after delay" not exact?

This is a common problem in all real-time graphics-intensive applications, mostly games. It depends on the engine / render loop implementation. In case of Figma, it probably works like this:

1. 0ms: Frame 1 is rendered. The timer starts.
2. 1000ms: Timer ends, Frame 2 starts rendering.
3. … It takes several milliseconds to render the frame.
4. 1200ms: Frame 2 is rendered. The new timer starts.
5. 2200ms: Timer ends, Frame 3 starts rendering…

… etc. Every render loop the time it takes to render an image is taken into account of the timer. It takes a while to start a new timer. And since there is no mechanic in Figma to make a real loop, instead you create a new timer transition every time, so there is no way to take this delay of 200ms into account. (1000ms is 1 second)

Ah, that makes sense! Thank you for the quick answer @Gleb 🙃

I wonder if there’s any way to set the time so you can take the render frames into consideration 🤔

That would depend on the performance of the device. But you can always set the delay slightly shorter for numbers that change more often. Find the optimal number through experiments. Or abandon the idea of using transitions for this and create a GIF instead.

Thanks a lot @Gleb - still sad it’s not working perfectly out of the box 😅 But yeah I just might leave it a bit wonky… Although the gif idea would be worth a shot just out of curiosity!

Thanks agan! 😊