Quick timer question.

hrsmedia

I'm trying to do a timer
something like..
If attribute is true = start timer
If collide with actor stop timer

i'm trying to do use a real attribute and interpolate+1.00, but it counts up too fast.

Can anyone guide me?

Photics

Interpolate has a timer. Did you increase the timer if you wanted it to move more slowly?

hrsmedia

I'm using

Timer every 1 sec

interpolate game.TestTimer to game.TestTimer+1.00
duration 1

it counts up too fast u say interpolate has a timer?

Photics

The "duration" part... if you think it's counting too fast, maybe try 5 or 10 instead of 1.

scitunes

Create a boolean called TimerOn
Create a real called timer

Rule
When game.TimerOn is true
Timer every 1 second
Change attribute game.timer to game.timer+1

In collision actor

When collides with other actor
Change attribute game.TimerOn to true

Otherwise

Change attribute game.TimerOn to false

This will cause timer to count up when the objects are overlapping and stop counting when not overlapping.

CodeMonkey

> interpolate game.TestTimer to game.TestTimer+1.00

Also, using Interpolate to increment an attribute is a bad thing.

When you use interpolate that game.TestTimer+1.00 is just going to keep moving the destination value.

hrsmedia

I changed duration to 2 and now seems to count up properly with decimals, but how do I get the initial text to display 0.00 instead of 0.
scitunes I will try your method, thanks for help.

hrsmedia

@scitunes I looked at your method, that way doesn't show the decimal values counting up for each second, that's why I was trying to use interpolate..

scitunes

Look at FireMapleGame's profile for his time demo - it has everything you need.