Game over screen (save time)

gilamonster

GS peeps, new to GS, but I am stuck on how to save the (amount of time it took for the player to complete the game) only on the game over screen. I can display the time on the game over screen, but it starts from 0 and keeps counting up when it switches over to the game over screen, I am using game.time as my timer. Any ideas? Thanks.

joshmiller602

Use the Save Attribute feature to save any data, and use Load Attribute to load it in.

If you are new to GS, i would HIGHLY recommend getting the Gamesalad Handbook from Photics (a user on here)...it helped me out A LOT when I first started with GS. It's cheap, easy to read, and will save you HOURS of time researching stuff on here. I don't have a link to it, but it is called "The Unofficial Gamesalad Handbook" I think.

Good Luck Gila

- Josh

MotherHoose

@gilamonster

if I understand... you want the game to store the startTime and note the playing time and display the difference...

create a game Attribute name it startTime (real type)
create a game Attribute name it currentTime (real type)

on the button or whatever you use to initiate gamePlay have a changeAttribute startTime = game.Time
on the change to gameOver screen have a changeAttribute currentTime = game.Time
(game.Time is entered as an expression)

in the screen area for the playTime Display Text [expression] currentTime-startTime

MH

gilamonster

Josh, thats dude, helped me out!! game is almost done, got the book also, good read!!!

gilamonster

MH thanks for the info, good stuff!!