Maratis forum - Timer in lua

Re: Timer in lua

dummy@example.com (Almighty Laxz) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:23:36 +0000

Okay good, thanks.

Re: Timer in lua

dummy@example.com (anael) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:38:32 +0000

onSceneUpdate is always launched 60 time per second, even if the fps are lower. so it's safe.

Re: Timer in lua

dummy@example.com (Almighty Laxz) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:48:46 +0000

Thanks! But if the fps was lower than 60 wouldn't the timer be inaccurate?

Re: Timer in lua

dummy@example.com (Vegas) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:30:22 +0000

Hello, to quote anael :

anael wrote:

The lua script update is syncronised at 60fps
so you can create a timer with a simple variable like that :
t = 0
function onSceneUpdate()
-- 1 second
if t == 60 then
print("one second")
end
t = t+1
end

So you could do something like :
--print every seconds in the console

TIMER = {ms = 0, seconds = 0, onesec = 60}

function onSceneUpdate()

TIMER.ms = TIMER.ms + 1

if TIMER.ms == TIMER.onesec then
TIMER.ms = 0
TIMER.seconds = TIMER.seconds + 1
print(TIMER.seconds)
end

end

Timer in lua

dummy@example.com (Almighty Laxz) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 07:33:24 +0000

Hi,
I am currently making time challenges for my game, but I don't know how to make a timer to count the seconds. Does anyone know how?