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Beastinonyou

Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:25 pm


Approach to Timer Animation

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Alright, I am going through ideas for extra tidbits to add my assignment, and I'm thinking of adding a Clock-Like Timer at the top of the screen, With a hand that starts at 0 (or 12 O'Clock), moves Clockwise inside the circle for the duration of a minute (or any specific time), and stop back at the beginning, which executes a "Time Expired" sorta thing.


It's like in games, when you summon something, and there is a timer thing over the graphic of that summon, and when it's done, you can summon again. That's sorta the same thing.


How would I approach making the hand of the clock / timer move around the circle, in relation to the duration of time? Also, what if it were a Square and not a circle? 


Thanks in Advance   =)


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Tony

Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:19 pm


RE:Approach to Timer Animation

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there's a cooldown timers (the term for what you are describing).

The animations are pretty simple, in a way that if you are 10% into the cooldown, then you draw the animation that is 10% complete. E.g. 360 degrees * 10% == at 36 degree angle.


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Beastinonyou

Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:51 pm


Re: Approach to Timer Animation

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After some thinking and fiddling around, I found out a timer would not work well when you're supposed to be getting input at the same time (Intended to be a countdown til it skips the question, considering it's a math flash card game for an assignment)

However, It is still useful I know how to work with Time.Elapsed, for my Final Project will surely need "Cooldown Timers".


var maxSeconds : int := 60
var seconds : int := 0
loop
    if Time.Elapsed < (maxSeconds * 1000) then
        if Time.Elapsed div 1000 > seconds then
            cls
            seconds += 1
            put seconds ..
            drawfillarc (maxx div 2,  maxy div 2,  20,  20,  90,  90 - (seconds * round(360 / maxSeconds)), grey)  
            % div in place of / results in stop at 59s with a sliver left (at the 360 / maxSeconds)
        end if
    end if
end loop



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Tony

Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:14 pm


Re: Approach to Timer Animation

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After some thinking and fiddling around, I found out a timer would not work well when you're supposed to be getting input at the same time
If it's because of a technical reason, then you need to be using non-blocking IO, such as
[code]
if hasch then
   getch c
[/code]
and read input one character at a time.