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RedMaverickZero
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 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: Timer? |
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I have an idea for my game, where the hero has a certain amount of time to do a certain objective. Like 10 seconds.. I know it's possible to plotscript this stuff and show a timer and all that stuff. But I was wondering if somebody could help me make a quick script that sets up a timer and stuff.
My ultimate plan for it, is if the player can set all 3 tags on before the timer runs out, then an event would happen. But if the player fails, something else would happen.
Could anyone be cool enough to kinda construct it and explain it so I can figure out how to make one later on? You will get mad props in the game I am working on now. |
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Moogle1
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | global variable(1, seconds)
global variable(2, minutes)
global variable(3, hours)
script, start timer, begin #records timer start
seconds:=seconds of play
minutes:=minutes of play
hours:=hours of play
set tag(tag:Timer, on)
end
script, elapsed time, begin #returns elapsed time in seconds
variable(total)
total:=(hours -- hours of play)*3600 #3600 sec/hr
total+=(minutes -- minutes of play)*60 #60 sec/min
total+=seconds -- seconds of play
return (total)
end
script, check timer, begin
if (check tag(tag:Timer),and,elapsed time > 300) # 5 minutes, let's say
then
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#do whatever you do when the timer has run out
)
end |
This is kind of rudimentary, but it should point you in the right direction.
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RedMaverickZero
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sure that can help.. But I'm no plotscripter, so how will I use those three scripts to do the one thing I need to do? I'm pretty sure I know what to do with the globals. |
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Bob the Hamster
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Joined: 22 Feb 2003
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Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: set timer |
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scripting a timer in the current version is a huge pain, but the next release will contain a cool new plotscripting command which makes timers really easy. 'plot:set timer'
You can test the feature out now if you use a nightly WIP build |
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