Time + values
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| ok, i have been working on a function that changes the sky from day to night and vise versa, i have made it work by user control, but i wish it to change at sertain times, i need to know how to create a clock of somesort which run but the computers time but minutes are as hours and such, how do i get it to make the value start to go up say at 7.00 and then start to go down at 19.00? |
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Well, you could set a variable to the value of millisecs() then check the difference between the values.Time = Millisecs() Then check to see what time it is. Current_time = Millisecs() - Time That would return the current time in milliseconds. Just divide that number by 1000 to get it into seconds, and work from there. You'd want to set the Time value to be midnight or something, as this will make it easier to work out the current time :) |
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| ok, do you think you could edit the code below to show how to do that please, without the use of keys: D#=0 N#=1 While Not KeyHit(1) If KeyDown(200) Then If D#<=0 Then D#=D#+0.01 If D#<1 And D#>0 Then D#=D#+0.01 If D#=>1 Then D#=1 If N#=>1 Then N#=N#-0.01 If N#>0 And N#<1 Then N#=N#-.01 If N#<=0 Then N#=0 EndIf If KeyDown(208) Then If D#=>1 Then D#=D#-0.01 If D#>0 And D#<1 Then D#=D#-.01 If D#<=0 Then D#=0 If N#<=0 Then N#=N#+0.01 If N#<1 And N#>0 Then N#=N#+0.01 If N#=>1 Then N#=1 EndIf Cls Text 0,0,"Day: "+D# Text 0,20,"Night: "+N# Flip Wend End |
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| Ok, i'll try and edit it, but i'll need to take most of it out :) I'll accelerate the time, because you don't want to be waiting 24 hours ;) Every 1000 milliseconds is an hour. This code starts from midnight.
Graphics 640,480
Setbuffer Backbuffer()
Global Time = MilliSecs()
Global Status$
While not keyhit(1)
Cls
If Millisecs()- Time < 7000 then ; 7000 means 7:00 hours
Status$="Night"
ElseIf MilliSecs() - Time < 19000 then ; 19000 means 19:00 hours
Status$="Day"
Else ; the else is because it isn't day time, so it must be night time
Status$="Night"
End If
If Millisecs() - Time > 24000 then ; check to see if 24 hours has past, and if so, start a new day.
Time = Time + 24000 ; wrap the day back round to midnight again
End if
Text 0,0, " Day or Night:"+status$
Text 0,10," Hour:"+((millisecs()-Time)/1000)
Flip
Wend
End
Hope that helps :) |
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| Just editing it. |
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| ok, i got it to work just need to make a few adjustments and then it will be perfect (also once i have got some web space i will release it to the community) :) thanks |
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