Hello, how can I get the current number of frames per second as a value for the script, and whether it can be done at all?

Ah, good point. I've been meaning to do this- so good excuse to write up this
pretty easy script now!

It's running about 2 frames above what the TAB panel shows...?

local ggtime = {}
local ggframes = {}
local ggfps = {}
local checktime = {}
function fps_ingame_init(e)
ggtime[e] = 0
ggframes[e] = 0
ggfps[e] = 0
checktime[e] = 1
end
function fps_ingame_main(e)
if checktime[e] == 1 then
checktime[e] = 0
ggtime[e] = GetTimer(e)
ggframes[e] = 0
end
ggframes[e] = ggframes[e]+1
if GetTimer(e) > ggtime[e] + 1000 then
ggfps[e] = ggframes[e]
checktime[e] = 1
end
TextColor(22,22,3,"GubbyBlips GG FPS: "..ggfps[e],255,ggfps[e],ggfps[e])
end

The tab panel is actually quite a bit different to the real FPS because the panel itself is a huge FPS drain, the most accurate FPS counter in GG is in the F11 options, press F11 twice and the FPS will display in the top left corner of the game.