GetSetTimer??? [solved]

[DrewCCU]

I was wondering if there was a way to get what "tick" a timer is at?

Like you have SetTimer where you can set say:
SetTimer(1,80);

And then you have IsTimerExpired?

But i would like to have a way to be able to have some piece of code where you can see where the timer is ... like:

X = GetSetTimer;

where the result may be something like:

x = 40  (which would mean the timer isn't expired at 0 but only 40 cycles have expired ... and it still has 40 to go ...

if this makes sense? if not let me know what i should explain better.

[Khris]

You can always use a global variable instead of a timer.
Decrease it in rep_ex_always and check if it's X or 0.

[tzachs]

You can do it (to a degree) by saving the time when you set the timer.
Something in the lines of:

Code: ags

int lastTimerExpiredTime; //Here we will save the time we last set the timer.
int timerTimeout = 100; //How many ticks for the timer (100 just an example)?
int timerId = 1; //Select the timer id (1 just an example)

//Use that instead of the regular SetTimer
function MySetTimer()
{
   DateTime *dt = DateTime.Now;
   lastTimerExpiredTime = dt.RawTime;
   SetTimer(timerId, timerTimeout);
}

//And then, the function you want will be:
int GetNumberOfTicksLeft()
{
   DateTime *dt = DateTime.Now;
   int currentTime = dt.RawTime;
   int timeFromPreviousExpiredInTicks = (currentTime - lastTimerExpiredTime) 
                                                 * GetGameSpeed();
   
   return (timerTimeout - timeFromPreviousExpiredInTicks);
}

[DrewCCU]

You can do it (to a degree) by saving the time when you set the timer.
Something in the lines of:

Code: ags

int lastTimerExpiredTime; //Here we will save the time we last set the timer.
int timerTimeout = 100; //How many ticks for the timer (100 just an example)?
int timerId = 1; //Select the timer id (1 just an example)

//Use that instead of the regular SetTimer
function MySetTimer()
{
   DateTime *dt = DateTime.Now;
   lastTimerExpiredTime = dt.RawTime;
   SetTimer(timerId, timerTimeout);
}

//And then, the function you want will be:
int GetNumberOfTicksLeft()
{
   DateTime *dt = DateTime.Now;
   int currentTime = dt.RawTime;
   int timeFromPreviousExpiredInTicks = (currentTime - lastTimerExpiredTime) 
                                                 * GetGameSpeed();
   
   return (timerTimeout - timeFromPreviousExpiredInTicks);
}

Thanks guys.  That's using your noggin right there tzachs.  But i think it may be easier to do it the what Khris was talking about.  Anway, thanks you guys.