60 sec end mission function

#1 I may be misunderstanding your question but there is already a system in place. Currently it goes for 20 minutes which should look like 20 * 60 in one of the Torquescript files (.CS). Remember which one, but it's not too hard to find.

Hopefully, I'm not misunderstanding your question.

#2 Aye, at the start of game.cs:

// Game duration in secs, no limit if the duration is set to 0
$Game::Duration = 20 * 60;

#3

function waitToClose()
{
   schedule(60000, 0, quit);
}

Just wondering, but why would want to close your game ofter 60 seconds?

#4 Maybe it's like a "bonus" round where you have 60 seconds to collect as many widgets as you can for extra-points and at the end of the round the total is calculated and the next "stage" begins.

#5 @Caleb: Where do I put this, I put it into game.cs after the startgame function. Nothing happened, so I put it waitToClose(); after the start game function too but then it closes right away after it loads.

@Corey: Yeah you got it, the player only gets 60 seconds to fly around the mission and collect as much as possible.

#6 Question, i found that the $game::Duration function in the game.cs also effects every board, how do i specifically indicate certain missions get longer durations and how do i set the duration to infinity, for onlineplay for example

#7

Quote:
how do i specifically indicate certain missions get longer durations

Store the variable in the mission file.

Quote:
how do i set the duration to infinity

[b]// Game duration in secs, no limit if the duration is set to 0[/b]
$Game::Duration = 20 * 60;

Read the comment.

#8 Simon, you should have a file in your client/scripts folder called "missionDownload.cs". In there is a function called "onMissionDownloadComplete", put "waitToQuit();" in there.

#9 I put the function in game.cs, and I put in the waittoQuit(); command Caleb, but still no luck. Should the function go somewhere specific in game.cs, I just put it in with the other functions. Also, is the 6000 equal to 60 seconds, so its measured in milliseconds right? thanks

#10 Here's a head start:

common/client/missionDownload.cs

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Phase 3
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

new ScriptObject(MissionTimer)
{
   class = MissionTimer;
};

function MissionTimer::startCountdown(%this, %timer)
{
   // Display the time remaining in the message HUD
   messageAll("","Mission Timer: " @ %timer);

   // Deincrement the timer
   %timer--;

   // Call the function every second until the timer runs out
   if(%timer)
      %this.schedule(1000, startCountdown, %timer);
}

function MissionTimer::start(%this)
{
   // Enter time before mission ends in seconds
   %timer = 10;

   // Start the countdown timer
   %this.startCountdown(%timer);

   // End the mission after time is up and return to main menu
   schedule(%timer * 1000, 0, disconnect);
}

function clientCmdMissionStartPhase3(%seq,%missionName)
{
   onPhase2Complete();
   StartClientReplication();
   StartFoliageReplication();
   echo ("*** Phase 3: Mission Lighting");
   $MSeq = %seq;
   $Client::MissionFile = %missionName;

   // Need to light the mission before we are ready.
   // The sceneLightingComplete function will complete the handshake 
   // once the scene lighting is done.
   if (lightScene("sceneLightingComplete", ""))
   {
      error("Lighting mission....");
      schedule(1, 0, "updateLightingProgress");
      onMissionDownloadPhase3(%missionName);
      $lightingMission = true;
   }
   [b]MissionTimer.start();[/b]
}

That will disconnect from the mission after 10 seconds and return you to the main menu. I think that's more what you're after as opposed to quiting the engine entirely. I've put comments in so you should be able to follow the code and change the timer to suit your needs. I've even included a basic count down that will display in the chatHud.

#11 Instead of putting in the client side, just put:

function waitToClose()
{
   schedule(60000, 0, quit);
}

In your server/scripts folder, inside your game.cs file, and put the following inside the "onMissionLoaded" function:

waitToClose();

About the amount of time, 6000 would be six seconds and 60000 would be sixty seconds.

P.S.- It does work, I tried it.

#12 @Caleb: Cheers Caleb, I just had the waitgame function in the wrong place. All good now.

@Tim: Thanks for taking the time for doing out the code. I actually do need the quit function for what Im doing as the Torque part will be preceeded and proceeded (and loaded from) with content(video) in Macromedia Director.