- Adding a check in the AxiosTimer update to only tick if the game is active

axios/Axios_settings.cs

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
  * 1.0.1.2 - 4/1/2012
  * - Making AxiosTimer inheirt from AxiosGameObject for it to be casted properly
  * 
+ * 1.0.1.3 - 4/7/2012
+ * - Adding a check in the AxiosTimer update to only tick if the game is active
+ * 
  */
 
 using System.Reflection;

axios/Engine/AxiosTimer.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ namespace Axios.Engine
 
         public override void Update(AxiosGameScreen gameScreen, GameTime gameTime, bool otherScreenHasFocus, bool coveredByOtherScreen)
         {
-
+            if (gameScreen.IsActive) //only "tick" if the window has focus - otherwise the Timer will play catchup
+            {
                 if (_enabled)
                 {
                     if (gameTime.TotalGameTime - lastTick >= interval)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Axios.Engine
                     lastTick = gameTime.TotalGameTime;
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         public override void LoadContent(AxiosGameScreen gameScreen)
         {