Very simple I'm sure.. But what is the smallest...

SaveDave

increment of tine that I can get a reading from in gamesalad?

Does this have to be done with a timer or can a smaller increment be measured with an integer?

Thanks

scitunes

the smallest interval of time that an integer can read is 1 whole second. I would think if you used a real attribute it would all depend on the device.

gyroscope

To expand on what scitunes has written, you would have to use a timer to get your necessary time interval, and the length of time as the result, if less than a second, must be put into a real attribute. Some programs used to/still do measure in ticks, but I think I'm right in saying that GS sticks to percentage of seconds, i.e milliseconds. I think.

:-)

SaveDave

So how would I check if a sequence was touched in say under 3.25 seconds?

gyroscope

Hi SaveDave, I guess there'll be different approaches, depending on how you want to set up your system. One way would be (off the top of my head):

New real Game Attribute called Timer. New integer Game Attribute called UserCount

Have a start button for the sequence. Include in the Rules of that actor an integer Attribute called Counter. Each time one of the sequence is played, Change Attribute Counter To Counter+1.

Your Rules for playing the sequence. add Rule: if Attribute Counter = 5 (for instance, if there are 5 parts to your sequence, say) then

Timer: Every 0.1 seconds Change Attribute game.Timer to game.Timer+0.1 (i.e start timer just after sequence is shown)

A Rule, if UserCount = 0 then Change Attribute game.Timer to 0

In all of the sequence buttons, needs to be Rule When touch is pressed, Change Attribute game.UserCount To UserCount+1

When UserCount=5 (for a 5 sequence) then
When game.Timer > 3.25

Change Attribute game.Timer To 0 (resets the timer just after the user has pressed the last one in the sequence)

Display Text You Lost
Otherwise
Display Text You won

This is just the timer bit of course, which would work whether or not the sequence pressed by the user was correct. But then I'm guessing you've already done the stuff for the correct sequence "detection".

It probably needs refining/amending though, but I hope there's enough here for you to experiment with and get it up and running.

:-)

gyroscope

Whoops, amended it wrongly, now won't let me edit it.

After
Your Rules for playing the sequence. add Rule: if Attribute Counter = 5 (for instance, if there are 5 parts to your sequence, say) then

put

Change Attribute Counter=0

SaveDave

Okay.. This makes sense...

So is it possible to display the global game timer as text??

SaveDave

Ie. You can use every, after and equals with a timer but can you show the time in 0.01 increments then?

gyroscope

I'm dashing out in five minutes so I'll have to be quick here!

That'd be no problem; another attribute, boolean, when true, (true when timer starts), another actor to use behaviour Display Text; text to display: game.Timer. Think that should work.

:-)

ORBZ

There is self.time and game.time they are reals. You can get fractions of seconds from them. If you want to count the elapsed time between two events just store the first time interval in a variable, then subtract the diff:

Event1

FirstTime = game.time

event2

SecondTime = game.time

Delay:

SecondTime - FirstTime

SaveDave

Okay.. Now I'm confused..

What's the best way to time 0.01 second for a press of an actor appearing on screen???

Can you time smaller that that even?
Ie. 0.005

SaveDave

Hundreths of seconds.. That's what I mean.. is that possible for the timer to read data from?

gyroscope

Hi; yes, 0.01's of a second can be got, pretty much certain. For most gameplay, you wouldn't need any smaller than that.

SaveDave said:
Okay.. Now I'm confused..

What's the best way to time 0.01 second for a press of an actor appearing on screen???

Bit confused myself, what you mean here; but based on the stuff I posted earlier, the timing bit is:

Make game real attribute called Timer (OK, call it Time to avoid confusion with the behaviour called Timer)

When touch is pressed
Timer behaviour
Every 0.01 secs
Change Attribute Time to game.Time+0.01

Hope that makes it a bit clearer for you. :-) (I didn't lay out the first explanation very well for clarity, sorry about that!)

SaveDave

What I need is smaller than that,.... Think 0.03 seconds....

I need to be able to read times of less than 0.01

In 0.03 second it shows times of three digits as milliseconds..

This is what I really need.
Is this a possibility?

gyroscope

Good morning Dave!

SaveDave said:
What I need is smaller than that,.... Think 0.03 seconds....

Um, have to point out here that 0.03 isn't smaller than 0.1, but 3 times larger... Did you mean 0.003? If so, I don't know if GS can "get" that or not.

Perhaps try with 0.01 seconds and see how responsive it is. I'm guessing you'll find it more than OK...

:-)

gyroscope

Just found a template by tshirtbooth which might help you:

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/82566

SaveDave

Nice one gyro... Really appreciate all the help.