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This tutorial shows you how to create a playtime counter using a single value, some action parts & a few lines of Lua script.
 
This tutorial shows you how to create a playtime counter using a single value, some action parts & a few lines of Lua script.
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| ''d = days, h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds.''
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| ''There are 86400 seconds in a day, 3600 seconds in an hour & 60 seconds in a minute.''
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| ''Please note: display object text action parts are only valid in non-menu scenes.''
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== Tutorial ==
 
== Tutorial ==
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1. Create a new script, inside of the script section of the editor & add the script inside of the code block below into it.
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1. Create a new script inside of the script section of the editor & add the script inside of the code block below into it.
 
<syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight>
 
local d, h, m, s -- empty variables which will be used to store converted time values
 
local d, h, m, s -- empty variables which will be used to store converted time values
 
   
 
   
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--* function which converts seconds to days, hours, minutes & seconds * --
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--* function which converts seconds to dd:hh:mm:ss time format * --
 
function secondsToTime(v)
 
function secondsToTime(v)
 
  d = math.floor(v / 86400)
 
  d = math.floor(v / 86400)
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  return tostring( d .. ":" .. h .. ":" .. m .. ":" .. s )
 
  return tostring( d .. ":" .. h .. ":" .. m .. ":" .. s )
 
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2. Next you are going to want to create a value somewhere. Name it '''playtime''' & set the default value to '''0'''.
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[[File:playtime_counter2_001.png|800px]]
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3. Now go to the actions tab of the scene that you are wanting to display the timer on. Create an '''at begin of scene''' action, an '''at end of scene''' action & 2 '''called by other actions'''. Name the called by other actions: '''update_playtime''' & '''update_playtime_text'''.
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[[File:playtime_counter2_002.png|800px]]
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4. Inside of the '''at begin of scene''' action: add these action parts...
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<pre>
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execute a script > (see code block below)
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call action 'update_playtime_text'
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call action 'update_playtime'
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</pre>
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Values["playtime"].String = secondsToTime( Values["playtime"].ValueInt )
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-- * function which converts seconds to days * --
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[[File:playtime_counter2_003.png|800px]]
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function secondsToDays(v)
 
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v = math.floor(v / 86400)
 
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-- + --
 
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if v < 10 then v = tostring("0" .. v) end
 
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-- + --
 
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return tostring( v )
 
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end
 
  
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-- * function which converts seconds to hours * --
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5. Inside of the '''at end of scene''' action: add these action parts...
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function secondsToHours(v, b)
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if b then v = math.floor(v % 86400 / 3600) else v = math.floor(v / 3600) end
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quit action 'update_playtime_text'
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-- + --
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quit action 'update_playtime'
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if v < 10 then v = tostring("0" .. v) end
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</pre>
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-- + --
 
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return tostring( v )
 
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end
 
  
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-- * function which converts seconds to minutes * --
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[[File:playtime_counter2_004b.png|800px]]
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function secondsToMinutes(v)
 
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v = math.floor(v % 3600 / 60)
 
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-- + --
 
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if v < 10 then v = tostring("0" .. v) end
 
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-- + --
 
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return tostring( v )
 
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end
 
  
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-- * function which converts seconds to seconds (remainder) * --
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6. Inside of the '''update_playtime''' action: add these action parts...
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function secondsToSeconds(v)
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v = math.floor(v % 3600 % 60)
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pause for 1000 milliseconds
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-- + --
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value 'playtime' + 1
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if v < 10 then v = tostring("0" .. v) end
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execute a script > (see code block below)
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-- + --
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jump to action part #1
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return tostring( v )
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</pre>
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end
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Values["playtime"].String = secondsToTime( Values["playtime"].ValueInt )
 
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[[File:playtime_counter2_0.png|800px]]
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[[File:playtime_counter2_005.png|800px]]
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7. Inside of the '''update_playtime_text''' action: add these action parts...
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display background narration text: '<vs=playtime><p150ms>' or display object text: '<vs=playtime>'
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pause for 140 milliseconds
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jump to action part #1
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</pre>
  
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2. First off you are going to want to create an object in your scene that you will be assigning the lighting image to.
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[[File:playtime_counter2_006.png|800px]]
  
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[[File:Dyn_light_001.png|800px]]
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8. You should call the '''update_playtime''' action at the beginning of each scene & you should quit the '''update_playtime''' action at the end of each scene. This will make sure that the timer is enabled at the beginning of each scene & paused until the next scene is loaded.
  
  

Latest revision as of 15:42, 5 August 2016

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Playtime Counter (action part, value & lua) AFRLme


This tutorial shows you how to create a playtime counter using a single value, some action parts & a few lines of Lua script.

d = days, h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds.
There are 86400 seconds in a day, 3600 seconds in an hour & 60 seconds in a minute.
Please note: display object text action parts are only valid in non-menu scenes.


Tutorial

1. Create a new script inside of the script section of the editor & add the script inside of the code block below into it. 

local d, h, m, s -- empty variables which will be used to store converted time values
 
--* function which converts seconds to dd:hh:mm:ss time format * --
function secondsToTime(v)
 d = math.floor(v / 86400)
 h = math.floor(v % 86400 / 3600)
 m = math.floor(v % 3600 / 60)
 s = math.floor(v % 3600 % 60)
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 if d < 10 then d = tostring("0" .. d) end
 if h < 10 then h = tostring("0" .. h) end
 if m < 10 then m = tostring("0" .. m) end
 if s < 10 then s = tostring("0" .. s) end
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 return tostring( d .. ":" .. h .. ":" .. m .. ":" .. s )
end

2. Next you are going to want to create a value somewhere. Name it playtime & set the default value to 0.

Playtime counter2 001.png

3. Now go to the actions tab of the scene that you are wanting to display the timer on. Create an at begin of scene action, an at end of scene action & 2 called by other actions. Name the called by other actions: update_playtime & update_playtime_text.

Playtime counter2 002.png

4. Inside of the at begin of scene action: add these action parts... 

execute a script > (see code block below)
call action 'update_playtime_text'
call action 'update_playtime' 

Values["playtime"].String = secondsToTime( Values["playtime"].ValueInt )

Playtime counter2 003.png

5. Inside of the at end of scene action: add these action parts... 

quit action 'update_playtime_text'
quit action 'update_playtime'

Playtime counter2 004b.png

6. Inside of the update_playtime action: add these action parts... 

pause for 1000 milliseconds
value 'playtime' + 1
execute a script > (see code block below)
jump to action part #1

Values["playtime"].String = secondsToTime( Values["playtime"].ValueInt )

Playtime counter2 005.png

7. Inside of the update_playtime_text action: add these action parts... 

display background narration text: '<vs=playtime><p150ms>' or display object text: '<vs=playtime>'
pause for 140 milliseconds
jump to action part #1

Playtime counter2 006.png

8. You should call the update_playtime action at the beginning of each scene & you should quit the update_playtime action at the end of each scene. This will make sure that the timer is enabled at the beginning of each scene & paused until the next scene is loaded.


Resources

Name Description
playtime_counter-2.zip A working .ved file, complete with resources. Check out the readme.txt file for instructions.

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