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benoitespinola
Timer
Apr 14th, 2008, 8:57pm  
Hello everybody...

I have a question about timers.

What are the different ways to make a timer using Processing?

I know the basic timer with millis() but somebody told me that it was not elegant...

code:


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int timer;
int timelength = 1000;

void setup(){
 timer = millis();
}

void draw(){
 if (millis() - timer < timelength){
      instructions;
  }
 else{
      timer = millis();
      instructions;
   }
}

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any sugestion?
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antiplastik
Re: Timer
Reply #1 - Apr 16th, 2008, 11:15am  
Using framerate() and the draw() loop.

Using Java Threads, maybe.

It all depends on what you need to do!
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benoitespinola
Re: Timer
Reply #2 - Apr 16th, 2008, 11:43am  
I just want to know the different possibilities...

I don't know how to program a Java Thread... This interests me....

The reason I spend time thinking on how to program a timer is because it's an essential part of programming(for me)... I mean it's important to be able to coordinate actions or to limit instructions in time...
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