So... if I'm understanding it right, the function of time_step is to control how far the object in question moves/rotates per second, based on the current FPS.
If that's so, then that's what I wasn't getting. I was trying to wrap my head around it as a function of controlling time... not distance. Maybe not the most accurate way to describe it, but if I have the basics right, then I guess it's good enough for me for now :-p
Correct.
An analogy:
You have two planets, planet A and planet B. Planet A has strong gravity and planet B has weak gravity.
Say I were to drop two equal sized steel balls at some altitude on both planets, somehow at the same time. And let air resistance be equal as well. Now in this case, the ball on planet B hits the ground sometime after the ball on planet A because of the weaker gravity.
If I wanted both balls to hit the ground at the same time, I'd have to somehow increase the speed of the ball on planet B or decrease the speed of the ball on planet A.
Time_step is this change in speed, and FPS is gravity.
