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react-doctor/three-require-frame-delta

Frame-rate-dependent Three.js animation

  • Category: Bugs
  • Severity: warn
  • Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
  • Framework: global
  • Enabled when: three
  • Tags: three, webgl
  • Default: Enabled

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/three-require-frame-delta. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

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Reported pattern

renderer.setAnimationLoop(() => {
  mesh.rotation.y += 0.01;
});

Corrected pattern

const clock = new Clock();
renderer.setAnimationLoop(() => {
  mesh.rotation.y += clock.getDelta() * 0.6;
});

How to fix

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Copyable fix prompt

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Fix every confirmed react-doctor/three-require-frame-delta diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Scale incremental transforms and interpolation by Clock.getDelta(), use delta-aware damping, or assign from absolute animation time.
Reference transformation:Before:
renderer.setAnimationLoop(() => {
  mesh.rotation.y += 0.01;
});
After:
const clock = new Clock();
renderer.setAnimationLoop(() => {
  mesh.rotation.y += clock.getDelta() * 0.6;
});
Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: three. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

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