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Agamer

(Posted 2004) [#1]

oldtime = millisecs()

millisecs - oldtime

that will give me the amount of time passesn right

Zethrax

(Posted 2004) [#2]

The value of 'oldtime' should be set to the current millisecs time after the 'millisecs - oldtime' line above rather than before it.

It's also a good idea to grab the value of the 'MilliSecs()' timer and stick it in a Global at the start of your main loop so you're not making repetitive calls to 'MilliSecs()'.

eg.

Global current_time
Global oldtime

;-----

current_time = MilliSecs()

time_elapsed = current_time - oldtime
oldtime = current_time

_PJ_	(Posted 2004) [#3]

Always remember the () after Millisecs, otherwise it returns 0 or something!

cermit

(Posted 2004) [#4]

yeah :) once i forgot to put () after GraphicsHeight and width in Cameraviewport command. i spent hours on trying to find out what was wrong :)

never do this

 Cameraviewport camera, 0, 0, GraphicsWidth, GraphicsHeight

Agamer

(Posted 2004) [#5]

Zethrax

(Posted 2004) [#6]

Another thing to remember is to set the value of 'oldtime' to the current 'MilliSecs()' time both before starting your main loop, and also after returning from a pause.