Stange counter issue - Timer

[Littlemaxy]

Hello guys.
I need to create a timer, which will display how long a player could stay alive on the level. The model is 0:00, where first number is "seconds".

I created 3 counters for each number, and made them work together, same way as in .mfa attached, made by Ron Gonzalez.

Now the interesting part.
This counter goes slowly, then real time.


After spending few hours on web, I got the reason. It is the FPS. When I switch it to 120 fps, counter starts to work properly. But Ron said, that the timer was working fine on his PC all the time.
When I upload my game to test on Android, the timer was working slowly again, and I don't know what to do now.

Do you have an idea?

Is there any other way to create a timer with milliseconds in format 0:00?

Thank you!

[QuoteFox]

Hello there, I fixed the problem you was having!

stopwatchfix.mfa

You can actually set the counters to the running time instead of adding to the counter every tick. This will be more accurate.

As you can only add to a counter as fast as the application can process it. If the application drops bellow 100 fps then you'll be counting slower then normal as its tided to the frame rate. (I believe. Might be wrong!)

[schrodinger]

QuoteFox solution is the way to go if you don't need a blind sync with "real" time
(because if framerate drops, application internal timer will also drop)

If you want a still more solid solution,
you could try using the "date & time" object,
that can access the system clock (unaltered by frame rate)

[Littlemaxy]

QuoteFox, thank you very much for fix and explanation! Didn't know this way was even exist.

schorodinger, I tried using it, but it is too complicated for me right now. I will come back to variant if needed, thanks.

[QuoteFox]

I'm glad it helped! ^^