How to make a counter

[Clokio]

I want a counter that will count how long the game is started.

Thanks

[skydereign]

Well, there is a variable that holds how many frames have passed. If you wanted to know seconds for instance (assuming a 30fps game), do this.

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textNumber=frame/30;

If that isn't what you want, you'd have to create a variable, and in the view's draw actor do this (of course this is the same as using frame, so you'd have to change it to increment however often you wanted it to).

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game_timer++;

[Clokio]

thanks , is there one independant of the frame rate, cause FPS can change.

[skydereign]

Well, you can set a definition that is equal to the fps.
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#define fps 30

You could also use another variable that is built in, if using the real fps will work (accounts for lag). If so, gE provides a variable real_fps.

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textNumber=frame/real_fps;