[Trigger] Game Time

[CrueIIntentions]

I was searching for anything to a related ingame timer. I couldnt find anything. What i want to be done is this:

• Events
  • Player - player x (color) types -time as an exact match
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Game - Display to triggering player the message Elapsed game time is: + {this is where im stuck}

Do i need to put in a variable or is there another way to measure elapsed game time? <i don't need a countdown timer, quite the opposite>

 

[HINDYhat]

Put a countdown timer with something like 10000000 seconds, and then display 10000000 - the expired time on that timer.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

Or have a timer that increases a global integer variable by 1 every second.

Then just display the global integer.

 

[spiwn]

Put a countdown timer with something like 10000000 seconds, and then display 10000000 - the expired time on that timer.

There is Countdown timer - time elapsed.

Or have a timer that increases a global integer variable by 1 every second.

Then just display the global integer.

This does the same job, in this situation, but is a bit more complicated.

 

[CrueIIntentions]

Hmm. Where would i start? Its gotta be in minutes and seconds. There is a map with that on, but the maker is unavailable to do it.

 

[Alexander244]

As it stands this requires JassHelper; which comes with JNGP.

library GameTime initializer Init

    globals
        private timer Timer = CreateTimer()
        private integer Hrs = 0
        private integer Min = 0
        private integer Sec = 0
    endglobals
    
    private function Callback takes nothing returns nothing
        set Sec = Sec+1
        if Sec == 60 then
            set Sec = 0
            set Min = Min+1
        endif
        if Min == 60 then
            set Min = 0
            set Hrs = Hrs+1
        endif
    endfunction

    private function Init takes nothing returns nothing
        call TimerStart(Timer, 1., true, function Callback)
    endfunction
    
    public function Get takes nothing returns string
        local string s
        if Hrs < 10 then
            set s = "0"+I2S(Hrs)+":"
        else
            set s = I2S(Hrs)+":"
        endif
        if Min < 10 then
            set s = s+"0"+I2S(Min)+":"
        else
            set s = s+I2S(Min)+":"
        endif
        if Sec < 10 then
            set s = s+"0"+I2S(Sec)
        else
            set s = s+I2S(Sec)
        endif
        return s
    endfunction

endlibrary

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -time as An exact match
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: call DisplayTextToPlayer(GetTriggerPlayer(), 0., 0., "Elapsed game time is: "+GameTime_Get())

 

[spiwn]

As it stands this requires JassHelper; which comes with JNGP.

Hmm... the thread is about GUI. You did it in Jass and that is vJass

Attached to the post is a GUI solution.
Though it can be done even simpler, this way it will work as long as needed, is very customizable and is even more efficient than the jass script above(because in the code above the timer runs once a second calling a function every second putting some stress on the CPU, rather insignificant, but more than if the timer ran for long times and then you checked how much time has passed) .

P.s.
The function

    private function Callback takes nothing returns nothing
        set Sec = Sec+1
        if Sec == 60 then
            set Sec = 0
            set Min = Min+1
        endif
        if Min == 60 then
            set Min = 0
            set Hrs = Hrs+1
        endif
    endfunction

can be improved a bit by doing this:

    private function Callback takes nothing returns nothing
        set Sec = Sec+1
        if Sec == 60 then
            set Sec = 0
            set Min = Min+1
            if Min == 60 then
                set Min = 0
                set Hrs = Hrs+1
            endif
        endif
    endfunction

Which will decrease the number of comparisons by 59 per minute reducing CPU stress slightly.

 

[CrueIIntentions]

Since im a beginner in JASS, i thank you very much for helping me in that aspect, as well as doing it in GUI. However, i do have a question : what does the very top statement mean

library GameTime initializer Init

Is that the title of the trigger? If so, why library?

 

[Justify]

A library is part of vJass. All the code in a library is put into the mapheader, so it's reachable from everywhere

 

[CrueIIntentions]

Is there a tutorial for VJASS? Or is it the same as a regular JASS tut? I'd like to learn more.

 

[spiwn]

There are plenty of tutorials for vJass. There are some in the tutorials section(most are about structs).
There is the JassHelper Manuel. It goes along with the Jass New Gen Pack
Jass New Gen Pack (JNGP or New Gen) is a must for anyone who wants to "trigger" with vJass and not only for them.

 

[Justify]

I learned a LOT from this one: http://clanmapz.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1444
Google ftw ^^

 

[spiwn]

Ops, there aren't that much in here
But there are some here.
Internet Version of the Manuel