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Timeline / Clearing Level Data

by John Bura · in Torque X 2D · 07/12/2010 (10:49 am) · 2 replies

Hi Guys,

I'm having a problem with my timeline/Clearing the level Data at the end. I have a timeline setup with about 30 methods like this
Game.Instance.Engine.GameTimeSchedule.Schedule(GetMillisecondsFromSeconds(0), InitializeGamePlay);
            Game.Instance.Engine.GameTimeSchedule.Schedule(GetMillisecondsFromSeconds(5), FiveSeconds);
            ..etc


I load this level Every time I load my level. However, there is a problem. I don't know how to clear the level data. If I exit the level before all of the timeline is setup and I reload the level, the timeline restarts AND continues to fire from the previous load. I'm setting up my game so that every time the player dies, the level restarts. I just need to have the timeline restart too.

Im not sure how to do this. I have experimented trying to put Game.Instance.Engine.GameTimeScale to 0 But I don't know how to do that.

Any help is always appreciated :)
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Torque Owner Cosmic Logic
#1
07/12/2010 (12:30 pm)
You could try making your own time variable.

First you would have to override XNA's update method. Every time the method calls it has the time since the last update as a parameter.

Just add this delta time to your game's time variable. Then make your timeline use that instead. When you want to reset, just set your time variable to 0.

Torque 3D Owner John Bura
Mammoth Interactive
#2
07/13/2010 (8:39 am)
Man Ive probably spent a good 8 hours on this problem and I haven't found any solution. What I need to do is clear the GameTimeSchedule. Does anybody know how to do that?

What's happening is that Im setting up the level and when I exit the GameTimeSchedule is not cleared. I have tried but can't seem to find a way to do that.

Thanks :)

**Solved** 10 hours LOL