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Alkaline

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Posted: 22nd Mar 2004 20:07

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I need a simple Count down timer to count down from 5 minutes for my game. I need it cause for one of my lvls you have 5 minutes to complete it.

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hyrichter

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Posted: 22nd Mar 2004 20:20

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Try something like this.

Right before your main loop, put this code:

TimeStart=timer()

Then in your loop:

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do
NewTime=timer()
if NewTime-timestart<300000
   do game stuff
else
   endlevel
endif
loop

Hope this helped.

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zircher

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Posted: 22nd Mar 2004 21:17 Edited at: 22nd Mar 2004 23:55

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To run with hyrichter's code...

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sync on: sync rate 0

rem set backdrop to black
color backdrop 0

rem set ink to yellow on red
ink rgb(255,255,0),rgb(255,0,0)
set text opaque

rem set goal
TimeGoal = timer() + 300000

do
  if timer() < TimeGoal
    TimeLeft = TimeGoal - timer()
    min = int(TimeLeft/60000)
    sec = int((TimeLeft - (min*60000))/1000)
    if sec < 10
      text 2,2, "Time remaining:  "+str$(min)+":0"+str$(sec)
    else
      text 2,2, "Time remaining:  "+str$(min)+":"+str$(sec)
    endif
    rem do game stuff
  else
    text 2,2, "Time remaining:  0:00"
    rem endlevel
  endif
  sync
loop

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[edit: This runs fine on my machine in DBP.]

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Tim Ballisto

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Posted: 22nd Mar 2004 23:23

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