Timer for game program.
Hello all,
I am making a game program and I need a way to implement a timer so that it the game will end if the time expires.
Is there any easy function to help me with this task?
Thanks for the reply and I just found that class.
Thanks
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I want to know how much time player spend in the game.
For this i want create a timer.
I thing it must be something like this:
player come to the game (time 0:00), player plaing for example 22 minutes, gameover game (player spend 22 minutes and 0 sec).
code:
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var gameTime:uint;
var gameTimeField:TextField;
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Just asking how to make timer correct:)
I thout maybe you know existing standart coder or standart component for it?
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