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ma903rh Ex Member	Timer Apr 7th, 2010, 5:09pm   Hi guys, I need to add a timer for my game. game duration is 3 minutes, so I want to start the game showing 3 min and keep deceasing it up to the end of the game Any idea about that... Thanks

indianyar101 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 5	Re: Timer Reply #1 - Apr 7th, 2010, 8:59pm   Put this before the constructor: int startTime= minutes()*60+seconds(); When you want to check time: int endTime= minutes()*60+seconds(); if((endTime-startTime)==180) { ... }

ma903rh Ex Member	Re: Timer Reply #2 - Apr 8th, 2010, 4:42am   Thanks for your help..... I actually tried but did not work Can you give an example about that please Thanks in advance

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Timer Reply #3 - Apr 8th, 2010, 4:54am   Quote: I actually tried but did not work Can you give an example about that please Advice: make a simple sketch trying to use what is given. Sometime attempts in larger sketches can fail for other reasons. If it still doesn't work like you would, show us your attempt, so we can point out what is wrong.

koogy God Member Offline Posts: 788	Re: Timer Reply #4 - Apr 8th, 2010, 5:26am   you probably want >= 180 in there - if it's checking less than once a second it might skip 180

ma903rh Ex Member	Re: Timer Reply #5 - Apr 8th, 2010, 5:38am   I tried to make in a very simple sketch but could not .... I got the error that minute function is not exist !!! can u explain the return value of min funtion ?? thanks

koogy God Member Offline Posts: 788	Re: Timer Reply #6 - Apr 8th, 2010, 5:46am   http://processing.org/reference/minute_.html http://processing.org/reference/min_.html