running timer
kipdev
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Hi. Does anyone know.how to make a running timer that will keep counting even when the scene changes? I want to have it where people go to different loss screens based on what time they get. And keep the best time as a record. Thanks everyone
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Game.time already does this for you, it's always running in the background.
So i just have to display game.time..then reset it when they fail? Thanks
You cannot reset game.time, it's always running in the background, but you can transfer it to an attribute . . .
i.e. when player is dead then change game.score to game.time . . . .
@Socks I'm having a similar issue I think.
1) In the Game Attributes, I have an Integer called GameTimer. I start out with it set to 99999 because it was initially 0 and I was troubleshooting.
2) In the Main Menu scene, hitting the Play button uses Change Attribute to set GameTimer to 10 (selected, not typed). This is attached to both a Touch and Click constraint, and is the first behavior to occur.
3) In the Gameplay scene, there is a Timer behavior which says After GameTimer seconds, go to the Game Over scene. I have tried Every and For as well.
Whenever I preview the game, hitting Play sends me straight to Game Over (the Play Button say Change to Gameplay Scene, not Next Scene or anything). I don't get the expected ten seconds in the Gameplay scene. The loading time is instant.
I'm trying to have it so the game gives the player 10 seconds to make a decision, and then progressively less time each decision. Like, I want to be able to go GameTimerMax = GameTimerMax - 1 and GameTimer = GameTimerMax as a function off the Buttons, but I'm not seeing the timer take effect.
What am I doing wrong?
Turns out it was a problem with an If/Then/Else on an action button.