Changing a Timer

[Stupidbro]

So, I recently purchased RPG Maker VX Ace and I'm pretty content with it, but I've run into a problem. For my game, I have a spot where a certain portion of the game has to be completed within a certain time frame, otherwise bad things happen (I think I'll make it an automatic game over, but I'm not sure yet). However, my game also includes an inn, but I can't find a way to make it so if the player decides to stay at the inn, it will shorten the amount of time the player has left. Optimally, I would just create two variables, one to store the amount of minutes remaining and one to store the amount of seconds remaining, store the values set by the timer, stop the timer, change the values, then set the timer to the new values, but I can't set the timer's time to a variable.

Does anyone know of an effective work around?

 

[standardplayer]

You can with script calls. The following will start the timer, and set how many seconds it should be running. You must use seconds as the value, you can't pass it minutes or hours or anything like that.

$game_timer.start(sec * Graphics.frame_rate)
You'll want to replace seconds with a call to the variable holding the value you want to use. If it was variable 20, the call would look like this:

$game_timer.start($game_variables[20] * Graphics.frame_rate)

You would use the above with the Event Command script (last option on the last page of event commands)
$game_timer.stop will obviously stop the timer.


Now, I'm not really very experienced with ruby, so there's probably a better way to do the following, but when you want to capture the total amount of time remaining on the timer itself, in seconds, you can do it like this:

$gameVariable[20] = $game_timer.instance_variable_get@count) / 60.

That will return the total amount of seconds left on the timer, and store it in variable 20

 

[Stupidbro]

Thank you! It looks like it works, but I'll definitely let you know if I run into any more problems!

I stand corrected. It works up until I actually call for it in the program. I get this:

Script 'Game_Interpreter' line 1411: SyntaxError occurred.

unexpected ')', expecting tSTRING_CONTENT or tSTRING_DBEG or tSTRING_DVAR or tSTRING_END
$gameVariable[17] = $game_timer.instance_variable_get@count) / 60.

 

[Bex]

You could use a Script call to advance the functionality of the Eventcommand Timer.
Instead of a fixed value you could use Variable 1 that holds the total seconds which get displayed as minutes and seconds.
On the 3rd Page of Eventcommands you find Eventcommand Script, insert the following there and Game Variable1 will determine the Timer.

$game_timer.start($game_variables[1] * Graphics.frame_rate)

Now after sleeping at the inn, you can set variable 1 to actual game timer value, thats possible with standard eventcommands.
than you substract the amount of seconds you sleeped.
Than you use the above code to initialise the timer with the new Numbers again.

Here is the Script Call collection:
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/script-call-collection-for-vxace.25759/

Edit: Iam sorry what i wrote was allready written, i should pay more attention to the rules and read first =).
Edit2: But if he enters 120 seconds, the timer will be displayed as 2 minutes and 0 seconds. he doesnt need to go deeper or do i missunderstand the problem?
Edit3: To capture time left on timer, just use Eventcommand Control Variables choose "other" and than "Timer".

 

[Stupidbro]

Thanks!

 

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[Stupidbro]

Is there any way I could have merged them myself?

 

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[Stupidbro]

Acknowledged.