Text timer? Created 16 years ago2008-01-21 04:35:30 UTC by username

Hello I would like to make a timer that counts how long a player is in a certain room and displays it for that player in text at the top of the screen. When they leave the room the timer is reset. I would like it to have the digits xx.xx seconds. How can I do this?

I tried using game text but only one text can be displayed at once and I would need four at once for all of the digits. Also this approach uses quite a few entities as just the game texts would total 40 entities not to mention changetargets and multi_managers.

Thanks for your help
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I believe this would require some sort of coding.

Is there a max number of seconds they're in the room before something happens? (it would be easier if there were a known maximum time) If you can give all the paramaters/limits I might have a simple way to do it...

In line with wut Urbanebula is saying, there are probably multiplayer mods written already that'll allow you to do weird stuff like this. Is this for DM or CS or what?

You can use a KZ_ timer

Spike's right, google for Kreedz's map template, or decompile existing kz_ maps to see how the timers there work.
They're complex, but implementable.

As for a dynamic game_text-based timer, it's pretty impossible to create one without coding, unless you feel like creating a game_text for each second.

Daubster don't limit your ideas to game text... there's 10 different ways you could do this (probably).

If I get time I'll put up an example if I can get my idea to work; entity setup compos here we come lol! = P

Heres an "official time counter of kz maps" prefab. http://www.fpsbanana.com/prefabs/582

I don't know if it will help just figured it might be some use.

Haha that is wicked! Good work CactusJack! =)

I'm working on a system that's a hundred times (literally) less complicated, but I have to get it to work first... ; )