Minute clock text?

#1 You can get minutes and seconds by doing integer math. Use division by sixty to get minutes and mod by sixty to get seconds. Then put them together with a colon in the middle and you're set!

#2 Hi, I'm not sure if this will help, but I had a question about making a timer also, here's the thread: www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=56547

#3 Thanks Matthew, that code is very useful to split the time into seconds and minutes...

%timeSurvived = $GAME_LEVEL::playedTime + %this.getSceneTime() * 1000;
//convert into senconds
%secondsSurvived = mFloor ( %timeSurvived / 1000);
// extract the number of minutes
if (%secondsSurvived > 59)
%minutesSurvided = mFloor(%secondsSurvived / 60);
// get remainder of seconds
%secondsSurvived = %secondsSurvived - (%minutesSurvived * 60);
if (%secondsSurvived > 59)
%timeSurvived = 0 @ %secondsSurvived;
//display time
GamePlayedTime.text = "Time:" SPC (%minutesSurvided @ ":" @ %secondsSurvived);

Now my problem is that I cannot reset the seconds to zero once a minute is completed... and get:

1:61, 1:62, 1:63 and so on...

this code is in my onUpdateScene function... it has to do with this?

Thanks

#4

if (%secondsSurvived > 59)
%timeSurvived = 0 @ %secondsSurvived;

There's you're problem. You should be resetting $GAME_LEVEL::playedTime to 0

#5 Here's how I would have written it. It gives you hours and days also. If you don't need them just ignore those variables.

%temp = mFloor(%this.getSceneTime());

%sec = %temp % 60;

%temp -= %sec;
%temp /= 60;

%min = %temp % 60;

%temp -= %min;
%temp /= 60;

%hour = %temp % 24;

%temp -= %hour;
%temp /= 24;

%day = %temp;

echo(%day @ "d " @ %hour @ "h " @ %min @ "m " @ %sec @ "s");

#6 Thanks Drew... I miss that! now is working :)

#7 Thanks Nicolas, actually I will not use getSceneTime since I need start counting after pressing a button. But that code seems pretty neat for late use :).

#8

function gameLevel::updateGameTimer(%this)
{
      $elapsedGameTime++;
      %gameTimePlayed = $elapsedGameTime;
      // convert into seconds
      %secondsSurvived = %gameTimePlayed;
      //add zero to left if seconds are less than 10
      if (%secondsSurvived < 10)
      %secondsSurvived = "0" @ %secondsSurvived;
      // extract the number of minutes
      if (%secondsSurvived > 59)
      {
      $elapsedGameTime = 0;
      %secondsSurvived = "00";
      $minutesSurvived++;
      }
      MolePlayedTime.text = "Time:" SPC ($minutesSurvived @ ":" @ %secondsSurvived);
}

Now this works pretty well. This is for a survived time counter for my game :)

Thanks community!

#9

if($QuitarTiempo $= true)
   {
   %this.setScenePause(false);
   %timeLeft = $BOARD_LEVEL::timePerGame - %this.getSceneTime(); 
   // Round it to full seconds 
   %timeLeft = mFloor(%timeLeft + 0.5); 
   // Time-check
   %sec = %timeLeft % 60;

   %timeLeft -= %sec;
   %timeLeft /= 60;

   %min = %timeLeft % 60;
   if( %timeLeft < 0 )
   {
   %this.setScenePause(true);
   exec("./gameOver.cs");
   }  
   // Update the GuiTextCtrl 
   LevelTimer.text = "Tiempo:" SPC %min @ ":" @ %sec; 
   }

Ok, this code is working pretty nice in a countdown clock. The only problem is that is not showing 4:09 (as example) instead of 4:9 ....

What can I do in this specific case (I have struggled my brain unsuccessfully) to show that zero when seconds are less than 10?

Thanks!

#10 Isaac, if you want to turn those variables into properly formatted string you could do something like this:

if (%sec >= 10)
{
    %strSec = %sec;
}
else
{
    %strSec = "0" @ %sec;
}

#11 Thanks Nicholas!4