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Countdown Cog help

2001-11-09, 2:54 AM #1

SiMoN

Registered User

Posts: 23

Just wondering if its possible to create a cog which has a trigger (say entering a sector) which starts a timer, and after the time expires shows a cutscene (eg. in ToaM 2 the train countdown). If it is possible then how is it done?

This is assuming that code for the cutscene is already prepared...

2001-11-09, 5:21 AM #2

Jipe

Registered User

Posts: 494

Er, I'll be back in an hour. Need to d/l and play ToaM2 (I've been stuck on a horribly outdated laptop for a while - finally got a new monitor for my regular comp).

Should it count down visibly, printing out "10", "9", "8", etc. to the screen? Or just silently?

-Jipe

2001-11-09, 5:23 AM #3

GBK

Posts: 10,562

Mmmm. Cutscenes... Mmmmmmmm.

Use something like this:

Entered:

If(Getsenderref() == Trigger_sector) {
Settimer(Sleep_time); } Stop;

Timer:

//Run cutscene code here...

That should do the trick. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2001-11-09, 5:40 AM #4

Jipe

Registered User

Posts: 494

Yeah. If you wanted it to print out every second, or whatever:

Code:

symbols

sector thesector
int countdown
message entered
message timer

end

code

entered:
if(GetSenderRef() == thesector)
{
 SetTimer(1);
}
return;

timer:
if(countdown >= 0)
{
 PrintInt(countdown);
 countdown = countdown - 1;
 SetTimer(1);
}
else
{
insert cutscene code
}
return;

end

where countdown is an int and thesector is.. the sector [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

-Jipe

2001-11-09, 6:06 AM #5

GBK

Posts: 10,562

Or like this.... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

Some_message:

For(I=Startint;I>=0;I=I-1){
Sleep(1.0);
JKstringclear();
JKstringconcatint(I);
JKstringoutput(); }

Call some_other_message;

That should do it...

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Success is the inverse relationship between effort, gain, and loss.

[This message has been edited by GBK (edited November 09, 2001).]

And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.

2001-11-10, 3:44 AM #6

SiMoN

Registered User

Posts: 23

Ta, I'll give it a wizz..If theres any probs then ill be back