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beats78
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Sep 26th, 2009, 6:06pm  
Hey!  I just started using Processing and I've been coding a few simple things.  One thing that I'm confused is how to keep track of time in a program?  

For example, say that I would like to have a moving object that speeds up the longer the app has been running, how would I got about doing that?
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Cedric
Re: Time
Reply #1 - Sep 26th, 2009, 7:40pm  
you can use millis http://processing.org/reference/millis_.html
that gives you the milliseconds since your app started.

another thing would be frames,  depending on what you are aiming for
you get them with "frameCount"
difference it that even when your programm slows down, millis dont.
but as the frameRate drops your frameCount does, so your animation slows down too. that could be either usefull or not.
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ben_hem
Re: Time
Reply #2 - Sep 26th, 2009, 9:26pm  
as Cedric says, each user will have a different framerate...for the most accurate timing, update the essential (logic) parts at a function of millis(), and update the rendering frame when possible.  -- Ben
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