I have the following function ///////////////////////////////////////// // function that returns the framerate // ///////////////////////////////////////// int GetFramerate() { frameratecounter++ ; if (Framerate.getMsEllapsed()>=1000) { Framerate.reset() ; frameratecounter=0 ; } // end of if Framerate.getMsEllapsed() return frameratecounter ; } // end of getframerate() and in my gameloop I have Framerate=GetFramerate() ; and a function that shows Framerate but when I run my game i see a counter that counts to +/- 70 and then restarts so I guess my framerate is +/- 70 but what am I doing wrong how do I get a steady number (I already looked in the forum, but because I want to use my own function I want to solve this problem) thanx in advance

Well that''s exactly what you have programmed
Let''s look at the code : each time the function is called, it increments the counter by one, and returns the value, unless 1 second has elapsed, in which case it just resets the counter...

You need to decompose the problem as follow :
- increment a private counter every frame
- every second, copy the private counter into a public counter and reset the private counter.
- calls to your FPS function returns the value of the public counter.