Nice smooth timer

I_AM_BENJI

I have been having trouble make a time counter. I want some thing that goes up by .01. I tried use a timer and an attribute saying every .01 seconds add .01 to attribute, but when i do this there are a bunch of other random numbers after as well. Like so 4.45999999 Does anyone no any other methods.

tatiang

I believe the fastest timer would be every 0.03 seconds but regardless of that, you can use the roundTo() function to round a number to a certain number of digits. So roundTo(4.45999999,2) would give you 4.46.

This behavior:

Results in these log values:

Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.02
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.05
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.08
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.12
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.15
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.18
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.22
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.25
Log(Actor: Actor 1): 0.28
...

I_AM_BENJI

@tatiang‌ but where exactly do i put the log statement in??

Socks

@I_AM_BENJI said:
I have been having trouble make a time counter. I want some thing that goes up by .01. I tried use a timer and an attribute saying every .01 seconds add .01 to attribute, but when i do this there are a bunch of other random numbers after as well. Like so 4.45999999 Does anyone no any other methods.

Use:

roundTo(Game.time,2)

EDIT: whoops, didn't read tatiang's post, basically what tatiang said.

Socks

@I_AM_BENJI said:
tatiang‌ but where exactly do i put the log statement in??

You don't need to put it anywhere ! In the above example it is just used to show how the formula works.

tatiang

@I_AM_BENJI said:
tatiang‌ but where exactly do i put the log statement in??

You don't need a Log Debugging Statement. That's just for debugging purposes. You would replace that statement with whatever behaviors/rules you want to run every timer cycle.

Edit: actually, you'd need a custom timer if you want to make sure the timer is running on a rounded number. But... what is the purpose of your 0.01 timer? Are you displaying it on the scene? If so, use the roundTo() function like I mentioned.

Socks

@tatiang said:
I believe the fastest timer would be every 0.03 seconds but regardless of that, you can use the roundTo() function to round a number to a certain number of digits. So roundTo(4.45999999,2) would give you 4.46.

This behavior:

If he is making a game timer he won't need the timer behaviour, or any attributes, he can just display (or track in a rule) your roundTo(Game.time,2) formula.

tatiang

Lol, true... no need for a timer. Anyway, I guess we need more details...

I_AM_BENJI

@tatiang‌ @Socks‌

Thank you guys
I guess i am just a noob at this. So yes I am displaying the time through an actor. So anything??? How would i display the time?

tatiang

Just put roundTo(game.Time,2) in a Display Text behavior. Be sure to select game.Time from the attribute browser in the expression editor. Don't just type it in.

Lovejoy

@tatiang said:
Just put roundTo(game.Time,2) in a Display Text behavior. Be sure to select game.Time from the attribute browser in the expression editor. Don't just type it in.

game.time keeps running even after pausing scenes and such, its best to display self.time with an actor that is there when he wants the timer to start.

I_AM_BENJI

@tatiang‌
i got that but now it looks glichy because it is centered and changes from something like 3.47 to 3.5

Socks

@I_AM_BENJI said:
tatiang‌
i got that but now it looks glichy because it is centered and changes from something like 3.47 to 3.5

Then don't have it centred ?

I_AM_BENJI

@Socks said:
Then don't have it centred ?

Oh i totally new that (not)

THANKS

I_AM_BENJI

@Lovejoy said:
game.time keeps running even after pausing scenes and such, its best to display self.time with an actor that is there when he wants the timer to start.

he was talking about my attribute

Socks

@I_AM_BENJI said:
Oh i totally new that (not)

tatiang

You could use padReal() to force the display of two decimal points:

padReal(game.Time,1,2)

It will still "jump" when the integer value (in front of the decimal point) changes length but that's not as often or abrupt as with decimals.