Difference between revisions of "Playtime Counter (h2)"
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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 | ||
| − | --* function which converts seconds to | + | --* 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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[[File:playtime_counter2_003.png|800px]] | [[File:playtime_counter2_003.png|800px]] | ||
| + | 5. Inside of the '''at end of scene''' action: add these action parts... | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | quit action 'update_playtime_text' | ||
| + | quit action 'update_playtime' | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | [[File:playtime_counter2_004b.png|800px]] | ||
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| + | 6. Inside of the '''update_playtime''' action: add these action parts... | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | pause for 1000 milliseconds | ||
| + | value 'playtime' + 1 | ||
| + | execute a script > (see code block below) | ||
| + | jump to action part #1 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | <syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | Values["playtime"].String = secondsToTime( Values["playtime"].ValueInt ) | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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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... | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | display background narration text > '<vs=playtime><p150ms>' | ||
| + | pause for 140 milliseconds | ||
| + | jump to action part #1 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | [[File:playtime_counter2_006.png|800px]] | ||
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| + | 8. You should call the '''update_playtime''' action at the beginning of each scene & you should quite 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 == | == Resources == | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 22 February 2015
| Name | By
 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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)
-- + --
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
-- + --
return tostring( d .. ":" .. h .. ":" .. m .. ":" .. s )
end2. Next you are going to want to create a value somewhere. Name it playtime & set the default value to 0.
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.
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 )
5. Inside of the at end of scene action: add these action parts...
quit action 'update_playtime_text' quit action 'update_playtime'
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 )
7. Inside of the update_playtime_text action: add these action parts...
display background narration text > '<vs=playtime><p150ms>' pause for 140 milliseconds jump to action part #1
8. You should call the update_playtime action at the beginning of each scene & you should quite 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. |
