stopwatch on loading.c

[rafhot]

hi, im trying to create a kind of stopwatch to count the time my loading game are taking and also check if it happen some kind of mini freeze while it is loading
but im a little ruseted to make the script work im missing something

void main()
{
	void	s;
	void	value	=	getlocalvar("value");
	void	max		=	getlocalvar("max");
	
	void minutes=getlocalvar("minutes"), seconds=getlocalvar("seconds"), millisec=getlocalvar(" millisec");
	
	 
	
	
	
	
	

	
	
	
	
	
	
	if(max==1){
		return;
	}else{}

	void percent=value*100/max;
	percent%=++percent;

	void dot=percent%3;
	if(dot==0)
		s=".";
	else if(dot==1)
		s="..";
	else
		s="...";

	drawstring(450,93,4,"WARNING");
	drawstring(400,160,4,"THIS GAME IS NOT");
	drawstring(200,200,4,"PRODUCED UNDER LICENCE OF CAPCOM AND MARVEL");
	drawstring(324,340,4,"this game is a free fan game");
	drawstring(386,490,0,"Loading Models..."+percent);
	drawstring(510,490,0,"% Complete"+s);
	//drawbox(0,260,480,2,11,rgbcolor(0,122,133),0);
	//drawbox(0,260,percent*480*0.01,2,15,rgbcolor(0,233,233),0);
	
		while(max==99)
    {
        
                
                //Sleep(10);
                millisec++;
                if(millisec == 100)
                {
                    millisec = 0;
                    seconds++;
                    if(seconds == 60)
                    {
                        seconds = 0;
                        minutes++;
                    }
                }
			drawstring(450,70,0,"load timer test  "+minutes +seconds +millisec);	
				
	}			
                
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
}

 

[Bloodbane]

Hmmm... I don't see anything which relates to time in the code
Anyways, I don't have mod with long loading time make it hard to test the code. But I can use update.c to test timer

I haven't made any scripts for this but I can tell you that if everytime openborvariant("elapsed_time") has reached 200 units, 1 second has passed. You can use that as reference

 

[Bloodbane]

I've tried making stopwatch myself and here's the result:

void main()
{
        int LTime = getglobalvar("LTime");
        int Sekon; int Mili; int Menit;

        if(LTime == NULL()){
          LTime = 0;
        }

        Mili = (LTime/2)%100;
        Sekon = ((LTime/2)-Mili)/100;
        Menit = Sekon/60;

        if(Sekon >= 60){
          Sekon = Sekon-60;
        }

        drawstring(220,50,4, Menit+":"+Sekon+"."+Mili);

        setglobalvar("LTime", LTime+1);
}

Mili is not millisecond, it's centisecond actually
You can adjust text's placement, used font and display order yourself

 

[rafhot]

thanks!

 

[O Ilusionista]

Nice code, BB. I tried it and works like a charm.

 

[O Ilusionista]

BB, sorry to bring bad news, but the codes give a false impression that it works

If you test any build with the lag issue, you will noticed the counter doesn't reflects the actual time.
It woks on normal builds.

Also, since its not using a real timer, the variable increase will only work when the engine updates - and if the engine is locked on the delay as it is in the last builds, the variable won't be increased.
I tried my game on a working build and the meter said 0:13 seconds. Then I tried on a lagging build and the better said 0:14, when it tooks more than 1:00 to load. Plus, the stage load still use that variable and you will see a sum of the values and not a new count.

 

[Bloodbane]

I know that, until we have a way to acquire CPU's timer, we won't be able to get real timer 
As for stage loading still using that variable, that can be solved by clearing "LTime" global variable in menu and level

 

[DCurrent]

I know that, until we have a way to acquire CPU's timer, we won't be able to get real timer 

Getting system clock is easy... when one exists. Problem is that some platforms simply don't have one available, so the code wouldn't be portable at all.