How do you make a basic timer?

kingpinzs · 2004-02-24T14:12:11

this is what I found #define TIMER_ID_1SEC 1 #define TIMER_ID_3SEC 2 SetTimer(hwnd, Timer_ID_1SEC, 1000,NULL); SetTimer(hwnd, TImer_ID_3SEC, 3000,NULL); case WM_TIMER: { switch(wparam) { case TIMER_ID_1Sec: { } case Timer_ID_3Sec: { }break; default:break; } return(0); }break; case WM_DESTROY: [ KillTimer(hwnd, TIMER_ID_1SEC); KillTimer(hwnd, TIMER_ID_3SEC); PostQuiteMessage(0); }break; but this dont look like It will do what I want then there is this one DWORD GetTickCount(void); DWORD start_time = GetTickCount(); while ((GetTickCount() - start_time) < 33); this the onw I ma using but it is hard to change it very easly and it is not that precise. Got any ideas?

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Started by kingpinzs February 22, 2004 03:38 PM

14 comments, last by kingpinzs 20 years, 2 months ago

kingpinzs

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February 22, 2004 10:20 PM

I already read and printed it off and every thing but I dont see how that will fit into my code you see. and if I cant see how it fits then how can I use it.

this is were it will go

void GameLoop(){ if(GamePaused){}else if(  timeGetTime() > start_time + faster )    {      PlaySound("MenuKnopka.wav ", hInstMain, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME );        Move(0,1);        start_time=GetTickCount();        }    elseif (Level = 10){NewLevel();}}int NewLevel(){int faster;//int Level;if( StartTime + faster < timeGetTime()){PlaySound("MenuKnopka.wav ", hInstMain, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME );        --faster;       // Level = 0;        Move(0,1);        start_time=GetTickCount();                } }

I need the timer to work like this

when timer hits 1000 then move image do that tell level = 10
then when timer hits 500 then move image do that tell level = 10

so how would WM_TIMER work very well here I cant have it in my winproc becaus buttons are being hit and when buttons are hit it stops the timer understand

[edited by - kingpinzs on February 22, 2004 11:28:46 PM]

eFoDay

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February 22, 2004 11:35 PM

ok i thought u wanted something to print to the screen every ''x'' seconds.

using the timer class I gave before
this next bit of code may not be the full thing of what you wanted but it may help u to figure this out

CTimer Timer;float TimeTrack;// InitTimer.Init();// LoopTimer.Update();TimeTrack += m_Timer.GetElapsed();// If one second has elapsedif( TimeTrack >= 1.0f ){  TimeTrack = 0.0f;  // Move the thing down  Move(0, 1);}

let me know if this is going in the right direction

kingpinzs

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February 23, 2004 03:15 PM

How do I use this
DWORD Wait_Clock(DWORD count);

I am getting error

[Linker error] undefined reference to `Wait_Clock(unsigned long)''
what do I include for this to work?

kingpinzs

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February 23, 2004 10:19 PM

why does this not work?

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////void GameLoop(){       if(GamePaused)       {       }else    Start_Clock();if (Level >= 1)    {      if(( Get_Clock() - start_time) > faster)    {      PlaySound("MenuKnopka.wav ", hInstMain, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME );        Move(0,1);        start_time=Get_Clock();              }  }elseif (Level >= 1){NewLevel();//start_time=Get_Clock();}}//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////int NewLevel(){int Level;if (Level >= 1);++faster;     if ( (Get_Clock() - start_time) > faster * 1000)    {      PlaySound("MenuKnopka.wav ", hInstMain, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME );        Move(0,1);        start_time=Get_Clock();        Level = 1;      }                                       }

[edited by - kingpinzs on February 23, 2004 12:56:31 AM]

eFoDay

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February 24, 2004 02:18 AM

one part i noticed is in your NewLevel() function

int Level; // non initialized integer var
if (Level >= 1); // this will not be accurate as Level has not been assigned a value
++faster; // this is done each time NewLevel() is called instead of when level is greater than 1 due to a semi-colon at the end of your if statement

did my previous post help u at all ?

kingpinzs

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February 24, 2004 02:12 PM

eFoDay thanks for your help. I just got it to work.

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////void GameLoop(){       if(GamePaused)       {       }else    if (Level < 1)    {      if(( Get_Clock() - start_time) > faster)    {     start_clock_count = 0;        start_time=Get_Clock();      PlaySound("MenuKnopka.wav ", hInstMain, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME );        Move(0,1);             }  }elseif (Level >= 1){NewLevel();//start_time=Get_Clock();}}//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

this is what I was trying to do all the time now I just need to put it into a loop and increase the speed ever so often

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