Score interacting with time/position

[MudRat_02]

Hi,
Ok, I need help with a scoring system for my game. I have a target area in the middle of the screen and I want the size of the score points awarded to increase as the mouse pointer nears the co-ordinates (0, 0). Also, at the same time, I want the score points to be awarded each time a second passes on the clock. Heres a section of my code (excuse the newbness)


if ((xmouse >= 0) && (xmouse <= 34))
{
xmouseSCR = xmouse;
}

else if ((xmouse <= 0) && (xmouse >= -34))
{
xmouseSCR = (xmouse * (-1));
}

else
{
xmouseSCR = 0;
}


if ((ymouse >= 0) && (ymouse <= 34))
{
ymouseSCR = ymouse;
}

else if ((ymouse <= 0) && (ymouse >= -34))
{
ymouseSCR = ymouse * (-1);
}

else
{
ymouseSCR = 0;
}

score = score + (70 - (xmouseSCR + ymouseSCR));

*edit*
Ok, so this code executes when your in teh 'score zone'. I've got it on collision (a box wiht the below dimensions represents the zone), repeat,
but I want it to only execute every half a second or so.
*edit*

Points are awarded once the pointer reaches a box who's corner coordinates are (34, 34), (34, -34), (-34, -34), (-34, 34). The score is supposed to increase as you reach the center, but instead the score goes wild as soon as I enter the zone, and pays no heed to the clock counter . Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[MudRat_02]

i also tried using a counter, so the points go up every time a counter reaches a certain number, however for that second (or 1/10 second, or 12 milliseconds) the count goes nuts, making it obsolete anyway. Stalling tactics with a loop a few threads down made the game laggy. Any ideas?

[DocRabbit]

Maybe you should be using Mouse Enter and Mouse Leave events, use these to set a global variable to dictate if you are over the target. Make a 1 second(1000ms) timer 1 time that is created when mouse enter fires, On the view actor. Then on the ontimer event of view actor, do your scoring and check variable to see if you are in the target zone, and if so, create a new timer. Haven't tested this method yet, but I would think it would work.

***Update*** I made you a demo to show how to do it.These both use a single repeating timer that is destroyed when you mouse exit the area. The boxzone Mouse Enter and Exit codes set variable and start or destroy the timer. The view ontimer event is where most of the code lies. This code is in the global code:

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#define mousex (xmouse+view.x)
#define mousey (ymouse+view.y)

I included a version here that uses the code you had, although I did have to put some global code in to get mouse coordinates converted to game coordinates.

[MudRat_02]

thanx for the help i'll take the code for a spin and see how it goes

[MudRat_02]

it worked flawlessly man, thanks again for the help

[DocRabbit]

No problem, glad I could help.